Genesis 18

1 Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;

١ وَظَهَرَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ عِنْدَ بَلُّوطَاتِ مَمْرَا وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَقْتَ حَرِّ ٱلنَّهَارِ،

2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;

٢ فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا ثَلَاثَةُ رِجَالٍ وَاقِفُونَ لَدَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ رَكَضَ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهِمْ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَسَجَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ،

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

٣ وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَلَا تَتَجَاوَزْ عَبْدَكَ.

4 Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree:

٤ لِيُؤْخَذْ قَلِيلُ مَاءٍ وَٱغْسِلُوا أَرْجُلَكُمْ وَٱتَّكِئُوا تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ،

5 And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so.

٥ فَآخُذَ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ، فَتُسْنِدُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ ثُمَّ تَجْتَازُونَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ مَرَرْتُمْ عَلَى عَبْدِكُمْ». فَقَالُوا: «هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ».

6 Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.

٦ فَأَسْرَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْمَةِ إِلَى سَارَةَ، وَقَالَ: «أَسْرِعِي بِثَلَاثِ كَيْلَاتٍ دَقِيقًا سَمِيذًا. ٱعْجِنِي وَٱصْنَعِي خُبْزَ مَلَّةٍ».

7 And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready;

٧ ثُمَّ رَكَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى ٱلْبَقَرِ وَأَخَذَ عِجْلًا رَخْصًا وَجَيِّدًا وَأَعْطَاهُ لِلْغُلَامِ فَأَسْرَعَ لِيَعْمَلَهُ.

8 And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

٨ ثُمَّ أَخَذَ زُبْدًا وَلَبَنًا، وَٱلْعِجْلَ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، وَوَضَعَهَا قُدَّامَهُمْ. وَإِذْ كَانَ هُوَ وَاقِفًا لَدَيْهِمْ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَكَلُوا.

9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, She is in the tent.

٩ وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَيْنَ سَارَةُ ٱمْرَأَتُكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «هَا هِيَ فِي ٱلْخَيْمَةِ».

10 And he said, I will certainly come back to you in the spring, and Sarah your wife will have a son. And his words came to the ears of Sarah who was at the back of the tent-door.

١٠ فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ٱمْرَأَتِكَ ٱبْنٌ». وَكَانَتْ سَارَةُ سَامِعَةً فِي بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَهُوَ وَرَاءَهُ.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were very old, and Sarah was past the time for giving birth.

١١ وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَارَةُ شَيْخَيْنِ مُتَقَدِّمَيْنِ فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ، وَقَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِسَارَةَ عَادَةٌ كَٱلنِّسَاءِ.

12 And Sarah, laughing to herself, said, Now that I am used up am I still to have pleasure, my husband himself being old?

١٢ فَضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ فِي بَاطِنِهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَبَعْدَ فَنَائِي يَكُونُ لِي تَنَعُّمٌ، وَسَيِّدِي قَدْ شَاخَ؟».

13 And the Lord said, Why was Sarah laughing and saying, Is it possible for me, being old, to give birth to a child?

١٣ فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لِمَاذَا ضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: أَفَبِٱلْحَقِيقَةِ أَلِدُ وَأَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ؟

14 Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

١٤ هَلْ يَسْتَحِيلُ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ شَيْءٌ؟ فِي ٱلْمِيعَادِ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ٱبْنٌ».

15 Then Sarah said, I was not laughing; for she was full of fear. And he said, No, but you were laughing.

١٥ فَأَنْكَرَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: «لَمْ أَضْحَكْ». لِأَنَّهَا خَافَتْ. فَقَالَ: «لَا! بَلْ ضَحِكْتِ».

16 And the men went on from there in the direction of Sodom; and Abraham went with them on their way.

١٦ ثُمَّ قَامَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَتَطَلَّعُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ. وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَاشِيًا مَعَهُمْ لِيُشَيِّعَهُمْ.

17 And the Lord said, Am I to keep back from Abraham the knowledge of what I do;

١٧ فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَلْ أُخْفِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ،

18 Seeing that Abraham will certainly become a great and strong nation, and his name will be used by all the nations of the earth as a blessing?

