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18 Kabiji Yehoba+ wamwekele kwi aye kwipi na bichi bikatampe bya kwa Mamale+ byo aikele ku kibelo kya tente wanji mute saka azonga. 2 Wainukile ne kumona banabalume basatu saka baimana palepa byobya.+ Byo ebamwene, wafumine lubilo ku tente wanji ne kwibatundaila kabiji wibafukamijile. 3 Kepo aambile’mba: “Yehoba umvwe mwangubila bibusa, kange mumpitaile amiwa kalume wenu ne. 4 Mwane, lekai nemuletelepo tumema, mowe ku maulu;+ kepo mukokolokeko munshi ya kichi. 5 Byo mwaiya kwi amiwa kalume wenu, lekai nemuletelepo kashinkwa kuba’mba mwikizhe kyefu.* Kepo mwimane muyenga.” Abo bamwambijile’mba: “Kijitu bulongo. Uba monka mo wafuukwila.”
6 Ponkapo Abalahama wapelawizhizhe kuya mu tente mwajinga Sala ne kumwambila’mba: “Pelawizha! Tola bipimo* bisatu bya bunga bwalamba, wibukande ne kulenga bashinkwa.” 7 Kabiji Abalahama wayile lubilo ku jitanga ne kukasenda mwana ñombe wanekena ne kuwama. Wamupaine kwi kalume wanji, naye wamunengezhezhe bukiji. 8 Kepo asendele bbata, mukaka ne mwana ñombe mulume ye anengezhe ne kwibapa amba baje. Kabiji waimene konka ko bajinga munshi ya kichi abo saka baja.+
9 Abo bamushikishe’mba: “Nga mukazhobe Sala uji pi?”+ Aye wibakumbwile’mba: “Uji mu tente.” 10 Umo pe abo watwajijile ne kwamba’mba: “Kine nkabwela kwi obewa pa kyonka kino kimye mwaka ubena kwiya, umvwa! Sala mukazhobe ukasema mwana wa mulume.”+ Kabiji Sala watelekelenga byo ajinga ku kibelo kya tente wanji wajinga kunyuma ya muntu waambilenga. 11 Ba Abalahama ne Sala bakotele.+ Sala wapitayijile pa jifumbi ja kusemenapo baana.*+ 12 Ponkapo Sala watatwile kuseka ne kwamba’mba: “Amiwa nakota kabiji nkambo yami naye wakota, nanchi kine nkekala na luno lusekelo nyi?”+ 13 Kepo Yehoba ashikishe Abalahama amba: “Mambo ka Sala o aji kusekela ne kwamba’mba, ‘Nanchi kine amiwa nkasema mwana byo nakota kala nyi?’ 14 Nanchi kujipo kintu Yehoba kyo akonsha kukankalwa kuba nyi?+ Nkabwela kwi obewa pa kyonka kino kimye mwaka ubena kwiya kabiji Sala ukasema mwana wa mulume.” 15 Bino Sala wakaine’mba, “Amiwa kechi naji kuseka ne!” mambo waubile moyo. Kabiji aye wamwambijile’mba: “Kukana ne! Waji kuseka.”
16 Bano banabalume byo baimene ne kuya ja ku Sodoma,+ Abalahama wibashinjikinyeko. 17 Yehoba waambile’mba: “Amiwa kechi nsakumufya Abalahama kintu kyo mbena kukeba kuba ne.+ 18 Kine, Abalahama ukekala ke kisaka kikatampe kabiji kyakosa ne bisaka byonse bya pano pa ntanda bikobilwa bibusa* na mambo a aye.+ 19 Mambo amiwa namuyuka Abalahama kabiji naketekela namba ukafunjisha baana banji ne kisemi kyanji kikalondela panyuma yanji kwenda mu jishinda ja Yehoba kupichila mu kuba byaoloka ne byawama,+ pa kuba’mba Yehoba akafikizhe kintu kyo alayile Abalahama.”
20 Kepo Yehoba aambile’mba: “Kwijizhanya na mambo a Sodoma ne Gomola kwabaya bingi,+ kabiji bubi bwabo nabo bwabaya bingi.+ 21 Mbena kwikila nkamone umvwe kya kuba babena kubila monka mwayila kwijizhanya ko naumvwa. Kabiji umvwe kechi byo ibyo ne, nsakuyuka.”+
22 Aba banabalume bafumineko ne kuya ku Sodoma, bino Yehoba+ washajile ne Abalahama. 23 Kepo Abalahama afwenyenye kwipi ne kumushikisha’mba: “Nanchi kine mukonauna baoloka pamo na babi nyi?+ 24 Twambe’mba mu muzhi muji bantu baoloka 50. Nanchi mukebonauna ne kubula kulekelako mambo yewa muzhi na mambo a bantu baoloka 50 bajimo nyi? 25 Anweba kechi mwakonsha kuba kino, kya konawina waoloka pamo na mubi ne, kya kuba kintu kimwekela waoloka kyamwekela ne mubi ne!+ Anweba kechi mwakonsha kuba kino ne.+ Nanchi Mutonyi wa ba pano pa ntanda ponse kechi ukoba kintu kyaoloka nenyi?”+ 26 Kepo Yehoba amukumbwile’mba: “Umvwe mu Sodoma nkataanemo bantu baoloka 50, nkamuleka muzhi yense na mambo a abo.” 27 Bino Abalahama waambile’mba: “Umvwai mwane, netwikakyo kya kwamba ne Yehoba amiwa muntutu wa lukungu ne buto. 28 Twambe’mba pa bantu baoloka 50 pabujila batanu. Nanchi mukonauna muzhi yense na mambo a kuba pabujila bantu batanu nyi?” Aye wamukumbwile’mba: “Kechi nkamonauna umvwe nataanamo bantu 45 ne.”+
29 Kabiji Abalahama wamwambijile jibiji amba: “Twambe’mba muji bantu 40.” Aye wamukumbwile’mba: “Na mambo a bantu 40, kechi nkamonauna ne.” 30 Bino watwajijile kwamba’mba: “Mwane anweba Yehoba, kange munzhingijile ne,+ nswishai ñambe: Twambe’mba muji bantu 30.” Aye wamukumbwile’mba: “Umvwe nataanamo bantu 30, kechi nkamonauna ne.” 31 Pakuba aye watwajijiletu na kwamba’mba: “Umvwai mwane, netwikakyo kya kwamba ne Yehoba: Twambe’mba muji bantu 20.” Aye wamukumbwile’mba: “Na mambo a bantu 20, kechi nkamonauna ne.” 32 Kyapeleleko Abalahama waambile’mba: “Mwane anweba Yehoba, kange munzhingijile ne, ndekai ñambetu japelako: Twambe’mba mujitu bantu jikumi.” Aye wamukumbwile’mba: “Kechi nkamonauna ne, na mambo a bantu jikumi.” 33 Ponkapo Yehoba byo apwishishe kwisamba ne Abalahama, wafumineko+ ne Abalahama wabwelele kwanji.