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Genesis 20
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Genesis
Abraham
Kituba Bible
Abimelech
, person
Abraham
, person
Sarah
, person
Gerar
, place
Negeb
, place
Kadesh
, place
Shur
, place
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Abalayami katukaka na kisika yina samu na kukwenda na Nengeve. Yandi kwendaka zinga na kati-kati ya mbanza Kadese mpe mbanza Sule. Na manima, yandi kwendaka zinga mwa bilumbu na mbanza Ngelale.
BSB
BSB:
Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
2
MKW
Na yina me tadila Saala kento ya yandi, Abalayami vwandaka tuba ti yandi kele kibusi ya munu. Na yina, Abimeleke ntinu ya Ngelale fidisaka bantu ya yandi samu ti bawu natina yandi Saala.
BSB
BSB:
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
3
MKW
Kasi, Nzambi kwizaka monikina Abimeleke na mpimpa, na kati ya ndosi mpe yandi zabisaka yandi: «Nge ke kufwa samu na kento yina nge me baka, samu ti yandi kele kento ya kukwela.»
BSB
BSB:
One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”
4
MKW
Mutindu Abimeleke vwandaka me vukana ntete ve na Saala, yandi tubaka: «Mfumu nge ke kufwa kwandi bantu ya kusungama?
BSB
BSB:
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?
5
MKW
Abalayami yandi mosi tubaka na munu ti Saala kele kibusi ya yandi. Saala mpe tubaka ti Abalayami kele nkazi ya yandi. Mu salaka mambu nyonso na ntima ya mbote mpe mu salaka ve yimbi.»
BSB
BSB:
Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”
6
MKW
Na yina, Nzambi pesaka yandi mvutu na kati ya ndosi mutindu yayi: «Munu mpe mu zaba ti nge salaka mambu nyonso na ntima ya mbote. Ni munu mosi me sala ti, nge sala ve disumu na mantwala ya munu. Ni yawu yina, mu me bika ve ti nge simba yandi.
BSB
BSB:
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.
7
MKW
Na yina, vutula kento yina na sika ya bakala ya yandi malu-malu yayi. Abalayami kele mumbikudi. Yandi ke sambidila nge samu ti nge kufwa ve. Zaba ti, kana nge vutula ve yandi, kaka kufwa nge ke kufwa, nge na bantu ya nge nyonso.»
BSB
BSB:
Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
8
MKW
Abimeleke vumbukaka na suka-suka. Yandi bokilaka bantu nyonso yina ke salaka na yandi. Yandi zabisaka bawu mambu nyonso yina, mpe bantu nyonso kumaka na boma mingi.
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BSB:
Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.
9
MKW
Abimeleke bokilaka Abalayami mpe yandi yufulaka yandi: «Yayi wapi mambu nge me sala beto? Wapi yimbi yina mu me sala nge, samu ti nge bwisa munu mpe yinsi ya munu na disumu ya nene yayi? Nge me sala munu mambu yina ba ke salaka ve.
BSB
BSB:
Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”
10
MKW
Abimeleke tubaka na Abalayami: “Yinki kuzwaka nge na kusala mutindu yina?”»
BSB
BSB:
Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”
11
MKW
Abalayami vutulaka: «Mu vwandaka banza ti bantu ya kwaku ke ve na boma ya Nzambi, mpe ba lenda kufwa munu samu na kento ya munu.
BSB
BSB:
Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’
12
MKW
Ya tsyelika, Saala kele mpe kibusi ya munu. Yandi kele mwana ya tata ya munu, kasi yandi kele ve mwana ya mama ya munu. Mpe yandi kumaka kento ya munu.
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BSB:
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
13
MKW
Ntangu Nzambi vwandaka kwenda nata munu ntama na yinzo ya tata ya munu, mu tubaka na Saala mutindu yayi: “Bisika nyonso yina beto ke kwenda, lakisa munu luzolo ya nge na kutuba ti mu kele nkazi ya nge.”»
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BSB:
So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”
14
MKW
Abimeleke bakaka bangombe, mameme, bankombo, mpe bisadi ya bakento na ya babakala, yandi pesaka yawu na sika ya Abalayami. Mpe Abimeleke vutulaka Saala na bakala ya yandi Abalayami.
BSB
BSB:
So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
15
MKW
Abimeleke tubaka: «Yinsi ya munu yawu yayi. Kwenda zinga ya nge kisika ni kisika yina nge zola.»
BSB
BSB:
And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
16
MKW
Mpe yandi tubaka na Saala: «Mu ke na kupesa funda mosi ya mbongo ya bisengo na sika ya nkazi ya nge, samu na kulakisa na bantu nyonso yina kele na nge ti nge salaka ata dyambu ya yimbi. Na yina, bantu nyonso ke zitisa nge.»
BSB
BSB:
And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”
17
MKW
Abalayami sambilaka Nzambi mpe Nzambi nyakisaka Abimeleke, na kento ya yandi, mpe bisadi ya yandi ya bakento. Na yina, bawu bandaka dyaka na kubuta.
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—
18
MKW
Samu ti, Yave kangaka mabuta ya bakento nyonso yina vwandaka zinga na yinzo ya Abimeleke samu na Saala, kento ya Abalayami.
BSB
BSB:
for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.
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Kituba Bible. Copyright © 2025 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
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