Genesisi

14 Ngaleso sikhatsi, Amrafeli abeyinkhosi yaseShinari,+ Ariyoki ayinkhosi yase-Elasare, Khedolawomere+ ayinkhosi yase-Elamu,+ futsi Thidali abeyinkhosi yaseGoyimu. 2 Lamakhosi alwa naBhera inkhosi yaseSodoma,+ Bhisha inkhosi yaseGomora,+ Shinabe inkhosi yase-Adma, Shemebere inkhosi yaseZeboyimu,+ kanye naSowari inkhosi yaseBhela. 3 Onkhe lamakhosi lamane ahlangana eTsafeni laseSidimu,+ lokuLwandle Lweluswayi.*+

4 Kwaphela iminyaka lengu-12 lamakhosi lasihlanu abuswa nguKhedolawomere, kodvwa amvukela ngemnyaka wesi-13. 5 Ngako ngemnyaka wesi-14, Khedolawomere nemakhosi labekanye nawo bancoba emaRefa e-Ashtherothe-khanayimu, emaZuzi eHhamu, ema-Emi+ eShave-khiriyathayimu, 6 bancoba nemaHori+ entsabeni yawo iSeyiri+ baze bayawufika e-Eli-pharani lesehlane. 7 Babese babuyela emuva futsi befika e-Eni-mishpati, lokuyiKhadeshi,+ batsatsa yonkhe indzawo yema-Amaleki+ kanye nema-Amori,+ labehlala eHasesoni-thamari.+

8 Ngaleso sikhatsi, inkhosi yaseSodoma yaphuma ikanye nenkhosi yaseGomora, nenkhosi yase-Adma, nenkhosi yaseZeboyimu, kanye nenkhosi yaseBhela, lokuyiSowari futsi bahlangana eTsafeni laseSidimu, 9 kute bayewukulwa naKhedolawomere inkhosi yase-Elamu, Thidali inkhosi yaseGoyimu, Amrafeli inkhosi yaseShinari na-Ariyoki inkhosi yase-Elasare.+ Lamakhosi lamane alwa nalamakhosi lasihlanu. 10 LiTsafa laseSidimu beligcwele imigodzi yelitiyela, futsi inkhosi yaseSodoma neyaseGomora nemabutfo awo, betama kubaleka kodvwa bagcumukela kulemigodzi, kwatsi labanye babalekela esifundzeni lesinetintsaba. 11 Ngako lamakhosi lamane lancoba atsatsa tonkhe tintfo letatiseSodoma naseGomora kanye nako konkhe kudla kwakhona ase ayahamba.+ 12 Atsatsa naLoti indvodzana yemnakabo-Abrama, njengobe abehlala eSodoma,+ atsatsa netintfo takhe ahamba.

13 Ngemuva kwaloko indvodza letsite lebeyiphunyulile yeta yatobikela Abrama umHebheru. Ngaleso sikhatsi abehlala* ngasetihlahleni letinkhulu taMamre um-Amori.+ Mamre abengumnakabo-Eshkoli na-Aneri,+ futsi lamadvodza bekabambisene na-Abrama. 14 Abrama weva kutsi sihlobo*+ sakhe sitfunjiwe. Ngako watsatsa emadvodza labececeshiwe, lobekutisebenti takhe letingu-318 letatalelwa emndenini wakhe, futsi wagijimisa lamakhosi waze wayawufika kaDani.+ 15 Kwatsi ebusuku, Abrama wehlukanisa libutfo lakhe, lokutisebenti takhe, futsi bawahlasela lamakhosi bawancoba. Bawacosha baze bayawufika eHoba, lesenyakatfo yeDamaseko. 16 Watsatsa Loti sihlobo sakhe, kanye netintfo takhe. Waphindze watsatsa naleletinye tintfo, kuhlanganise nebafati nalabanye bantfu, wabuya nabo bonkhe.

17 Ngesikhatsi Abrama abuya kuyewuncoba Khedolawomere nemakhosi labekanye naye, inkhosi yaseSodoma yamhlangabeta eTsafeni laseShave, lokuliTsafa leNkhosi.+ 18 Melkhisedeki+ lobekayinkhosi yaseSalema+ waletsa sinkhwa neliwayini; abengumphristi waNkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe.+

19 Ngemuva kwaloko wambusisa watsi:

Ngako Abrama wanika Melkhisedeki incenye yinye kuletingu-10 kuto tonkhe letintfo labetitsetse nakancoba lamakhosi.+

21 Ngemuva kwaloko inkhosi yaseSodoma yatsi ku-Abrama: “Nginike labantfu, wena utitsatsele tonkhe letintfo.” 22 Kodvwa Abrama watsi kuyo: “Ngiphakamisa sandla sami ngiyafunga kuJehova longuNkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe, futsi longuMdali welizulu nemhlaba, 23 kutsi ngeke ngitsatse lutfo lwakho, kusukela emtiyeni kuyawufika etintsanjeni tetincabule, khona ungatobese utsi: ‘Ngimnjingisile Abrama.’ 24 Kute lokunye lengitakutsatsa, ngaphandle kwaloko lesekudliwe ngulamajaha. Lamadvodza lengihamba nawo, bo-Aneri, Eshkoli naMamre,+ nawo akatsatse incenye yawo.”