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 وَأَقْبَلَ الْمَلاكَانِ عَلَى سَدُومَ عِنْدَ الْمَسَاءِ. وَكَانَ لُوطٌ جَالِساً عِنْدَ بَابِ سَدُومَ، فَمَا إِنْ رَآهُمَا حَتَّى نَهَضَ لاسْتِقْبَالِهِمَا، وَسَجَدَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ،

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 وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدَيَّ، انْزِلا فِي بَيْتِ عَبْدِكُمَا لِتَقْضِيَا لَيْلَتَكُمَا، وَاغْسِلا أَرْجُلَكُمَا، وَفِي الصَّبَاحِ الْبَاكِرِ تَمْضِيَانِ فِي طَرِيقِكُمَا». لَكِنَّهُمَا قَالا: «لا، بَلْ نَمْكُثُ اللَّيْلَةَ فِي السَّاحَةِ».

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 فَأَصَرَّ عَلَيْهِمَا جِدّاً حَتَّى قَبِلا الذَّهَابَ مَعَهُ وَالنُّزُولَ فِي بَيْتِهِ. فَأَعَدَّ لَهُمَا مَأْدُبَةً وَخَبَزَ فَطِيراً فَأَكَلا.

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

4 وَقَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْقُدَا، حَاصَرَ رِجَالُ مَدِينَةِ سَدُومَ مِنْ أَحْدَاثٍ وَشُيُوخٍ، الْبَيْتَ،

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 وَنَادُوا لُوطاً: «أَيْنَ الرَّجُلانِ اللَّذَانِ اسْتَضَفْتَهُمَا اللَّيْلَةَ؟ أَخْرِجْهُمَا إِلَيْنَا لِنُضَاجِعَهُمَا».

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

6 فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لُوطٌ بَعْدَ أَنْ أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ خَلْفَهُ،

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

7 وَقَالَ: «لا تَرْتَكِبُوا شَرّاً يَا إِخْوَتِي.

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 هُوَذَا لِي ابْنَتَانِ عَذْرَاوَانِ أُخْرِجُهُمَا إِلَيْكُمْ فَافْعَلُوا بِهِمَا مَا يَحْلُو لَكُمْ، أَمَّا هَذَانِ الرَّجُلانِ فَلا تُسِيئوا إِلَيْهِمَا لأَنَّهُمَا لَجَآ إِلَى حِمَى مَنْزِلِي».

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 فَقَالُوا: «تَنَحَّ بَعِيداً»، وَأَضَافُوا: «لَقَدْ جَاءَ هَذَا الإِنْسَانُ لِيَتَغَرَّبَ بَيْنَنَا، وَهَا هُوَ يَتَحَكَّمُ فِينَا. الآنَ نَفْعَلُ بِكَ شَرّاً أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمَا». وَتَدَافَعُوا حَوْلَ لُوطٍ وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِيُحَطِّمُوا الْبَابَ.

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

10 غَيْرَ أَنَّ الرَّجُلَيْنِ مَدَّا أَيْدِيَهُمَا وَاجْتَذَبَا لُوطاً إِلَى دَاخِلِ الْبَيْتِ، وَأَغْلَقَا الْبَابَ.

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 ثُمَّ ضَرَبَا الرِّجَالَ، صَغِيرَهُمْ وَكَبِيرَهُمْ، الْوَاقِفِينَ أَمَامَ بَابِ الْبَيْتِ بِالْعَمَى، فَعَجَزُوا عَنِ الْعُثُورِ عَلَى الْبَابِ.

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 وَقَالَ الرَّجُلانِ لِلُوطٍ: «أَلَكَ أَقْرِبَاءُ فِي هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ؟ أَصْهَارٌ وَأَبْنَاءٌ وَبَنَاتٌ أَوْ أَيُّ شَخْصٍ آخَرَ يَمُتُّ إِلَيْكَ بِصِلَةٍ؟ أَخْرِجْهُمْ مِنْ هُنَا،

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 لأَنَّنَا عَازِمَانِ عَلَى تَدْمِيرِ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ، إِذْ أَنَّ صُرَاخَ الشَّكْوَى مِنْ شَرِّهِ قَدْ تَعَاظَمَ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَرْسَلَنَا الرَّبُّ لِنُدَمِّرَهُ».

