1 T he two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

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, “See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way.” They said, “No, but we will stay 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 H e urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, 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 ut before 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 T hey called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them.”

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

6 L ot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.

فَخَرَجَ لُوطُ إلَيْهِمْ، وَأغلَقَ البابَ خَلْفَهُ.

7 H e said, “Please, my brothers, don’t act so wickedly.

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

8 S ee now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don’t do anything to these men, because 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 T hey said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!” They pressed hard on the man 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 hand, and brought Lot into the house to 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 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 T he men said to Lot, “Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever 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 will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh 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 pledged to marry his daughters, and said, “Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city.” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

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

15 W hen the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, “Get up! Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you 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 B ut he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife’s hand, and his two daughters’ hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.

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

17 I t came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, “Escape for your life! Don’t look behind you, and don’t stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you 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 L ot said to them, “Oh, not so, my lord.

فَقالَ لُوطُ لَهُما: «لا يا سَيِّدَيَّ.

19 S ee now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can’t escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake 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 S ee now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn’t it a little one?), and my soul will live.”

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 have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city 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 can’t do anything until you get 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 had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

وَمَعَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ، دَخَلَ لُوطُ إلَى صُوغَرَ.

24 T hen Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.

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

25 H e overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

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

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

وَنَظَرَتْ زَوجَةُ لُوطَ وَراءَها، فَصارَتْ عَمُودَ مِلْحٍ!

27 A braham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

فَبَكَّرَ إبْراهِيمُ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي وَقَفَ فِيهِ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

28 H e looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw 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 W hen God destroyed the cities of the plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

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 out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with 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 he firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way 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’s make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line.”

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

33 T hey made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn’t know 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 I t came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father’s family line. ”

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 T hey made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn’t know when she lay down, nor when she got up.

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 of Lot’s daughters were with child by their father.

وَهَكَذا حَبِلَتِ ابْنَتا لُوطَ مِنْ أبِيهِما!

37 T he firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

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

38 T he younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

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