U-Abramu usindisa uLothi
1Kilesisikhathi u-Amrafeli ikosi yeTjhinari, u-Ariyoki ikosi ye-Elasari, uKedorolawomeri ikosi ye-Elamu noTidali ikosi yeGoyimu 2basahlela uBhera ikosi yeSodoma, uBhiritjha ikosi yeGomora, uTjhinabu ikosi ye-Adma, uTjhemebheri ikosi yeTseboyimu nekosi yeBhela okuyiTsowari. 3Woke amakhosi lawo ahlangana aba libutho emrhobeni weSidimu okuliLwandle leTswayi namhlanje. 4Amakhosi lawo gade aziinkhonzi zakaKedorolawomeri iminyaka elitjhumi nambili, kwathi emnyakeni wetjhumi nantathu amhlubuka.
5Ngomnyaka wetjhumi nane, uKedorolawomeri namakhosi agade alibutho naye basahlela bebahlula amaRefayi ange-Atjhiterothi-Kharinayimu, amaZuzi ngeHamu, ama-Emi ngeTjhave-Khiriyatayimu 6namaRhori eentatjaneni zenarha yeSeyiri ukuyela nge-Eli-Parana eduze kwerhalawumba. 7Bajika babuyela emuva baya e-Eni-Mitjhipathi okuyiKhadetjhi, bahlula yoke imikhawulo yama-Amalekhi kanye nama-Amori agade ahlala ngeRhatsetsoni-Tamari.
8Nje-ke ikosi yeSodoma yarhwanta yahlela ipi ngemrhobeni weSidimu isekelwe yikosi yeGomora, ye-Adma, yeTseboyimu neyeBhela okuyiTsowari. 9Wona gade ajamelene noKedorolawomeri ikosi ye-Elamu, uTidali ikosi yeGoyimu, u-Amrafeli ikosi yeTjhinari no-Ariyoki ikosi ye-Elasari, kwaba makhosi amane ajamelene namahlanu. 10Umrhoba weSidimu bewuzele amadonga lapha kwenjiwa khona isikontiri. Nje-ke kwathi lokha amakhosi weSodoma neGomora nakabalekako, amanye wamajonawo awela ngakiwo, amanye abalekela eentatjaneni. 11Amakhosi amane aphanga yoke ifuyo yeSodoma neGomora ngitjho kanye nokudla, akhamba. 12Godu bathatha noLothi umntakamfowabo laka-Abramu nefuywakhe ngombana gade ahlala eSodoma.
13Owaphunyurhako weza wazokubikela u-Abramu omHebheru indaba leyo. Ngesikhatheso u-Abramu gade ahlala eduze kwemithi kaMamre umAmori omfowabo laka-Etjhikolo no-Aneri. Boke labo bebalijima no-Abramu. 14Kuthe bona u-Abramu ezwe bonyana umntakamfowabo uthunjiwe, wahlomisa iinceku ezithembekileko ezazibelethelwe emzinakhe. Walandelela amakhosi lawo bekwaba seDani akhamba namadoda amakhulu amathathu netjhumi nobunane. 15Kwathi phakathi kobusuku, u-Abramu wahlela iinceku zakhe ngeenqhema. Wasahlela amakhosi lawo, wawagijimisa ukufika eRhoba, etlhagwini yeDamaseku. 16Wabuyisa yoke ifuyo kanye noLothi umntakamfowabo nefuywakhe sekufakwa hlangana abafazi nabanye abantu beSodoma.
17Kuthe bona u-Abramu abuye ekuhluleni uKedorolawomeri namakhosi ajame naye, ikosi yeSodoma yaphuma bona imhlangabeze ngemrhobeni weTjhave okumrhoba wekosi.
18UMalkitsedekhi ikosi yeSalema ogade amphristi kaZimu ongoPhezulu, wamlethela isikwa newayini. 19Yena wabusisa u-Abramu wathi:
“U-Abramu akabusiswe nguZimu ongoPhezulu
uMdali wezulu nephasi.
20Akudunyiswe uZimu ongoPhezulu
onikele izitha zakho esandleni sakho.”
Yeke u-Abramu wamnikela kwetjhumi kwakho koke.
21Ikosi yeSodoma yathi ku-Abramu: “Nginikela abantu bese wena uzigcinela ifuyo.”
22Kodwana u-Abramu wathi ekosini yeSodoma: “Sengiphakamisele isandla sami kuSomnini uZimu ongoPhezulu, uMdali wezulu nephasi, 23ngafunga bonyana angisoze ngamukela litho okungelakho, ngitjho nanyana kungaba mumucwana namkha umtjana wamapatlagwana ukuze ungazibethi isifuba ngami uthi, ‘Nakungu-Abramu, unjingiswe ngimi.’ 24Angifuni litho ngaphandle kwalokho okudliwe ziinceku kanye nesabelo ekungesamadoda akhamba nami okungu-Aneri, u-Etjhikolo noMamre. Labo-ke abafunyane isabelo sabo.”
