¹Zvino Abhuramu wakakwira kubva Egipita, iye nemukadzi wake nezvose zvaakange anazvo, naRo­ti anaye, vakaenda kuchamhembe.

¹Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.

²Zvino Abhuramu wakange akafuma kwazvo pazvipfuwo, pasirivha, nepandarama.

²Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.

³Zvino wakafamba nzendo dzake kubva kuchamhembe kusvi­kira paBheteri, panzvimbo paiva netende rake pakutanga, pakati peBheteri neAi;

³He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

⁴kunzvimbo yearitari yaakange aitapo pakutanga; Abhuramu ndokudana zita raJehovha ipapo.

⁴to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on the name of Yahweh.

⁵NaRotiwo, waifamba naAbhuramu, wakange ane makwai, nenzombe, nematende.

⁵Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

⁶Nyika ikakonewa kuvatakura kuti vagare pamwe; nekuti fuma yavo yakange iri zhinji; zvekuti vakange vasingagoni kugara pamwe.

⁶The land was not able to bear them, that they might live together: for their substance was great, so that they could not live together.

⁷Zvino pakava nemakakatamwa pakati pevafudzi vezvipfuwo zvaAbhuramu nevafudzi vezvipfuwo zvaRoti. Zvino nenguva iyo vaKanani nevaPerezi vaigara panyika iyo.

⁷There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.

⁸Abhuramu ndokuti kuna Roti: Makakatamwa ngaarege kuvapo, ndinokukumbira, pakati pangu newe, nepakati pevafudzi vangu nevafudzi vako, nekuti tiri hama.

⁸Abram said to Lot, “Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.

⁹Nyika yose haizi pamberi pako here? Paradzana hako neni; kana ukaenda kuruboshwe, ndichaenda kurudyi; kana ukaenda kurudyi ini ndichae­nda kuruboshwe.

⁹Isn’t the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then I will go to the left.”

¹⁰Roti ndokusimudza meso ake, akaona rose bani reJoridhani kuti rakadiridzwa zvakanaka rose, Jehovha asati aparadza Sodhoma neGomora; rakaita semunda waJehovha, senyika yeEgipita, kana achiinda Zoari.

¹⁰Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, before Yahweh destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of Yahweh, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar.

¹¹Roti akazvisarudzira bani rose reJoridhani; Roti ndokuenda kumabvazuva; ndokuzvipa­radzanisa umwe kubva kune umwe.

¹¹So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated themselves the one from the other.

¹²Abhuramu wakagara munyika yeKanani, Roti ndokugara pamaguta emapani, akadzika tende pedo neSodhoma.

¹²Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

¹³Asi vanhu veSodhoma vaiva vakaipa, uye vatadzi pamberi paJehovha zvikuru.

¹³Now the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinners against Yahweh.

¹⁴Jehovha ndokuti kuna Abhuramu Roti aparadzana naye: Simudza hako meso ako ipapo paugere, utarire kumaodzanyemba nekuchamhembe, nekumabvazuva, nekuma­virira;

¹⁴Yahweh said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him, “Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,

¹⁵nekuti nyika yose yaunoona ndichaipa kwauri nekumbeu yako kusvikira rinhi narinhi.

¹⁵for all the land which you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring forever.

¹⁶Uye ndichaita mbeu yako seguruva renyika, kuti kana kune munhu anogona kuverenga guruva renyika, nembeu yako ingaverengwawo.

¹⁶I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then your seed may also be numbered.

¹⁷Simuka, famba uchigura nyika paurefu hwayo, nepaupamhi hwayo, nekuti ndichaipa kwauri.

¹⁷Arise, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you.”

¹⁸Abhuramu ndokubvisa tende, akasvika ndoku­gara pamiti yemiouki* yeMamure, iri muHebhuroni, akavakirapo Jehovha aritari.

¹⁸Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.