¹ Abraham alifumine kulya aile kulya ku mpanga ya Negebu, kabili aile ikala pakati ka Kadeshi na Shuri. Aikele ngo mulebeshi mu Gerari. ² Abraham alandile palwa kwa Sarah umukashi wakwe,''Ninkashi yandi,'' kanshi Abimeleki imfumu ya ku Gerar yatumine abakuya mupiita. ³ Lelo Lesa aile kuli Abimeleki mu ciloto mu bushiku, elo alandile kuli wo, ''mona, iwe wowafwa pamulandu wa mwanakashi uo iwe upitile, pantu wo mukashi wa umbi.'' ⁴ Eico Abimeleki ali talati kupalama na wo elyo alandile, ''shikulu, bushe ukepaya kumo no luko ululungami? ⁵ Bushe tali wo alandile kuli ne, 'Ninkashi yandi?' Efyo nao alandile, ' Nindume yandi, ' Ne ncitile ci mucishinka ca mutima wandi nabumpofu bwaminwe yandi.'' ⁶ Elo Lesa alandile kuli wo mu ciloto, '' ee, nandibo ndishibile ukuti nimulibumpomfu bwa mutima obe ucitile fi, nanebo eco nkusungile ukukana membukila. Eico nengele ukuti wimwikatamo. ⁷ Eico, bwesesha umwine umukashi, pantu nikasesema. Wo akakupepela, kabili ukaba no buumi. Lelo ngataumubweseshemo, ishiba ukuti iwe nabonse abantu bobe icacishinka mukafwa. ⁸ Abimeleki alibukile bwangu ulucelo epa kwita bonse ababomfi kuli ye. Wo asosele fyonse fintu kuli bo, nabo baume baliketwe umwenso nganshi. ⁹ Elo Abimeleki aitile Abraham kulanda kuli wo, ''findo wa cita kuli fwe? Nabembuka shani kuli we, pakuti iwe ulete kuli ne nakuluko lwandi isambi lyakulefi? Iwe wacita kuli ne ifyo taufwile ukucita,'' ¹⁰ Abimeleki alandile kuli Abraham, ''cindo calengan iwe ukuti ucite ici cintu?'' ¹¹ Abraham alandile, ''pantu ine nalikutontonkanya, 'mucine kuli ilya ncende tabakwata katina ka kuli Lesa, kabili ine kuti banjipaya kumulandu wa mukashi wandi. ¹² Kwena, mucine ninkashi yandi, umwana mwanakashi wakwa tata, lelo tali mwana mwanakashi wakwa mayo; eco abelele umukashi wandi. ¹³ Lintu Lesa alengele ine ukusha Ing'anda yakwa tata no kwenda incende ne ncende, ine nalandile kuli wo, iwe uli nokulanaga ine ici citetekelo ngo mukashi wandi; kuli cila ncende uko tukaya, kulanda pali ne, '' Nindume yandi. ¹⁴ Elo Abimeleki asendele impanga ne Ng'ombe, na baume na banakashi abasha, nokupela ifyo kuli Abraham, kuli ye. ¹⁵ Abimeleki alandile, ''Mona, impanga yandi yapeelwa kuli we. Kekale uko konse ukukokusekesha.'' ¹⁶ Kuli Sara alandile, ''mona, ine napeela ndume yobe ikaana limo ifiputulwa fyasilifa. Ici cakufimba umulandu obe onse mumenso yabonse naiwe, elyo naonse uukaba naiwe, iwe wacitile icituntulu icalungama. ¹⁷ Elo Abraham apepele kuli Lesa, na Lesa alyundepe Abimeleki, umukashi wakwe, nabasha banakashi pakuti bengala kwata abaana. ¹⁸ Lelo Yawe alengele bonse banamayo aba Ng'anda yakwe Abimeleki ukuba Ing'umba ishapapwililikwa, kumulandu wakwa Sara, umukashi wakwa Abraham.