Kĩambĩrĩria 13
1 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Aburamu akĩambata akiuma Misiri agĩthiĩ Negevu, arĩ na mũtumia wake na indo ciothe iria aarĩ nacio, na Loti agĩthiĩ hamwe nake.
Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.
2 Aburamu nĩatongete mũno na ũtonga wa mahiũ, na wa betha, na wa thahabu.
But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.
3 Kuuma kũu Negevu nĩathiire kũndũ na kũndũ o nginya agĩkinya Betheli, o harĩa aambĩte hema yake rĩa mbere gatagatĩ ka Betheli na Ai,
And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.
4 na hau nĩho aakĩte kĩgongona ihinda rĩa mbere. Na Aburamu agĩkaĩra rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova ho.
There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.
5 Na rĩrĩ, Loti, ũrĩa matwaranaga na Aburamu, o nake aarĩ na ndũũru cia mbũri, na cia ngʼombe, na ndungata nyingĩ.
But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.
6 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio bũrũri ũcio ndũngĩahotire kũmaigania ũrĩithio marĩ hamwe, nĩ tondũ indo ciao ciarĩ nyingĩ mũno, ũndũ matangĩahotire gũikarania hamwe.
Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.
7 Na nĩ kwagĩire ngũĩ gatagatĩ ka arĩithi a Aburamu na arĩithi a Loti. Akaanani na Aperizi o nao maatũũraga o bũrũri-inĩ ũcio hĩndĩ ĩyo.
And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.
8 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Aburamu akĩĩra Loti atĩrĩ, “Nĩtũtige kũgĩa na ngũĩ gatagatĩ gaitũ nawe, kana gatagatĩ ka arĩithi aku na arĩithi akwa, nĩ tondũ tũrĩ andũ a nyũmba ĩmwe.
Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.
9 Githĩ bũrũri ũyũ wothe ndũrĩ mbere yaku? Reke tũtigane. Wathiĩ mwena wa ũmotho, na niĩ ngũthiĩ mwena wa ũrĩo; wathiĩ mwena wa ũrĩo, na niĩ ngũthiĩ mwena wa ũmotho.”
Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left.”
10 Loti nĩatiirire maitho, akĩbaara, akĩona atĩ kĩaragana gĩothe kĩa Jorodani kĩarĩ na maaĩ maingĩ, gĩgakĩhaana o ta mũgũnda ũrĩa wa Jehova, na o ta bũrũri wa Misiri, ũrĩa ũngʼetheire Zoari. (Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩ mbere ya Jehova kũnũha Sodomu na Gomora.)
And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Loti agĩĩthuurĩra kĩaragana kĩa Jorodani gĩothe na akiumagara erekeire irathĩro. Andũ acio eerĩ magĩtigana:
And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.
12 Aburamu agĩtũũra bũrũri wa Kaanani, nake Loti agĩtũũra matũũra-inĩ ma kĩaragana kĩu, akĩamba hema ciake hakuhĩ na Sodomu.
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.
13 Na rĩrĩ, andũ a Sodomu maarĩ aaganu, na makehagĩria Jehova mũno.
But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
14 Aburamu na Loti maatigana-rĩ, Jehova akĩĩra Aburamu atĩrĩ, “Ta tiira maitho maku na igũrũ ũrĩ o hau ũrĩ, ũrore mwena wa gathigathini na gũthini, irathĩro na ithũĩro.
And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.
15 Bũrũri ũrĩa wothe ũkuona nĩngũkũhe ũtuĩke waku, na wa rũciaro rwaku nginya tene.
All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.
16 Nĩngaatũma rũciaro rwaku rũingĩhe o ta rũkũngũ rwa thĩ, na kũngĩkorwo kũrĩ mũndũ ũngĩhota gũtara rũkũngũ rwa thĩ-rĩ, o na rũciaro rwaku no rũgĩtarĩke.
And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.
17 Ũkĩra ũthiĩ, ũtuĩkanie bũrũri ũyũ ũraihu waguo na wariĩ waguo, tondũ nĩngũkũhe guo.”
Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”
18 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Aburamu akĩambũra hema ciake, agĩthiĩ gũtũũra hakuhĩ na mĩtĩ ĩrĩa mĩnene ya mĩgandi ya Mamure kũu Hebironi, na agĩakĩra Jehova kĩgongona hau.
Therefore, moving his tent, Abram went and dwelt by the steep valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar there to the Lord.
