Genesis 13
1 So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
Kwa hiyo Abram akaondoka akatoka Misri na akaenda Negebu, Yeye, mke wake, na vyote alivyokuwa navyo. Lutu pia akaenda pamoja naye.
2 And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
Na sasa Abram alikuwa tajiri wa mifugo, fedha na dhahabu.
3 From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,
Aliendelea na safari yake kutoka Negebu hadi Betheli, mahali ambapo hema yake ilikuwa tangu mwanzo, kati ya Betheli na mji wa Ai.
4 to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
Akaenda mahali ambapo madhabahu ilikuwa imejengwa mwanzoni. Hapa akaliitia jina la Yahwe.
5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
aliyekuwa anasafiri na Abram, alikuwa pia na ngo'mbe, makundi ya mifugo, na mahema.
6 But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
Nchi haikuwatosha wote kukaa pamoja karibu kwa sababu mali zao zilikuwa nyingi sana, kiasi kwamba hawakuweza kukaa pamoja.
7 And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
Pia, kulikuwa na ugomvi kati ya wachunga wanyama wa Abram na wachunga wanyama wa Lutu. Wakanaani pamoja na Waperizi walikuwa wakiishi katika nchi ile wakati huo.
8 So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are brothers.
Kwa hiyo Abram akamwambia Lutu, “Pasiwe na ugomvi kati yako na mimi, na kati ya wachunga wanyama wako na wachunga wanyama wangu; licha ya hayo sisi ni familia.
9 Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”
Je nchi hii yote haiko mbele yako? Nenda na ujitenge na mi. Ikiwa utakwenda kushoto, mimi nitakwenda kulia. au ikiwa utakwenda kulia, mimi nitakwenda kushoto.”
10 And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Kwa hiyo Lutu akatazama, na akaona kuwa nchi yote tambarare ya Yorodani ilikuwa na maji kila mahali hadi Zoari, kama vile bustani ya Yahwe, na kama nchi ya Misri. Hii ilikuwa ni kabla Yahwe hajaiangamiza Sodoma na Gomora.
11 So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
Kwa hiyo Lutu akajichagulia yeye mwenyewe nchi tambarare ya Yorodani na akasafiri mashariki, na ndugu hawa wakatengana wao kwa wao.
12 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
Abram akaishi katika nchi ya Kanaani, na Lutu akaishi katika miji ya tambarare. Akatandaza hema zake hadi Sodoma.
13 But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
Na sasa watu wa Sodoma walikuwa waovu na wenye dhambi nyingi dhidi ya Yahwe.
14 After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,
Yahwe akamwambia Abram baada ya Lutu kuondoka kwake, “Angalia kuanzia mahali ulipo simama hadi kaskazini, kusini, mashariki, na magharibi.
15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Nchi yote hii uionayo, nitakupatia wewe pamoja na uzao wako milele.
16 I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
Nitawafanya uzao wako kuwa wengi kama mavumbi ya nchi, kiasi kwamba kama kuna mtu anaweza kuhesabu mavumbi ya nchi, ndipo na uzao wako pia utahesabika.
17 Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
Inuka, tembea katika urefu na upana wa nchi hii, kwa kuwa nitakupatia.”
18 So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
Kwa hiyo Abram akachukua hema yake, akaja na kukaa katika mwaloni wa Mamre, ambao uko Hebroni, na pale akajenga Madhabahu ya Yahwe.