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 فَمَضَى لُوطٌ وَخَاطَبَ أَصْهَارَهُ أَزْوَاجَ بَنَاتِهِ، قَائِلاً: «هَيَّا. قُومُوا وَاخْرُجُوا مِنْ هَذَا الْمَكَانِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ سَيُدَمِّرُ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ». فَبَدَا كَمَازِحٍ فِي أَعْيُنِ أَصْهَارِهِ.

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 وَمَا إِنْ أَطَلَّ الْفَجْرُ حَتَّى طَفِقَ الْمَلاكَانِ يَلِحَّانِ عَلَى لُوطٍ قَائِلَيْنِ: «هَيَّا انْهَضْ وَخُذْ زَوْجَتَكَ وَابْنَتَيْكَ اللَّتَيْنِ هُنَا، لِئَلّا تَهْلِكَ بِإِثْمِ الْمَدِينَةِ».

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 وَإِذْ تَوَانَى لُوطٌ، أَمْسَكَ الرَّجُلانِ بِيَدِهِ وَأَيْدِي زَوْجَتِهِ وَابْنَتَيْهِ وَقَادَاهُمْ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَدِينَةِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ أَشْفَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ.

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 وَمَا إِنْ أَخْرَجَاهُمْ بَعِيداً حَتَى قَالَ أَحَدُ الْمَلاكَيْنِ: «اُنْجُ بِحَيَاتِكَ. لَا تَلْتَفِتْ وَرَاءَكَ وَلا تَتَوَقَّفْ فِي كُلِّ مِنْطَقَةِ السَّهْلِ. اهْرُبْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ لِئَلّا تَهْلِكَ».

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

18 فَقَالَ لُوطٌ: «لَيْسَ هَكَذَا يَا سَيِّدُ.

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 هَا عَبْدُكَ قَدْ حَظِيَ بِرِضَاكَ، وَهَا أَنْتَ قَدْ عَظَّمْتَ لُطْفَكَ إِذْ أَنْقَذْتَ حَيَاتِي، وَأَنَا لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ اللُّجُوءَ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ لِئَلّا يُدْرِكَنِي مَكْرُوهٌ فَأَمُوتَ.

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 هَا هِيَ الْمَدِينَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ يَسْهُلُ الْهَرَبُ إِلَيْهَا. إِنَّهَا مَدِينَةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ، فَدَعْنِي أَلْجَأُ إِلَيْهَا. أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مَدِينَةً صَغِيرَةً جِدّاً فَأَنْجُوَ فِيهَا بِحَيَاتِي؟»

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

21 فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَلاكُ: «إِنِّي قَدْ قَبِلْتُ طِلْبَتَكَ بِشَأْنِ هَذَا الأَمْرِ، وَلَنْ أُدَمِّرَ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْتَهَا

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

22 أَسْرِعْ، وَاهْرُبْ إِلَيْهَا، لأَنَّنِي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَصْنَعَ شَيْئاً إِلَى أَنْ تَبْلُغَهَا». لِذَلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُ تِلْكَ الْمَدِينَةِ صُوغَرَ (وَمَعْنَاهَا صَغِيرَةٌ).

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

23 وَمَا إِنْ أَشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ حَتَّى كَانَ لُوطٌ قَدْ دَخَلَ إِلَى صُوغَرَ،

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

24 فَأَمْطَرَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ كِبْرِيتاً وَنَاراً، مِنْ عِنْدِهِ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.

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 وَقَلَبَ تِلْكَ الْمُدُنَ وَالسَّاكِنِينَ فِيهَا، وَالسَّهْلَ الْمُحِيطَ بِها وَكُلَّ مَزْرُوعَاتِ الأَرْضِ.

