3 Kwaye kwenzekile, okokuba uAbram wawa ngobuso bakhe, kwaye wabiza egameni leNkosi.

4 Kwaye uThixo wathetha naye, esithi, Abantu bam balahlekile kwiimfundiso zam, kwaye abayigcinanga imimiselo yam, endayinika ooyise;

5 Kwaye abaluqwalaselanga uthanjiso lwam, nontywiliselo, okanye ubhaptizo endibayalele ngalo;

6 Kodwa baye bajika emyalelweni, baze bathathela kubo ukuhlanjwa kwabantwana, negazi lokutshiza;

7 Kwaye ndithe okokuba igazi elilungileyo lika-Abheli laphalalela izono; kwaye akwaziwanga ukuba bangaziphendulela njani na phambi kwam.

8 Kodwa ke malunga nawe, qaphela, ndiya kwenza umnqophiso kunye nawe, kwaye uya kuba nguyise wezizwe ezininzi.

9 Kwaye lo mnqophiso ndiyawenza, ukuze abantwana bakho babe nokwaziwa phakathi kwezizwe zonke. Nagama lakho elingasayi kubizwa uAbram nanini na, kodwa igama lakho kuya kuthiwa nguAbraham; kuba, ndikwenze uyise wezizwe ezininzi

10 Kwaye ndiya kukwenza uqhame ngokugqithisileyo, kwaye ndiya kwenza izizwe zakho, nookumkani baya kuphuma kuwe, nembewu yakho.

11 Kwaye ndiya kumisa umnqophiso wolwaluko kunye nawe, kwaye iya kuba ngumnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nawe, nembewu yakho emva kwakho, kwizizukulwana zabo; ukuze ube nokwazi ngonaphakade okokuba abantwana abaziphenduleli phambi kwam bade babe neminyaka esibhozo ubudala.

12 Kwaye uya kuqwalasela ukugcina yonke iminqophiso yam endanqophisana ngayo nooyihlo; kwaye uya kugcina imiyalelo endikunike yona ngomlomo ongowam, kwaye ndiya kuba nguThixo kuwe nasembewini yakho emva kwakho.

23 Ngoko uAbraham wawa ngobuso bakhe kwaye wagcoba, yaye wathi entliziyweni yakhe, Apho kuya kuzalwa umntwana nguye oneminyaka elikhulu ubudala, noSara oneminyaka engamashumi alithoba ubudala uya kuthwala.

24 Kwaye uAbraham wathi kuThixo, Owu, wanga uIshmayeli angaphila ngokuthe tye phambi kwakho!