1 Mosebog 19
1 De to Engle kom nu til Sodoma ved Aftenstid. Lot sad i Sodomas Port, og da han fik Øje paa dem, stod han op og gik dem i Møde, bøjede sig til Jorden
That evening, the two angels arrived in Sodom. Lot was sitting at the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to greet them, and prostrated himself with his face on the ground.
2 og sagde: »Kære Herrer, tag dog ind og overnat i eders Træls Hus og tvæt eders Fødder; i Morgen tidlig kan I drage videre!« Men de sagde: »Nej, vi vil overnatte paa Gaden.«
He said to them, “Gentlemen, please stay in my house tonight. You can wash your feet, and tomorrow you can continue your journey.” But they said, “No, we will just sleep in the city square.”
3 Da nødte han dem stærkt, og de tog ind i hans Hus; derpaa tilberedte han dem et Maaltid og bagte usyrede Kager, og de spiste.
But Lot kept insisting strongly that they sleep in his house. So they entered his house with him, and he prepared a meal for them. He baked some bread without yeast, and they ate it.
4 Men endnu før de havde lagt sig, stimlede Byens Folk, Indbyggerne i Sodoma, sammen omkring Huset, baade gamle og unge, alle uden Undtagelse,
After they finished eating, before they went to bed, the men of Sodom [city], all of them, from the young ones to the old ones, surrounded the house.
5 og de raabte til Lot: »Hvor er de Mænd, der kom til dig i Nat? Kom herud med dem, for at vi kan stille vor Lyst paa dem!«
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to your house this evening? Bring them out, so that we can have sex with them!” [EUP]
6 Da gik Lot ud til dem i Porten, men Døren lukkede han efter sig.
Lot went outside the house and shut the door behind him, so that they could not go inside.
7 Og han sagde: »Gør dog ikke noget ondt, mine Brødre!
He said to them, “My friends, don’t do such an evil thing!
8 Se, jeg har to Døtre, der ikke har kendt Mand; dem vil jeg bringe ud til eder, og med dem kan I gøre, hvad I lyster; men disse Mænd maa I ikke gøre noget, siden de nu engang er kommet ind under mit Tags Skygge!«
Listen to me. I have two daughters who have never had sex with any man. Let me bring them out to you now, and you can do with them whatever pleases you. But don’t do anything to these men, because they are guests in my house, [so I must protect them]!”
9 Men de sagde: »Bort med dig! Her er den ene Mand kommet og bor som fremmed, og nu vil han spille Dommer! Kom, lad os handle værre med ham end med dem!« Og de trængte ind paa Manden, paa Lot, og nærmede sig Døren for at sprænge den.
But they replied, “Get out of our way! You are a foreigner; so you have no right to tell us what is right! [If you don’t get out of our way], we will do worse things to you than we will do to them!” Then they lunged towards Lot, and tried forcefully to break down the door.
10 Da rakte Mændene Haanden ud og trak Lot ind til sig og lukkede Døren;
But the two angels opened the door carefully, reached out their hands, and pulled Lot to them inside the house. Then they quickly shut the door.
11 men Mændene uden for Porten til Huset slog de med Blindhed, baade store og smaa, saa de forgæves søgte at finde Porten.
Then they caused all the men who were outside the door of the house, young and old, to become blind, so that they could not find the door.
12 Derpaa sagde Mændene til Lot: »Hvem der ellers hører dig til her, dine Svigersønner, dine Sønner og Døtre, alle, som hører dig til i Byen, maa du føre bort fra dette Sted;
Then the two angels said to Lot, “Who else is with you here? If you have sons or sons-in-law or daughters or anyone else in the city who is related to you, take them out of the city,
13 thi vi staar i Begreb med at ødelægge Stedet her, fordi Skriget over dem er blevet saa stort for HERREN, at HERREN har sendt os for at ødelægge dem.«
because we are the ones who are going to destroy this place. Yahweh considers that these people are so evil that he sent us to destroy the city.”
14 Da gik Lot ud og sagde til sine Svigersønner, der skulde ægte hans Døtre: »Staa op, gaa bort herfra, thi HERREN vil ødelægge Byen!« Men hans Svigersønner troede, at han drev Spøg med dem.
So Lot went and spoke to the men who had pledged to marry his daughters. He said to them, “Hurry! Get out of this city, because Yahweh is about to destroy it!” But his future sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 Da Morgenen saa gryede, skyndede Englene paa Lot og sagde: »Tag din Hustru og dine to Døtre, som bor hos dig, og drag bort, for at du ikke skal rives bort ved Byens Syndeskyld!«
As it was about to dawn the next morning, the two angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up quickly! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here with you and leave! If you don’t, you will die when [we destroy/Yahweh destroys] the city!”
16 Og da han tøvede, greb Mændene ham, hans Hustru og hans to Døtre ved Haanden, thi HERREN vilde skaane ham, og de førte ham bort og bragte ham i Sikkerhed uden for Byen.
When Lot hesitated, the angels grasped his hand and his wife’s hand and the hands of his two daughters. They led them outside the city safely. The angels did that because Yahweh was acting mercifully toward them.
17 Og idet de førte dem uden for Byen, sagde de: »Det gælder dit Liv! Se dig ikke tilbage og stands ikke nogensteds i Jordanegnen, men red dig op i Bjergene, for at du ikke skal omkomme!«
When they were outside the city, one of the angels said, “[If you want to remain alive], run away quickly! Don’t look back! And don’t stop anywhere in the valley! Flee to the hills! If you don’t, you will die!”
