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Eeci cakacitika mu mazuba aba Amraphel, mwami waku Shinar, Arioch, mwami wa Ellasar, Kedorlaomer, mwami wa Elam, aku Tidal, mwami wa Goyim,
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icakuti wakabamba nkondo aba ku Bera, mwami waku Sodom, Birsha, mwami waku Gomorrah, Shinab, mwami waku Admah, Shemeber, mwami waku Zeboyim, amwami wa Belem(wiitwa kuti Zoar).
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Aaba bamami bali chisambomwe bakaswaangana antoomwe mwibanda lya Siddim (kakutewa lwizhyi lwamwino).
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Ikumi lya myaka yobile baka mutobela Kedorlaomer, pele mumwaka wa kumi atutatu baka muzangila.
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Mumwaka wakumi ayine, Kedorlaomer a bamami bakali aanguwe baka boola aku lwana ba Rephaim mu Ashteroth Karnaim, ba Zuzites mu Ham, ba Emites mu Shaveh Kiriathaim,
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aba ma Horites mumu lundu wacihi ca Seir, kuhikila ku El Paran, cili muhimuhi aa lukula.
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Kumane bakacinda muka akuboola ku En Mishpat (alimwi kaciitwa kuti Kadesh), akukoma mahi oonse aama Amalekites, alimwi aba Amorites bakali kukala mu Hazezon Tamar.
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Mpoona mwami wa Sodom, mwami wa Gomorrah, mwami wa Admah, mwami wa Zeboyim, amwami wa Bela (kaitwa kuti Zoar) bakaunka akuli bambila kwa lumamba mwibanda lya Siddim
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kulwana Kedorlaomer, mwami wa Elam, Tidal, mwami waku Goyim, Amraphel, mwami wa Shinar, Arioch, mwami wa Ellasar; bami bone kabalwana bali bosanwe
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Ono mwibanda lya Siddim mwazhwile zhyilindi zhya ntimba, alimwi mbuli bamami ba Sodom a Gomorrah nobakatiya, bakawila mumo. Aabo bakahyaala bakatiila kumi lundu.
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aboobo bamami bakabweza zhyintu zhyoonse zhya Sodom a Gomorrah azhyintu zhyabo zhyoonse, akuya nkubakali kuya.
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Nobakaunka, bakatoleela a Lot, mwanaa munyina Abraim musankwe, wakali kukala ku Sodom atoomwe abunhwubi bwakwe boonse.
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Omwe wakatiile wakaboola akwaambila Abram mu Hebrew. Wakali kukala munhimunhi a zhyisamu izhya oak zhyakali zhya Mamre, mu Amorite, wakali munyina a Eshkol alimwi a Aner, balo bakali balongwe ba Abram.
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Ono Abram nakanhvwa kuti bahikondo bakwata musazhyinyina, wakasololela balombwana bakayiihwi bali myaanda yotatwe akumi alusele bakazhyalilwa mung'anda yakwe, akuba tobela kuhikila ku Dan.
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Wakaapaula balombwana bakwe kuya ciindi ca mahiku, walo aba twanga bakwe, akubatobela kuhikila ku Hobah, kuli kunyika a Damascus.
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Kumane wakapiluhya lubono, akupiluhya Lot azhyintu zhyakwe zhyoonse, alimwi abamakaintu abmwi bantu.
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Abram nakapiluka mukuzunda Kedorlaomer abamami bakali aanguwe, mwami wa Sodom wakaunka kuya kumuswaanganya mwibanda ilya Shaveh (wiitwa kuti ibanda lya Mwami).
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Melchizedek, mwami wa Salem, wakaleta cinkwa a waini. Wakali mu paizhyi wa Mwami Leza usumpukile.
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Wakamuleleka kati, ''Alelekwe Abram a Mwami Leza usumpukile mulengi wa julu anyika.
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Alemekwe Leza usumpukile, ooyo wapa bahinkondonyoko mumatahi mwako.'' Mpoona Abram wakamupa cibeela ca nkumi izhya zhyoonse.
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Mwami wa Sodom wakati kuli Abrsm, kondipa bantu, ubweze zhyintu zhyibe zhyako.''
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Abram wakati ku mwami wa Sodoma, ''Ndanyamuna matahi aangu ku Mwami Leza, usumpukile,mulengi wa julu a nyika,
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kuti hikabwezhyi kanweba, kaazhyo kampato, nokuba cimwi cintu cako, kutewa utakabi nowamba kuti, ''Ndakabamba Abram kuti anhvwube.''
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Kunyina ncitibweze pele buyo eezhyo bana basankwe bakaunka andime. Amumuleke Aner, Eshkol, a Mamre batole zhyibeela zhyabo.