1 T hen the Lord appeared to him by the terebinth trees of Mamre, as he was sitting in the tent door in the heat of the day.

وَظَهَرَ اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ عِنْدَ بَلُّوطاتِ مَمْرا، وَهُوَ جالِسٌ عِنْدَ مَدخَلِ خَيمَتِهِ فِي عِزِّ الظَّهِيرَةِ.

2 S o he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing by him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them, and bowed himself to the ground,

فَرَفَعَ إبْراهِيمُ عَينَيهِ، فَرَأى ثَلاثَةَ رِجالٍ واقِفِينَ هُناكَ أمامَهُ. فَلَمّا رَآهُمْ، رَكَضَ مِنْ مَدْخَلِ خَيمَتِهِ لِلِقائِهِمْ، وَانحَنَى لَهُمْ.

3 a nd said, “My Lord, if I have now found favor in Your sight, do not pass on by Your servant.

وَقالَ: «يا سادَتِي، أرْجُو أنْ تَتَكَرَّمُوا عَلَيَّ بِالبَقاءِ عِنْدِي قَلِيلاً، أنا خادِمَكُمْ.

4 P lease let a little water be brought, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

فَاسْمَحُوا لِي بِأنْ أُحضِرَ بَعْضَ الماءِ، فَتَغْسِلُوا أقْدامَكُمْ وَتَرْتاحُوا عِنْدَ الشَّجَرَةِ.

5 A nd I will bring a morsel of bread, that you may refresh your hearts. After that you may pass by, inasmuch as you have come to your servant.” They said, “Do as you have said.”

وَسَأُحضِرُ بَعْضَ الخُبْزِ فَتُنَشَطَ أنفُسَكُمْ، وَتُواصِلُوا طَرِيقَكُمْ. اسْمَحُوا لِي بِهَذا بِما أنَّكُمْ جَئْتُمْ إلَيَّ، أنا خادِمَكُمْ.» فَقالُوا: «كَما قُلْتَ فافْعَلْ.»

6 S o Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah and said, “Quickly, make ready three measures of fine meal; knead it and make cakes.”

فَأسْرَعَ إبْراهِيمُ إلَى سارَةَ فِي خَيمَتِهِ وَقالَ لَها: «عَجِّلِي، اعجِنِي ثَلاثَةَ أكيالٍ مِنَ الدَّقِيقِ، وَاصْنَعِي لَنا بَعضَ الفَطائِرِ.»

7 A nd Abraham ran to the herd, took a tender and good calf, gave it to a young man, and he hastened to prepare it.

ثُمَّ رَكَضَ إبْراهِيمُ إلَى القَطِيعِ وَأخَذَ عِجلاً جَيِّداُ صَغِيراً، وَأعطاهُ لِخادِمِهِ الَّذِي أسْرَعَ لِيَطبُخَهُ.

8 S o he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree as they ate.

ثُمَّ أخَذَ إبْراهِيمُ زُبْداً وَحَلِيباً وَالعِجلَ الَّذِي طَبَخَهُ، وَوَضَعَ هَذا كُلَّهُ أمامَهُمْ، وَوَقَفَ قُرْبَهُمْ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ بَينَما هُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ.

9 T hen they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” So he said, “Here, in the tent.”

فَقالُوا لَهُ: «أينَ زَوْجَتُكَ سارَةُ؟» فَقالَ إبْراهِيمُ: «هُناكَ، فِي الخَيمَةِ.»

10 A nd He said, “I will certainly return to you according to the time of life, and behold, Sarah your wife shall have a son.” (Sarah was listening in the tent door which was behind him.)

فَقالَ: «سأعُودُ إلَيكَ فِي الرَّبيعِ القَادِمِ، وَسَيَكُونُ لِزَوْجَتِكَ سارَةَ وَلَدٌ.» وَكانَتْ سارَةُ تَسْتَمِعُ عِنْدَ مَدْخَلِ الخَيمَةِ وَراءَهُ.

