< تكوين 18 >

ثُمَّ ظَهَرَ الرَّبُّ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ بَلُّوطَاتِ مَمْرَا وَقْتَ اشْتِدَادِ حَرِّ النَّهَارِ، ١ 1
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَإذَا بِهِ يَرَى ثَلاثَةَ رِجَالٍ مَاثِلِينَ لَدَيْهِ. فَأَسْرَعَ لاسْتِقْبَالِهِمْ مِنْ بَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ وَسَجَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ. ٢ 2
And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw [them], he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدِي، إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيْتُ بِرِضَاكَ فَلا تَعْبُرْ عَنْ عَبْدِكَ. ٣ 3
And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
بَلْ دَعْنِي أُقَدِّمُ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ مَاءٍ تَغْسِلُونَ بِهِ أَرْجُلَكُمْ وَتَتَّكِئُونَ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، ٤ 4
Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
ثُمَّ آتِي لَكُمْ بِلُقْمَةِ خُبْزٍ تُسْنِدُونَ بِها قُلُوبَكُمْ، وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ تُوَاصِلُونَ مَسِيرَتَكُمْ، لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ مِلْتُمْ إِلَى بَيْتِ عَبْدِكُمْ». فَأَجَابُوهُ: «حَسَناً، لِيَكُنْ كَمَا قُلْتَ». ٥ 5
And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
فَأَسْرَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى دَاخِلِ الْخَيْمَةِ إِلَى زَوْجَتِهِ سَارَةَ وَقَالَ: «هَيَّا أَسْرِعِي وَاعْجِنِي ثَلاثَ كَيْلاتٍ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ الدَّقِيقِ وَاخْبِزِيهَا». ٦ 6
And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.
ثُمَّ أَسْرَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ نَحْوَ قَطِيعِهِ وَاخْتَارَ عِجْلاً غَضّاً مُسَمَّناً وَأَعْطَاهُ لِغُلامٍ كَيْ يُجَهِّزَهُ. ٧ 7
And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave [it] unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
ثُمَّ أَخَذَ زُبْداً وَلَبَناً وَالْعِجْلَ الَّذِي طَبَخَهُ، وَمَدَّهَا أَمَامَهُمْ، وَبَقِيَ وَاقِفاً فِي خِدْمَتِهِمْ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ وَهُمْ يَأْكُلُونَ. ٨ 8
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set [it] before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
ثُمَّ سَأَلُوهُ: «أَيْنَ زَوْجَتُكَ؟» فَأَجَابَ: «هَا هِيَ فِي الْخَيْمَةِ». ٩ 9
And they said unto him, Where [is] Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْقَادِمَةِ فَتَكُونُ سَارَةُ آنَئِذٍ قَدْ وَلَدَتْ لَكَ ابْناً». وَكَانَتْ سَارَةُ وَرَاءَهُ، عِنْدَ بَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ، فَسَمِعَتْ حَدِيثَهُ. ١٠ 10
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard [it] in the tent door, which [was] behind him.
وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَارَةُ عَجُوزَيْنِ طَاعِنَيْنِ جِدّاً فِي السِّنِّ وَقَدْ تَجَاوَزَتْ سَارَةُ سِنَّ الْيَأْسِ. ١١ 11
Now Abraham and Sarah [were] old [and] well stricken in age; [and] it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
فَضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ فِي نَفْسِهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَبَعْدَ أَنْ فَنِيَ عُمْرِي وَأَصْبَحَ زَوْجِي شَيْخاً يَكُونُ لِي هَذَا التَّنَعُّمُ؟» ١٢ 12
Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لِمَاذَا ضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: أَحَقّاً أَلِدُ ابْناً وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ سِنَّ الشَّيْخُوخَةِ؟ ١٣ 13
And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
أَيَتَعَذَّرُ عَلَى الرَّبِّ شَيْءٌ؟ سَأَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْقَادِمَةِ فَتَكُونُ سَارَةُ قَدْ أَنْجَبَتِ ابْناً». ١٤ 14
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
فَخَافَتْ سَارَةُ وَأَنْكَرَتْ قَائِلَةً: «لَمْ أَضْحَكْ». فَقَالَ: «لا، بَلْ ضَحِكْتِ». ١٥ 15
Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
ثُمَّ نَهَضَ الرِّجَالُ وَتَطَلَّعُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ. فَمَشَى إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَعَهُمْ لِيُوَدِّعَهُمْ. ١٦ 16
And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «أَأَكْتُمُ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ؟ ١٧ 17
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ لابُدَّ أَنْ يُصْبِحَ أُمَّةً كَبِيرَةً وَقَوِيَّةً، وَبِهِ تَتَبَارَكُ شُعُوبُ الأَرْضِ جَمِيعاً، ١٨ 18
Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
لأَنَّنِي قَدِ اخْتَرْتُهُ لِيُوْصِيَ بَنِيهِ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ كَيْ يَحْفَظُوا طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ، عَامِلِينَ الْبِرَّ وَالْعَدْلَ، حَتَّى يُنْجِزَ الرَّبُّ مَا وَعَدَ بِهِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ». ١٩ 19
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «لأَنَّ الشَّكْوَى ضِدَّ مَظَالِمِ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ قَدْ كَثُرَتْ وَخَطِيئَتُهُمْ قَدْ عَظُمَتْ جِدّاً ٢٠ 20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
أَنْزِلُ لأَرَى إِنْ كَانَتْ أَعْمَالُهُمْ مُطَابِقَةً لِلشَّكْوَى ضِدَّهُمْ وَإلَّا فَأَعْلَمُ». ٢١ 21
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
وَانْطَلَقَ الرَّجُلانِ مِنْ هُنَاكَ نَحْوَ سَدُومَ، وَبَقِيَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَاثِلاً أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. ٢٢ 22
And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
فَاقْتَرَبَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «أَتُهْلِكُ الْبَارَّ مَعَ الأَثِيمِ؟ ٢٣ 23
And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
لَوْ وُجِدَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ خَمْسُونَ بَارّاً، فَهَلْ تُدَمِّرُهَا وَلا تَصْفَحُ عَنْهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْخَمْسِينَ بَارّاً الَّذِينَ فِيهَا؟ ٢٤ 24
Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that [are] therein?
تَنَزَّهْتَ عَنْ أَنْ تُهْلِكَ الْبَارَّ مَعَ الأَثِيمِ، فَيَكُونُ الْبَارُّ كَالأَثِيمِ؛ حَاشَا لَكَ. أَدَيَّانُ الأَرْضِ كُلِّهَا لَا يُجْرِي عَدْلاً؟» ٢٥ 25
That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ وَجَدْتُ فِي سَدُومَ خَمْسِينَ بَارّاً فَإِنَّنِي أَصْفَحُ عَنِ الْمَكَانِ كُلِّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ». ٢٦ 26
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
فَأَجَابَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «هَا أَنَا قَدْ أَخَذْتُ فِي مُخَاطَبَةِ الْمَوْلَى، مَعَ أَنَّنِي لَسْتُ سِوَى تُرَابٍ وَرَمَادٍ. ٢٧ 27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:
مَاذَا لَوْ نَقَصَ الْخَمْسُونَ بَارّاً خَمْسَةً؟ أَفَتُهْلِكُ الْمَدِينَةَ كُلَّهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْخَمْسَةِ؟» فَأَجَابَهُ: «إِنْ وَجَدْتُ خَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ بَارّاً لَا أُهْلِكُهَا». ٢٨ 28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for [lack of] five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy [it].
فَخَاطَبَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ ثَانِيَةً: «وَمَاذَا لَوْ وُجِدَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعُونَ بَارّاً فَقَطْ؟». فَأَجَابَهُ: «لا أُهْلِكُهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الأَرْبَعِينَ». ٢٩ 29
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do [it] for forty’s sake.
وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «لا يَغْضَبِ الْمَوْلَى، بَلْ دَعْنِي أَتَكَلَّمُ. مَاذَا لَوْ وُجِدَ هُنَاكَ ثَلاثُونَ بَارّاً؟». فَأَجَابَهُ: «لا أُهْلِكُهَا إِنْ وَجَدْتُ ثَلاثِينَ». ٣٠ 30
And he said [unto him], Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do [it], if I find thirty there.
وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «هَا أَنَا قَدِ اسْتَرْسَلْتُ فِي الْكَلامِ أَمَامَ الْمَوْلَى، فَمَاذَا لَوْ وَجَدْتَ هُنَاكَ عِشْرِينَ بَارّاً؟» فَقَالَ: «لا أُهْلِكُهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْعِشْرِينَ». ٣١ 31
And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for twenty’s sake.
وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «لا يَغْضَبِ الْمَوْلَى، فَأَتَكَلَّمَ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى: مَاذَا لَوْ وُجِدَ هُنَاكَ عَشَرَةٌ؟». فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ: «لا أُهْلِكُهَا مِنْ أَجْلِ الْعَشَرَةِ». ٣٢ 32
And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy [it] for ten’s sake.
وَعِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ الرَّبُّ مِنْ مُحَادَثَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَضَى، وَرَجَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ. ٣٣ 33
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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