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

26 وَتَلَفَّتَتْ زَوْجَةُ لُوطٍ السَّائِرَةُ خَلْفَهُ وَرَاءَهَا، فَتَحَوَّلَتْ إِلَى عَمُودٍ مِنَ الْمِلْحِ.

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

27 وَمَضَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ مُبَكِّراً فِي الصَّبَاحِ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي وَقَفَ فِيهِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ.

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 وَتَطَلَّعَ نَحْوَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَلِسَائِرِ أَرْضِ السَّهْلِ، فَأَبْصَرَ الدُّخَانَ يَتَصَاعَدُ مِنْهَا كَالأَتُونِ.

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 وَهَكَذَا عِنْدَمَا دَمَّرَ اللهُ مُدُنَ السَّهْلِ ذَكَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، فَأَخْرَجَ لُوطاً قُبَيْلَ وُقُوعِ الْكَارِثَةِ حِينَ قَلَبَ الْمُدُنَ الَّتِي سَكَنَ فِيهَا لُوطٌ.

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 وَغَادَرَ لُوطٌ وَابْنَتَاهُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ صُوغَرَ، وَاسْتَقَرُّوا فِي الْجَبَلِ لأَنَّهُ خَافَ أَنْ يَسْكُنَ فِي صُوغَرَ. فَلَجَأَ هُوَ وَابْنَتَاهُ إِلَى كَهْفٍ هُنَاكَ.

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 فَقَالَتْ الابْنَةُ الْبِكْرُ لأُخْتِهَا الصَّغِيرَةِ: «إِنَّ أَبَانَا قَدْ شَاخَ وَلَيْسَ فِي الأَرْضِ حَوْلَنَا رَجُلٌ يَتَزَوَّجُنَا كَعَادَةِ كُلِّ النَّاسِ.

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

32 فَتَعَالَيْ نَسْقِيهِ خَمْراً وَنَضْطَجِعُ مَعَهُ فَلا تَنْقَطِعُ ذُرِّيَّةُ أَبِينَا».

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 فَسَقَتَا فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ أَبَاهُمَا خَمْراً، وَأَقْبَلَتْ الابْنَةُ الْكُبْرَى وَضَاجَعَتْ أَبَاهَا فَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِاضْطِجَاعِهَا وَلا بِقِيَامِهَا.

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 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّانِي قَالَتْ الابْنَةُ الْبِكْرُ لأُخْتِهَا الصَّغِيرَةِ: «إِنِّي قَدِ اضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَ أَبِي لَيْلَةَ أَمْسِ، فَتَعَالَيْ نَسْقِيهِ اللَّيْلَةَ أَيْضاً خَمْراً ثُمَّ ادْخُلِي وَاضْطَجِعِي مَعَهُ فَنُحْيِيَ مِنْ أَبِينَا نَسْلاً».

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 فَسَقَتَا أَبَاهُمَا خَمْراً فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ أَيْضاً وَأَقْبَلَتْ الابْنَةُ الصَّغِيرَةُ وَضَاجَعَتْ أَبَاهَا. فَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِاضْطِجَاعِهَا وَلا بِقِيَامِهَا.

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

36 وَهَكَذَا حَمَلَتْ الابْنَتَانِ كِلْتَاهُمَا مِنْ أَبِيهِمَا.

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

37 فَوَلَدَتِ الْكُبْرَى ابْناً دَعَتْهُ مُوآبَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ مِنَ الأَبِ)، وَهُوَ أَبُو الْمُوآبِيِّينَ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ،

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 أَمَّا الصُّغْرَى فَوَلَدَتِ ابْناً وَدَعَتْهُ «بِنْ عَمِّي» (وَمَعْنَاهُ ابْنُ قَوْمِي) وَهُوَ أَبُو بَنِي عَمُّونَ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ.