1 ¶ And the two angels came to Sodom at evening; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground,

وَوَصَلَ المَلاكانِ إلَى مَدِينَةِ سَدُومَ فِي المَساءِ. وَكانَ لُوطُ جالِساً عِنْدَ بَوّابَةِ سَدُومَ. فَلَمَّا رآهُما، قامَ لُوطُ وَخَرَجَ لِيَسْتَقْبِلٌهُما. ثُمَّ انحَنَى لَهُما وَوَجهُهُ إلَى الأرْضِ.

2 a nd he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your slave’s house and tarry all night and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways. And they said, No, but we will abide in the street all night.

وَقالَ: «يا سَيِّدَيَّ، أرجُو أنْ تَتَفَضَّلا إلَى بَيتِ خادِمِكُما. بِيتا اللَّيلَة عِنْدِي وَاغْسِلا أقدامَكُما. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تُبَكِّرا وَتَمْضِيا فِي طَرِيقِكُما.» فَقالا: «لا، بَلْ سَنَبِيتُ اللَيلَةَ فِي ساحَةِ المَدِينَةِ.»

3 A nd he pressed upon them greatly, and they turned in unto him and entered into his house, and he made them a banquet and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

لَكِنَّ لُوطَ ألَحَّ عَلَيهِما كَثِيراً، فَقَبِلا دَعْوَتَهُ وَذَهَبا إلَى بَيتِهِ. وَأعَدَّ لَهُما لُوطُ طَعاماً، وَخَبَزَ لَهُما فَطيراً فَأكَلا.

4 ¶ But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter;

وَقَبلَ أنْ يَناما، جاءَ رِجالُ مَدِينَةِ سَدُومَ، شُبّاناً وَكِباراً. جاءُوا جَمِيعاً وَحاصَرُوا البَيتَ.

5 a nd they called unto Lot and said unto him, Where are the men who came in to thee this night? Bring them out unto us that we may know them.

وَنادَوْا عَلَى لُوطَ وَقالُوا: «أينَ الرَّجُلانِ اللَّذانِ جاءا إلَيكَ لَيلاً؟ أخْرِجْهُما إلَينا لِكَي نُعَاشِرَهُما.»

6 A nd Lot went out at the door unto them and shut the door after him

فَخَرَجَ لُوطُ إلَيْهِمْ، وَأغلَقَ البابَ خَلْفَهُ.

7 a nd said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

ثُمَّ قالَ: «أرْجُوكُمْ، أيُّها الأصْدِقاءُ، أنْ لا تَفعَلُوا هَذا الشَّرَّ.

8 B ehold now, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you and do ye to them as is good in your eyes; only unto these men do nothing, for they have come under the shadow of my roof.

ها إنَّ لَدَيَّ ابْنَتَينِ عَذْراوَينِ. أنا مُسْتَعِدٌّ أنْ أُحضِرَهُما لَكُمْ لِتَفْعَلُوا بِهِما ما تُريدُونَ. أمّا هَذانِ الرَّجُلانِ، فَلا تَمَسُّوهُما، لِأنَّهُما صارا فِي حِمايَةِ بَيتِي.»

9 A nd they said, Stand back. And they said again, This fellow came in to sojourn and is he to lift himself up as judge? Now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they did great violence to the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

فَقالُوا: «لا تَقِفْ فِي طَرِيقِنا.» وَقالُوا: «جاءَ هَذا الرَّجُلُ إلَى مَدِينَتِنا غَرِيباً. فَهَلْ نَتْرُكُهُ الآنَ يَتَحَكَّمُ بِنا؟ لِهَذا سَنَفعَلُ بِكَ أسْوَأ مِمّا سَنَفْعَلُ بِهِما!» ثُمَّ تَزاحَمُوا عَلَى لُوطَ. وَأوشَكُوا أنْ يُحَطِّمُوا البابَ.

10 T hen the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house with them and shut the door.

فَفَتَحَ الرَّجُلانِ البابَ، وَمَدّا أيدِيهِما، وَجَذَبا لُوطَ إلَى داخِلِ البَيتِ، وَأغلَقا البابَ.

11 A nd they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

ثًمَّ ضَرَبا جَميعَ الرِّجالِ الَّذِينَ خارِجَ بابِ البَيت، شُبّاناً وَكِباراً، بِالعَمَى. فَلَمْ يَقْدِرُوا أنْ يَجِدُوا البابَ. الهُروبُ منْ سَدُوم

12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou anyone else here? Sons-in-law and thy sons and thy daughters and whatever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place;

فَقالَ الرَّجُلانِ لِلُوطَ: «ألَكَ أقرِباءُ هُنا؟ هَيّا أخْرِجْ مِنْ هَذا المَكانِ أصْهارَكَ وَأبْناءَكَ وَبَناتِكَ، وَجَمِيعَ أقرِبائِكَ فِي هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ،

13 F or we will destroy this place because the cry of them is waxed great before the face of the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.

