Genesis 19

فَجَاءَ الْمَلاَكَانِ إِلَى سَدُومَ مَسَاءً، وَكَانَ لُوطٌ جَالِسًا فِي بَابِ سَدُومَ. فَلَمَّا رَآهُمَا لُوطٌ قَامَ لاسْتِقْبَالِهِمَا، وَسَجَدَ بِوَجْهِهِ إِلَى الأَرْضِ.

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; 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;

وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدَيَّ، مِيلاَ إِلَى بَيْتِ عَبْدِكُمَا وَبِيتَا وَاغْسِلاَ أَرْجُلَكُمَا، ثُمَّ تُبَكِّرَانِ وَتَذْهَبَانِ فِي طَرِيقِكُمَا». فَقَالاَ: «لاَ، بَلْ فِي السَّاحَةِ نَبِيتُ».

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

فَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِمَا جِدًّا، فَمَالاَ إِلَيْهِ وَدَخَلاَ بَيْتَهُ، فَصَنَعَ لَهُمَا ضِيَافَةً وَخَبَزَ فَطِيرًا فَأَكَلاَ.

And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

وَقَبْلَمَا اضْطَجَعَا أَحَاطَ بِالْبَيْتِ رِجَالُ الْمَدِينَةِ، رِجَالُ سَدُومَ، مِنَ الْحَدَثِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ، كُلُّ الشَّعْبِ مِنْ أَقْصَاهَا.

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:

فَنَادَوْا لُوطًا وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَيْنَ الرَّجُلاَنِ اللَّذَانِ دَخَلاَ إِلَيْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ؟ أَخْرِجْهُمَا إِلَيْنَا لِنَعْرِفَهُمَا».

And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

فَخَرَجَ إِلَيْهِمْ لُوطٌ إِلَى الْبَابِ وَأَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ وَرَاءَهُ

And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

وَقَالَ: «لاَ تَفْعَلُوا شَرًّا يَا إِخْوَتِي.

And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

هُوَذَا لِي ابْنَتَانِ لَمْ تَعْرِفَا رَجُلاً. أُخْرِجُهُمَا إِلَيْكُمْ فَافْعَلُوا بِهِمَا كَمَا يَحْسُنُ فِي عُيُونِكُمْ. وَأَمَّا هذَانِ الرَّجُلاَنِ فَلاَ تَفْعَلُوا بِهِمَا شَيْئًا، لأَنَّهُمَا قَدْ دَخَلاَ تَحْتَ ظِلِّ سَقْفِي».

Behold now, I have two daughters which 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 therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

فَقَالُوا: «ابْعُدْ إِلَى هُنَاكَ». ثُمَّ قَالُوا: «جَاءَ هذَا الإِنْسَانُ لِيَتَغَرَّبَ، وَهُوَ يَحْكُمُ حُكْمًا. الآنَ نَفْعَلُ بِكَ شَرًّا أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمَا». فَأَلَحُّوا عَلَى الْرَّجُلِ لُوطٍ جِدًّا وَتَقَدَّمُوا لِيُكَسِّرُوا الْبَابَ،

And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

فَمَدَّ الرَّجُلاَنِ أَيْدِيَهُمَا وَأَدْخَلاَ لُوطًا إِلَيْهِمَا إِلَى الْبَيْتِ وَأَغْلَقَا الْبَابَ.

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

وَأَمَّا الرِّجَالُ الَّذِينَ عَلَى بَابِ الْبَيْتِ فَضَرَبَاهُمْ بِالْعَمَى، مِنَ الصَّغِيرِ إِلَى الْكَبِيرِ، فَعَجِزُوا عَنْ أَنْ يَجِدُوا الْبَابَ.

And 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.

وَقَالَ الرَّجُلاَنِ لِلُوطٍ: «مَنْ لَكَ أَيْضًا ههُنَا؟ أَصْهَارَكَ وَبَنِيكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَكُلَّ مَنْ لَكَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، أَخْرِجْ مِنَ الْمَكَانِ،

And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

لأَنَّنَا مُهْلِكَانِ هذَا الْمَكَانَ، إِذْ قَدْ عَظُمَ صُرَاخُهُمْ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ، فَأَرْسَلَنَا الرَّبُّ لِنُهْلِكَهُ».

For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

فَخَرَجَ لُوطٌ وَكَلَّمَ أَصْهَارَهُ الآخِذِينَ بَنَاتِهِ وَقَالَ: «قُومُوا اخْرُجُوا مِنْ هذَا الْمَكَانِ، لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ مُهْلِكٌ الْمَدِينَةَ». فَكَانَ كَمَازِحٍ فِي أَعْيُنِ أَصْهَارِهِ.

And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married 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.

وَلَمَّا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ كَانَ الْمَلاَكَانِ يُعَجِّلاَنِ لُوطًا قَائِلَيْنِ: «قُمْ خُذِ امْرَأَتَكَ وَابْنَتَيْكَ الْمَوْجُودَتَيْنِ لِئَلاَّ تَهْلَِكَ بِإِثْمِ الْمَدِينَةِ».

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

وَلَمَّا تَوَانَى، أَمْسَكَ الرَّجُلاَنِ بِيَدِهِ وَبِيَدِ امْرَأَتِهِ وَبِيَدِ ابْنَتَيْهِ، لِشَفَقَةِ الرَّبِّ عَلَيْهِ، وَأَخْرَجَاهُ وَوَضَعَاهُ خَارِجَ الْمَدِينَةِ.

And 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 without the city.

وَكَانَ لَمَّا أَخْرَجَاهُمْ إِلَى خَارِجٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: «اهْرُبْ لِحَيَاتِكَ. لاَ تَنْظُرْ إِلَى وَرَائِكَ، وَلاَ تَقِفْ فِي كُلِّ الدَّائِرَةِ. اهْرُبْ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ لِئَلاَّ تَهْلَِكَ».

