The Evil City of Sodom
1 That evening, while Lot was sitting near the city gate, the two angels arrived in Sodom. When Lot saw them, he got up, bowed down low, 2 and said, “Gentlemen, I am your servant. Please come to my home. You can wash your feet, spend the night, and be on your way in the morning.”
They told him, “No, we'll spend the night in the city square.” 3 But Lot kept insisting, until they finally agreed and went home with him. He quickly baked some bread, cooked a meal, and they ate.
4 Before Lot and his guests could go to bed, every man in Sodom, young and old, came and stood outside his house 5 and started shouting, “Where are your visitors? Send them out, so we can have sex with them!”
6 Lot went outside and shut the door behind him. 7 Then he said, “Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing! 8 I have two daughters who have never had sex. I'll bring them out, and you can do what you want with them. But don't harm these men. They are guests in my home.”
9 “Don't get in our way,” the crowd answered. “You're a foreigner. What right do you have to order us around? We'll do worse things to you than we're going to do to them.”
The crowd kept arguing with Lot. Finally, they rushed toward the door to break it down. 10 But the two angels in the house reached out and pulled Lot safely inside. 11 Then they struck blind everyone in the crowd, and none of them could even find the door.
12-13 The two angels said to Lot, “The Lord has heard many terrible things about the people of Sodom, and he has sent us here to destroy the city. Take your family and leave. Take every relative you have in the city, as well as the men your daughters are going to marry.”
14 Lot went to the men who were engaged to his daughters and said, “Hurry up and get out of here! The Lord is going to destroy this city.” But they thought he was joking, and they laughed at him.
15 Early the next morning the two angels tried to make Lot hurry and leave. They said, “Take your wife and your two daughters and get away from here as fast as you can! If you don't, every one of you will be killed when the Lord destroys the city.” 16 At first, Lot just stood there. But the Lord wanted to save him. So the angels took Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city. 17 When they were outside, one of the angels said, “Run for your lives! Don't even look back. And don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, where you'll be safe.”
18-19 Lot answered, “You have done us a great favor, sir. You have saved our lives, but please don't make us go to the hills. That's too far away. The city will be destroyed before we can get there, and we will be killed when it happens. 20 There's a town near here. It's only a small place, but my family and I will be safe, if you let us go there.”
21 “All right, go there,” he answered. “I won't destroy that town. 22 Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you are safely there.”
The town was later called Zoar because Lot had said it was small.
Sodom and Gomorrah Are Destroyed
23 The sun was coming up as Lot reached the town of Zoar, 24 and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah. 25 He destroyed those cities and everyone who lived in them, as well as their land and the trees and grass that grew there.
26 On the way, Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a block of salt.
27 That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord. 28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and saw smoke rising from all over the land—it was like a flaming furnace.
29 When God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot lived, he remembered his promise to Abraham and saved Lot from the terrible destruction.
Moab and Ammon
30 Lot was afraid to stay on in Zoar. So he took his two daughters and moved to a cave in the hill country. 31 One day his older daughter said to her sister, “Our father is old, and there are no men anywhere for us to marry. 32 Let's get our father drunk! Then we can sleep with him and have children.” 33 That night they got their father drunk, and the older daughter got in bed with him, but he was too drunk even to know she was there.
34 The next day the older daughter said to her sister, “I slept with my father last night. We'll get him drunk again tonight, so you can sleep with him, and we can each have a child.” 35 That night they got their father drunk, and this time the younger sister slept with him. But once again he was too drunk even to know she was there.
36 That's how Lot's two daughters had children. 37 The older daughter named her son Moab, and he is the ancestor of the Moabites. 38 The younger daughter named her son Benammi, and he is the ancestor of the Ammonites.
