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Abramu akapanda kutoka Misri, yeye, na mkewe, na kila alichokuwa nacho, na Lutu pamoja naye, mpaka kusini.
So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.
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Naye Abramu alikuwa ni tajiri sana kwa mifugo, kwa fedha, na kwa dhahabu.
And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.
3
Akaendelea kusafiri kutoka kusini mpaka Betheli, mahali pale palipokuwapo hema yake kwanza kati ya Betheli na Ai;
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,
4
napo ndipo palipokuwa na madhabahu aliyofanya hapo kwanza; naye Abramu akaliitia jina la Bwana hapo.
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
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Na Lutu aliyesafiri pamoja na Abramu, yeye naye alikuwa na makundi ya ng'ombe na kondoo, na hema.
Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.
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Na ile nchi haikuwatosha, ili wakae pamoja; maana mali zao zilikuwa nyingi, hata wasiweze kukaa pamoja.
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.
7
Kukawako ugomvi kati ya wachunga wanyama wa Abramu, na wachunga wanyama wa Lutu; na siku zile Wakanaani na Waperizi walikuwa wakikaa katika nchi.
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.
8
Abramu akamwambia Lutu, Basi, usiwepo ugomvi, nakusihi, kati ya mimi na wewe, wala kati ya wachungaji wangu na wachungaji wako; maana sisi tu ndugu.
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 kinsmen.
9
Je! Nchi hii yote haiko mbele yako? Basi ujitenge nami, nakusihi; ukienda upande wa kushoto, nitakwenda upande wa kuume; ukienda upande wa kuume, nitakwenda upande wa kushoto.
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.”
10
Lutu akainua macho yake, akaliona Bonde lote la Yordani, ya kwamba lote pia lina maji, kabla Bwana hajaharibu Sodoma na Gomora, lilikuwa kama bustani ya Bwana, kama nchi ya Misri hapo unapokwenda Soari.
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.)
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Basi Lutu akajichagulia Bonde lote la Yordani; Lutu akasafiri kwenda upande wa mashariki; wakatengana wao kwa wao.
So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
12
Abramu akakaa katika nchi ya Kanaani, na Lutu akakaa katika miji ya lile Bonde; akajongeza hema yake mpaka Sodoma.
Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
13
Lakini watu wa Sodoma walikuwa wabaya, wenye kufanya dhambi nyingi sana juu ya Bwana.
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
14
Bwana akamwambia Abramu, alipokwisha kutengana na Lutu, Inua sasa macho yako, ukatazame kutoka hapo ulipo, upande wa kaskazini, na wa kusini na wa mashariki na wa magharibi;
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,
15
maana nchi hii yote uionayo, nitakupa wewe na uzao wako hata milele.
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
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Na uzao wako nitaufanya uwe kama mavumbi ya nchi; hata mtu akiweza kuyahesabu mavumbi ya nchi, uzao wako nao utahesabika.
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.
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Ondoka, ukatembee katika nchi hii katika mapana yake, na marefu yake, maana nitakupa wewe nchi hiyo.
Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”
18
Basi Abramu akajongeza hema yake, akaja akakaa kwenye mialoni ya Mamre, nayo ni miti iliyoko Hebroni, akamjengea Bwana madhabahu huko.
So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.