18 Men Lot sagde til dem: »Ak nej, Herre!
But Lot said to one of the angels, “No, sir, don’t make me do that!
19 Din Træl har jo fundet Naade for dine Øjne, og du har vist mig stor Godhed og frelst mit Liv; men jeg kan ikke naa op i Bjergene og undfly Ulykken; den indhenter mig saa jeg mister Livet.
Please, listen. You have been pleased with me and have been very kind to me and spared my life. But I cannot flee to the mountain. If I try to do that, I will die in this disaster [PRS].
20 Se, den By der er nær nok til at jeg kan flygte derhen; den betyder jo ikke stort, lad mig redde mig derhen, den betyder jo ikke stort, og mit Liv er frelst!«
But listen to me. There is a town nearby. Let me run to that small town. Let me go there now. It is a small town, but our lives will be saved if we go there.”
21 Da svarede han: »Ogsaa i det Stykke har jeg bønhørt dig; jeg vil ikke ødelægge den By, du nævner;
One of the angels said to Lot, “I will allow you to do what you have requested [MTY]. I will not destroy the little town you are speaking about.
22 men red dig hurtigt derhen, thi jeg kan intet gøre, før du naar derhen!« Derfor kaldte man Byen Zoar.
But hurry! Run there, because I cannot destroy anything until you arrive there.” People later called the name of the town Zoar [which means ‘small’, ] because Lot said it was small.
23 Da Solen steg op over Landet og Lot var naaet til Zoar,
As the sun was rising, Lot and his family arrived in the town which is now called Zoar.
24 lod HERREN Svovl og Ild regne over Sodoma og Gomorra fra HERREN, fra Himmelen;
Then Yahweh caused fire and [burning] sulfur to fall down on Sodom and Gomorrah like rain.
25 og han ødelagde disse Byer og hele Jordanegnen og alle Byernes Indbyggere og Landets Afgrøde.
In that way, he destroyed those cities and all the people who were living in those cities. He also destroyed everything in the valley, including all the plants/vegetation.
26 Men hans Hustru, som gik efter ham, saa sig tilbage og blev til en Saltstøtte.
But Lot’s wife stopped and looked back [to see what was happening], so she died, and her body [later] became a pillar of salt.
27 Næste Morgen, da Abraham gik hen til det Sted, hvor han havde staaet hos HERREN,
That morning, Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood in front of Yahweh.
28 og vendte sit Blik mod Sodoma og Gomorra og hele Jordanegnen, saa han Røg stige til Vejrs fra Landet som Røgen fra en Smelteovn.
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and he [was surprised to] see that all over the valley, smoke was rising, like the smoke of a huge furnace.
29 Da Gud tilintetgjorde Jordanegnens Byer, kom han Abraham i Hu og førte Lot ud af Ødelæggelsen, som han lod komme over de Byer, Lot boede i.
So, when God destroyed those cities in the valley, he remembered what he had promised Abraham, and he rescued Lot from the disaster that occurred in the cities where Lot had lived.
30 Men Lot drog op fra Zoar og slog sig ned i Bjergene med sine Døtre, thi han turde ikke blive i Zoar; og han boede i en Hule med sine to Døtre.
Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left there and moved with his two daughters to the mountain, and they lived in a cave.
31 Da sagde den ældste til den yngste: »Vor Fader er gammel, og der findes ingen Mænd her i Landet, som kunde komme til os paa vanlig Vis.
One day the older daughter said to (the younger daughter/her sister), “Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who can have sex [EUP] with us, as people all over the earth do.
32 Kom, lad os give vor Fader Vin at drikke og ligge hos ham for at faa Afkom ved vor Fader!«
Let’s make our father drink wine until he gets drunk. Then we can have sex with him [EUP] [without him knowing it]. In that way [he will cause us to become pregnant] and we can bear children.”
33 De gav ham da Vin at drikke samme Nat; og den ældste lagde sig hos sin Fader, og han sansede hverken, at hun lagde sig, eller at hun stod op.
So that night they caused their father to become drunk. And the older daughter went in and lay in bed with her father, and he had sex with her, but he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
34 Næste Dag sagde den ældste til den yngste: »Jeg laa i Gaar Nat hos min Fader; nu vil vi ogsaa give ham Vin at drikke i Nat, og gaa du saa ind og læg dig hos ham, for at vi kan faa Afkom ved vor Fader!«
The next day, his older daughter said to (his younger daughter/her sister), “Listen to me. Last night I slept with our father. Let’s cause him to become drunk again tonight! This time you can go and sleep with him. If he has sex with you, you can become pregnant, and that way you can have a child, too.”
35 Saa gav de atter den Nat deres Fader Vin at drikke, og den yngste lagde sig hos ham, og han sansede hverken, at hun lagde sig, eller at hun stod op.
So that night, they caused their father to become drunk with wine again, and then his younger daughter went and slept with him. But again, he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
36 Saaledes blev begge Lots Døtre frugtsommelige ved deres Fader;
So Lot caused his two daughters to become pregnant.
37 og den ældste fødte en Søn, som hun kaldte Moab; han er Moabs Stamfader den Dag i Dag.
The older one later gave birth to a son, whom she named Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moab people-group.
38 Ligesaa fødte den yngste en Søn, som hun kaldte Ben-Ammi; han er Ammoniternes Stamfader den Dag i Dag.
The younger one also gave birth to a son, whom she named Ben-Ammi. He became the ancestor of the Ammon people-group.
