UGenesisi
13 U-Abrama wasesuka-ke eGibhithe waya eNegebhi+ lomkakhe, lakho konke ayelakho kanye loLothi. 2 U-Abrama wayenothe kakhulu, elezifuyo lesiliva legolide.+ 3 Phakathi kohambo lwakhe esuka eNegebhi esiya eBhetheli, wayehamba ethutha esuka kwenye indawo esiya kwenye waze wayafika endaweni ayemise kuyo itende lakhe kuqala, phakathi kweBhetheli le-Ayi.+ 4 Endaweni le kulapho u-Abrama ayefike wakha khona i-alithare njalo wabiza ibizo likaJehova kuleyondawo.
5 Indoda le okuthiwa nguLothi eyayihamba lo-Abrama layo yayilezimvu lenkomo kanye lamatende. 6 Ngakho indawo ababekuyo yayingaseneli ukuthi bahlale ndawonye, izifuyo* zabo zasezizinengi kakhulu okokuthi kwasekunzima ukuthi bahlale ndawonye. 7 Lokhu kwabangela ukuthi abelusi bezifuyo zika-Abrama labelusi bezifuyo zikaLothi baxabane. (Ngalesosikhathi elizweni kwakuhlala amaKhenani lamaPherizi.)+ 8 U-Abrama wasesithi kuLothi:+ “Ngicela singaxabani, njalo ngicela abelusi bami labelusi bakho bangaxabani ngoba mina lawe siyizihlobo.* 9 Ungazikhethela loba ngaphi lapho ofuna ukuhlala khona elizweni. Ngiyacela, kasehlukane. Nxa ungaya kwesenxele mina ngizakuya kwesokudla; kodwa nxa ungaya kwesokudla mina ngizakuya kwesenxele.” 10 Ngakho uLothi waphakamisa amehlo akhe wabona ukuthi sonke isigaba seJodani+ sasiyindawo elamanzi amanengi, (uJehova engakabhubhisi iSodoma leGomora), sasinjengensimu kaJehova+ njalo sinjengelizwe laseGibhithe kuze kuyefika eZowari.+ 11 ULothi wasezikhethela sonke isigaba seJodani, wathutha waya empumalanga, kwaba yikho ukwehlukana kwabo. 12 U-Abrama wahlala elizweni laseKhenani, uLothi yena wayahlala eduze kwamadolobho asesigabeni seJodani.+ Ekucineni wamisa itende lakhe eduze kweSodoma. 13 Abantu beSodoma babexhwalile, besenza izono ezinkulu phambi kukaJehova.+
14 Kwathi uLothi esesukile, uJehova wasesithi ku-Abrama: “Ngicela uphakamise amehlo akho ulapho omi khona, ukhangele enyakatho laseningizimu, empumalanga lasentshonalanga, 15 ngoba lonke ilizwe olibonayo ngizalinika wena lezizukulwane zakho* libe ngelenu kokuphela.+ 16 Ngizakwenza izizukulwane zakho* zibe zinengi njengothuli, okokuthi nxa ekhona ongabala uthuli, lezizukulwane zakho zingabalwa.*+ 17 Sukuma ulibhode ilizwe ubone ubude balo lobubanzi balo ngoba ngizakunika lona.” 18 Ngakho u-Abrama waqhubeka ehlala ematendeni. Ngokuya kwesikhathi wahlala eduze kwezihlahla ezinkulu zaseMamre+ eHebroni+ njalo wakhela uJehova i-alithare kuleyondawo.+