IGenesis
13:1 Wenyuka uAbram, ephuma eYiputa, yena nomkakhe, neento zonke abenazo;
ekunye naye uLote, esinga kwelasezantsi.
13:2 UAbram waye esisityebi kunene ngemfuyo, nangesilivere, nangegolide.
13:3 Yaye wahamba ngohambo lwakhe ukusuka ezantsi ukuya eBheteli
indawo apho ibikhona intente yakhe ekuqaleni, phakathi kweBheteli neAyi;
13:4 endaweni yesibingelelo, awasenzayo khona ekuqaleni;
UAbram walinqula khona igama likaYehova.
13:5 Naye uLote, obehamba noAbram, waye enempahla emfutshane, neenkomo, neentente.
13:6 Ilizwe elo alaba nakubathwala, ukuba bahlale ndawonye;
ngokuba impahla yabo ibininzi, ababa nakuhlala ndawonye.
13:7 Kwabakho ukubambana phakathi kwabalusi bemfuyo ka-Abram nabalusi
Abalusi bemfuyo kaLote ahlala amaKanan namaPerizi
emva koko emhlabeni.
13:8 Wathi uAbram kuLote, Makungabikho mbambano kaloku phakathi kwam.
nawe, naphakathi kwabalusi bam nabalusi bakho; ngokuba singabazalwana.
13:9 Aliphambi kwakho na ilizwe lonke? khawuzahlukanise naye
ukuba uthe wathabatha isandla sasekhohlo, ndoya ekunene; okanye ukuba
ukuba uye ekunene, mna ndoya ekhohlo.
13:10 ULote wawaphakamisa amehlo akhe, wawukhangela wonke ummandla waseYordan;
yayinamanzi amaninzi kuyo yonke indawo, ngaphambi kokuba uYehova ayonakalise iSodom ne
iGomora, njengomyezo kaYehova, njengelizwe laseYiputa, njenge
ufika eTsohare.
13:11 ULote wawunyula wonke ummandla waseYordan; uLote wehla waya empumalanga;
bazahlula omnye komnye.
13:12 UAbram wahlala ezweni lakwaKanan, uLote wahlala emizini yase
ethafeni, wayimisa intente yakhe ngaseSodom.
13:13 Ke kaloku amadoda aseSodom ayengabenzi bobubi, engaboni emehlweni kaYehova
ngokugqithisileyo.
13:14 Wathi uYehova kuAbram, emveni kokuba uLote ahlukane naye,
Khawuwaphakamise amehlo akho, ukhangele ukuloo ndawo ukuyo
entla, nasezantsi, nasempumalanga, nasentshonalanga;
13:15 ngokuba lonke ilizwe olibonayo ndiya kulinika wena, nelakho
imbewu ngonaphakade.
13:16 ndiyenze imbewu yakho ibe njengothuli lomhlaba, angathi umntu unako
Lubale uthuli lomhlaba, ize ibalwe nembewu yakho.
13:17 Suka, ulihambe ilizwe ngobude balo nangobubanzi balo
yona; ngokuba ndiya kukunika wona.
13:18 UAbram wayisusa intente yakhe, waya wahlala eMiokini kaMamre.
eHebron, wakhela khona uYehova isibingelelo.