Ookumkani Abane Bechasene Nabahlanu
Ookumkani abane boyisa abahlanu, aze uLot athinjwe kunye namaxhoba aseSodom. U-Abram uxhobisa abantu bakhe, abasukele ngasentla, abuyise wonke umntu. Unikela isishumi kuMelkitsedeke, umbingeleli kaBawo wethu Osenyangweni, kodwa ale impahla yaseSodom, ukuze kungabikho kumkani onokuthi wenze u-Abram waba sisityebi.
14 1Ngemihla ka-Amrafele ukumkani waseShinare, uAriyoki ukumkani wase-Elasare, uKedarlahomere ukumkani wase-Elam, noTidali ukumkani waseGoyim, 2aba kumkani balwa noBhera ukumkani waseSodom, uBhirsha ukumkani waseGomora, uShinabhi ukumkani wase-Adma, uShemebere ukumkani waseTseboyim, nokumkani waseBhela (oko kukuthi, iZowari). 3Bonke aba bahlangana kwintlambo yaseSidim (oko kukuthi, uLwandle oluFileyo). a a v3 NgesiHebhere: uLwandle lweTyuwa. 4Iminyaka elishumi elinesibini babekhonza uKedarlahomere, kodwa ngomnyaka weshumi elinesithathu bavukela. 5Ngomnyaka weshumi elinesine weza uKedarlahomere nookumkani ababedibene naye, baboyisa amaRefayim e-Ashterote-karnayim, amaZuzi eHam, ama-Emi eShave-kiriyatayim, 6namaHori kwilizwe labo leenduli laseSeyire, de bafika e-Elparan ekupheleni kwentlango. 7Babuyela e-Enmishpati (oko kukuthi, iKadeshi), bawubetha wonke ummandla wama-Amaleki, kwakunye nama-Amori awayehlala eHatsatson-tamar. 8Baphuma ukumkani waseSodom, ukumkani waseGomora, ukumkani wase-Adma, ukumkani waseTseboyim, nokumkani waseBhela (oko kukuthi, iZowari), baza bamisa imikhosi yabo yemfazwe ngokuchasene nabo kwintlambo yaseSidim, 9ngokuchasene noKedarlahomere ukumkani wase-Elam, uTidali ukumkani waseGoyim, uAmrafele ukumkani waseShinare, uAriyoki ukumkani wase-Elasare—ookumkani abane bechasene nabahlanu.
10Intlambo yaseSidim yayizele yimingxuma yebitumeni. Babaleka ookumkani baseSodom nabaseGomora, abanye babo bawela khona apho, abaseleyo babalekela ezindulini. 11Ookumkani abane bathatha yonke impahla yaseSodom neyaseGomora, nokutya kwabo konke, bemka. 12Bathatha noLoti umtshana ka-Abram nempahla yakhe, bemka, kuba uLoti wayehlala eSodom.
13Indoda eyayisindile yeza yaxelela u-Abram umHebhere ngale nto, owayehlala ngasemioki kaMamre umAmori, umntakwabo ka-Eshkoli no-Anere—ababenomnqophiso no-Abram. 14Uthe u-Abram akuva ukuba isizalwana sakhe sithinjiwe, wakhupha amadoda angama-318 aqeqeshiweyo awayezalelwe endlwini yakhe, waza wabasukela wada wafika eDan. 15Ngobo busuku wahlula imikhosi yakhe, yena nezicaka zakhe, wabahlasela, wabasukela wada eHobha, engasentla kweDamasko. 16Wayibuyisa yonke impahla, waza wasibuyisa nesizalwana sakhe uLoti nempahla yakhe, kwakunye nabafazi nabantu.
Ukubuya Emfazweni
17Emva kokuba u-Abram ebuyile ekoyiseni uKedarlahomere nookumkani ababedibene naye, weza ukumkani waseSodom ukuza kumkhawulela kwintlambo yaseShave (iNtlambo yoKumkani). 18UMelkitsedeki ukumkani waseSalem wakhupha isonka newayini. Wayengumbingeleli ka-El Eliyon, uBawo wethu oPhezukonke. b b v18 UMelkitsedeki, umbingeleli kaThixo oPhezukonke, ungumfuziselo kaYesu — amaHebhere isahluko 7 imchaza njengombingeleli-kumkani ongunaphakade, apho uYesu azalisekisa khona udidi lwakhe. 19Wamsikelela u-Abram wathi: “Makasikelelwe u-Abram ngu-El Eliyon, uBawo wethu oPhezukonke, uMdali wezulu nomhlaba. 20Makabongwe u-El Eliyon, uBawo wethu oPhezukonke, onikele iintshaba zakho esandleni sakho.” Waza u-Abram wamnika isishumi sezinto zonke.
21Wathi ukumkani waseSodom ku-Abram: “Ndinike abantu, uzithabathele impahla.”
22Kodwa u-Abram wathi kukumkani waseSodom: “Ndisiphakamisile isandla sam ndifunga kuBawo wethu, u-El Eliyon, oPhezukonke, uMdali wezulu nomhlaba, 23ukuba andiyi kuthatha nto yakho, nokuba ngumsonto okanye umtya wembadada, ukuze ungaze uthi, ‘Ndim omtyebisileyo u-Abram.’ 24Akukho nto yam—ngaphandle koko kudliwe ngamadodana, nezabelo zika-Anere, no-Eshkoli, noMamre, abahamba nam. Mabazithabathe ezabo izabelo.”
