UGenesise 14
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Impi kaKedorlawomere
1Kwathi emihleni ka-Amrafeli inkosi yaseShineyari, no-Ariyoki inkosi yase-Elasare, noKedorlawomere inkosi yase-Elamu, noTidali inkosi yezizwe, 2baphaka impi noBera inkosi yaseSodoma, noBirisha inkosi yaseGomora, noShinabe inkosi yase-Adima, noShemebere inkosi yaseSeboyimi, nenkosi yaseBela eliyiSowari. 3Bonke laba bahlangana esiGodini saseSidimi esiluLwandle Lukasawoti. 4Iminyaka eyishumi nambili bamkhonza uKedorlawomere, kepha ngomnyaka weshumi nantathu bahlubuka.
5Ngomnyaka weshumi nane kweza uKedorlawomere kanye namakhosi anaye, banqoba amaRefa e-Ashiteroti Karinayimi, namaZuzi eHamu, nama-Emi eShave Kiriyatayimi, 6namaHori entabeni yawo iSeyiri, kwaze kwaba se-Eli Pharanu ngasehlane. 7Base bebuyela emuva, beza e-Eni Mishipati eliyiKadeshi, bachitha izwe lonke lama-Amaleki nelama-Amori ayehlala eHasasoni Tamari.
8Yaphuma inkosi yaseSodoma, nenkosi yaseGomora, nenkosi yase-Adima, nenkosi yaseSeboyimi, nenkosi yaseBela eliyiSowari; bahloma, balwa nabo esiGodini saseSidimi. 9Balwa noKedorlawomere inkosi yase-Elamu, noTidali inkosi yezizwe, no-Amrafeli inkosi yaseShineyari, no-Ariyoki inkosi yase-Elasare; amakhosi amane alwa nayisihlanu. 10IsiGodi saseSidimi sasigcwele imigodi yebitume;* inkosi yaseSodoma neyaseGomora abaleka, awela kuyo; abaseleyo babalekela entabeni. 11Bathatha yonke impahla yaseSodoma neyaseGomora kanye nakho konke ukudla, bamuka. 12Bamthatha uLoti indodana yomfowabo ka-Abrama owayehlala eSodoma kanye nempahla yakhe, bamuka.
Ukusiza kuka-Abrama nokukhululwa kukaLoti
13Kepha kweza ophunyukileyo, wamtshela u-Abrama umHeberu, ngokuba wayehlala ngasema-okini* kaMamre umAmori, umfowabo ka-Eshikoli nomfowabo ka-Anere; labo babehlangene no-Abrama. 14Nxa u-Abrama esezwile ukuthi umzalwane wakhe uLoti uthunjiwe, wabutha izinceku zakhe ezifundisiweyo ebezizelwe endlini yakhe, ezingamakhulu amathathu neshumi nesishiyagalombili, wabaxosha kwaze kwaba kwaDani. 15Wazahlukanisa ebusuku izinceku zakhe, wabahlasela, wabanqoba, wabaxosha, waze wafika eHoba elingasenyakatho kwaseDamaseku. 16Wabuyisa yonke impahla, wambuyisa noLoti umzalwane wakhe, nempahla yakhe, nabesifazane, nabantu.
O-Abrama noMelkisedeki
17Emva kokubuya kwakhe ekunqobeni uKedorlawomere namakhosi anaye yaphuma inkosi yaseSodoma, yaya ukumhlangabeza esiGodini saseShave esiyisiGodi seNkosi.
18 UMelkisedeki inkosi yaseSalema waletha isinkwa newayini; wayengumpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke. 19Wambusisa wathi: “U-Abrama makabusiswe nguNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, umdali wezulu nomhlaba. 20Makabongwe uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke onike izitha zakho esandleni sakho.” U-Abrama wamnika okweshumi kwakho konke.
21Inkosi yaseSodoma yathi ku-Abrama: “Ngiphe abantu, uzithathele impahla.”
22Kepha u-Abrama wathi enkosini yaseSodoma: “Ngiyaphakamisela isandla sami kuJehova, uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, umdali wezulu nomhlaba, 23ngithi angiyikuthatha umucwana nomchilo wezicathulo nokunye okwakho ukuba ungasho ukuthi: ‘Ngimcebisile u-Abrama.’ 24Kuphela lokho ezikudlile izinceku, nesabelo samadoda ayehamba nami; o-Anere, no-Eshikoli, noMamre mabathathe isabelo sabo.”
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