1 Sarai, mosadi wa Aborame, o ne a sa ka a mo tswalla bana, empa o ne a ena le lekgoba la mosadi eo e leng Moegepeta, le bitswang Hagare.
2 Sarai a re ho Aborame: “Morena o ntlhokisitse thari; ka baka lena eya, o kene dikobong tsa lekgoba lena la mosadi, mohlomong ke tla ba le bana ka lona.”Aborame a dumela kopo ya Sarai.
3 Kamora hoba Aborame a phele dilemo tse leshome naheng ya Kanana, Sarai, mohatsa hae, a nka Hagare, lekgoba la hae la mosadi eo e leng Moegepeta, a le nea Aborame ho ba mosadi wa hae.
4 Aborame a kena dikobong tsa Hagare, mme Hagare ya eba moimana; jwale a qala ho nyedisa monga hae.
5 Sarai a re ho Aborame: “Nyediso ena ke e etsetswa ka baka la hao! Ke nna ya o neileng lekgoba lena ho ba mosadi wa hao, empa haesale le hlokomela hore le ithwetse le a nnyedisa. A e ke e be Morena ya ahlolang pakeng tsa rona le wena!”
6 Aborame a re ho Sarai: “Lekgoba leo la mosadi le matsohong a hao; etsa kamoo o ratang kateng ka lona.” Sarai a le hlorisa haholo, hoo le bileng la baleha.
7 Lengeloi la Morena la fumana Hagare pela sediba se hara lehwatata, se tseleng e yang Shure,
8 mme la re: “Hagare, lekgoba la Sarai, o tswa kae, o ya kae?”Hagare a arabela, a re: “Ke baleha monga ka, Sarai.”
9 Empa lengeloi la Morena la re: “Kgutlela ho monga hao, mme o ikokobetse tlasa hae.”
10 Lengeloi la Morena la boela la re ho yena: “Ke tla ngatafatsa ditloholo tsa hao haholo, hoo di ke keng tsa balwa ka baka la bongata.”
11 Hape lengeloi la Morena la re ho yena:“Bona, o moimana,mme o tla tswala mora.O tla mo rea lebitso la Ishemaele,hobane Morena o utlwilematshwenyeho a hao.
12 E tla ba monna ya kang tonkiya naha ka bohlaha,o tla lwantsha bohle,mme bohle ba tla mo lwantsha;o tla aha ka botjhabelaho bana babo bohle,a ba lwantshe.”
13 Hagare a re lebitso la Morena ya neng a bua le yena ke “Modimo ya Bonang”, hobane o ne a re: “Na ke nnete ke hlile ke bone Modimo, mme ke ntse ke phela kamora pono eo ya ka?”
14 Ka lebaka lena sediba sena sa bitswa Sediba sa Lakai-Roi. Se pakeng tsa Kadeshe le Berede.
15 Hagare a tswalla Aborame mora, mme Aborame a rea mora eo a mo tswaletsweng ke Hagare lebitso la Ishemaele.
16 Aborame o ne a ena le dilemo tse mashome a robedi a metso e tsheletseng ha Hagare a mo tswalla mora, Ishemaele.