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Ukwehlukana kukaAbrama loLothi
13UAbrama wasesenyuka eGibhithe, yena lomkakhe lakho konke ayelakho loLothi kanye laye, waya eningizimu. 2 Njalo uAbrama wayenothile kakhulua, ngezifuyo, ngesiliva, langegolide. 3 Wasehamba kuzinhambo zakhe esuka eningizimu, waze wafika eBhetheli, endaweni lapho ithente lakhe elalikhona kuqala, phakathi kweBhetheli leAyi; 4 endaweni yelathi ayelenzile khona kuqalab; uAbrama wasebiza ibizo leNkosi lapho.
5 LoLothi laye, owayehamba loAbrama, wayelezimvu lezinkomo lamathente. 6 Njalo ilizwe lalingebathwale ukuthi bahlale ndawonyec, ngoba impahla yabo yayinengi, ukuthi babengeke bahlala ndawonye. 7 Kwasekusiba khona ukuxabana phakathi kwabelusi bezifuyo zikaAbrama labelusi bezifuyo zikaLothid. Ngalesosikhathi amaKhananie lamaPerizi ayehlala elizweni. 8 UAbrama wasesithi kuLothi: Ake kungabi khona ukuxabana phakathi kwami lawe, laphakathi kwabelusi bami labelusi bakho, ngoba singamadoda osendof. 9 Ilizwe lonke kaliphambi kwakho yinig? Yehlukana-ke lami; uba usiya kwesokhohlo, ngizakuya kwesokuneneh; kodwa uba kwesokunene, ngizakuya kwesokhohlo. 10 ULothi wasephakamisa amehlo akhe, wabona lonke igceke leJordanii ukuthi lalithelelwe kuhle lonke. INkosi ingakachithi iSodoma leGomoraj, lalinjengensimu yeNkosik, njengelizwe leGibhithe, nxa usiya eZowaril. 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 babebabim babeyizoni phambi kweNkosin kakhulu.
14 INkosi yasisithi kuAbrama emva kokuthi uLothi esehlukaniswe laye: Phakamisa-ke amehlo akho, ukhangele endaweni lapho okhona, ngasenyakatho langaseningizimu langasempumalanga langasentshonalangao, 15 ngoba ilizwe lonke olibonayo ngizalinika wenap, lakunzalo yakhoq kuze kube nininini. 16 Njalo ngizakwenza inzalo yakho ibe njengothuli lomhlabar, 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 zama-okhi* zeMamre, eziseHebronis, wakhela lapho iNkosi ilathi.
a Zaga 10.22.
b 12.7,8.
c 36.7.
d 26.20.
e 12.6.
f Seb. 7.26.
g 20.15; 34.10.
h 19.17. Dute. 34.3. Josh. 1.7.
i 19.17. Dute. 34.3. Josh. 1.7.
j 19.24,25.
k 2.8. Isa. 51.3. Jow. 2.3.
l 14.2,8; 19.22.
m 18.20. Hez. 16.49. 2 Pet. 2.7,8.
n 6.11.
o 28.14.
p 17.8; 28.13; 35.12. Seb. 7.5.
q 12.7; 15.18; 24.7; 26.4. Dute. 34.4. 2 Lan. 20.7.
r 15.5; 22.17; 26.4; 28.14; 32.12. Nani 23.10.
s 35.27; 37.14.