Genese 14:1-24
14 Mu matangwa a Amurafeu mwene wa Shina, na Alioki mwene wa Elasale, na Kedolama mwene wa Elamu, na Tida mwene wa Goimu,
2 aba bimyene balwile nzita na Bera mwene wa Sodoma, na Bisha mwene wa Gomola, na Shinabu mwene wa Adima, na Shemeba mwene wa Zeboimi, na mwene wa Bela, kulumbununa mutambela wa Zowa.
3 Aba bimyene boshe bakungulwilile maswalale babo boshe mu Cinema ca Sidimu, kulumbununa Kalunga-ndonga wa Mwongwa.*
4 Bapangelele Kedolama ha myaka 12, oloni mu mwaka wa bu 13 bamutengulukilile.
5 Co mu mwaka wa bu 14, Kedolama na bimyene baje bakele nendi baile na kulwa, co bakahyanene baLefaimu mu Ashiteloti-kanaimu, na baZuzimu mu Hamu, na baEmimu mu Shave-kiliyathaimu,
6 na baHolite ha munkinda wabo wa Seya kuketa na ku Eu-parani ije ili mu mambo.
7 Co batengulukile na kuya ku Eni-mishifati kulumbununa Kadeshi, co bakafungulwile mutambela woshe wa baAmaleki na wa baAmoli baje bakele mu Hazazoni-tama.
8 Ha simbu ei, mwene wa Sodoma waile na kulwa, co na mwene wa Gomola, na mwene wa Adima, na mwene wa Zeboimi, na mwene wa Bela, kulumbununa mutambela wa Zowa, nabo baile nendi mu Cinema* ca Sidimu na kubalwisa.
9 Bakalwisile Kedolama mwene wa Elamu, Tida mwene wa Goimu, Amurafeu mwene wa Shina, na Alioki mwene wa Elasale. Bimyene bawana balwile na bimyene batanu.
10 Mu Cinema* ca Sidimu mwashulile mena a tala, co mwene wa Sodoma na mwene wa Gomola mubashakele kutewa bakawilililemo, co baje basaleleho bashatukilile ku mutambela wa minkinda.
11 Co baje bahyanene, bambatele byuma byoshe bya mu Sodoma na mu Gomola na byakulya byabo byoshe, co baile.
12 Bambatele na muna ndolome ya Abramu, Lote uje wakele mu Sodoma. Bambatele na byuma byendi, co batwaleleleleho na bungenzi bwabo.
13 Munima yebi, munalume uje watewele, waile na kuleka Abramu wa Kahebelu byuma byalingiwile. Abramu wakele na kukala* mukati ka miti yakama ya Mamule wa kaAmoli, ndolome ya Eshiko na Anele. Aba banalume balikwatasanene na Abramu.
14 Abramu wazibile ngwendi kabushoko* kendi bamukwatele bundungo. Mwazibile ngoco, wakungulwile bangamba ba kusemukila mu njibo yendi 318, baje balongesele kulwa. Co wakabele baje bimyene kuketa na ku Dani.
15 Ku butsiki, watepele maswalale bendi mu bibunga, co ikeye hamolika na bangamba bendi bakalwisile baje bimyene na kubahyana. Kutundaho, wabashekele kweta na ku Hoba ije yakala ku kunto ya Damasika.
16 Welukile na bitenga byoshe hamolika na kabushoko kendi Lote na bitenga byendi, na banakazi, na banu beka bafungulwile.
17 Abramu mwatundile na kulwisa mwene Kedolama na bimyene baje bakele hamo nendi, mwene wa Sodoma waile mangana akaliwane na Abramu mu Cinema* ca Shave, kulumbununa Cinema ca Mwene.
18 Co Meukizedeki mwene wa Salema wanene Abramu likende na binyu. Meukizedeki wapwile kapilistu wa Njambi Wahakamwa Manene.
19 Wamubezikisile ngwendi:
“Njambi Wahakamwa ManeneUje watangele lilu na lifuti-libu, Abezikise Abramu.
20 Bashangazale Njambi Wahakamwa ManeneUje naka bitozi bobe mu maboko obe.”
Co Abramu wamwanene cabulikumi ku byuma byoshe bibelukile nabyo.
21 Munima yebi, mwene wa Sodoma walekele Abramu ngwendi: “Njane banu bange, oloni bitenga ambata.”
22 Oloni Abramu walekele mwene wa Sodoma ngwendi: “Njolola liboko lyange mu kulisinga kuli Yehova, Njambi Wahakamwa Manene uje watangele lilu na lifuti-libu,
23 ngwange kunjambata cuma coshe-coshe cije cinapu cobe, ipwe bwanda nambe mwiba wa lisanda mangana keti wendeke ngwobe, ‘Yange njinafukisa Abramu.’
24 Kunjambata cuma coshe-coshe, ebi bene bibanali bakwenje bange kunahu. Oloni aba banalume banjinaile nabo, Anele, Eshiko na Mamule bakebo basa kwambata mitamba yabo.”
Majwi a kwinikila
^ Kulumbununa Kalunga-ndonga wa Kutsa.
^ Nambe “Cana.”
^ Nambe “Cana.”
^ Nambe “wakele na kukala mu bitenti.”
^ Lijwi na lijwi, “ndolome.”
^ Nambe “Cana.”