خراب سدوم
1 فجاءَ المَلاكانِ إلى سدومَ عِندَ الغُروبِ وكانَ لُوطٌ جالسا بِبابِ المدينةِ، فلَّما رآهُما قامَ لِلقائِهِما وسجدَ بِوجهِهِ إلى الأرضِ 2 وقالَ: «يا سيّديَّ، ميلا إلى بَيتِ عبدِكُما وبـيتا واغْسِلا أرجُلَكُما، وفي الصَّباحِ باكرا تَستأنِفانِ سَفَرَكُما». فقالا: «لا، بل في السَّاحَةِ نَبـيتُ». 3 فألَحَّ علَيهِما كثيرا حتّى مالا إليهِ ودَخَلا بَيتَه، فعَمِلَ لهُما وليمةً وخبزَ فطيرا فأكلا.
4 وقَبلَ أنْ يناما جاءَ رِجالُ سدومَ جميعا، شُبَّانا وشُيوخا، وأحاطوا بالبَيتِ مِنْ كُلِّ جِهةٍ، 5 فنادوا لُوطا وقالوا لهُ: «أينَ الرَّجُلانِ اللَّذانِ دَخلا بَيتَكَ اللَّيلةَ؟ أخرِجْهُما إلينا حتى نُضاجِعَهُما».
6 فخَرجَ إليهِم لُوطٌ وأغلقَ البابَ وراءَه 7 وقالَ: «لا تفعَلوا سُوءًا يا إخوتي. 8 لي بِنتانِ ما ضاجعَتا رَجُلا، أُخرِجُهما إليكُم فافعَلوا بهما ما يحلو لكُم. وأمَّا الرَّجُلانِ فلا تفعلوا بهما شيئا، لأنَّهما في ضِيافتي». 9 فقالوا لَهُ: «ابتَعِدْ مِنْ هُنا! جِئتَ أيُّها الغريـبُ لِتُقيمَ بَينَنا وتـتحكَّمَ فينا. الآنَ نفعَلُ بِكَ أسوأَ مِمّا نفعَلُ بِهِما». ودفعوا لُوطا إلى الوراءِ وتقدَّموا إلى البابِ لِـيَكسِرُوه. 10 فمَدَّ الرَّجُلانِ أيديَهما وجذَبا لُوطا إلى البَيتِ وأغلقا البابَ. 11 وأمَّا الرِّجالُ الّذينَ على بابِ البَيتِ فضربَهُمُ الرَّجلانِ بالعَمَى، مِنْ صغيرِهِم إلى كبـيرِهِم، فعجزُوا عَنْ أنْ يَجِدوا البابَ.
12 وقالَ الرَّجُلانِ للُوطٍ: «مَنْ لكَ أيضا هُنا؟ إنْ كانَ لكَ أصهارٌ وبَنونَ وبَناتٌ وأقرباءُ آخرونَ في هذِهِ المدينةِ، فأخرِجْهُم مِنها. 13 فهذا المكانُ سَنُهلِكُه، لأنَّ الشَّكوى على أهلهِ بلغَت مَسامعَ الرّبِّ فأرسلَنا لِنُهلِكَهُم». 14 فخرجَ لُوطٌ وقالَ لِصهرَيهِ الخاطبـينِ بِنتَيهِ: «قُومَا اخرُجا مِنْ هُنا، لأنَّ الرّبَّ سَيُهلِكُ المدينةَ». فكانَ كَمَنْ يَمزَحُ في نظَرِ صِهرَيهِ.
15 فلمَّا طلَعَ الفَجرُ كانَ الملاكانِ يستعجلانِ لُوطا ويقولانِ لهُ: «قُمْ خُذِ امرأتَكَ وابنتَيكَ الموجودَتينِ هُنا، لِئلاَّ تَهلَكُوا معَ المدينةِ عِقابا لها». 16 فلمَّا تباطأ لُوطٌ أمسَكَ الرَّجُلانِ بـيدهِ وبـيدِ امرأتهِ وابنتَيهِ، لشفقةِ الرّبِّ علَيهِ، وأخرَجاهُ مِنَ المدينةِ وتركاهُ هُناكَ.
