22 Phangisa-ke ubalekele khona; ngobe ngingeke ngente lutfo ungakefiki khona.” Ngako-ke, njengobe Loti watsi lelidolobha lincane, lase letsiwa ngekutsi yiSowari.
Loti watsi naphakamisa emehlo akhe, wabona litsafa lelinesihlambo semfula iJordane, linemanti lenele yonkhe indzawo, kuze kuyewufika eSowari; lalinjengensimi yaSimakadze nanjengelive laseGibhithe. Ngalesikhatsi Simakadze abesengakayibhubhisi iSodoma neGomora.
ahloma ayawuhlasela lamanye emakhosi lasihlanu, lekwakuboBhera, inkhosi yaseSodoma, naBhisha, inkhosi yaseGomora, naShinabe, inkhosi yase-Adema, naShemebere, inkhosi yaseSeboyimu, nenkhosi yaseBhela, leyiSowari.
Yatsi kuye: “Yebo-ke naloko ngiyakwemukela. Ngingeke ngilibhubhise lelidolobha lokhuluma ngalo.
Watsi Loti nakefika eSowari, lilanga lase liphuma.
Ngako-ke ase ungiyekele kutsi lulaka lwami lutewubahashula lubabhubhise. Wena-ke ngitakwenta ube sive lesikhulu.”
Inhlitiyo yami ikhalela Mowabi, bantfu bakhe babaleka kuye bacondza eSowari, labanye bacondza e-Eglathi Shelishiya. Benyuka bahamba bakhala baya eLuhithi, bahamba ngemgwaco baya eHoronayimu, bakhaliswa kubhujiswa kwabo.
Naku lokushiwo nguSimakadze, utsi: “Njengobe kutfolakala luju lwemagelebisi esikhehleni semagelebisi, bantfu batsi: ‘Ungasibulali, kusekhona lokuhle kuso,’ ngitakwenta kanjalo nami ngenca yetinceku tami; ngingeke ngitibhubhise tonkhe.
“Umsindvo wekukhala kwabo uyenyuka usuka eHeshboni uye e-Eleyale naseJahasi, kusukela eSowari kuze kuyewufika eHoronayimu nase-Eglathi Shelishiya, ngobe ngisho nemanti aseNimrimu asomile.
Akakhonanga kwenta imisebenti yemandla kuleyo ndzawo ngaphandle kwekutsi nje wabeka tandla kulabambalwa lababegula, wabaphilisa.
naseNegevu, eningizimu yakaJuda, kanye naso sonkhe leso sifundza kusuka eSihosheni saseJerikho, lidolobha letihlahla temasundvu, kuze kuyewufika kulaseSowari.
Ase ungiyekele, khona ngitewubabhubhisa ngesule nelibito labo ngaphansi kwelizulu. Wena ngitakwenta ube sive lesinemandla nalesikhulu kunabo.’
Nasingetsembeki, yena uhlala etsembekile, ngobe angeke atiphikise.”
Futsi ngitfunyelwe nekubaholela etsembeni lekuphila lokuphakadze, lekwatsi umhlaba ungakasekelwa kwetsenjiswa nguNkulunkulu longawacali emanga.