IGenesis
14:1 Ke kaloku kwathi ngemihla ka-Amrafele ukumkani waseShinare, uAriyoki ukumkani.
kwaElazare, uKedorlahomere ukumkani wakwaElam, noTidali ukumkani weentlanga;
14:2 benza imfazwe noBhera ukumkani waseSodom, noBhirsha ukumkani waseSodom
neGomora, noShinabhi ukumkani waseAdama, noShemebhere ukumkani waseTsebhoyim, nokumkani waseTsebhoyim
ukumkani waseBhela, eyiTsohare.
14:3 Bonke aba bahlanganiswa entilini yaseSidim eyityuwa
ulwandle.
14:4 Iminyaka elishumi elinamibini bakhonza uKedorlahomere, ngomnyaka weshumi elinantathu
bavukela.
14:5 Ngomnyaka weshumi elinesine kweza uKedorlahomere, nookumkani ababekho
naye, wawaxabela amaRafa eAshtaroti-karnayim, namaZuzi eAshtaroti-karnayim
noHam, namaEmi eShave yaseKiriyatayim;
14:6 namaHori ezintabeni zawo zakwaSehire, kwesa e-Elparan engakuwe
entlango.
14:7 Babuya ke, beza e-Enmishpati eyiKadeshe, bayixabela yonke.
ilizwe lama-Amaleki, nelama-Amori abehleli kulo
Hazezontamar.
14:8 Waphuma ukumkani waseSodom, nokumkani waseGomora, nokumkani
ukumkani waseAdama, nokumkani waseTsebhoyim, nokumkani waseBhela (yena).
balwa nabo entilini yaseSidim;
14:9 kunye noKedorlahomere ukumkani wakwaElam, noTidali ukumkani weentlanga, kunye
uAmrafele ukumkani waseShinare, noAriyoki ukumkani wase-Elazare; ookumkani abane kunye
Ntlanu.
14:10 Ke intili yaseSidim yayizele yimihadi yebhitumene; nookumkani baseSodom kunye
Yabaleka iGomora, yawa khona; baza abo baseleyo basabela endlwini
intaba.
14:11 Bayithabatha yonke impahla yaseSodom neGomora, nayo yonke impahla yabo
ukutya, bahamba.
14:12 Bamthabatha uLote, unyana womninawa ka-Abram, owayehlala eSodom, nomkakhe.
impahla, yemka.
14:13 Kwafika osindileyo, waxelela uAbram umHebhere; ngokuba yena
wahlala eMiokini kaMamre umAmori, umzalwana kaEshkoli, nomzalwana
ka-Anere bona babenqophisene noAbram.
14:14 Weva ke uAbram, ukuba umkhuluwa wakhe uthinjiwe, wamxhobisa eyakhe impahla
abakhonzi abaqeqeshiweyo, abazalelwe endlwini yakhe, amakhulu amathathu aneshumi elinesibhozo;
wabasukela ukuya kutsho kwaDan.
14:15 Wabahlula phakathi kwabo, yena nabakhonzi bakhe ebusuku, nabakhonzi bakhe
wabaxabela, wabasukela ukuya kufikelela eHobha, engasekhohlo kwayo
eDamasko.
14:16 Wazibuyisa zonke iimpahla zakhe, wambuyisa nomkhuluwa wakhe
uLote, nemfuyo yakhe, nabafazi kwanabantu.
14:17 Waphuma ukumkani waseSodom, esiya kumkhawulela, ekubuyeni kwakhe ententeni
kwabulawa uKedorlahomere, nookumkani ababenaye, apho
yintili yeShave, yintili yokumkani ke leyo.
14:18 UMelkitsedeke, ukumkani waseSalem, wazisa isonka newayini;
umbingeleli kaThixo Osenyangweni.
14:19 Wamsikelela wathi, Makasikelelwe uAbram nguThixo Osenyangweni.
uMnini wezulu nomhlaba:
14:20 Makabongwe uThixo Osenyangweni, ozihlanguleyo iintshaba zakho
esandleni sakho. wamnika isishumi seento zonke.
14:21 Wathi ukumkani waseSodom kuAbram, Ndinike abantu, uthabathe
iimpahla kuwe.
14:22 Wathi uAbram kukumkani waseSodom, Isandla sam ndisiphakamisele kuwe
UYehova, uThixo Osenyangweni, uMnini wezulu nehlabathi,
14:23 ukuba ndingathabatheki nosinga, nokuba ngumtya wembadada;
Andiyi kuthabatha nto eyeyakho, hleze uthi, Ndinayo
wamtyebisa uAbram.
14:24 Kuphela oko kudliwe ngabafana, kunye nesabelo sewayini kuphela
amadoda ahamba nam, uAnere, uEshkoli, noMamre; mabathabathe ezabo
inxalenye.