28 Wakhangela ezantsi eSodom naseGomora nakuloo ntili, wabona kukho ukuqhuma okungathi ngumsi ophuma eziko.
29 Kodwa uThixo wasikhumbula isicelo sika-Abraham ukubhubhisa kwakhe loo ntili, wamsindisa uLothe.
30 ULothe woyika ukuhlala eZoware. Uthe ngenxa yoko wenyukela ezintabeni kunye neentombi zakhe, wahlala emqolombeni.
31 Yathi intombi enkulu kudade wayo: “Ubawo uyaluphala, yaye akukho madoda apha kule ndawo angasitshatayo sizale.
32 Yiza simseze anxile, khon' ukuze simambathe, sifumane abantwana bakhe.”
33 Ngobo busuku bamntyintya ngewayini, yaza ke intombi enkulu yamambatha. ULothe wayenxile kangangokuba akazange akuqonde okwaqhubekayo.
34 Ngosuku olulandelayo yathi intombi enkulu kwencinci: “Bendikunye naye phezolo. Masiphinde nanamhlanje ngokuhlwa, ukuze nawe ulale naye. Sobabini ke soba nabantwana bakabawo osizalayo.”