Amakhosi Amane Emelene Namahlanu
Amakhosi amane ahlula amahlanu, uLoti athunjwe kanye nempango yaseSodoma. U-Abrama uhlomisa abendlu yakhe, abaxoshe aye enyakatho, abuyise wonke umuntu. Unikela okweshumi kuMelkisedeki, umpristi kaBaba wethu oPhezukonke, kodwa uyenqaba impahla yaseSodoma, ukuze kungabikho nkosi engathi yiyo eyenza u-Abrama wanotha.
14 1Ngezinsuku zika-Amrafeli inkosi yaseShinari, u-Ariyoki inkosi yase-Elasari, uKhedorlahomere inkosi yase-Elamu, noThidali inkosi yaseGoyimi, 2la makhosi alwa impi noBera inkosi yaseSodoma, uBirsha inkosi yaseGomora, uShinabi inkosi yase-Adima, uShemeberi inkosi yaseZeboyimi, nenkosi yaseBela (okungukuthi, iZowari). 3Bonke laba bahlangana ndawonye eSigodini saseSidimi (okungukuthi, uLwandle Olufile). a a v3 NgesiHebheru: uLwandle Lukasawoti. 4Ngokuba iminyaka eyishumi nambili babekhonza uKhedorlahomere, kodwa ngonyaka weshumi nantathu bahlubuka. 5Ngonyaka weshumi nane uKhedorlahomere namakhosi ayekanye naye bafika banqoba amaRefayimi e-Ashiterothi-karnayimi, amaZuzimi eHamu, ama-Emimi eShave-kiriyathayimi, 6namaHori ezweni lawo elinezintaba laseSeyiri, kwaze kwaba se-Eli-pharani emngceleni wehlane. 7Baphenduka babuyela e-Eni-mishpati (okungukuthi, iKadeshi) bashaya lonke izwe lama-Amaleki, kanye nama-Amori ayehlala eHazazoni-thamari. 8Inkosi yaseSodoma, inkosi yaseGomora, inkosi yase-Adima, inkosi yaseZeboyimi, nenkosi yaseBela (okungukuthi, iZowari) baphuma bahlela impi ukumelana nabo eSigodini saseSidimi, 9bemelene noKhedorlahomere inkosi yase-Elamu, uThidali inkosi yaseGoyimi, u-Amrafeli inkosi yaseShinari, u-Ariyoki inkosi yase-Elasari—amakhosi amane emelene namahlanu.
10ISigodi saseSidimi sasigcwele imigodi yetiyela. Amakhosi aseSodoma naseGomora abaleka, abanye babo bawela khona lapho, abaseleyo babalekela ezintabeni. 11Amakhosi amane athatha yonke impahla yaseSodoma neyaseGomora, nakho konke ukudla kwabo, ahamba. 12Athatha noLoti umshana ka-Abrama nempahla yakhe, ahamba, ngokuba uLoti wayehlala eSodoma.
13Kwafika umuntu owayephunyukile wabikela u-Abrama umHebheru lokhu, owayehlala ngasezihlahleni ezinkulu zikaMamre um-Amori, umfowabo ka-Eshkoli no-Aneri—ababehlangene no-Abrama. 14Kwathi lapho u-Abrama ezwa ukuthi isihlobo sakhe sithunjiwe, wakhipha amadoda angamakhulu amathathu neshumi nesishiyagalombili ayeqeqeshiwe azalelwa endlini yakhe, wawaxosha kwaze kwaba seDani. 15Ngalobo busuku wehlukanisa amabutho akhe, yena nezinceku zakhe, wawahlasela, wawaxosha kwaze kwaba seHoba, enyakatho yeDamaseku. 16Wabuyisa yonke impahla, waphinde wabuyisa nesihlobo sakhe uLoti nempahla yakhe, kanye nabesifazane nabantu.
Ukubuya Ekhaya Evela Empini
17Emva kokuba u-Abrama ebuyile ekunqobeni uKhedorlahomere namakhosi ayekanye naye, inkosi yaseSodoma yaphuma ukuzomhlangabeza eSigodini saseShave (iSigodi seNkosi). 18UMelkisedeki inkosi yaseSalema wakhipha isinkwa newayini. Wayengumpristi ka-Eli Eliyoni, uBaba wethu oPhezukonke. b b v18 UMelkisedeki, umpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, ufanekisela uJesu — amaHebheru 7 ambiza njengenkosi engumpristi engunaphakade uJesu agcwalisa isimiso sayo. 19Wambusisa u-Abrama wathi: “Makabusiswe u-Abrama ngu-Eli Eliyoni, uBaba wethu oPhezukonke, uMdali wezulu nomhlaba. 20Makabusiswe u-Eli Eliyoni, uBaba wethu oPhezukonke, onikele izitha zakho esandleni sakho.” U-Abrama wayesemnika okweshumi kwakho konke.
21Inkosi yaseSodoma yathi ku-Abrama: “Nginike abantu, uthathele wena impahla.”
22Kodwa u-Abrama wathi enkosini yaseSodoma: “Ngiphakamisele isandla sami esifungweni kuBaba wethu, u-Eli Eliyoni, oPhezukonke, uMdali wezulu nomhlaba, 23ukuthi angiyikuthatha lutho lwakho, ngisho intambo noma umchilo wesicathulo, ukuze ungaze usho uthi, ‘Yimina engenze u-Abrama waceba.’ 24Lutho kimi—kuphela lokho okudliwe ngabafana, nezabelo zika-Aneri, no-Eshkoli, noMamre, abahamba nami. Mabathathe okwabo.”
