1 A nd two of the messengers come towards Sodom at even, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot seeth, and riseth to meet them, and boweth himself -- 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 saith, `Lo, I pray you, my lords, turn aside, I pray you, unto the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet -- then ye have risen early and gone on your way;' and they say, `Nay, but in the broad place we do lodge.'

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 presseth on them greatly, and they turn aside unto him, and come in unto his house; and he maketh for them a banquet, and hath baked unleavened things; and they do eat.

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

4 B efore they lie down, the men of the city -- men of Sodom -- have come round about against the house, from young even unto aged, all the people from the extremity;

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

5 a nd they call unto Lot and say to him, `Where the men who have come in unto thee to-night? bring them out unto us, and we know them.'

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

6 A nd Lot goeth out unto them, to the opening, and the door hath shut behind him,

فَخَرَجَ لُوطُ إلَيْهِمْ، وَأغلَقَ البابَ خَلْفَهُ.

7 a nd saith, `Do not, I pray you, my brethren, do evil;

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

8 l o, I pray you, I have two daughters, who have not known any one; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do to them as good in your eyes; only to these men do not anything, for therefore have they come in within 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 say, `Come nigh hither;' they say also, `This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh 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 A nd the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot unto them, into the house, and have shut the door;

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

11 a nd the men who at the opening of the house they have smitten with blindness, from small even unto great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.

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

12 A nd the men say unto Lot, `Whom hast thou here still? son-in-law, thy sons also, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city, bring out from 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 are destroying this place, for their cry hath been great the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah doth send us to destroy it.'

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

14 A nd Lot goeth out, and speaketh unto his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and saith, `Rise, go out from this place, for Jehovah is destroying the city;' and he is as mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.

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

15 A nd when the dawn hath ascended, then the messengers press upon Lot, saying, `Rise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters who are found present, 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 he lingereth, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of Jehovah unto him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest without 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 cometh to pass when he hath brought them out without, that he saith, `Escape for thy life; look not expectingly behind thee, nor stand thou in all the circuit; to the mountain escape, 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 saith unto them, `Not, I pray thee, my lord;

فَقالَ لُوطُ لَهُما: «لا يا سَيِّدَيَّ.

19 l o, I pray thee, thy servant hath found grace in thine eyes, and thou dost make great thy kindness which thou hast done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave me, and I have died;

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

20 l o, I pray thee, this city near to flee thither, and it little; let me escape, I pray thee, thither, (is it not little?) and my soul doth live.'

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

21 A nd he saith unto him, `Lo, I have accepted thy face also for this thing, without overthrowing the city which thou hast spoken;

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

22 h aste, escape thither, for I am not able to do anything till thine entering thither;' therefore hath he calleth the name of the city 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 hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar,

وَمَعَ شُرُوقِ الشَّمْسِ، دَخَلَ لُوطُ إلَى صُوغَرَ.

24 a nd Jehovah hath rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah, from the heavens;

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

25 a nd He overthroweth these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.

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

26 A nd his wife looketh expectingly from behind him, and she is -- a pillar of salt!

وَنَظَرَتْ زَوجَةُ لُوطَ وَراءَها، فَصارَتْ عَمُودَ مِلْحٍ!

27 A nd Abraham riseth early in the morning, unto the place where he hath stood the face of Jehovah;

فَبَكَّرَ إبْراهِيمُ إلَى المَكانِ الَّذِي وَقَفَ فِيهِ فِي حَضْرَةِ اللهِ.

28 a nd he looketh on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and seeth, and lo, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.

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

29 A nd it cometh to pass, in God's destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembereth Abraham, and sendeth Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in 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 A nd Lot goeth up out of Zoar, and dwelleth in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he hath been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwelleth 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 A nd the first-born saith unto the younger, `Our father old, and a man there is not in the earth to come in unto us, as 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, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve from our father -- a seed.'

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

33 A nd they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the first-born goeth in, and lieth with her father, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising up.

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 cometh to pass, on the morrow, that the first-born saith unto the younger, `Lo, I have lain yesterday-night with my father: we cause him to drink wine also to-night, and go thou in, lie with him, and we preserve from our father -- a seed.'

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 cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger riseth and lieth with him, and he hath not known in her lying down, or in her rising 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 A nd the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father,

وَهَكَذا حَبِلَتِ ابْنَتا لُوطَ مِنْ أبِيهِما!

37 a nd the first-born beareth a son, and calleth his name Moab; he father of Moab unto this day;

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

38 a s to the younger, she also hath born a son, and calleth his name Ben-Ammi: he father of the Beni-Ammon unto this day.

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