17 Leso sono saletinsizwa saba sikhulu kakhulu emehlweni aSimakadze, ngobe umnikelo waSimakadze abewuphatsa ngekwedzelela lokukhulu.
Abengumtingeli lonemandla kakhulu embikwaSimakadze, ngako-ke kutsiwa: “NjengaNimrodi umtingeli labenemandla embikwaSimakadze.”
Kepha bantfu baseSodoma babekhohlakele, bona kakhulu kuSimakadze.
Umhlaba wawonakele emehlweni aNkulunkulu; umhlaba wawugcwele budlova.
Wanikela ngendvodzana yakhe kutsi ishiswe ngemlilo, wangenela bungoma nemilingo, wabuye watihlanganisa nalabanemadloti kanye nalabaphengulako. Wenta lokubi kakhulu emehlweni aSimakadze, wamtfukutselisa.
Ngonile kuwe, wena wedvwa, ngente lokunengekako emehlweni akho; ngako kwehlulela kwakho kumsulwa, nekungilahla kwakho ngelicala kulungile.
IJerusalema iyayendza, Juda uyawa; emavi abo kanye netento tabo kuphambene naSimakadze, bedzelela nebukhosi bakhe.
Lokunye lenikwentako naku: Nilitsela ngetinyembeti lilati laSimakadze. Niyalila nikhale ngobe angasayinaki iminikelo yenu, nome angasayemukeli ngekujabula etandleni tenu.
Maye kulomhlaba ngekutsi kukhona tikhubekiso, ngobe tikhubekiso kufanele kutsi tibe khona, kodvwa maye kulowo muntfu letita ngaye!
Nangabe lomuntfu atsi kuyo: “Ase kushe lomhlehlo kucala, bese-ke utsatsa leyo loyifunako,” lenceku beyibe seyiphendvula lomuntfu itsi: “Cha, yiletse nyalo; nawungayiletsi, ngitayitsatsa ngenkhani.”
Ngobe ngamtjela kutsi indlu yakhe ngitayehlulela phakadze naphakadze ngenca yesono lasatiko: Emadvodzana akhe atidvonsele sicalekiso, naye akazange awekhute kutsi ayekele.