17 وبَينَما هُما يُخرجانِهِ مِنَ المدينةِ قالَ لَه أحدُهُما: «أُنْجُ بنفْسِكَ. لا تَلتَفِتْ إلى ورائِكَ ولا تَقِفْ في السَّهْلِ كُلِّهِ، واهرُبْ إلى الجَبلِ لِئلاَّ تَهلِكَ». 18 فقالَ لُوطٌ: «لا يا سيّدي. 19 نِلْتُ رِضاكَ وغمرْتَني برحمتِكَ فأنقذتَ حياتي. ولكنّي لا أقدِرُ أنْ أهرُبَ إلى الجَبلِ، فرُبَّما لَحِقَني السُّوءُ فأموتُ. 20 أمَّا تِلكَ المدينةُ فهيَ قريـبةٌ وصغيرةٌ، فدَعْني أهربُ إليها، فأنجوَ لصِغَرِها بحياتي». 21 فقالَ لَهُ: «إكراما لكَ لن أُدمِّرَ المدينةَ التي ذَكرْتَ. 22 أسرِعْ بالهرَبِ إلى هُناكَ، لأنِّي لن أفعَلَ شيئا حتى تَصِلَ إليها». ولذلِكَ سُمِّيتِ المدينةُ صُوغرَ.
23 فلمَّا أشرقتِ الشَّمسُ على الأرضِ ودَخلَ لُوطٌ مدينةَ صُوغرَ. 24 أمطرَ الرّبُّ على سدومَ وعَمورةَ كِبريتا ونارا مِنَ السَّماءِ، 25 فدَمَّرَها معَ الوادي وجميعِ سُكَّانِ المُدُنِ ونباتِ الأرضِ. 26 والْتفتـتِ امرأةُ لُوطٍ إلى الوراءِ فصارت عَمودَ مِلحٍ.
27 وبكَّرَ إبراهيمُ في الغدِ إلى المكانِ الّذي وقفَ فيهِ أمامَ الرّبِّ، 28 وتطلَّعَ إلى جِهةِ سدومَ وعَمورةَ والوادي كُلِّهِ، فرأى دُخانَ الأرضِ صاعدا كدُخانِ الأتونِ.
29 ولمَّا أهلكَ اللهُ مُدُنَ الوادي الّتي كانَ لُوطٌ يُقيمُ بها، تذَكَّرَ إبراهيمَ، فأخرجَ لُوطا مِنْ وسَطِ الدَّمارِ.
أصل المؤابـيين وبني عمون
30 وخافَ لُوطٌ أنْ يسكُنَ في صُوغرَ، فصعِدَ إلى الجبَلِ وأقامَ بالمغارةِ هوَ وابنتاهُ.
31 فقالتِ الكُبرى للصُّغرى: «شاخَ أبونا وما في الأرضِ رَجلٌ يتزوَّجُنا على عادةِ أهلِ الأرضِ كُلِّهِم. 32 تعالَي نسقي أبانا خمرا ونضاجِعُهُ ونقيمُ مِنْ أبـينا نسلا». 33 فسقتا أباهُما خمرا تِلكَ اللَّيلةَ، وجاءتِ الكُبرى وضاجعت أباها وهوَ لا يَعلمُ بنيامِها ولا قيامِها.
34 وفي الغدِ قالتِ الكُبرى للصُّغرى: «ضاجعتُ البارحةَ أبـي، فلنَسْقِهِ خمرا اللَّيلةَ أيضا، وضاجعيهِ أنتِ لِنُقيمَ مِنْ أبـينا نسلا». 35 فسقتا أباهُما خمرا تِلكَ اللّيلةَ أيضا، وقامتِ الصُّغرى وضاجعَتْهُ وهوَ لا يَعلمُ بنيامِها ولا قيامِها. 36 فحملتِ ابنتا لُوطٍ مِنْ أبـيهما. 37 فولدتِ الكُبرى ابنا وسمَّتْهُ موأبَ، وهوَ أبو المؤابـيِّينَ إلى اليومِ. 38 والصُّغرى أيضا ولدتِ ابنا وسمَّتْهُ بنَ عمِّي، وهوَ أبو بَني عمُّونَ إلى اليومِ.
