Genesi cap.13,1-18; cap.19,1-22
As vice spread over the two cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, people are corrupted. God's anger gradually leads to the destruction of these cities, which are full of decadence and blasphemy against God. Because Roto, his wife, and their two daughters are pious, they hear God's voice saying "Run away to the mountains, but never look back at the city." Roto's wife, however, turns around as pandemonium breaks out in the ruined city. Then she turns into a pillar of salt as punishment for breaking a promise to God.
悪徳が栄え、堕落した人間があふれる都市、ソドムとゴモラ。この退廃と神への冒涜に満ちた町が神の怒りの中で破滅して行く。ロト夫婦とふたりの娘たちは、信仰篤き者たちだったので「山へ逃げなさい。ただし町を振り返ってはいけない」という神の声を受ける。しかし破滅の中で轟く阿鼻叫喚の声に、ロトの妻は思わず振り返ってしまう。そして、彼女は神との約束を破った罰として、塩の柱とされてしまう。
