1 S o Abram left Egypt and went to the Negev, with his wife and all that belonged to him. And Lot went with him.

Na ka haere mai a Aperama i Ihipa, ki te tonga, raua ko tana wahine, me ana mea katoa, me Rota hoki.

2 N ow Abram was very rich in cattle, silver and gold.

He nui rawa hoki nga kararehe, te hiriwa me te koura ki a Aperama.

3 H e traveled from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

Na ka turia mai e ia, a ka haere i te tonga a tae noa ki Peteere, ki te wahi i oroko tu ai tona teneti, i waenganui o Peteere, o Hai,

4 w here he had made an altar. And there Abram called on the name of the Lord.

Ki te wahi i te aata i hanga e ia ki reira i te timatanga: na ka karanga a Aperama i reira ki te ingoa o Ihowa.

5 N ow Lot, who went with Abram, had flocks and cattle and tents of his own.

Na ko Rota, i haere tahi nei i a Aperama, he hipi ano ana, he kau, he teneti.

6 T here was not enough land to feed all the animals while they lived together. They owned so many things that they were not able to stay together.

A kihai i nui te whenua mo raua, hei nohoanga tahitanga mo raua: he nui hoki o raua rawa, te ahei raua te moho tahi.

7 T here was fighting between those who cared for Abram’s animals and those who cared for Lot’s animals. The Canaanite and the Perizzite were living in the land at that time.

Na ka tautohe ki a ratou nga hepara a Aperama me nga hepara a Rota; na i taua whenua e noho ana te Kanaani me te Perihi i taua wa.

8 S o Abram said to Lot, “Let there be no fighting between you and me or between the men who take care of our animals, for we are brothers.

Na ka mea a Aperama ki a Rota, Kaua ra taua e whakatete ki a taua, kaua hoki a taua hepara e whakatete ki a ratou; he teina nei hoki, he tuakana taua.

9 I s not the whole land in front of you? Let each of us go a different way. If you go to the left, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right, then I will go to the left.”

Kahore ianei te whenua katoa i tou aroaro? tena, wehe atu koe i ahau: ki te anga koe ki maui, ka ahu ahau ki matau, a ki te haere koe ki matau, na ka ahu ahau ki maui.

10 L ot looked and saw that the Jordan valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

Na ka anga ake nga kanohi o Rota, ka titiro ki te mania katoa o Horano, he makuku katoa, i te mea kahore ano kia whakangaromia noatia a Horoma, a Komora e Ihowa, he pera ano me te kari a Ihowa, me te whenua hoki o Ihipa, i tou haerenga ki Toara.

11 S o Lot chose all the Jordan valley for himself. And as Lot traveled east, they went apart from each other.

Na ka whiriwhiria e Rota ko te mania katoa o Horano mana; na ka haere a Rota whaka te rawhiti: a ka wehe raua i a raua.

12 A bram made his home in the land of Canaan. Lot made his home in the cities of the valley and moved his tents as far as Sodom,

Ko Aperama i noho kite whenua o Kanaana, ko Rota i noho ki nga pa o te mania, a whakaturia ana e ia tona teneti ki Horoma.

13 w hose men were sinful, sinning against the Lord.

Na he kino nga tangata o Horoma, he hunga hara rawa ki te aroaro o Ihowa.

14 T he Lord said to Abram, after Lot had left him, “Raise your eyes and look from where you are to the north and south and east and west.

Na ka mea a Ihowa ki a Aperama, i muri i te wehenga atu o Rota i a ia, Anga ake ou kanohi, titiro atu hoki i te wahi e tu na koe, ki te raki, ki te tonga, ki te rawhiti, ki te hauauru:

15 F or I will give all the land that you see to you and to your children and to your children’s children forever.

Ko te whenua katoa hoki e kite atu na koe, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe, ki tou uri hoki ake tonu atu.

16 I will make your family after you like the dust of the earth. So if anyone could number the dust of the earth, then he could number your children’s children.

Ka meinga hoki e ahau ou uri kia rite ki te puehu o te whenua: a ki te ahei i tetahi tangata te tatau i te puehu o te whenua, e taua ano hoki ou uri.

17 R ise up and walk far and wide upon the land. For I will give it to you.”

Whakatika, haereerea te whenua, tona roa, tona whanui; no te mea ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe.

18 T hen Abram moved his tent and came to live among the oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord.

Na nekehia ana tona teneti e Aperama, a haere ana, noho ana ki nga oki i Mamere, ki era i Heperona, a hanga ana e ia tetahi aata ma Ihowa ki reira.