لِأنَّنا سَنُدَمِّرُ هَذا المَكانَ. فَاللهُ قَدْ سَمِعَ بِعِظَمِ شَرِّ هَذِهِ المَدِينَةِ، فَأرْسَلَنا اللهُ لِنُدَمِّرَها.»

14 A nd Lot went out and spoke unto his sons-in-law, those who were to marry his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons-in-law.

فَخَرَجَ لُوطُ وَقالَ لأصْهارِهِ: «هَيّا غادِرُوا هَذا المَكانَ، لِأنَّ اللهَ سَيُدَمِّرُ المَدِينَةَ قَرِيباً.» فَظَنُّوا أنَّهُ يُمازِحُهُمْ!

15 ¶ And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

وَلَمّا طَلَعَ الفَجْرُ، اسْتَعْجَلَ المَلاكانِ لُوطَ وَقالُوا لَهُ: «هَيّا خُذْ زَوْجَتَكَ وَابْنَتَيكَ اللَّواتِي مَعَكَ، وَإلا قُتِلْتُمْ فِي المَدِينَةِ الَّتِي سَتُدَمَّرُ عِقاباً لَها.»

16 A nd while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters, the LORD being merciful unto him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

وَإذْ تَباطَأَ لُوطُ، أمسَكَ المَلاكانِ بِهِ وَبِامْرَأتِهِ وَابْنَتَيهِ مِنْ أيدِيهِمْ، لِأنَّ اللهَ كانَ رَحِيماً بِهِ. فَأخرَجاهُ، وَتَرَكاهُ خارِجَ المَدِينَةِ.

17 A nd it came to pass as they brought them forth outside, that he said, Escape; for thy soul, do not look behind thee, neither stop thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

فَلَمّا أخرَجا لُوطَ وَعائِلَتَهُ، قالَ أحَدُ المَلاكَينِ: «انجُ بِنَفْسِكَ! وَلا تَلْتَفِتْ وَراءَكَ. لا تَتَوَقَّفْ فِي أيِّ مَكانٍ فِي هَذا السَّهلِ. بَلِ اهْرُبْ إلَى الجِبالِ وَإلّا هَلِكْتَ.»

18 A nd Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my lords;

فَقالَ لُوطُ لَهُما: «لا يا سَيِّدَيَّ.

19 b ehold now, thy slave has found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die.

قَدْ رَضَيتُما عَنِّي، أنا خادِمَكُما، وَأظْهَرْتُما لُطفاً كَثِيراً فِي إنقاذِ حَياتِي. أنا لا اقْدِرُ عَلَى الهَرَبِ إلَى الجِبالِ. وَأخشَى أنْ يُدْرِكَنِي الدَّمارُ، فَأمُوتَ.

20 B ehold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one; Oh, let me escape there, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

هُناكَ بَلْدَةُ قَرِيبَةٌ لِلهَرَبِ إلَيها. وَهِيَ صَغِيرَةٌ. أهرُبُ إلَى هُناكَ. ألَيسَتْ صَغِيرَةً؟ فَسَتَكونُ حَياتِي فِي أمانٍ هُناكَ.»

21 A nd he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also that I will not overthrow the city for which thou hast spoken.

فَقالَ لَهُ المَلاكُ: «طَلَبُكَ مَقْبُولٌ. سَأعمَلُ هَذا مِنْ أجلِكَ أيضاً، وَلَنْ أُدَمِّرَ تِلْكَ البَلْدَةَ.

22 M ake thee haste, escape there; for I cannot do anything until thou hast arrived there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

فَأسْرِعِ! اهرُبْ إلَى هُناكَ! فَلَنْ أقدِرَ أنْ أفعَلَ شَيئاً حَتَّى تَصِلَ إلَى هُناكَ.» مِنْ أجلِ هَذا سُمِّيَتِ البَلْدَةُ صُوغَرَ، لِأنَّها صَغِيرَةٌ. تدميرُ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَة

23 T he sun was rising upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

وَمَعَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ، دَخَلَ لُوطُ إلَى صُوغَرَ.

24 ¶ Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of the heavens;

ثُمَّ أمطَرَ اللهُ عَلَى سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ كِبْرِيتاً مُلْتَهِباً وَناراً مِنْ عِندِ اللهِ مِنَ السَّماءِ.

