Genesisi 14

Abrama ukhulula Loti ekutfunjweni

1Emakhosi lamane: Amrafeli, inkhosi yaseShinari, na-Ariyoki, inkhosi yase-Elasare, naKhedolawomere, inkhosi yase-Elamu, naThidali, inkhosi yetive, 2ahloma ayawuhlasela lamanye emakhosi lasihlanu, lekwakuboBhera, inkhosi yaseSodoma, naBhisha, inkhosi yaseGomora, naShinabe, inkhosi yase-Adema, naShemebere, inkhosi yaseSeboyimu, nenkhosi yaseBhela, leyiSowari. 3Onkhe lamakhosi ahlangana ndzawonye eTsafeni laseSidimu, lesekwaba Lwandle Lweluswayi. 4Kwase kuphele iminyaka leli-12 baphansi kwenkhosi Khedolawomere; kepha emnyakeni weli-13 bamhlubuka. 5Ngemnyaka weli-14 weta Khedolawomere nalamanye emakhosi labenawo, balwa behlula emaRefa e-Ashtherothe Khanayimu, nemaZuzi eHhamu, nema-Emi eShave Khiriyathayimu, 6nemaHori entsabeni yawo iSeyiri, kwadzimate kwaba ngu-Eli Pharani ngasehlane. 7Base bayancandzeka, beta e-Eni Mishpati leliyiKhadeshi, balicitsa lonkhe live lema-Amaleki, nelema-Amori labehlala eHasesoni Thamari.

8Inkhosi yaseSodoma, neyaseGomora, neyase-Adema, neyaseSeboyimu, neyaseBhela leliyiSowari, ahloma aya kulelitsafa laseSidimu, 9kuyakulwa nemakhosi boKhedolawomere wase-Elamu, naThidali inkhosi yetive, na-Amrafeli waseShinari, na-Ariyoki wase-Elasare. Emakhosi lamane alwa nemakhosi lasihlanu. 10Litsafa laseSidimu laligcwele imigodzi yelitiyela. Ngesikhatsi emakhosi aseSodoma abaleka, agcumukela kulemigodzi, lamanye abalekela etintsabeni. 11Ngako-ke lamakhosi lamane atitsatsa tonkhe timphahla taseSodoma netaseGomora nemiphako yawo yonkhe, ahamba. 12Atsatsa naLoti labeyindvodzana yemnakabo-Abrama, njengobe abehlala eSodoma, naye bamtfumba kanye netimphahla takhe.

13Lomunye waphunyuka wabaleka wayawubikela Abrama, umHebheru, labehlala ngasetihlahleni tema-okhi aMamre, um-Amori, umnakabo-Eshkoli na-Aneri. Bonkhe-ke laba bebabambisene na-Abrama. 14Abrama watsi kube eve kutsi umntfwanemnakabo bamtfumbile, wabutsa emadvodza labetalelwe ekhaya lakhe labececeshelwe timphi. Asawonkhe abesangema-318. Abrama nalamadvodza wacosha lamakhosi lamane wadzimate wawefikisa ngakaDani. 15Kwatsi ebusuku wahlelembisa libutfo lakhe ngeticheme talo. Wawahlasela wawehlula, wawacosha waze wawabeka eHoba, enyakatfo neDamaseko. 16Watitsatsa tonkhe timphahla wabuya nato kanye naLoti netimphahla takhe nalabasikati kanye nalabanye labanyenti.

Melkhisedeki ubusisa Abrama

17Abrama asabuya ekwehluleni Khedolawomere nalamanye emakhosi labenawo, inkhosi yaseSodoma yaphuma yaya kumhlangabeta eSigodzini saseShave, lekuSigodzi Senkhosi. 18 NaMelkhisedeki, inkhosi yaseSalema, leyayingumphristi waNkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe, yaletsa kuye sinkhwa neliwayini. 19Melkhisedeki wabusisa Abrama watsi:

“Abrama akabusiswe

nguNkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe,

uMdali welizulu nemhlaba.

20Akabongwe Nkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe

lonikete letitsa takho

entsendzeni yesandla sakho.”

Abrama wanika Melkhisedeki kwelishumi kwako konkhe.

21Inkhosi yaseSodoma yatsi ku-Abrama: “Buyisa bonkhe labantfu bami, wena utitsatsele letimphahla.”

22Kodvwa Abrama watsi enkhosini yaseSodoma: “Ngiphakamisela sandla sami, ngifunga kuSimakadze Nkulunkulu Losetikwako Konkhe, uMdali welizulu nemhlaba, 23kutsi ngingeke ngitsatse ngisho nelucotfo nome umchilo weticatfulo nome yini lekuyakho. Angifuni kutsi bese utsi: ‘Abrama ngimcebisile.’ 24Kute lengitakutsatsa ngaphandle kwaloko lokudliwe ngulamadvodza akami, nesabelo salamadvodza bengihamba nawo: bo-Aneri, na-Eshkoli, naMamre. Abatsatse sabelo sabo.”

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