¹ Kwathi emihleni ka -Amrafeli inkosi yaseShineyari , no-Ariyoki inkosi yase - Elasare, noKedorlawomere inkosi yase-Elamu, noTidali inkosi yezizwe, ² baphaka impi noBera inkosi yaseSodoma , noBirisha inkosi yaseGomora , noShinabe inkosi yas e-Adima, noShemebere inkosi yaseSeboyimi , nenkosi yaseBela eliyiSowari. ³ Bonke laba bahlangana esiGodini saseSidimi esiluLwandle Lukasawoti. ⁴ Iminyaka eyishumi nambili bamkhonza uKedorlawomere, kepha ngomnyaka weshumi nantathu bahlubuka. ⁵ Ngomnyaka weshumi nane kweza uKedorlawomere kanye namakhosi anaye, banqoba amaRefa e -Ashiteroti Karinayimi, namaZuzi eHamu , nama-Emi eShave Kiriyatayimi, ⁶ namaHori entabeni yawo iSeyiri, kwaze kwaba se-Eli Pharanu ngasehlane. ⁷ Base bebuyela emuva , beza e -Eni Mishipati eliy iKadeshi, bachitha izwe lonke lama-Amaleki nelama-Amori ayehlala eHasasoni Tamari. ⁸ Yaphuma inkosi yaseSodoma , nenkosi yaseGomora , nenkosi yase -Adima, nenkosi yaseSeboyimi , nenkosi yaseBela eliyiSowari ; bahloma, balwa nabo esiGodini saseSidimi. ⁹ Balwa noKe dorlawomere inkosi yase -Elamu, noTidali inkosi yezizwe , no- Amrafeli inkosi yaseShineyari , no-Ariyoki inkosi yase -Elasare; amakhosi amane alwa nayisihlanu. ¹⁰ IsiGodi saseSidimi sasigcwele imigodi yebitume ; inkosi yaseSodoma neyaseGomora abaleka, awela kuyo; abaseleyo babalekela entabeni. ¹¹ Bathatha yonke impahla yaseSodoma neyaseGomora kanye nakho konke ukudla, bamuka. ¹² Bamthatha uLoti indodana yomfowabo ka -Abrama owayehlala eSodoma kanye nempahla yakhe, bamuka. Ukusiza kuka-Abrama nokukhululwa kukaLoti ¹³ Kepha kweza ophunyukileyo , wamtshela u-Abrama umHeberu , ngokuba wayehlala ngasema -okini kaMamre umAmori , umfowabo ka -Eshikoli nomfowabo ka-Anere; labo babehlangene no-Abrama. ¹⁴ Nxa u -Abrama esezwile ukuthi umzalwane wakhe uLoti uthunjiwe , wabutha izinceku z akhe ezifundisiweyo ebezizelwe endlini yakhe , ezingamakhulu amathathu neshumi nesishiyagalombili , wabaxosha kwaze kwaba kwaDani. ¹⁵ Wazahlukanisa ebusuku izinceku zakhe , wabahlasela, wabanqoba, wabaxosha, waze wafika eHoba elingasenyakatho kwaseDamaseku. ¹⁶ Wabuyisa yonke impahla, wambuyisa noLoti umzalwane wakhe , nempahla yakhe, nabesifazane, nabantu. O-Abrama noMelkisedeki ¹⁷ Emva kokubuya kwakhe ekunqobeni uKedorlawomere namakhosi anaye yaphuma inkosi yaseSodoma , yaya ukumhlangabeza esiGodini saseShave esiyisiGodi seNkosi. ¹⁸ UMelkisedeki inkosi yaseSalema waletha isinkwa newayini ; wayengumpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke. ¹⁹ Wambusisa wathi : U-Abrama makabusiswe nguNkulunkulu oPhezuknke , umdali wezulu nomhlaba. ²⁰ Makabongwe uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke onike izith a zakho esandleni sakho. U-Abrama wamnika okweshumi kwakho konke. ²¹ Inkosi yaseSodoma yathi ku-Abrama: Ngiphe abantu, uzithathele impahla. ²² Kepha u -Abrama wathi enkosini yaseSodoma : Ngiyaphakamisela isandla sami kuJehova, uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, umdali wezulu nomhlaba, ²³ ngithi angiyikuthatha umucwana nomchilo wezicathulo nokunye okwakho ukuba ungasho ukuthi: Ngimcebisile u-Abrama. ²⁴ Kuphela lokho ezikudlile izinceku , nesabelo samadoda ayehamba nami ; o- Anere, no-Eshikoli, noMamre mabathathe isabelo sabo.