創世記 19
1 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，
The two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening. Lot happened to be sitting at the entrance to Sodom, and when he saw them he stood up to meet them, and bowed low with his face to the ground.
2 說：「我主啊，請你們到僕人家裏洗洗腳，住一夜，清早起來再走。」他們說：「不！我們要在街上過夜。」
“Sirs, please come and stay with me for the night,” he said. “You can wash your feet and then be on your way early in the morning.” They replied, “No, it's fine. We'll spend the night here in the square.”
3 羅得切切地請他們，他們這才進去，到他屋裏。羅得為他們預備筵席，烤無酵餅，他們就吃了。
But Lot insisted, and they went with him to his house. He made them a meal and baked bread for them to eat.
4 他們還沒有躺下，所多瑪城裏各處的人，連老帶少，都來圍住那房子，
But they hadn't even gone to bed before the men of Sodom, young and old, from every part of town, came and surrounded the house.
5 呼叫羅得說：「今日晚上到你這裏來的人在哪裏呢？把他們帶出來，任我們所為。」
They shouted out to Lot, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out here to us so we can have sex with them.”
6 羅得出來，把門關上，到眾人那裏，
Lot went out to talk to them in the doorway, closing the door behind him.
7 說：「眾弟兄，請你們不要做這惡事。
“My friends, please don't do such an evil thing!
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，不要向他們做甚麼。」
Listen, I've got two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you want, but please don't do anything to these men. It's my responsibility to look after them.”
9 眾人說：「退去吧！」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。
“Out of our way!” they shouted. “Who do you think you are, coming to live here and now trying to judge us? We'll do even worse things to you than we were going to do to these men!” They rushed forward at Lot and tried to break down the door.
10 只是那二人伸出手來，將羅得拉進屋去，把門關上，
But the men inside reached out and grabbed Lot, dragged him inside, and slammed the door shut.
11 並且使門外的人，無論老少，眼都昏迷；他們摸來摸去，總尋不着房門。
Then they made all the men in the doorway, young and old, suddenly go blind so they couldn't find the door.
12 二人對羅得說：「你這裏還有甚麼人嗎？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。
The two men asked Lot, “Is there anyone else here who's part of your family—sons-in-law, or sons or daughters, or anyone else in the town? If there are, make sure they leave,
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。」
because we are about to destroy this place. The complaints that have reached the Lord about its people have become so bad that he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 羅得就出去，告訴娶了他女兒的女婿們說：「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。
Lot went immediately to speak to the men who were engaged to marry his daughters. “Get up quickly and leave,” he said, “because the Lord is about to destroy the town!” But they thought it was just a joke.
15 天明了，天使催逼羅得說：「起來！帶着你的妻子和你在這裏的兩個女兒出去，免得你因這城裏的罪惡同被剿滅。」
At dawn, the angels begged Lot to be quick, telling him, “Hurry up! Leave right now with your wife and your two daughters here, otherwise you'll be wiped out when the city is punished.”
16 但羅得遲延不走。二人因為耶和華憐恤羅得，就拉着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；
But Lot hesitated. The men grabbed his hand, and those of his wife and two daughters, and dragged them along, leaving them outside the town. The Lord was kind to them to do this.
17 領他們出來以後，就說：「逃命吧！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。」
As soon as they were outside, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Don't look back, and don't stop anywhere in the valley! Run to the mountains otherwise you'll be destroyed!”
18 羅得對他們說：「我主啊，不要如此！
“Please sir, not that!” Lot replied.
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。
“If you don't mind, since you have already been so kind to me by saving my life, don't make me run to the mountains—I just can't make it. The destruction will overtake me and I'll die!
20 看哪，這座城又小又近，容易逃到，這不是一個小的嗎？求你容我逃到那裏，我的性命就得存活。」
Look, there's a town nearby that's close enough to run to, and it's so small. Please let me run there—it's really very small. It would save my life.”
21 天使對他說：「這事我也應允你；我不傾覆你所說的這城。
“Fine—I'll do as you ask,” he replied. “I won't destroy this town you've mentioned.
22 你要速速地逃到那城；因為你還沒有到那裏，我不能做甚麼。」因此那城名叫瑣珥。
But hurry up and run there quickly, because I can't do anything until you get there.” (This is why the town was called Zoar.)
23 羅得到了瑣珥，日頭已經出來了。
The sun had already risen by the time Lot reached Zoar.
24 當時，耶和華將硫磺與火從天上耶和華那裏降與所多瑪和蛾摩拉，
Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah.
25 把那些城和全平原，並城裏所有的居民，連地上生長的，都毀滅了。
He completely destroyed the towns and all their inhabitants, the whole valley and everything growing there.
26 羅得的妻子在後邊回頭一看，就變成了一根鹽柱。
But Lot's wife, who was lagging behind, looked back, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
27 亞伯拉罕清早起來，到了他從前站在耶和華面前的地方，
Abraham got up early the next morning and went back to where he had stood before the Lord.
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，如同燒窯一般。
He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley floor, and saw the land burning, sending up smoke like from a furnace.
29 當上帝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。
When God destroyed the towns of the valley he didn't forget the promise he made Abraham, and he saved Lot from the destruction of the towns where Lot was living.
30 羅得因為怕住在瑣珥，就同他兩個女兒從瑣珥上去，住在山裏；他和兩個女兒住在一個洞裏。
Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left town and went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters.
31 大女兒對小女兒說：「我們的父親老了，地上又無人按着世上的常規進到我們這裏。
Sometime later the older daughter said to the younger one, “Our father is growing old, and there's no men left to give us children like everyone does.
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。」
Come on, let's get our father drunk with wine and sleep with him so we can keep his family line going.”
33 於是，那夜她們叫父親喝酒，大女兒就進去和她父親同寢；她幾時躺下，幾時起來，父親都不知道。
So they got their father drunk with wine that night. The older daughter went and slept with him, and he didn't notice when she lay down or when she got up.
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。」
The next day the older daughter said to the younger one, “Last night I slept with our father. Let's get him drunk with wine again tonight and you can go and sleep with him so we can keep his family line going.”
35 於是，那夜她們又叫父親喝酒，小女兒起來與她父親同寢；她幾時躺下，幾時起來，父親都不知道。
So once again that night they got their father drunk with wine and the younger daughter went and slept with him, and he didn't notice when she lay down or when she got up.
36 這樣，羅得的兩個女兒都從她父親懷了孕。
This is how both Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father.
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。
The older daughter had a son, and she called him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today.
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。
The younger daughter had a son too, and she called him Ben-ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today.