25 a nd he overthrew those cities and all that plain, with all the inhabitants of those cities, and the fruit of the ground.

فَدَمَّرَهُما مَعَ الوادِي كُلِّهِ، وَكُلِّ السّاكِنِينَ هُناكَ، وَكُلِّ ما نَما فِي الأرْضِ.

26 ¶ Then the wife of Lot looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

وَنَظَرَتْ زَوجَةُ لُوطَ وَراءَها، فَصارَتْ عَمُودَ مِلْحٍ!

27 ¶ And Abraham rose up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

فَبَكَّرَ إبْراهِيمُ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي وَقَفَ فِيهِ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

28 A nd he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of that plain and beheld that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

وَأطَلَّ عَلَى سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ وَكُلِّ أرْضِ الوادِي، فَرَأى الدُّخانَ صاعِداً مِنَ الأرْضِ كَدُخانِ فُرْنٍ كَبيرٍ.

29 A nd it came to pass as God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

فَلَمّا دَمَّرَ اللهُ مُدُنَ الوادِي، تَذَكَّرَ صَلاةَ إبْراهِيمَ، وَأخرَجَ لُوطَ مِنْ وَسْطِ الدَّمارِ، قَبلَ أنْ يُدَمِّرَ المُدُنَ الَّتِي كانَ لُوطُ يٌقِيمُ فِيها. لُوطُ وَابْنتاه

30 ¶ But Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

وَخَرَجَ لُوطُ مِنْ صُوغَرَ وَسَكَنَ فِي الجِبالِ مَعَ ابْنَتَيهِ. فَقَدْ خَشِيَ لُوطُ مِنَ السُّكنَى فِي صُوغَرَ. فَسَكَنَ مَعَ ابْنَتَيهِ فِي كَهفٍ.

31 T hen the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man left in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth.

فَقالَتِ البِكْرُ لِأُختِها الصُّغْرَى: «لَقَدْ شاخَ أبوْنا، وَلَيسَ فِي الأرْضِ رَجُلٌ يُعاشِرُنا كَما يَفعَلُ النّاسُ فِي كُلِّ الأرْضِ.

32 C ome, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him that we may preserve the generation of our father.

فَهَيّا نُسكِرْ أبانا بِالخَمْرِ، ثُمَّ نُعَاشِرُهُ. وَبِهَذا نُبقِي عَلَى عائِلَتِنا مِنْ خِلالِ أبِينا.»

33 A nd they made their father drink wine that night; and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

فَأسْكَرَتِ الأُختانِ أباهُما بِالخَمْرِ فِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ. ثُمَّ قامَتْ الأُختُ البِكْرُ وَعَاشَرَتْ أبِيها. أمّا لُوطُ فَلَمْ يَدرِ مَتَى جَاءَتْ إلَيهِ وَمَتَى قامَتْ مِنَ الفِراشِ.

34 A nd it came to pass on the next day that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in and lie with him that we may preserve the generation of our father.

وَفِي اليَوْمِ التّالِي، قالَتِ الأُختُ الكُبْرَى لِلصُّغرَى: «ها قَدْ عَاشَرْتُ أبِي لَيلَةَ أمْسِ، فَلْنُسْكِرْهُ اللَّيلَةَ أيضاً بِالخَمْرِ. ثُمَّ أنتِ اذهَبِي وَعَاشِرِيهِ. وَبِهَذا نُبقِي عَلَى عائِلَتِنا مِنْ خِلالِ أبِينا.»

35 A nd they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

فَأسْكَرَتِ الأُختانِ أباهُما بِالخَمْرِ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيلَةِ أيضاً. ثُمَّ قامَتِ الأُختُ الصُّغرَى وَعَاشَرَتْ أبِيها. أمّا لُوطُ فَلَمْ يَدْرِ مَتَى جَاءَتْ إلَيهِ وَمَتَى قامَتْ مِنَ الفِراشِ.

36 T hus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

وَهَكَذا حَبِلَتِ ابْنَتا لُوطَ مِنْ أبِيهِما!

37 A nd the firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

فَأنجَبَتِ البِكرُ وَلَداً أسْمَتْهُ «مُوآبَ،» وَهُوَ أبو جَمِيعِ المُوآبِيِّينَ إلَى هَذا اليَوْمِ.

38 A nd the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Benammi; the same is the father of the sons of Ammon unto this day.

وَأنجَبَتِ الصُّغرَى وَلَداً أسْمَتْهُ «بِنْ عَمِّي،» وَهُوَ أبو جَمِيعِ العَمُّونِيِّينَ إلَى هَذا اليَوْمِ.