1 Ukufika kwezithunywa ezibini eSodom ngorhatya lwaloo mini, uLothe wayehleli ngasemasangweni edolophu. Uthe khwasululu ukuwabona kwakhe, wawahlangabeza. Ufike waqubuda ekhangele phantsi ekhahlela, wathi:
2 “Zinkosi zam, khanikhe niye kwam, nihlambe oku kweenyawo, nilalise khona. Ningavuka ke ngentsasa, nithabathise uhambo lwenu.”Zithe zona izithunywa ukuphendula: “Hayi noko wena, siza kuhlala phaya ebaleni kude kuse.”
3 Wazithundeza, ezicenga-cenga uLothe, zada zoyisakala, zaya naye kwakhe. Wazilungiselela ukutya, wenza namaqebengwana ngentlama engenagwele. Kuthe ke kwakulunga ukutya zatya.
4 Ngaphambi kokuba ziye kulala, kwafika amadoda nabafana baseSodom, bevela kumacala ngamacala, bayingqonga indlu kaLothe.
5 Bakhwaza bebuza kuLothe ukuba aye phi na laa madoda ayeze kulala kwakhe ngobo busuku. Batsho besithi makawakhuphe, kuba babefuna ukulala nawo.
6 Waphuma endlwini uLothe, waluvala ucango ukuphuma kwakhe.