Gênesis 14

1 In the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar; Arioch, king of Ellasar; Chedorlaomer, king of Elam; and Tidal, king of Goiim, 2 they made war with Bera, king of Sodom; Birsha, king of Gomorrah; Shinab, king of Admah; Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; and the king of Bela (also called Zoar). 3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (also called the Salt Sea). 4 They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. 5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him came and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El Paran, which is by the wilderness. 7 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar. 8 The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (also called Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim 9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five. 10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and some fell there. Those who remained fled to the hills. 11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way. 12 They took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. At that time, he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner. They were allies of Abram. 14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led out his three hundred eighteen trained men, born in his house, and pursued as far as Dan. 15 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. 16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the other people.

17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley). 18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest of God Most High. 19 He blessed him, and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth. 20 Blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand."

Abram gave him a tenth of all.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods for yourself."

22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, 23 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’ 24 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."

I Manaakitia a Āperama e Merekihereke

1 Nā, i ngā rā o Amarapera, kīngi o Hinara, o Arioka, kīngi o Eratara, o Keroraoma, kīngi o Erama, o Tirara hoki, kīngi o Koimi, 2 ka whawhai ēnei ki a Pera, kīngi o Horoma, rātou ko Pīreta, kīngi o Komora, ko Hinapa, kīngi o Arema, ko Hemepera, kīngi o Tepoimi, ko te kīngi hoki o Pera, (arā o Toara). 3 I huihui katoa ēnei ki te raorao i Hirimi, arā ki te Moana Tote. 4 Kotahi tekau mā rua ngā tau i mahi ai rātou ki a Keroraoma, ā, i te kotahi tekau mā toru o ngā tau ka whakakeke rātou.

5 Nā, i te tekau mā whā o ngā tau ka haere mai a Keroraoma, rātou ko ngā kīngi i whakauru ki a ia, ā, patua iho e rātou ngā Repaima i Ahateroto Karanaima, rātou ko ngā Tutimi i Hama me ngā Emime i Hawe Kiriataima, 6 me ngā Hori i tō rātou maunga, i Heira, ā tae noa ki Ereparana, ki te taha o te koraha. 7 Nā, ka hoki rātou, ā, ka tae ki Enimihipata, (arā ki Karehe), ā, patua katoatia ana e rātou te whenua o ngā Amareki, rātou ko ngā Amori i noho rā i Hatetonatamara.

8 Nā, ka puta atu te kīngi o Horoma, rātou ko te kīngi o Komora, ko te kīngi o Arema, ko te kīngi o Tepoimi, me te kīngi o Pera, (arā o Toara) ā, ka tūria e rātou he pakanga ki a rātou ki te raorao i Hirimi 9 Ki a Keroraoma, kīngi o Erama, ki a Tirara, kīngi o Koimi, ki a Amarapera, kīngi o Hinara, rātou ko Arioka, kīngi o Eratara, tokowhā ēnei kīngi, tokorima hoki ērā. 10 Nā, kī tonu te raorao i Hirimi i te poka uku; nā, ka whati ngā kīngi o Horoma rāua ko Komora, ā, ka hinga ki reira; ā, rere ana ngā mōrehu ki te maunga. 11 Nā, murua ana e rātou ngā taonga katoa o Horoma, o Komora, me ā rātou kai katoa, ā, haere ana. 12 I mauria anō e rātou a Rota, te tama a te teina o Āperama, me ōna taonga, ā, haere ana; i Horoma hoki ia e noho ana.

Ka Whakaorangia a Rota e Āperama

13 Nā, ka tae he mōrehu, ka kōrero ki a Āperama Hiperu; i te noho hoki ia i ngā oki o Mamere Amori, teina o Ehekora, he teina ia nō Anera. Kotahi anō tō rātou whakaaro ko Āperama. 14 Ā, i te rongonga o Āperama, kua hereherea atu tōna irāmutu, tākiritia ana e ia āna tāngata mōhio, ngā mea i whānau ki tōna whare, e toru rau kotahi tekau mā waru, ā, whāia ana rātou ki Rāna. 15 Nā, wāhia ana rātou ko āna tāngata kia rua ngā matua, hei whakaeke mō rātou i te pō, ā, patua ana rātou e ia, whāia ana, ā tae noa ki Hopaha, ki te taha ki mauī o Ramahiku. 16 Ā, whakahokia mai ana e ia ngā taonga katoa, whakahokia mai ana anō hoki tōna irāmutu, a Rota, me ōna taonga, me ngā wāhine anō hoki, me ngā tāngata.

17 Nā, ka puta mai te kīngi o Horoma ki te whakatau i a ia i tōna hokinga mai i te patu i a Keroraoma rātou ko ōna hoa, ko ngā kīngi ki te raorao o Hawe, (arā ki te Raorao o te Kīngi).

18 Ā, i maua mai e Merekihereke, e te kīngi o Harema, he taro, he wāina; he tohunga anō hoki ia nō te Atua, nō te Runga Rawa. 19 Nā, ka manaaki ia i a ia, ka mea,

"Kia manaakitia a Āperama e te Atua, e te Runga Rawa,

nōna nei te rangi me te whenua.

20 Kia manaakitia anō te Atua, te Runga Rawa,

nāna nei i tuku mai ōu hoariri ki tōu ringa."

Ā, ka hoatu e ia ki a ia ngā whakatekau o ngā mea katoa.

21 Nā, ka mea te kīngi o Horoma ki a Āperama, "Hōmai ngā tāngata ki ahau, ko ngā taonga ia tangohia mōu."

22 Anō rā ko Āperama ki te kīngi o Horoma, "Kua totoro atu tōku ringa ki a Ihowā, ki te Atua, ki te Runga Rawa, nōna nei te rangi me te whenua; 23 e kore ahau e tango ahakoa he miro, ahakoa he here nō te hū, i tētahi mea rānei āu, kei mea koe, ‘Nāku a Āperama i whai taonga ai.’ 24 Kāti anō i a ngā taitama i kai ai, me te wāhi a ngā tāngata i haere tahi nei mātou – a Anera, rātou ko Ehekora, ko Mamere; mā rātou e tango te wāhi i a rātou."