Kusantwela iz ingelosi zamsheshisa uLoti , zathi: Vuka uthathe umkakho , namadodakazi akho omabili onawo, funa ubhujiswe ngenxa yobubi bomuzi.

Bheka, sengimi ngasemthonjeni wamanzi, amadodakazi abantu bomuzi eza ukukha amanzi.

UGideyoni wayesethatha amadoda ayishumi ezincekwini zakhe , wenza njengalokho uJehova ekhulumile kuye; kwathi lokhu ebesaba abendlu kayise nabantu bomuzi ukuba angakwenzi emini, wakwenza ebusuku.

Lapho abantu bomuzi bevuka ekuseni kakhulu , bheka, i-altare likaBali lase libhidliziwe, no-Ashera owayengakulo wayegawuliwe , nenkunzi yesibili yayinikelwe phezu kwe-altare elalakhiwe.

Base bethi abantu bomuzi kuJowashi : Khipha indodana yakho ukuba ife , ngokuba ilibhidlizile i -altare likaBali nangokuba imgawul ile u -Ashera owayengakulo.

Wawubhidliza umbhoshongo wasePhenuweli, wabulala abantu bomuzi.

Besajabulisa izinhliziyo zabo, bheka, abantu bomuzi, abantu ababi, bahaqa indlu nxazonke, bangqongqotha emnyango ; basho kum ninindlu, ixhegu, bathi: Khipha lowo muntu owangena endlini yakho ukuba simazi.

Kwathi sebewususele khona , isandla sikaJehova sasiphez u kwalowo muzi ngokungquzula okukhulu , wabulala abantu bomuzi abancane nabakhulu ; kwaqhamuka amathumba kubo.

Abantu bomuzi baphuma balwa noJowabe ; kwawa abantu abathile ezincekwini zikaDavide; wafa naye u-Uriya umHeti.

Kepha abantu bomuzi bathi ku -Elisha: Bheka, isiza somuzi sihle , njengokuba inkosi ibona, kepha amanzi mabi, izwe liyabhulubisa.

Base behamba, babiza abalindisango bomuzi, babatshela ukuthi: Sike safika ekamu lama -Aramu; bheka, kwakungekho muntu lapho , nazwi lomuntu, kuphela ngamahhashi aboshiweyo , nezimbongolo eziboshiweyo, namatende enjengalokhu enjalo.

Wayeseloba incwadi yesibili kubo , ethi: Uma ninami , nilalela izwi lami , thathani amakhanda alaba bantu , amadodana enkosi yenu , nize kimi eJizreyeli ngalesi sikhathi kusasa . Amadodana en kosi engabantu abangamashumi ayisikhombisa ayekwabakhulu bomuzi ababewondla.

Wayesethi: Yitshe lini leli engilibonayo na ? Abantu bomuzi bamtshela bathi: Yithuna lalowo muntu kaNkulunkulu owavela kwaJuda , wamemezela lezi zindaba osuzenzile nge-altare laseBethele.

Esesondela esangweni lomuzi , bheka, kwaphunyiswa ofileyo , indodana eyodwa kanina, yena engumfelokazi; nabantu abaningi bomuzi babe naye.

Kepha abantu bomuzi wakhe babemzonda , bathuma amanxusa emva kwakhe, bethi: Asithandi ukuba lo abuse phezu kwethu.