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| 1. | Kwasekusithi ensukwini zikaAmrafeli inkosi yeShinari, uAriyoki inkosi yeElasari, uKedolawoma inkosi yeElamu, loTidali inkosi yezizwe, |
| 2. | balwa impi loBera inkosi yeSodoma, loBirisha inkosi yeGomora, uShinabi inkosi yeAdima, loShemebere inkosi yeZeboyimi, lenkosi yeBhela, eliyiZowari. |
| 3. | Bonke labo bahlangana esigodini iSidima esiluLwandle lweTswayi. |
| 4. | Babemkhonzile uKedolawoma okweminyaka elitshumi lambili, kodwa ngomnyaka wetshumi lantathu bavukela. |
| 5. | Langomnyaka wetshumi lane kweza uKedolawoma, lamakhosi ayelaye, batshaya amaRefa eAshiterothi-Karnayimi, lamaZuzi eHamu, lamaEmi egcekeni leKiriyathayimi, |
| 6. | lamaHori entabeni yeSeyiri, kuze kube eEliparani eliseduze lenkangala. |
| 7. | Basebebuyela bafika eEnimishipati eliyiKadeshi, batshaya ilizwe lonke lamaAmaleki, njalo lamaAmori ayehlala eHazazoni-Tamari. |
| 8. | Kwasekuphuma inkosi yeSodoma lenkosi yeGomora, lenkosi yeAdima lenkosi yeZeboyimi, lenkosi yeBhela eliyiZowari, bahlomisa impi bemelene labo esigodini iSidima, |
| 9. | emelane loKedolawoma inkosi yeElamu, loTidali inkosi yezizwe, loAmrafeli inkosi yeShinari, loAriyoki inkosi yeElasari; amakhosi amane emelane lamakhosi amahlanu. |
| 10. | Lesigodi seSidima sasilemigodigodi yengcino, lenkosi yeSodoma leyeGomora abaleka, awela khona; lasalayo abalekela entabeni, |
| 11. | asethatha yonke impahla yeSodoma leyeGomora, lokudla kwabo bonke, ahamba. |
| 12. | Amthatha loLothi lempahla yakhe, indodana yomfowabo kaAbrama, asehamba, ngoba wayehlala eSodoma. |
| 13. | Kwasekusiza owayephunyukile, wamlandisela uAbrama umHebheru, owayehlala ezihlahleni zamaokhi* zeMamre umAmori, umfowabo kaEshikoli lomfowabo kaAneri ababelesivumelwano loAbrama. |
| 14. | Kwathi uAbrama esezwile ukuthi umfowabo uthunjiwe, wahlomisa ayebafundisile, bezelwe endlini yakhe, abangamakhulu amathathu letshumi lesificaminwembili, waxotshana lawo waze wafika koDani. |
| 15. | Wasezehlukanisa emelane lawo ebusuku, yena lenceku zakhe, wawatshaya, waxotshana lawo waze wafika eHoba, ekwesokhohlo seDamaseko. |
| 16. | Wasebuyisa yonke impahla, njalo loLothi umfowabo lempahla yakhe, labesifazana labo labantu. |
| 17. | Inkosi yeSodoma yasiphuma ukumhlangabeza, esebuyile ekutshayeni uKedolawoma lamakhosi ayelaye, esigodini iShave, esiyisigodi senkosi. |
| 18. | UMelkizedeki inkosi yeSalema waseletha isinkwa lewayini; njalo yena ngumpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke. |
| 19. | Wasembusisa wathi: Kabusiswe uAbrama nguNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, uMnini wamazulu lomhlaba. |
| 20. | Kabusiswe-ke uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke onikele izitha zakho esandleni sakho. Wasemnika ingxenye yetshumi yakho konke. |
| 21. | Inkosi yeSodoma yasisithi kuAbrama: Nginika abantu, kodwa uzithathele impahla. |
| 22. | UAbrama wasesithi e Nkosi ni yeSodoma: Ngiphakamise isandla sami e Nkosi ni uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, uMnini wamazulu lomhlaba, |
| 23. | ngithi kangiyikuthatha kusukela kumucu kusiya emchilweni wenyathela, kukho konke olakho! Hlezi uthi: Mina ngimnothisile uAbrama. |
| 24. | Ngaphandle kwalokho kuphela akudlileyo amajaha, lesabelo samadoda ahambe lami, uAneri, uEshikoli loMamre, bona kabathathe isabelo sabo. |
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