And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

فَقَالَ لَهُمَا لُوطٌ: «لاَ يَا سَيِّدُ.

And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:

هُوَذَا عَبْدُكَ قَدْ وَجَدَ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ، وَعَظَّمْتَ لُطْفَكَ الَّذِي صَنَعْتَ إِلَيَّ بِاسْتِبْقَاءِ نَفْسِي، وَأَنَا لاَ أَقْدِرُ أَنْ أَهْرُبَ إِلَى الْجَبَلِ لَعَلَّ الشَّرَّ يُدْرِكُنِي فَأَمُوتَ.

Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

هُوَذَا الْمَدِينَةُ هذِهِ قَرِيبَةٌ لِلْهَرَبِ إِلَيْهَا وَهِيَ صَغِيرَةٌ. أَهْرُبُ إِلَى هُنَاكَ. أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ صَغِيرَةً؟ فَتَحْيَا نَفْسِي».

Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

فَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنِّي قَدْ رَفَعْتُ وَجْهَكَ فِي هذَا الأَمْرِ أَيْضًا، أَنْ لاَ أَقْلِبَ الْمَدِينَةَ الَّتِي تَكَلَّمْتَ عَنْهَا.

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

أَسْرِعِ اهْرُبْ إِلَى هُنَاكَ لأَنِّي لاَ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَفْعَلَ شَيْئًا حَتَّى تَجِيءَ إِلَى هُنَاكَ». لِذلِكَ دُعِيَ اسْمُ الْمَدِينَةِ «صُوغَرَ».

Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

وَإِذْ أَشْرَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ عَلَى الأَرْضِ دَخَلَ لُوطٌ إِلَى صُوغَرَ،

The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

فَأَمْطَرَ الرَّبُّ عَلَى سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ كِبْرِيتًا وَنَارًا مِنْ عِنْدِ الرَّبِّ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ.

Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

وَقَلَبَ تِلْكَ الْمُدُنَ، وَكُلَّ الدَّائِرَةِ، وَجَمِيعَ سُكَّانِ الْمُدُنِ، وَنَبَاتَِ الأَرْضِ.

And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

وَنَظَرَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَصَارَتْ عَمُودَ مِلْحٍ.

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

وَبَكَّرَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فِي الْغَدِ إِلَى الْمَكَانِ الَّذِي وَقَفَ فِيهِ أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ،

And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

وَتَطَلَّعَ نَحْوَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ، وَنَحْوَ كُلِّ أَرْضِ الدَّائِرَةِ، وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا دُخَانُ الأَرْضِ يَصْعَدُ كَدُخَانِ الأَتُونِ.

And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

وَحَدَثَ لَمَّا أَخْرَبَ اللهُ مُدُنَ الدَّائِرَةِ أَنَّ اللهَ ذَكَرَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَأَرْسَلَ لُوطًا مِنْ وَسَطِ الانْقِلاَبِ. حِينَ قَلَبَ الْمُدُنَ الَّتِي سَكَنَ فِيهَا لُوطٌ.

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

وَصَعِدَ لُوطٌ مِنْ صُوغَرَ وَسَكَنَ فِي الْجَبَلِ، وَابْنَتَاهُ مَعَهُ، لأَنَّهُ خَافَ أَنْ يَسْكُنَ فِي صُوغَرَ. فَسَكَنَ فِي الْمَغَارَةِ هُوَ وَابْنَتَاهُ.

And 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.

وَقَالَتِ الْبِكْرُ لِلصَّغِيرَةِ: «أَبُونَا قَدْ شَاخَ، وَلَيْسَ فِي الأَرْضِ رَجُلٌ لِيَدْخُلَ عَلَيْنَا كَعَادَةِ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ.

And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

هَلُمَّ نَسْقِي أَبَانَا خَمْرًا وَنَضْطَجعُ مَعَهُ، فَنُحْيِي مِنْ أَبِينَا نَسْلاً».

Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

فَسَقَتَا أَبَاهُمَا خَمْرًا فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ، وَدَخَلَتِ الْبِكْرُ وَاضْطَجَعَتْ مَعَ أَبِيهَا، وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِاضْطِجَاعِهَا وَلاَ بِقِيَامِهَا.

And 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.

وَحَدَثَ فِي الْغَدِ أَنَّ الْبِكْرَ قَالَتْ لِلصَّغِيرَةِ: «إِنِّي قَدِ اضْطَجَعْتُ الْبَارِحَةَ مَعَ أَبِي. نَسْقِيهِ خَمْرًا اللَّيْلَةَ أَيْضًا فَادْخُلِي اضْطَجِعِي مَعَهُ، فَنُحْيِيَ مِنْ أَبِينَا نَسْلاً».

And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

فَسَقَتَا أَبَاهُمَا خَمْرًا فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ أَيْضًا، وَقَامَتِ الصَّغِيرَةُ وَاضْطَجَعَتْ مَعَهُ، وَلَمْ يَعْلَمْ بِاضْطِجَاعِهَا وَلاَ بِقِيَامِهَا،

And 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.

فَحَبِلَتِ ابْنَتَا لُوطٍ مِنْ أَبِيهِمَا.

Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

فَوَلَدَتِ الْبِكْرُ ابْنًا وَدَعَتِ اسْمَهُ «مُوآبَ»، وَهُوَ أَبُو الْمُوآبِيِّينَ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ.

And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

وَالصَّغِيرَةُ أَيْضًا وَلَدَتِ ابْنًا وَدَعَتِ اسْمَهُ «بِنْ عَمِّي»، وَهُوَ أَبُو بَنِي عَمُّونَ إِلَى الْيَوْمِ.

And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Ben–ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.