Abram Saves Lot
1Amraphel was the king of Babylon. Arioch was the king of Ellasar. Kedorlaomer was the king of Elam. And Tidal was the king of Goyim. 2They went to war against five other kings. They were Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela. Bela was also called Zoar. 3These five kings all gathered their armies together in the Valley of Siddim. It was also called the valley of the Dead Sea. 4For 12 years Kedorlaomer had ruled over them. But in the 13th year they opposed him.
5So in the 14th year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who helped him went to war. They won the battle against the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim. They also won the battle against the Zuzites in Ham and the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim. 6They did the same thing to the Horites in the hill country of Seir. They marched all the way to El Paran near the desert. 7Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat. En Mishpat was also called Kadesh. They took over the whole territory of the Amalekites. They also won the battle against the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.
8Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboyim and Bela marched out. Bela was also called Zoar. They lined up their armies for battle in the Valley of Siddim. 9They got ready to fight against Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goyim, Amraphel king of Babylonia, and Arioch king of Ellasar. There were four kings against five. 10The Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. The kings of Sodom and Gomorrah ran away from the battle. Some of their men fell into the pits, but the rest escaped to the hills. 11The four kings took all the things that belonged to Sodom and Gomorrah. They also took all their food and then left. 12They carried away Abram’s nephew Lot and the things he owned. Lot was living in Sodom at that time.
13A man escaped and came to report everything to Abram. Abram was a Hebrew. He was living near the large trees of Mamre the Amorite. Mamre was a brother of Eshkol and Aner. All of them helped Abram. 14Abram heard that Lot had been captured. So he called out his 318 trained men. All of them were sons of his servants. Abram and his men chased their enemies as far as Dan. 15During the night Abram separated his men into groups. They attacked their enemies and drove them away. They chased them north of Damascus as far as Hobah. 16Abram took back everything the kings had taken. He brought back his nephew Lot and the things Lot owned. He also brought back the women and the other people.
17After Abram won the battle over Kedorlaomer and the kings who helped him, he returned home. The king of Sodom came out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh. It was also called the King’s Valley.
18Melchizedek was the king of Jerusalem. He brought out bread and wine. He was the priest of the Most High God. 19He gave a blessing to Abram. He said,
