Abram naLot taa topoka
1 Abram okwa zi muEgipiti e ta yi kuumbugantu waKaanan pamwe nomukadhi neliko lye alihe. Lot wo okwa yi naye. 2 Abram okwa li omuyamba unene e na oonzi, iikombo noongombe, osho wo oshisiliveli noshingoli. 3 Abram okwa zi ko nkoka e ta kala ta tembukatembuka u uka lwokuBetel. Okwe ya pehala li li pokati kaBetel naAi, mpoka a yungilile nale oontanda 4 nokwa li a tungile po oshiyambelo. Opo mpoka a simanekele Omuwa.
5 Lot okwa li wo e na oonzi, iikombo noongombe negumbo lye naapiya. 6 Omaunapelo oga li inaage ya gwanena, oshoka oya li ye na iimuna oyindji. 7 Oontamanana odha tukuka pokati kaasita yiimuna yaAbram naasita yiimuna yaLot. (Pethimbo ndyoka Aakaanana nAaperesi oya li moshilongo.)
8 Nena Abram okwa ti kuLot: “Tse aakwezimo. Inapu kala oontamanana pokati kaasita yandje noyoye. 9 Natu topokeni nombili. Hogolola ombinga yoshilongo ndjoka wa hala. Ngele to gama kombinga yimwe, ngame ote gama kombinga onkwawo.”
10 Lot okwa tala koombinga noombinga e ta mono ko olusilu lwaJordan aluhe, ondjila ayihe sigo okuZoar. Olwa li lu na omeya ogendji lwa fa oshikunino shOmuwa nenge lwa fa evi lyaEgipiti. (Shika osha ningwa, manga Omuwa inaa hanagula po Sodom naGomorra). 11 Lot okwi ihogololele olusilu lwaJordan e ta yi u uka lwokuuzilo. Osho ngaaka aalumentu mbaka yaali ya topoka. 12 Abram okwa kala mevi lyaKaanan, ihe Lot okwa kala miilando yomolusilu e ta yungu ontanda popepi naSodom. 13 Aantu yomuSodom oya li aayonaguli noya yono kOmuwa.
Abram ta tembukile kuHebron
14 Lot sho a yi, Omuwa okwa lombwele Abram a ti: “Lengalenga koombinga adhihe okuza mpoka u li. 15 Evi alihe u wete otandi li ku pe pamwe noluvalo lwoye, notali ningi lyoye sigo aluhe. 16 Otandi ke ku pa oluvalo olwindji, notalu nyengana okuyalula ngaashi ontsi yevi. 17 Ngashingeyi shilila evi alihe, oshoka otandi ke li ku pa.” 18 Abram okwa tembudha omatsali ge e te ya, a kale popepi noomwandi oondjapuki dhaMamre puHebron; oko nkoka a tungile ko Omuwa oshiyambelo.
Abram and Lot Separate
1 Abram and Sarai took everything they owned and went to the Southern Desert. Lot went with them.
2 Abram was very rich. He owned many cattle, sheep, and goats, and had a lot of silver and gold. 3 Abram moved from place to place in the Southern Desert. And finally, he went north and set up his tents between Bethel and Ai, 4 where he had earlier camped and built an altar. There he worshiped the Lord.
5 Lot, who was traveling with him, also had sheep, goats, and cattle, as well as his own family and slaves. 6-7 At this time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were still living in the same area, and so there wasn't enough pastureland left for Abram and Lot with all of their animals. Besides this, the men who took care of Abram's animals and the ones who took care of Lot's animals started quarreling.
8 Abram said to Lot, “We are close relatives. We shouldn't argue, and our men shouldn't be fighting one another. 9 There is plenty of land for you to choose from. Let's separate. If you go north, I'll go south; if you go south, I'll go north.”
10 This happened before the Lord had destroyed the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. And when Lot looked around, he saw there was plenty of water in the Jordan Valley. All the way to Zoar the valley was as green as the garden of the Lord or the land of Egypt. 11 So Lot chose the whole Jordan Valley for himself, and as he started out toward the east, he and Abram separated. 12 Abram stayed in the land of Canaan. But Lot settled near the cities of the valley and put up his tents not far from Sodom, 13 where the people were evil and sinned terribly against the Lord.
Abram Moves to Hebron
14 After Abram and Lot had gone their separate ways, the Lord said to Abram:
Look around to the north, south, east, and west. 15 I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs forever! 16 I will give you more descendants than there are specks of dust on the earth, and someday it will be easier to count those specks of dust than to count your descendants. 17 Now walk back and forth across the land, because I am going to give it to you.
18 Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord.
