Kubwerera ku Guwa la Nsembe

Chuma chichititsa abusa a Abramu ndi a Loti kukangana, choncho Abramu alola mphwake kusankha choyamba. Loti atenga chigwa cha Yorodani chothiriridwa bwino nasunthira pang'onopang'ono ku Sodomu. Atatsala ndi zotsalazo, Abramu auzidwa ndi Atate wathu kuti ayang'ane mbali zonse: zonsezo ndi za zidzukulu zake.

Chaputala 13.

Abramu anachoka ku Igupto napita ku Negebu, iye, mkazi wake, zonse anali nazo, ndi Loti pamodzi naye. Ndipo Abramu anali atalemera kwambiri ndi ziweto, siliva, ndi golidi. Anayenda ulendo wake pang'onopang'ono kuchokera ku Negebu mpaka ku Beteli, ku malo amene anali pakati pa Beteli ndi Ai, kumene hema wake unali poyamba, ndi kumene anamanga guwa la nsembe poyamba. Kumeneko Abramu anaitanira pa dzina la Atate wathu. Ndipo Loti, amene anali kuyenda pamodzi ndi Abramu, analinso ndi nkhosa, ng'ombe, ndi mahema. Dziko silikanatha kuwachirikiza kukhala pamodzi; chuma chawo chinali chochuluka kwambiri kuti akhale pamodzi. Mkangano unabuka pakati pa abusa a Abramu ndi abusa a Loti. Pa nthawi imeneyo Akanani ndi Aperezi anali kukhala m'dzikomo. Abramu anati kwa Loti, “Tisakangane—iwe ndi ine, kapena abusa ako ndi anga—popeza ndife abale. Kodi dziko lonse silili pamaso pako? Chonde, patukana ndi ine: ngati ukupita kumanzere, ine ndidzapita kumanja; ngati kumanja, ine ndidzapita kumanzere.”

Loti anakweza maso ake naona kuti chigwa chonse cha Yorodani choloza ku Zoari chinali chothiriridwa bwino ponseponse—ngati munda wa Atate wathu, ngati dziko la Igupto. (Izi zinali Atate wathu asanawononge Sodomu ndi Gomora.) Loti anadzisankhira chigwa chonse cha Yorodani, napita kummawa; awiriwo anapatukana wina ndi mnzake. Abramu anakhala m'dziko la Kanani; Loti anakhala pakati pa mizinda ya chigwa, naimika mahema ake mpaka ku Sodomu. Ndipo anthu a ku Sodomu anali oyipa, akuchimwira kwambiri Atate wathu.

Loti atapatukana naye, Atate wathu anati kwa Abramu, “Kweza maso ako kuchokera pamene wayima: kumpoto, kumwera, kummawa, ndi kumadzulo. Pakuti dziko lonse limene ukuliona ndidzalipereka kwa iwe ndi kwa ana ako kwamuyaya. Ndidzachulukitsa ana ako ngati fumbi la dziko lapansi—ngati munthu angathe kuwerenga fumbi la dziko lapansi, pamenepo ana ako nawonso angawerengedwe. Nyamuka, yenda m'litali ndi m'lifupi la dziko, pakuti ndikulipereka kwa iwe.”

Abramu anasamutsa mahema ake, napita nakakhala pafupi ndi mitengo ya thundu ya Mamre ku Hebroni, nakamanga kumeneko guwa la nsembe kwa Atate wathu.