“May the Most High God bless Abram.
May the Creator of heaven and earth bless him.
20Give praise to the Most High God.
He gave your enemies into your hand.”
Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
21The king of Sodom said to Abram, “Give me the people. Keep everything else for yourself.”
22But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to make a promise to the Lord. He is the Most High God. He is the Creator of heaven and earth. 23I’ve said I will not accept anything that belongs to you. I will not take even a thread or the strap of a sandal. You will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’ 24I’ll accept only what my men have eaten and what belongs to Aner, Eshkol and Mamre. These three men went with me. Let them have their share.”
አብራም ሎጥን መታደጉ
1አምራፌል የሰናዖር14፥1 በ9 ላይ ያለውንም ጨምሮ ባቢሎንን ያመላክታል። ንጉሥ፣ አርዮክ የእላሳር ንጉሥ፣ ኮሎዶጎምር የኤላም ንጉሥ፣ ቲድዓል የጎይም ንጉሥ በነበሩበት ዘመን፣ 2ከሰዶም ንጉሥ ከበላ፣ ከገሞራ ንጉሥ ከብርሳ፣ ከአዳማ ንጉሥ ከሰነአብ፣ ከሰቦይ ንጉሥ ከሰሜበር፣ እንዲሁም ዞዓር ከተባለች ከቤላ ንጉሥ ጋር ለመዋጋት ወጡ። 3እነዚህ የኋለኞቹ አምስቱ ነገሥታት በሲዲም ሸለቆ፣ በጨው ባሕር14፥3 የሙት ባሕር ማለት ነው። ተሰበሰቡ። 4እነርሱም ዐሥራ ሁለት ዓመት ለኮሎዶጎምር ከተገዙ በኋላ በዐሥራ ሦስተኛው ዓመት ዐመፁ።
5በዐሥራ አራተኛው ዓመት ኮሎዶጎምርና ከርሱ ጋር የተባበሩት ነገሥታት ወጡ፤ ራፋይምን በአስጣሮት ቃርናይም፣ ዙዚምን በሃም፣ ኑሚምን በሴዊ ቂርያታይም፣ 6የሖር ሰዎችንም በተራራማው አገር በሴይር በረሓማ አጠገብ እስካለው እስከ ኤልፋራን ድረስ ድል አደረጓቸው። 7ከዚያም ተመልሰው ዐይን ሚስፖጥ ወደተባለው ወደ ቃዴስ መጡ፤ የአማሌቃውያንና በሐሴስ ታማር ይኖሩ የነበሩትን የአሞራውያንን ግዛት በሙሉ ድል አድርገው ያዙ።
8ከዚያም የሰዶም፣ የገሞራ፣ የአዳማ፣ የሰቦይ እንዲሁም ዞዓር የተባለችው የቤላ ነገሥታት በሲዲም ሸለቆ ሰራዊታቸውን አስተባበሩ። 9እነዚህ አምስቱ፣ በኤላም ንጉሥ በኮሎዶጎምር፣ በጎይም ንጉሥ በቲድዓል፣ በሰናዖር ንጉሥ በአምራፌል፣ በእላሳር ንጉሥ በአርዮክ፣ በእነዚህ በአራቱ ላይ ዘመቱባቸው። 10በሲዲም ሸለቆ ብዙ የቅጥራን ጕድጓዶች ስለ ነበሩ የሰዶምና የገሞራ ነገሥታት ሲሸሹ ከሰዎቻቸው አንዳንዶቹ በእነዚህ ጕድጓዶች ውስጥ ወደቁ፤ የቀሩትም ወደ ተራሮች ሸሹ። 11አራቱ ነገሥታትም በሰዶምና በገሞራ ያገኙትን ሀብትና ምግብ ሁሉ ዘርፈው ሄዱ። 12የአብራም ወንድም ልጅ ሎጥ፣ ሰዶም ይኖር ስለ ነበር እርሱንም ማርከው ንብረቱንም ዘርፈው ሄዱ።
13ከዚህም ያመለጠ አንድ ሰው መጥቶ ለዕብራዊው ለአብራም ይህን ነገረ፤ አብራም በዚያ ጊዜ ይኖር የነበረው በአሞራዊው መምሬ ታላላቅ ዛፎች አጠገብ ነበር። መምሬ፣ ወንድሞቹ14፥13 ወይም ዘመድ፤ ወይም ጓድ አስኮና አውናን የአብራም የኪዳን አጋሮቹ ነበሩ። 14አብራም የወንድሙን ልጅ መማረክ እንደ ሰማ በቤቱ ተወልደው አድገው የሠለጠኑ 318 ጦረኞች አሰልፎ እስከ ዳን ድረስ ገሠገሠ። 15አብራም ጠላቶቹን ለማጥቃት ሰራዊቱን ሌሊቱን በቡድን በቡድን ከፋፍሎ ከደማስቆ በስተ ሰሜን እስከሚገኘው እስከ ሖባ ድረስ አሳደዳቸው። 16አብራም ጠላት የማረከውን በሙሉ አስጣለ፤ የወንድሙን ልጅ ሎጥን፣ ንብረቱን እንዲሁም ሴቶቹንና ሌሎቹን ምርኮኞች አስመለሰ።
17አብራም ኮሎዶጎምርንና አብረውት የተሰለፉትን ነገሥታት ድል አድርጎ ሲመለስ፣ የሰዶም ንጉሥ፣ “የንጉሥ ሸለቆ” ተብሎ በሚጠራው በሴዊ ሸለቆ ሊቀበለው ወጣ።
18የልዑል እግዚአብሔር (ኤል-ኤልዮን) ካህን የነበረው የሳሌም14፥18 ኢየሩሳሌም ናት ንጉሥ መልከጼዴቅም እንጀራና የወይን ጠጅ ይዞ ወጣ፤ 19አብራምንም እንዲህ ሲል ባረከው፤
“ሰማይንና ምድርን የፈጠረ14፥19 ወይም በ22 ላይ ያለውንም ጨምሮ ባለቤት ሊሆን ይችላል። ልዑል
እግዚአብሔር (ኤል-ኤልዮን) አብራምን ይባርክ፤
20ጠላቶችህን አሳልፎ በእጅህ የሰጠህ፣
ልዑል እግዚአብሔር (ኤል-ኤልዮን) ይባረክ።”
አብራምም ካመጣው ሁሉ ዐሥራትን ሰጠው።
21የሰዶም ንጉሥም አብራምን፣ “ሰዎቹን ለእኔ ስጠኝ፤ ንብረቱን ግን ለራስህ አስቀር” አለው።
22አብራም ግን ለሰዶም ንጉሥ እንዲህ አለው፤ “ሰማይንና ምድርን ወደ ፈጠረ ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ)፣ ወደ ልዑል አምላክ (ኤል-ኤልዮን) እጆቼን አንሥቻለሁ፤ 23‘አብራምን አበለጸግሁት’ እንዳትል፣ ብጣሽ ክርም ሆነ የጫማ ማሰሪያ እንኳ ከአንተ አንዳች አልፈልግም። 24ሰዎቼ ከበሉትና ከእኔ ጋር ከሄዱት ሰዎች ድርሻ በስተቀር ለራሴ አንዳች ነገር አልቀበልም፤ አውናን፣ ኤስኮልና መምሬ ድርሻቸውን ይውሰዱ።”
