1 N ow the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to 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, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.” They said however, “No, but we shall spend the night in the square.”

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 Y et he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, 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 B efore they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter;

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

5 a nd they called to Lot and said to him, “ Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them.”

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

6 B ut Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,

فَخَرَجَ لُوطُ إلَيْهِمْ، وَأغلَقَ البابَ خَلْفَهُ.

7 a nd said, “Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly.

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

8 N ow behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter 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 B ut they said, “Stand aside.” Furthermore, they said, “This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against 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 B ut the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

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

11 T hey struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway.

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

12 T hen the two men said to Lot, “Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place;

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

13 f or we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”

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

14 L ot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, “Up, get out of this place, for the Lord will destroy the city.” But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

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

15 W hen morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment 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 B ut he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city.

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

17 W hen they had brought them outside, one said, “ Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away.”

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 B ut Lot said to them, “Oh no, my lords!

فَقالَ لُوطُ لَهُما: «لا يا سَيِّدَيَّ.

19 N ow behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will 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 n ow behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) that my life may be saved.”

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

21 H e said to him, “Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken.

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

22 H urry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the name of the town 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 had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

وَمَعَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ، دَخَلَ لُوطُ إلَى صُوغَرَ.

24 T hen the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven,

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

25 a nd He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

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

26 B ut his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

وَنَظَرَتْ زَوجَةُ لُوطَ وَراءَها، فَصارَتْ عَمُودَ مِلْحٍ!

27 N ow Abraham arose early in the morning and went 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 down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace.

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

29 T hus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived. Lot Is Debased

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 L ot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed 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 to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of 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 let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father.”

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

33 S o they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or 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 O n the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve our family through 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 S o they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or 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 both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

وَهَكَذا حَبِلَتِ ابْنَتا لُوطَ مِنْ أبِيهِما!

37 T he firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

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

38 A s for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.

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