Genesisi
13 Nje-ke u-Abramu waphuma eGibhide watjhinga eNegebhi,+ wakhamba nomkakhe noLothi nakho koke egade anakho. 2 U-Abramu bekanefuyo enengi, isiliva negolide+ elinengi. 3 Bekakhamba ahlala iindawo ngeendawo njengombana asuka eNegebhi atjhinga eBhetheli bewafika endaweni ehlangana neBhetheli ne-Ayi,+ wahloma itende lakhe lapho, 4 okuyindawo lapho akha khona i-aldara phambilini. Wafese wabiza igama lakaJehova lapho.
5 ULothi obekakhamba no-Abramu naye bekanezimvu, iinkomo namatende. 6 Nje-ke bekungasakghonakali bona bahlale endaweni yinye ngombana bebanefuyo enengi khulu. 7 Lokho kwenza abelusi bemihlambi ka-Abramu nebakaLothi barhitjhana. (Ngesikhatheso enarheni bekuhlala amaKanana namaPerizi.)+ 8 Yeke u-Abramu wathi kuLothi:+ “Ngibawa singalwi, nabelusi bemihlambethu abangarhitjhani ngombana usihlobo sami. 9 Khetha lapho ufuna ukuhlala khona enarheni le. Ngibawa sihlukane. Nange uya ngesinceleni, mina ngizokuya ngesidleni; kodwana nange ukhetha ukuya ngesidleni mina-ke ngizokuya ngesinceleni.” 10 Nje-ke uLothi waqala wabona isifunda seJordani+ ebesinamanzi amanengi (ngaphambi kokuthi uJehova atjhabalalise iSodoma neGomora), sifana nesimu kaJehova,+ njengeGibhide ukuyokufika eTsowari.+ 11 ULothi wakhetha soke isifunda seJordani begodu wafudusa ikampakhe, watjhinga ngepumalanga. Bahlukana bunjalo-ke. 12 U-Abramu wahlala enarheni yeKanana, uLothi yena wahlala hlangana namadorobho wesifunda,+ kwathi kamva wayokuhloma itende lakhe hlanu kweSodoma. 13 Abantu beSodoma bebakhohlakele begodu bazizoni ezikulu kuJehova.+
14 UJehova wakhuluma no-Abramu ngemva kokobana ahlukane noLothi, wathi kuye: “Ngibawa uphakamise amehlwakho usendaweni okiyo leyo, uqale ngetlhagwini nesewula, ngepumalanga netjingalanga, 15 ngombana yoke inarha oyibonako le, ngizokunikela yona, wena neenzukulwana zakho bona nihlale kiyo ngokungapheliko.+ 16 Ngizokwenza iinzukulwana zakho zibe ngangethuli lehlabathi, ukwenzela ukuthi nangabe kunomuntu ongabala ithuli lehlabathi, neenzukulwana zakho angakghona ukuzibala.+ 17 Sikima uyikhambe yoke inarha leyo begodu ujayelane nobude nobubanzi bayo, ngombana ngizokunikela yona.” 18 U-Abramu waraga nokuhlala ematendeni. Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi weza wahlala eduze nemithi yeMamre+ eseRhebroni,+ wakhela uJehova+ i-aldara lapho.