١٨ وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ يَكُونُ أُمَّةً كَبِيرَةً وَقَوِيَّةً، وَيَتَبَارَكُ بِهِ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟

19 For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

١٩ لِأَنِّي عَرَفْتُهُ لِكَيْ يُوصِيَ بَنِيهِ وَبَيْتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَنْ يَحْفَظُوا طَرِيقَ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِيَعْمَلُوا بِرًّا وَعَدْلًا، لِكَيْ يَأْتِيَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ بِمَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ».

20 And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,

٢٠ وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنَّ صُرَاخَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ قَدْ كَثُرَ، وَخَطِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ عَظُمَتْ جِدًّا.

21 I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

٢١ أَنْزِلُ وَأَرَى هَلْ فَعَلُوا بِٱلتَّمَامِ حَسَبَ صُرَاخِهَا ٱلْآتِي إِلَيَّ، وَإِلَا فَأَعْلَمُ».

22 And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.

٢٢ وَٱنْصَرَفَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَذَهَبُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ، وَأَمَّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَانَ لَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ.

23 And Abraham came near, and said, Will you let destruction come on the upright with the sinners?

٢٣ فَتَقَدَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «أَفَتُهْلِكُ ٱلْبَارَّ مَعَ ٱلْأَثِيمِ؟

24 If by chance there are fifty upright men in the town, will you give the place to destruction and not have mercy on it because of the fifty upright men?

٢٤ عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ خَمْسُونَ بَارًّا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. أَفَتُهْلِكُ ٱلْمَكَانَ وَلَا تَصْفَحُ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْخَمْسِينَ بَارًّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِيهِ؟

25 Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

٢٥ حَاشَا لَكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ مِثْلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، أَنْ تُمِيتَ ٱلْبَارَّ مَعَ ٱلْأَثِيمِ، فَيَكُونُ ٱلْبَارُّ كَٱلْأَثِيمِ. حَاشَا لَكَ! أَدَيَّانُ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ لَا يَصْنَعُ عَدْلًا؟»

26 And the Lord said, If there are fifty upright men in the town, I will have mercy on it because of them.

٢٦ فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ وَجَدْتُ فِي سَدُومَ خَمْسِينَ بَارًّا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنِّي أَصْفَحُ عَنِ ٱلْمَكَانِ كُلِّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ».

27 And Abraham answering said, Truly, I who am only dust, have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord:

٢٧ فَأَجَابَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَوْلَى وَأَنَا تُرَابٌ وَرَمَادٌ.

28 If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

٢٨ رُبَّمَا نَقَصَ ٱلْخَمْسُونَ بَارًّا خَمْسَةً. أَتُهْلِكُ كُلَّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِٱلْخَمْسَةِ؟» فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ هُنَاكَ خَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ».

29 And again he said to him, By chance there may be forty there. And he said, I will not do it if there are forty.

٢٩ فَعَادَ يُكَلِّمُهُ أَيْضًا وَقَالَ: «عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أَفْعَلُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِينَ».

30 And he said, Let not the Lord be angry with me if I say, What if there are thirty there? And he said, I will not do it if there are thirty.

٣٠ فَقَالَ: «لَا يَسْخَطِ ٱلْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أَفْعَلُ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثِينَ».

31 And he said, See now, I have undertaken to put my thoughts before the Lord: what if there are twenty there? And he said, I will have mercy because of the twenty.

٣١ فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَوْلَى. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عِشْرُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ».

32 And he said, O let not the Lord be angry and I will say only one word more: by chance there may be ten there. And he said, I will have mercy because of the ten.

٣٢ فَقَالَ: «لَا يَسْخَطِ ٱلْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عَشْرَةٌ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْعَشْرَةِ».

33 And the Lord went on his way when his talk with Abraham was ended, and Abraham went back to his place.

٣٣ وَذَهَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ عِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ مِنَ ٱلْكَلَامِ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَرَجَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ.

Abraham and the Three Angels