11 N ow Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age; and Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

وَكانا قَدْ شاخا. وَانقَطَعَتِ العادَةُ الشَّهْرِيَّةُ عِنْدَ سارَةَ مُنْذُ مُدَّةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ.

12 T herefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”

فَضَحِكَتْ سارَةُ فِي نَفْسِها وَقالَتْ: «أبَعْدَ أنْ كادَ يَفنَى جَسَدي، وَشاخَ زَوجِيَ، أهْنأُ بِهَذا الأمْرِ؟»

13 A nd the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Shall I surely bear a child, since I am old?’

فَقالَ اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ: «لِماذا ضَحِكَتْ سارَةُ وَقالَتْ: ‹هَلْ أُرْزَقُ بِطِفلٍ حَقّاً وَأنا قَدْ شِخْتُ؟›

14 I s anything too hard for the Lord ? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.”

هَلْ يَسْتَحيلُ أمْرٌ عَلَى اللهُ ؟ فِي الوَقْتِ المُحَدَّدِ سأعُودُ إلَيكَ – فِي الرَّبيعِ القَادِمِ – وَسَيَكُونُ لِسارَةَ وَلَدٌ.»

15 B ut Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. And He said, “No, but you did laugh!” Abraham Intercedes for Sodom

فَخافَتْ سارَةُ، فَأنْكَرَتْ وَقالَتْ: «لَمْ أضْحَكْ!» فَقالَ: «بَلْ ضَحِكْتِ!»

16 T hen the men rose from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to send them on the way.

ثُمَّ انطَلَقَ الرِّجالُ مِنْ هُناكَ وَأشْرَفُوا عَلَى سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ. وَكانَ إبْراهِيمُ يَمْشِي مَعَهُمْ لِيُوَدِّعَهُمْ. إبْراهيمُ يَطلُبُ العَفوَ عَن المدينة

17 A nd the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am doing,

فَقالَ اللهُ: «كَيفَ أُخفِيَ عَنْ إبْراهِيمَ ما أُوشِكُ أنْ أفْعَلَهُ؟

18 s ince Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

فَهُوَ سَيُصبِحُ أُمَّةً عَظِيمَةً وَقَوِيَّةً. وَبِهِ سَتَتَبارَكُ كُلُّ أُمَمِ الأرْضِ.

19 F or I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”

وَقَدِ اختَرْتُهُ لأنَّهُ سَيَأْمُرُ أبْناءَهُ وَبَيتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أنْ يَحيَوْا كَما يُرِيدُهُمُ اللهُ. فَيَعمَلُوا أعْمالَ البَرِّ وَالإنْصافِ، وَأُحَقِّقُ، أنا اللهَ ، لإبْراهِيمَ ما وَعَدْتُهُ بِهِ.»

20 A nd the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave,

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ: «الشَّكاوَى كَثِيرَةٌ جِدّاً عَلَى سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ. وَخَطِيَّتُهُمْ عَظِيمَةٌ جِدّاً.

21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry against it that has come to Me; and if not, I will know.”

سَأنْزِلُ، وَسَأرَى إنْ كانُوا قَدْ فَعَلُوا كُلَّ ما سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ شَكْوَى أمْ لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا.»

22 T hen the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord.

فانصَرَفَ الرِّجالُ مِنْ هُناكَ وَسارُوا نَحوَ سَدُومَ. أمّا إبْراهِيمُ فَظَلَّ واقِفاً فِي حَضرَةِ اللهِ.

23 A nd Abraham came near and said, “Would You also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

وَدَنا إبْراهِيمُ مِنَ اللهِ وَقالَ: «أحَقّاً سَتَسْحَقُ الصّالِحِينَ مَعَ الأشْرارِ؟

24 S uppose there were fifty righteous within the city; would You also destroy the place and not spare it for the fifty righteous that were in it?

