7 Ngokholo uNowa, xa wayexelelwa nguThixo ngezinto ezaziza kuhla, waphulaphula wakha inqanawa, walusindisa usapho lwakhe. Ngokholo lwakhe wabudandalazisa ubugwenxa behlabathi, waza wenziwa ilungisa nguThixo ngenxa yokuthembela kwakhe kuye.
8 Ngokholo uAbraham walusabela ubizo lokuya kuma kwilizwe elalithenjiswe nguThixo kuye nakwinzala yakhe. Walishiya elakowabo, engazi nokuba makabheke ngaphi na.
9 Ngokholo wahlala engumphambukeli kwilizwe lesithembiso. Wayehlala ezintenteni. Benjenjalo nooIsake noYakobi abakwaziindlamafa zeso sithembiso.
10 Kaloku wayenxubile elindele elo lizwe liziseko zingagungqiyo, lakhiwe nguThixo.
11 Ngokholo nkqu noSara owayengazali, naxa wayeselegugile nje, wafumana amandla, wakhawula, kuba wathemba ukuba uThixo lo uthembisileyo wosigcina isithembiso sakhe.
12 Yiyo ke loo nto kuthe kwindoda enye, naxa yayiselifana nofileyo nje kukwaluphala, kwavela inzala ebuninzi bungangeenkwenkwezi, ingenakubalwa okwentlabathi elunxwemeni lolwandle.
13 Bonke aba bantu bafa benokholo. Babengekazixhamli iziqhamo zesithembiso. Kodwa naxa zazikude babezibona, bezilangazelela, bevuma ukuba bona baziindwendwe nje ezidlulayo kweli lizwe.