UGenesisi 13:1-18
13 U-Abrama wasesuka-ke eGibhithe waya eNegebhi+ lomkakhe, lakho konke ayelakho kanye loLothi.
2 U-Abrama wayenothe kakhulu, elezifuyo lesiliva legolide.+
3 Phakathi kohambo lwakhe esuka eNegebhi esiya eBhetheli, wayehamba ethutha esuka kwenye indawo esiya kwenye waze wayafika endaweni ayemise kuyo itende lakhe kuqala, phakathi kweBhetheli le-Ayi.+
4 Endaweni le kulapho u-Abrama ayefike wakha khona i-alithare njalo wabiza ibizo likaJehova kuleyondawo.
5 Indoda le okuthiwa nguLothi eyayihamba lo-Abrama layo yayilezimvu lenkomo kanye lamatende.
6 Ngakho indawo ababekuyo yayingaseneli ukuthi bahlale ndawonye, izifuyo* zabo zasezizinengi kakhulu okokuthi kwasekunzima ukuthi bahlale ndawonye.
7 Lokhu kwabangela ukuthi abelusi bezifuyo zika-Abrama labelusi bezifuyo zikaLothi baxabane. (Ngalesosikhathi elizweni kwakuhlala amaKhenani lamaPherizi.)+
8 U-Abrama wasesithi kuLothi:+ “Ngicela singaxabani, njalo ngicela abelusi bami labelusi bakho bangaxabani ngoba mina lawe siyizihlobo.*
9 Ungazikhethela loba ngaphi lapho ofuna ukuhlala khona elizweni. Ngiyacela, kasehlukane. Nxa ungaya kwesenxele mina ngizakuya kwesokudla; kodwa nxa ungaya kwesokudla mina ngizakuya kwesenxele.”
10 Ngakho uLothi waphakamisa amehlo akhe wabona ukuthi sonke isigaba seJodani+ sasiyindawo elamanzi amanengi, (uJehova engakabhubhisi iSodoma leGomora), sasinjengensimu kaJehova+ njalo sinjengelizwe laseGibhithe kuze kuyefika eZowari.+
11 ULothi wasezikhethela sonke isigaba seJodani, wathutha waya empumalanga, kwaba yikho ukwehlukana kwabo.
12 U-Abrama wahlala elizweni laseKhenani, uLothi yena wayahlala eduze kwamadolobho asesigabeni seJodani.+ Ekucineni wamisa itende lakhe eduze kweSodoma.
13 Abantu beSodoma babexhwalile, besenza izono ezinkulu phambi kukaJehova.+
14 Kwathi uLothi esesukile, uJehova wasesithi ku-Abrama: “Ngicela uphakamise amehlo akho ulapho omi khona, ukhangele enyakatho laseningizimu, empumalanga lasentshonalanga,
15 ngoba lonke ilizwe olibonayo ngizalinika wena lezizukulwane zakho* libe ngelenu kokuphela.+
16 Ngizakwenza izizukulwane zakho* zibe zinengi njengothuli, okokuthi nxa ekhona ongabala uthuli, lezizukulwane zakho zingabalwa.*+
17 Sukuma ulibhode ilizwe ubone ubude balo lobubanzi balo ngoba ngizakunika lona.”
18 Ngakho u-Abrama waqhubeka ehlala ematendeni. Ngokuya kwesikhathi wahlala eduze kwezihlahla ezinkulu zaseMamre+ eHebroni+ njalo wakhela uJehova i-alithare kuleyondawo.+
Amabala angaphansi
^ Kumbe, “impahla.”
^ Kumbe, “singumuntu lomfowabo.”
^ Kumbe, “lenzalo yakho.”
^ Kumbe, “inzalo yakho.”
^ Kumbe, “lenzalo yakho ingabalwa.”
