Genesisi
14 Emihleni leyo u-Amrafeli ikosi yeTjhinari,+ u-Ariyoki ikosi ye-Elasari, uKedorolawomeri+ ikosi ye-Elamu+ noTidali ikosi yeGoyimu, 2 balwa noBhera ikosi yeSodoma,+ uBhiritjha ikosi yeGomora,+ uTjhinabu ikosi ye-Adima, uTjhemebheri ikosi yeTseboyimu+ nekosi yeBhela okuyiTsowari. 3 Woke amakhosi la ahlangana aba libutho emRhobeni weSidimu,+ okuliLwandle leTswayi.*+
4 Amakhosi amahlanu la asebenzela uKedorolawomeri iminyaka eli-12, kodwana ahlubuka ngomnyaka we-13. 5 Kwathi ngomnyaka we-14 uKedorolawomeri namakhosi ebewanaye beza begodu bahlula amaRafa e-Atjhiterothi-Kharinayimu, amaZuzi eRhamu, ama-Emi+ eTjhave-Khiriyatayimu, 6 namaRhori+ entabenawo eSeyiri+ kwehla bekwayokufika e-Eli-Parana, esemmangweni. 7 Ngemva kwalokho babuyela emva batjhinga e-Eni-Mitjhipathi, okuyiKhadetjhi,+ basihlula soke isifunda sama-Amalekhi+ nama-Amori+ ebewahlala eRhatsetsoni-Tamari.+
8 Nje-ke ikosi yeSodoma yatjhinga emRhobeni weSidimu nekosi yeGomora, ikosi ye-Adima, ikosi yeTseboyimu nekosi yeBhela, okuyiTsowari, bajama ngendlela ehlelekileko njengeenqhema zamasotja bona balwe nabo emRhobeni weSidimu, 9 balwa noKedorolawomeri ikosi ye-Elamu, uTidali ikosi yeGoyimu, u-Amrafeli ikosi yeTjhinari no-Ariyoki ikosi ye-Elasari,+ bekumakhosi amane alwa namakhosi amahlanu. 10 Nje-ke umRhoba weSidimu bewuzele imigodi yesikontiri, amakhosi weSodoma neGomora alinga ukubaleka begodu awela ngakiyo, kwathi labo abaseleko babalekela esifundeni seentaba. 11 Ngemva kwalokho, amakhosi amane athumbileko ayithatha yoke ipahla yeSodoma neGomora nakho koke ukudla kwabo araga nekhambo lawo.+ 12 Athatha noLothi, indodana yomfowabo ka-Abramu obekahlala eSodoma,+ kuhlanganise nepahlakhe begodu araga nekhambo lawo.
13 Ngemva kwalokho, indoda ephunyurhileko yeza yazokutjela u-Abramu umHebheru ngokwenzekileko. U-Abramu ngesikhatheso bekahlala hlangana nemithi emikhulu kaMamre um-Amori,+ umfowabo ka-Etjhikolo no-Aneri.+ Amadoda la bewasizana no-Abramu. 14 Nje-ke u-Abramu wezwa ukuthi isihlobo sakhe+ sithunjiwe. Khonokho wabuthelela abantu bakhe ababanduliweko, iinsebenzi ezibelethwe endlinakhe ezima-318, baphuma bawagijimisa bebayokufika eDani.+ 15 Kwathi phakathi kobusuku, wahlukanisa amabuthwakhe, yena neenceku zakhe basahlela amakhosi lawo begodu bawahlula. Wawagijimisa bewayokufika eRhoba esetlhagwini yeDamaseku. 16 Wayibuyisa yoke ipahla, wabuyisa noLothi isihlobo sakhe, ipahlakhe, abafazi nabanye abantu ebebathunjiwe.
17 U-Abramu nakabuya ukuyokuhlula uKedorolawomeri namakhosi ebewanaye, ikosi yeSodoma yaphuma yayokuhlangana naye emRhobeni weTjhave, okumRhoba weKosi.+ 18 Yeke uMelkizedeki+ ikosi yeSalema,+ walethela u-Abramu uburotho newayini; bekamphristi kaZimu oPhezukoke.+
19 Ngemva kwalokho wambusisa wathi:
“Kwanga uZimu oPhezukoke,
UMenzi wezulu nephasi angabusisa u-Abramu;
20 Akadunyiswe uZimu oPhezukoke,
Onikele amanabakho kuwe!”
Nje-ke u-Abramu wamnikela koke kwetjhumi.+
21 Ngemva kwalokho, ikosi yeSodoma yathi ku-Abramu: “Nginikela abantu kodwana wena ungazithathela ipahla.” 22 U-Abramu wathi ekosini yeSodoma: “Ngifunga* kuJehova uZimu oPhezukoke, uMenzi wezulu nephasi, 23 bona angekhe ngithathe okungekwakho, ngitjho nanyana kungaba yirhara namkha umutja wamapatlagwana, ukwenzela bona ungathi, ‘Ngenze u-Abramu waba yinjinga.’ 24 Akunanto engizoyithatha ngaphandle kwalokho abantu bami esele bakudlile. Malungana nesabelo samadoda akhambe nami, u-Aneri, u-Etjhikolo noMamre,+ banikele isabelo sabo.”