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1. | UAbrama wasesenyuka eGibhithe, yena lomkakhe lakho konke ayelakho loLothi kanye laye, waya eningizimu. |
2. | Njalo uAbrama wayenothile kakhulu, ngezifuyo, ngesiliva, langegolide. |
3. | Wasehamba kubuhambuma bakhe esuka eningizimu, waze wafika eBhetheli, endaweni lapho ithente lakhe elalikhona kuqala, phakathi kweBhetheli leAyi; |
4. | endaweni yelathi ayelenzile khona kuqala; uAbrama wasebiza ibizo le Nkosi lapho. |
5. | LoLothi laye, owayehamba loAbrama, wayelezimvu lezinkomo lamathente. |
6. | Njalo ilizwe lalingabathwali ukuthi bahlale ndawonye, ngoba impahla yabo yayinengi, ukuthi babengeke bahlala ndawonye. |
7. | Kwasekusiba khona ukuxabana phakathi kwabelusi bezifuyo zikaAbrama labelusi bezifuyo zikaLothi. Ngalesosikhathi lamaKhanani lamaPerizi ayehlala elizweni. |
8. | UAbrama wasesithi kuLothi: Kakungabi khona-ke ukuxabana phakathi kwami lawe, laphakathi kwabelusi bami labelusi bakho, ngoba singamadoda angabazalwane. |
9. | Ilizwe lonke kaliphambi kwakho yini? Yehlukana-ke lami; uba usiya ngakwesokhohlo, ngizakuya ngakwesokunene; kodwa uba ngakwesokunene, ngizakuya ngakwesokhohlo. |
10. | ULothi wasephakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona lonke igceke leJordani ukuthi lalithelelwe kuhle lonke. I Nkosi ingakachithi iSodoma leGomora, lali njengensimu ye Nkosi, njengelizwe leGibhithe, nxa usiya eZowari. |
11. | ULothi wasezikhethela lonke igceke leJordani; uLothi wasesiya empumalanga; basebezehlukanisa omunye komunye. |
12. | UAbrama wahlala elizweni leKhanani, uLothi wasehlala emizini yemagcekeni, wamisa ithente lakhe eduze leSodoma. |
13. | Kodwa abantu beSodoma babebabi babeyizoni phambi kwe Nkosi kakhulu. |
14. | I Nkosi yasisithi kuAbrama emva kokuthi uLothi esehlukaniswe laye: Phakamisa-ke amehlo akho, ukhangele endaweni lapho okhona, ngasenyakatho langaseningizimu langasempumalanga langasentshonalanga, |
15. | ngoba ilizwe lonke olibonayo ngizalinika wena, lakunzalo yakho kuze kube nininini. |
16. | Njalo ngizakwenza inzalo yakho ibe njengothuli lomhlaba, kuze kuthi uba umuntu engabala uthuli lomhlaba, izabalwa lenzalo yakho. |
17. | Sukuma uhambe udabule ilizwe, ebudeni balo lebubanzini balo, ngoba ngizalinika wena. |
18. | UAbrama wasesusa amathente wafika wahlala ezihlahleni zamaokhi* zeMamre, eziseHebroni, wakhela lapho i Nkosi ilathi. |
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