Two Angels Come to Sodom
19 Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he stood up to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. 2 And he said, "Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." They said, "No, but we shall spend the night in the public square." 3 Yet he strongly urged them, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
19 那兩個天使晚上到了所多瑪，羅得正坐在所多瑪城門口，看見他們，就起來迎接，臉伏於地下拜，2 說，我主阿，請你們到僕人家裡洗洗腳，住一夜，清早起來再走，他們說，不，我們要在街上過夜。3 羅得切切的請他們，他們這纔進去到他屋裡，羅得為他們預備筵席，烤無酵餅，他們就喫了。
The Men of Sodom Surround the House
4 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; 5 and they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them." 6 But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, 7 and said, "Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly.
4 他們還沒有躺下，所多瑪城裡各處的人，連老帶少，都來圍住那房子，5 呼叫羅得說，今日晚上到你這裡來的人在哪裡呢，把他們帶出來，任我們所為。6 羅得出來，把門關上，到眾人那裡，7 說，眾弟兄請你們不要作這惡事。
Lot Shields His Guests
8 Now look, I have two daughters who have not had relations with any man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do not do anything to these men, because they have come under the shelter of my roof." 9 But they said, "Get out of the way!" They also said, "This one came in as a foreigner, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them!" So they pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 Then they struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, from the small to the great, so that they became weary of trying to find the doorway.
8 我有兩個女兒，還是處女，容我領出來任憑你們的心願而行，只是這兩個人既然到我舍下，不要向他們作甚麼。9 眾人說，退去罷，又說，這個人來寄居，還想要作官哪，現在我們要害你比害他們更甚，眾人就向前擁擠羅得，要攻破房門。10 只是那二人伸出手來，將羅得拉進屋去，把門關上，11 並且使門外的人，無論老少，眼都昏迷，他們摸來摸去，總尋不著房門。
The Angels Warn Lot
12 Then the two men said to Lot, "Whom else do you have here? A son-in-law and your sons and daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place; 13 for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the Lord that the Lord has sent us to destroy it." 14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, "Up, get out of this place, for the Lord is destroying the city." But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be joking. 15 When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city."
12 二人對羅得說，你這裡還有甚麼人麼，無論是女婿、是兒女、和這城中一切屬你的人，你都要將他們從這地方帶出去。13 我們要毀滅這地方，因為城內罪惡的聲音，在耶和華面前甚大，耶和華差我們來，要毀滅這地方。14 羅得就出去，告訴娶了他女兒的女婿們，〔娶了或作將要娶〕說，你們起來離開這地方，因為耶和華要毀滅這城，他女婿們卻以為他說的是戲言。15 天明了，天使催逼羅得說，起來，帶著你的妻子、和你在這裡的兩個女兒出去，免得你因這城裡的罪惡，同被剿滅。
Lot Is Led to Safety
16 But he hesitated. So the men grasped his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, because the compassion of the Lord was upon him; and they brought him out and put him outside the city. 17 When they had brought them outside, one said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the surrounding area; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away." 18 But Lot said to them, "Oh no, my lords! 19 Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your compassion, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die;
16 但羅得遲延不走，二人因為耶和華憐恤羅得，就拉著他的手、和他妻子的手、並他兩個女兒的手，把他們領出來，安置在城外。17 領他們出來以後，就說，逃命罷，不可回頭看，也不可在平原站住，要往山上逃跑，免得你被剿滅。18 羅得對他們說，我主阿，不要如此，19 你僕人已經在你眼前蒙恩，你又向我顯出莫大的慈愛，救我的性命，我不能逃到山上去，恐怕這災禍臨到我，我便死了。
Lot Flees to Zoar
20 now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) so that my life may be saved." 21 And he said to him, "Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the town was named Zoar. 23 The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
20 看哪，這座城又小又近，容易逃到，這不是一個小的麼，求你容我逃到那裡，我的性命就得存活。21 天使對他說，這事我也應允你，我不傾覆你所說的這城，22 你要速速的逃到那城，因為你還沒有到那裡我不能作甚麼。因此那城名叫瑣珥。〔瑣珥就是小的意思〕23 羅得到了瑣珥，日頭已經出來了。
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
24 Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah from the Lord out of heaven, 25 and He overthrew those cities, and all the surrounding area, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. 26 But Lot's wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
24 當時耶和華將硫磺與火，從天上耶和華那裡，降與所多瑪和蛾摩拉，25 把那些城、和全平原、並城裡所有的居民、連地上生長的，都毀滅了。26 羅得的妻子在後邊回頭一看，就變成了一根鹽柱。
Abraham Looks Toward Sodom
27 Now Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord; 28 and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the surrounding area; and behold, he saw the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace. 29 So it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the surrounding area, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
27 亞伯拉罕清早起來，到了他從前站在耶和華面前的地方，28 向所多瑪、和蛾摩拉、與平原的全地觀看，不料，那地方煙氣上騰，如同燒窰一般。29 當神毀滅平原諸城的時候，他記念亞伯拉罕，正在傾覆羅得所住之城的時候，就打發羅得從傾覆之中出來。
Lot and His Daughters
30 Now Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and stayed in the mountains, because he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters. 31 Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to have relations with us according to the custom of all the earth. 32 Come, let's make our father drink wine, and let's sleep with him so that we may keep our family alive through our father." 33 So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or got up.
30 羅得因為怕住在瑣珥，就同他兩個女兒從瑣珥上去住在山裡，他和兩個女兒住在一個洞裡。31 大女兒對小女兒說，我們的父親老了，地上又無人按著世上的常規，進到我們這裡，32 來，我們可以叫父親喝酒，與他同寢，這樣，我們好從他存留後裔。33 於是那夜他們叫父親喝酒，大女兒就進去和他父親同寢，他幾時躺下，幾時起來，父親都不知道。
The Birth of Moab and Ben-ammi
34 On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, "Look, I slept last night with my father; let's make him drink wine tonight too, then you go in and sleep with him, so that we may keep our family alive through our father." 35 So they had their father drink wine that night too, and the younger got up and slept with him; and he did not know when she lay down or got up. 36 And so both of the daughters of Lot conceived by their father. 37 The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 As for the younger, she also gave birth to a son, and named him Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day.
34 第二天，大女兒對小女兒說，我昨夜與父親同寢，今夜我們再叫他喝酒，你可以進去與他同寢，這樣，我們好從父親存留後裔，35 於是那夜他們又叫父親喝酒，小女兒起來與他父親同寢，他幾時躺下，幾時起來，父親都不知道。36 這樣，羅得的兩個女兒，都從他父親懷了孕。37 大女兒生了兒子，給他起名叫摩押，就是現今摩押人的始祖。38 小女兒也生了兒子，給他起名叫便亞米，就是現今亞捫人的始祖。
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