Khumbula UmkaLoti

ULoti bekahlala no-Abrahama umalumakhe enarheni yeKanana. ULoti no-Abrahama bathoma ukuba nefuyo enengi kangangobana inarha akhange isabanela, yaba yincani bona bangahlala kiyo baboke. Yeke u-Abrahama wathi kuLoti: “Ngibawa singalwi. Khetha lapho ufuna ukuhlala khona enarheni le. Ngibawa sihlukane. Nange uya ngesinceleni, mina ngizokuya ngesidleni.” Lokho bekutjengisa ukungabi nomrhobholo kwaka-Abrahama, akusinjalo?

ULoti wabona ingcenye ehle yenarha beyihlanu kweSodoma. Bekunamanzi amanengi notjani obuhlaza. Wakhetha indawo leyo wathuthela khona nomndenakhe.

Abantu beSodoma neGomora bebakhohlakele. Ekhabolakhona bebabambi kangangobana uJehova wabe waqunta nokuwabhubhisa amadorobho la. Kodwana uZimu bekafuna ukusindisa uLoti nomndenakhe, yeke wathumela iingilozi zakhe ezimbili bona ziyobayelelisa, zathi: ‘Rhabani! Phumani ngombana uJehova sele abandamele ukuzokubhubhisa idorobheli.’

ULoti wathoma wariyada. Yeke iingilozi zambamba ngesandla kanye nomkakhe namadodakazakhe amabili zabakhuphela ngaphandle kwedorobho, zathi: ‘Balekani, nisindise amaphilwenu! Ningaqali ngemuva beningajami nemrhobeni, khona ningazokutjhatjalaliswa.’

Lokha nabafika edorobheni leTsowari, uJehova wanisa isibabuli nomlilo phezu kwedorobho leSodoma neGomora. Amadorobho amabili lawo arhayilwa aphela. Ukungalaleli komkaLoti kwamenza waphenduka isithubi setswayi. Kodwana uLoti namadodakazakhe basinda ngombana balalela uJehova. Kufuze bona kwabadanisa ukungalaleli komkakhe. Kodwana kwabathabisa ukulalela iinqophiso zakaJehova.