Gusubira ku Gicaniro
Ubutunzi butuma abungere ba Aburamu n'aba Loti batongana, nuko Aburamu areka mwene wabo ahitamwo imbere. Loti afata ikibaya ca Yorodani gitota, agenda yegera Sodomu buhoro buhoro. Aburamu asigaranye ivyasigaye, Data wacu amubwira ngo araba impande zose: vyose ni ivy'uruvyaro rwiwe.
13 1Aburamu aduga avuye mu Misiri aja mu Negebu, we, umugore wiwe, ivyo yari afise vyose, na Loti ari kumwe nawe. 2Aburamu yari yaratunze cane amatungo, ifeza n’inzahabu. 3Agenda intambuko ku yindi avuye mu Negebu aja i Beteli, ahantu hagati ya Beteli na Ayi ahari ihema ryiwe mbere, 4aho yari yarubatse igicaniro ubwa mbere. Ng’aho Aburamu arambaza izina rya Data wa twese. 5Na Loti, uwo bagendana na Aburamu, na we yari afise amasho n’amatungo n’amahema. 6Igihugu nt cashobora kubaronsa aho kuba bari kumwe, kuko ivyo bari bafise vyari vyinshi, ntibashobora kuguma hamwe. 7Haduka urwimo hagati y’abungere ba Aburamu n’abungere ba Loti. Abanyakanani n’Abaperizi bari batuye muri ico gihugu ico gihe. 8Aburamu abwira Loti ati: “Reka tutagiriranira urwimo, jewe nawe, canke abungere bawe n’abanje, kuko turi abavukana. 9Mbega igihugu cose si co imbere yawe? Ndakwinginze, tandukane nanje: niwaja ibubamfu, nanje nzoja iburyo; niwaja iburyo, nanje nzoja ibubamfu.”
10Loti aramizura amaso abona ko ikibaya cose c’uruzi Yorodani kugana i Zowari cari gifise amazi henshi hose, nk’umurima wa Data wa twese, nk’igihugu ca Misiri. (Ivyo vyari imbere y’uko Data wa twese asangangura Sodomu na Gomora.). 11Loti yitoramwo ikibaya cose c’uruzi Yorodani, agenda yerekeza uburasirazuba; baratandukana umwe ava ku wundi. 12Aburamu atura mu gihugu ca Kanani; Loti atura mu bisagara vy’ikibaya, ashinga amahema gushika i Sodomu. 13Abantu bo i Sodomu bari ababi, bacumura cane kuri Data wa twese.
14Loti amaze gutandukana nawe, Data wa twese abwira Aburamu ati: “Ramiza amaso uvuye aho uhagaze: mu buraruko, mu bumanuko, mu buseruko no mu burengero. 15Kuko igihugu cose ubona nzogiha wewe n’abana bawe ibihe vyose. 16Nzogira abana bawe nk’umukungugu w’isi, nimba umukungugu w’isi ushobora kuharurwa, n’abana bawe na bo bazoharurwa. 17Haguruka, ugendagende uburebure n’ubwaguke bw’igihugu, kuko ndakiguha wewe.”
18Aburamu ashinga amahema yiwe, agenda atura hafi y’ibiti vy’imyelo vy’i Mamure i Heburoni, maze yubakira Data wa twese igicaniro ng’aho.