Genesis 19

1 Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

1 那两个天使在黄昏的时候来到所多玛，罗得正坐在城门口，看见他们，便起来迎接，俯伏在地上说：

2 and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

2 “我主啊，请到仆人家洗洗脚，住一夜，早上再继续赶路吧！”他们说：“不，我们要在街上过夜。”

3 But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

3 罗得执意邀请他们，他们便跟着进了他家。罗得设宴款待他们，烤了无酵饼，他们就吃了。

4 Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

4 他们正准备就寝的时候，所多玛城的男人从老到少全都出来，团团围住罗得的房子，

5 They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

5 对罗得大喊大叫：“今晚到你家中作客的人在哪里？把他们交出来，我们要跟他们交合！”

6 Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

6 罗得走出来，随手关上门，到众人面前，

7 “Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

7 对他们说：“各位弟兄，请不要做这种邪恶的事！

8 Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

8 我有两个女儿，还是处女，我把她们交出来，任凭你们处置，只是请你们不要动这两个人，因为他们到我舍下做客。”

9 “Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

9 他们对罗得说：“走开！”又说：“这个寄居的人竟当起审判官来啦！现在我们要用更狠的手段对付你。”众人便推挤罗得，想要破门而入。

10 But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

10 那两位天使伸手把罗得拉进屋里，关上了门，

11 And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

11 并让门外的人，不论老少都眼目昏迷，摸来摸去也找不着罗得家的门。

12 Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

12 天使对罗得说：“你这里还有什么人吗？你要带儿女、女婿和城里其他亲人离开这里，

13 because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

13 因为我们就要毁灭这城了。耶和华已经听见对城中百姓的极大控诉，祂差遣我们来毁灭这城。”

14 So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

14 罗得听了就去通知他女儿的未婚夫说：“赶快离开这地方！耶和华要毁灭这城了！”可是他们却以为他是在开玩笑。

15 At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

15 天刚亮的时候，天使便催促罗得说：“赶快带着你的妻子和这里的两个女儿离开，免得所多玛城因罪恶受惩罚的时候，你也一起被毁灭。”

16 But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

16 罗得却犹豫不决，天使便拉着罗得及其妻子和两个女儿的手出去，将他们带出去，安置在城外，因为耶和华怜悯他们。

17 As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

17 带他们到了城外之后，其中一位说：“赶快逃命！不要回头看，也不要留在平原，要往山上逃，免得你们被毁灭。”

18 But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

18 罗得说：“我主啊，请不要这样。

19 Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

19 仆人蒙你厚爱、施恩相救，但我无法逃到山上，要是这灾难追上我，我就没命了！

20 Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

20 请看，那座城离这里不远，容易跑到，又是座小城，请让我逃到那座小城活命吧！”

21 “Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

21 天使回答说：“好吧，我也答应你，不毁灭你说的那座城。

22 Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

22 你赶快逃去那里吧，因为你到达那里之前，我不能动手。”因此那城便叫琐珥 。

23 And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

23 罗得到达琐珥的时候，太阳已经出来了。

24 Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

24 耶和华亲自从天上把燃烧的硫磺降在所多玛和蛾摩拉两地，

25 Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

25 毁灭了这些城和其中的居民，包括整个平原和地上的植物。

26 But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

26 罗得的妻子跟在他后面，她回头一望，就变成了一根盐柱。

27 Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

27 亚伯拉罕清早起来，到他从前站在耶和华面前的地方，

28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

28 向所多玛、蛾摩拉和整个平原眺望，只见那里浓烟滚滚，好像火窑的烟一样。

29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

29 这样，上帝顾念亚伯拉罕，在毁灭平原各城的时候，让罗得逃离所住的城市，免遭毁灭。

30 Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

30 罗得不敢住在琐珥，便带着两个女儿来到山上，住在一个洞里。

31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

31 他的大女儿对小女儿说：“我们的父亲年纪大了，这里又没有男子可以照着世上的习俗娶我们。

32 Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

32 来，我们灌醉父亲，然后跟他睡觉，借着他传宗接代吧。”

33 So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

33 于是，那晚她们灌醉了父亲，大女儿进去和父亲睡。她什么时候躺下，什么时候起来，罗得完全不知道。

34 The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

34 第二天，大女儿对妹妹说：“昨晚我已经和父亲睡了，今晚我们再灌醉他，然后你进去和他睡。这样，我们就可以借着父亲传宗接代。”

35 So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

35 当晚，她们又灌醉了父亲，小女儿进去与他睡。她什么时候躺下，什么时候起来，罗得完全不知道。

36 Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

36 这样，罗得的两个女儿都从父亲怀了孕。

37 The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

37 大女儿生了一个儿子，给他取名叫摩押 ，他是今天摩押人的祖先。

38 The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

38 小女儿也生了一个儿子，给他取名叫便·亚米 ，他是今天亚扪人的祖先。