Genese

14 Mehleng ea Amrafele morena oa Shinare,+ Arioke morena oa Elasare, Kedorlaomere+ morena oa Elame+ le Tidale morena oa Goime, 2 ba loantša Bera morena oa Sodoma,+ Birsha morena oa Gomora,+ Shinabe morena oa Adma, Shemebere morena oa Zeboime+ le morena oa Bela. Lebitso le leng la Bela ke Zooare. 3 Marena ana kaofela a kopanya masole a ’ona Khohlong* ea Sidime,+ Leoatleng la Letsoai.*+

4 Marena ana a ne a sebelelitse Kedorlaomere ka lilemo tse 12 empa ka selemo sa bo13 a mo fetohela. 5 Ka selemo sa bo14, Kedorlaomere a tla le marena a neng a e-na le eena ’me ba hlola Barefaime ba neng ba le Ashterothe-karnaime, Bazuzime ba leng Hame, Baemime+ ba leng Shave-kiriathaime 6 le Bahore+ thabeng ea bona ea Seire+ ho ea fihla Ele-parane e lefeelleng. 7 Ba khutla ba tla Ene-mishpate, e leng Kadeshe+ eaba ba hlola naha eohle ea Baamaleke+ le Baamore+ ba neng ba lula Hazazone-tamare.+

8 Morena oa Sodoma, morena oa Gomora, morena oa Adma, morena oa Zeboime le morena oa Bela, eo lebitso le leng la eona e leng Zooare, ba ikopanya ho ea loana Khohlong* ea Sidime, 9 ho loantša Kedorlaomere morena oa Elame, Tidale morena oa Goime, Amrafele morena oa Shinare le Arioke morena oa Elasare.+ Marena a mane a loantša a mahlano. 10 Khohlo* ea Sidime e ne e e-na le likoti tse ngata tsa sekontiri ’me marena a Sodoma le Gomora a oela ka har’a tsona ha a ne a leka ho baleha. Marena a mang a ile a balehela sebakeng se lithaba. 11 Marena a hlotseng a nka lintho tsohle tsa Sodoma le Gomora le lijo tsohle ’me a tsamaea.+ 12 A nka le Lota ngoana oa ngoan’abo Abrame. Lota o ne a lula Sodoma.+ A nka le lintho tsa hae eaba aa tsamaea.

13 Ka mor’a moo, ho ile ha tla monna e mong ea neng a phonyohile eaba o bolella Abrame oa Moheberu se etsahetseng. Abrame o ne a lula* har’a lifate tse kholo tsa Moamore ea bitsoang Mamre,+ abuti oa* Eshkole le Anere.+ Banna bana ba ne ba entse selekane le Abrame. 14 Ha Abrame a utloa hore e mong oa leloko la hae*+ o hapiloe, a bokella bahlanka ba hae ba koetlisitsoeng e leng basebeletsi ba 318 ba hlahetseng ntlong ea hae ’me a lelekisa marena ao ho ea fihla Dane.+ 15 Bosiu ba ikarola ’me eena le basebeletsi ba hae ba hlasela marena ao, ba a hlola. A a lelekisa ho fihlela Hoba e ka leboea ho Damaseka. 16 Abrame a khutla le Lota, ngoana oa ngoan’abo hammoho le lintho tsohle tsa hae. Hape a khutla le lintho tse ling tsohle tse neng li hapiloe, basali le batho ba bang kaofela.

17 Ha Abrame a khutla a hlotse Kedorlaomere le marena a neng a e-na le eena, morena oa Sodoma a mo khahlanyetsa Khohlong* ea Shave, eo hape e bitsoang Khohlo ea Morena.+ 18 Melkizedeke+ morena oa Saleme+ a tlisa bohobe le veine. E ne e le moprista oa Molimo ea Phahameng ka ho Fetisisa.+

19 A mo hlohonolofatsa a re:

Eaba Abrame o mo fa karolo ea leshome ea lintho tsohle tse neng li hapiloe.+

21 Ka mor’a moo, morena oa Sodoma a re ho Abrame: “Mphe batho, uena u inkele thepa.” 22 Empa Abrame a re ho morena oa Sodoma: “Ke phahamisa letsoho la ka ke ikana ho Jehova Molimo ea Phahameng ka ho Fetisisa, Moetsi oa leholimo le lefatše 23 hore nke ke ka nka letho la hao, leha e le khoele kapa lerapo la seeta* e le hore u se ke oa re, ‘Ke ’na ea ruisitseng Abrame.’ 24 Nke ke ka nka letho haese feela seo bahlankana ba seng ba se jele. Empa ha e le banna ba tsamaileng le ’na e leng Anere, Eshkole le Mamre,+ ba ke ba nke karolo ea bona.”