UGenesise 14 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

UGenesise 14

¹ Kwathi emihleni ka-Amrafeli inkosi yaseShinari, no-Arjogi, inkosi yase-Elasari, noKedorlawomere inkosi yase-Elamu, inkosi yaseTidali wezizwe;

² balwa noBera inkosi yaseSodoma, noBirsha inkosi yaseGomora, noSinabi, inkosi yase-Adima, noSemeberi, inkosi yaseSeboyimi, nenkosi yaseBela eyiZowari.

³ Bonke laba babuthana esigodini saseSidimi esiwuLwandle Lukasawoti.

⁴ Iminyaka eyishumi nambili bakhonza uKedori Lawomere, nangomnyaka weshumi nantathu bahlubuka.

⁵ Ngomnyaka weshumi nane uKedori-Lawomere namakhosi ayenaye beza, bawachitha amaRefa e-Ashiteroti-Karnayimi, namaShushi eHamu, nama-Emi eShave Kiriyatayimi;

⁶ namaHori ezintabeni zawo iSeyiri, kwaze kwaba se-Eliparani elisehlane.

⁷ Base bebuya, bafika e-Enimishipati eyiKadeshi, balichitha lonke izwe lama-Amaleki, nama-Amori ayehlala eHasoni-Tamari.

⁸ Inkosi yaseSodoma, nenkosi yaseGomora, nenkosi yase-Adima, nenkosi yaseSeboyimi, nenkosi yaseBela, okuyiZowari, baphuma balwa nabo esigodini saseSidimi;

⁹ kanye noKedorlawomere inkosi yase-Elamu, noTidali inkosi yezizwe, no-Amrafeli inkosi yaseShinari, no-Ariyoki inkosi yase-Elasari; amakhosi amane namahlanu.

¹⁰ Isigodi saseSidimi sasigcwele imigodi yebitume; amakhosi aseSodoma naseGomora abaleka, awela khona; labo abaseleyo babalekela entabeni.

¹¹ Base bethatha yonke impahla yaseSodoma neGomora kanye nakho konke ukudla kwabo bamuka.

¹² Bamthatha uLoti, indodana yomfowabo ka-Abrama, owayehlala eSodoma, nempahla yakhe, bamuka.

¹³ Kwasekufika okhululiweyo, wabikela uAbrama umHebheru; ngokuba wayehlala e-okini kaMamre umAmori, umfowabo ka-Eshikoli nomfowabo ka-Anere; futhi bahlobana no-Abrama.

¹⁴ U-Abrama esezwile ukuthi umfowabo ubotshiwe, wawahlomisa amadoda akhe aqeqeshiweyo, azalelwe endlini yakhe, amakhulu amathathu neshumi nesishiyagalombili, wabaxosha kwaze kwaba kwaDan.

¹⁵ Wabahlukanisela ebusuku, yena nezinceku zakhe, wabanqoba, wabaxosha kwaze kwaba seHoba elingakwesokhohlo saseDamaseku.

¹⁶ Wazibuyisa zonke izimpahla, wambuyisa noLoti umfowabo, nempahla yakhe, nabesifazane, nabantu.

¹⁷ Inkosi yaseSodoma yaphuma ukumhlangabeza ngemva kokuba isibuyile ekubulaleni uKedorlawomere namakhosi ayenaye, esigodini saseShebe, esiyisigodi samakhosi.

¹⁸ UMelkisedeki inkosi yaseSalema waletha isinkwa newayini, futhi wayengumpristi kaNkulunkulu oPhezukonke.

¹⁹ Wambusisa wathi: “U-Abrama makabusiswe nguNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, umnini wezulu nomhlaba.

²⁰ Ubusisiwe uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke onikele izitha zakho esandleni sakho. Futhi wamnika okweshumi kwakho konke.

²¹ Inkosi yaseSodoma yathi ku-Abrama: “Nginike abantu, uzithathele impahla.”

²² U-Abrama wathi enkosini yaseSodoma: “Ngaphakamisela isandla sami kuJehova, uNkulunkulu oPhezukonke, ongumnikazi wezulu nomhlaba,

²³ ukuthi kangiyikuthatha kusukela entanjeni ngiye entanjeni yesicathulo, njalo kangiyikuthatha okungokwakho, ongatshongo ukuthi: Mina ngamcebisa uAbrama.

²⁴ Ngaphandle kwalokho okudliwe yizinsizwa, nesabelo samadoda ayehamba nami, o-Aneri, no-Eshikoli, noMamre; mabathathe ingxenye yabo.