10 Lalelani livi laSimakadze, nine babusi baseSodoma; lalelani imfundziso yaNkulunkulu wetfu, nine bantfu baseGomora!
Kepha bantfu baseSodoma babekhohlakele, bona kakhulu kuSimakadze.
Ngako-ke vanini livi laSimakadze, nine tedzeleli lenibusa lesive eJerusalema.
Kukhetsa kwabo buso ekwehluleleni kubufakazi lobumelene nabo; bashengetisa ngesono sabo njengeSodoma, abasifihli nakancane. Maye kubo! Batiletsele inhlekelele etikwabo.
Babantfu labahlubukako, bantfwana labanemanga, nalabangafuni kulalela imiyalo yaSimakadze.
Ngobe Simakadze ngumehluleli wetfu; Simakadze nguyena sishayamtsetfo setfu, Simakadze yinkhosi yetfu, nguye lotasisindzisa.
Buyelani kuwo umtsetfo waNkulunkulu nasebufakazini bakhe! Nabangakhulumi njengekwalelivi, abayiwuba nako kukhanya kwekusa.
Emkhatsini webaphrofethi baseJerusalema ngabona intfo leyesabekako: Benta buphingi, baphile imphilo lengemanga. Bacinisa tandla talabenta lokubi, kuze kutsi kubete ngisho namunye lophendvukako ebubini bakhe. Bonkhe bafanana neSodoma kimi, bantfu baseJerusalema bafanana neGomora.”
baseGibhithe, nebakaJuda, nebaka-Edomu, nebaka-Amoni, nebakaMowabi, nabo bonkhe labahlala ehlane etindzaweni letikhashane. Ngobe tonkhe leto tive empeleni atikasoki, ngisho nayo yonkhe indlu yaka-Israyeli ayikasoki enhlitiyweni.”
“Ndvodzana yemuntfu, phrofetha umelane nebaphrofethi baka-Israyeli labaphrofethako nyalo. Khuluma kulabo labaphrofetha loko labakususela emicabangweni yabo, utsi: ‘Vanini livi laSimakadze!
“ ‘Ngako-ke, wena ngwababane, vani livi laSimakadze!
Dzadzewenu lomdzala abenguSamariya, labehlala nemadvodzakati akhe ngasenyakatfo kwakho; dzadzewenu lomncane bekunguSodoma labehlala nemadvodzakati akhe ngaseningizimu kwakho.
“ ‘Manje-ke, lesi bekungusona sono sadzadzewenu Sodoma: Yena nemadvodzakati akhe babetigcabha, bondleke kakhulu bangenandzaba nalutfo, babengabasiti labamphofu nalabeswele.
Lalelani nankha emavi lashiwo nguSimakadze ngani, anisola nine, sive sema-Israyeli, umelana nawo wonkhe umndeni lawukhipha eGibhithe, utsi:
Nakubhodla libhubesi, ngubani longahlala angesabi? INkhosi Simakadze seyikhulumile, ngubani longahlala angaphrofethi?
“Nine, ma-Israyeli, anifanani yini kimi nemaKushe?” kusho Simakadze. “Angizange ngimkhiphe yini Israyeli eGibhithe, nemaFilisti eKhaftori ngakhipha nemaSiriya eKhiri?”
Lalelani, nine baholi baka-Israyeli! Bekufanele ngabe ninakekela kutsi esiveni sakini konkhe kwentiwe ngendlela lefanele;
Kunjengobe Isaya kucala watsi: “Kube iNkhosi Somandla akasishiyelanga letinye tetitukulwane, ngabe safanana neSodoma, safanana neGomora.”
Umvini wabo uphuma emvinini waseSodoma nasemasimini aseGomora. Emagelebisi abo agcwele shevu, netitfungo tabo ticuketse kubaba.
Tidvumbu tabo tiyawulala esitaladini selidolobha lelikhulu lelibitwa ngekufanekisa kutsi yiSodoma neGibhithe, lapho iNkhosi yabo yabetselwa khona.