فَماذا إذا كانَ هُناكَ خَمْسُونَ صالِحاً فِي المَدِينَةِ؟ فَهَلْ سَتَسْحَقُ المَدِينَةَ؟ أفَلا تَعفُو عَنِ المَدِينَةِ مِنْ أجلِ الخَمْسِينَ الصّالِحِينَ السّاكِنِينَ فِي المَدِينَةِ؟

25 F ar be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

لَنْ تَفْعَلَ هَذا بِكُلِّ تأكِيدٍ: لَنْ تَقْتُلَ الصّالِحَ مَعَ الشِّرِّيرِ. فَتُساوِيَ بَينَ الصّالِحِ وَالشِّرِّيرِ. لا يُمكِنُ أنْ لا يَكُونَ قاضِي الأرْضِ كُلِّها عادِلاً؟»

26 S o the Lord said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.”

فَقالَ اللهُ: «إنْ وَجَدْتُ فِي سَدُومَ خَمسِينَ صالِحِينَ، سَأعْفُو عَنِ المَدِينَةِ كُلِّها بِسَبَبِهِمْ.»

27 T hen Abraham answered and said, “Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:

فَأجابَ إبْراهِيمُ: «قَدْ تَجَرَّأْتُ فِي مًخاطَبَةِ الرَّبِّ، وَأنا لَسْتُ سِوَى تُرابٍ وَرَمادٍ!

28 S uppose there were five less than the fifty righteous; would You destroy all of the city for lack of five?” So He said, “If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. ”

لَكِنْ ماذا إنْ وُجِدَ خَمْسةٌ وَأرْبَعُونَ فَقَطْ صالِحُونَ؟ هَلْ سَتُدَمِّرِ المَدِينَةَ كُلَّها بِسَبَبِ الخَمْسَةِ؟» فَقالَ: «لَنْ أُدَمِّرَ المَدِينَةَ إنْ وُجِدَ فِيها خَمْسَةٌ وَأرْبَعُونَ صالِحُونَ.»

29 A nd he spoke to Him yet again and said, “Suppose there should be forty found there?” So He said, “I will not do it for the sake of forty.”

ثُمَّ تَكَلَّمَ إبْراهِيمُ إلَيهِ ثانِيَةً وَقالَ: «فَماذا إنْ وُجِدَ أرْبَعُونَ صالِحُونَ؟» فَقالَ: «لَنْ أُدَمِّرَ المَدِينَةَ مِنْ أجلِ الأرْبَعِينَ.»

30 T hen he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Suppose thirty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

فَقالَ إبْراهِيمُ: «يا رَبِّي، لا تَغضَبْ مِنِّي إنْ تَكَلَّمْتُ هَذِهِ المَرَّةِ. فَماذا إنْ وُجِدَ ثَلاثَونَ صالِحُونَ؟» فَقالَ: «لَنْ أُدَمِّرَها إنْ وَجَدْتُ ثَلاثِينَ صالِحينَ.»

31 A nd he said, “Indeed now, I have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord: Suppose twenty should be found there?” So He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.”

فَقالَ إبْراهِيمُ: «ها قَدْ تَجاسَرْتُ كَثِيراً فِي الحَدِيثِ مَعَ رَبِّي، لَكِنْ ماذا إنْ وُجِدَ عِشْرُونَ صالِحُونَ؟» فَقالَ: «لَنْ أُدَمِّرَها مِنْ أجلِ العِشْرِينَ.»

32 T hen he said, “Let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak but once more: Suppose ten should be found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.”

فَقالَ إبْراهِيمُ: «يا رَبُّ، لا تَغضَبْ مِنِّي فَأتَكَلَّمْ لِلْمَرَّةِ الأخِيرَةِ. ماذا إنْ وُجِدَ فِيها عَشْرَةٌ صالِحُونَ؟» فَقالَ: «لَنْ أُدَمِّرَها مِنْ أجلِ العَشْرَةِ الصّالِحِينَ.»

33 S o the Lord went His way as soon as He had finished speaking with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.

ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ اللهُ بَعْدَ أنْ أنهَى حَدِيثَهُ مَعَ إبْراهِيمَ. أمّا إبْراهِيمُ فَعادَ إلَى بَيتِهِ.