Genesis 18
1 And God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.
| وَظَهَرَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ عِنْدَ بَلُّوطَاتِ مَمْرَا وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَقْتَ حَرِّ ٱلنَّهَارِ، | ١ |
2 And he lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.
| فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا ثَلَاثَةُ رِجَالٍ وَاقِفُونَ لَدَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ رَكَضَ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهِمْ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَسَجَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، | ٢ |
3 And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in your sight, pass not by your servant.
| وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَلَا تَتَجَاوَزْ عَبْدَكَ. | ٣ |
4 Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do you refresh [yourselves] under the tree.
| لِيُؤْخَذْ قَلِيلُ مَاءٍ وَٱغْسِلُوا أَرْجُلَكُمْ وَٱتَّكِئُوا تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ، | ٤ |
5 And I will bring bread, and you shall eat, and after this you shall depart on your journey, on account of which [refreshment] you have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as you have said.
| فَآخُذَ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ، فَتُسْنِدُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ ثُمَّ تَجْتَازُونَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ مَرَرْتُمْ عَلَى عَبْدِكُمْ». فَقَالُوا: «هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ». | ٥ |
6 And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.
| فَأَسْرَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْمَةِ إِلَى سَارَةَ، وَقَالَ: «أَسْرِعِي بِثَلَاثِ كَيْلَاتٍ دَقِيقًا سَمِيذًا. ٱعْجِنِي وَٱصْنَعِي خُبْزَ مَلَّةٍ». | ٦ |
7 And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it.
| ثُمَّ رَكَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى ٱلْبَقَرِ وَأَخَذَ عِجْلًا رَخْصًا وَجَيِّدًا وَأَعْطَاهُ لِلْغُلَامِ فَأَسْرَعَ لِيَعْمَلَهُ. | ٧ |
8 And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.
| ثُمَّ أَخَذَ زُبْدًا وَلَبَنًا، وَٱلْعِجْلَ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، وَوَضَعَهَا قُدَّامَهُمْ. وَإِذْ كَانَ هُوَ وَاقِفًا لَدَيْهِمْ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَكَلُوا. | ٨ |
9 And he said to him, Where is Sarrha your wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent.
| وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَيْنَ سَارَةُ ٱمْرَأَتُكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «هَا هِيَ فِي ٱلْخَيْمَةِ». | ٩ |
10 And he said, I will return and come to you according to this period seasonably, and Sarrha your wife shall have a son; and Sarrha heard at the door of the tent, being behind him.
| فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ٱمْرَأَتِكَ ٱبْنٌ». وَكَانَتْ سَارَةُ سَامِعَةً فِي بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَهُوَ وَرَاءَهُ. | ١٠ |
11 And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.
| وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَارَةُ شَيْخَيْنِ مُتَقَدِّمَيْنِ فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ، وَقَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِسَارَةَ عَادَةٌ كَٱلنِّسَاءِ. | ١١ |
12 And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.
| فَضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ فِي بَاطِنِهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَبَعْدَ فَنَائِي يَكُونُ لِي تَنَعُّمٌ، وَسَيِّدِي قَدْ شَاخَ؟». | ١٢ |
13 And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لِمَاذَا ضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: أَفَبِٱلْحَقِيقَةِ أَلِدُ وَأَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ؟ | ١٣ |
14 Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to you seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son.
| هَلْ يَسْتَحِيلُ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ شَيْءٌ؟ فِي ٱلْمِيعَادِ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ٱبْنٌ». | ١٤ |
15 But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but you did laugh.
| فَأَنْكَرَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: «لَمْ أَضْحَكْ». لِأَنَّهَا خَافَتْ. فَقَالَ: «لَا! بَلْ ضَحِكْتِ». | ١٥ |
16 And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey.
| ثُمَّ قَامَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَتَطَلَّعُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ. وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَاشِيًا مَعَهُمْ لِيُشَيِّعَهُمْ. | ١٦ |
17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what things I intend to do?
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَلْ أُخْفِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ، | ١٧ |
18 But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest.
| وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ يَكُونُ أُمَّةً كَبِيرَةً وَقَوِيَّةً، وَيَتَبَارَكُ بِهِ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ | ١٨ |
19 For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgement, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatever he has spoken to him.
| لِأَنِّي عَرَفْتُهُ لِكَيْ يُوصِيَ بَنِيهِ وَبَيْتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَنْ يَحْفَظُوا طَرِيقَ ٱلرَّبِّ، لِيَعْمَلُوا بِرًّا وَعَدْلًا، لِكَيْ يَأْتِيَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ بِمَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ». | ١٩ |
20 And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.
| وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنَّ صُرَاخَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ قَدْ كَثُرَ، وَخَطِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ عَظُمَتْ جِدًّا. | ٢٠ |
21 I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.
| أَنْزِلُ وَأَرَى هَلْ فَعَلُوا بِٱلتَّمَامِ حَسَبَ صُرَاخِهَا ٱلْآتِي إِلَيَّ، وَإِلَا فَأَعْلَمُ». | ٢١ |
22 And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.
| وَٱنْصَرَفَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَذَهَبُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ، وَأَمَّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَانَ لَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٢٢ |
23 And Abraam drew near and said, Wouldest you destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
| فَتَقَدَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «أَفَتُهْلِكُ ٱلْبَارَّ مَعَ ٱلْأَثِيمِ؟ | ٢٣ |
24 Should there be fifty righteous in the city, will you destroy them? will you not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?
| عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ خَمْسُونَ بَارًّا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. أَفَتُهْلِكُ ٱلْمَكَانَ وَلَا تَصْفَحُ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْخَمْسِينَ بَارًّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِيهِ؟ | ٢٤ |
25 By no means shall you do as this thing [is] so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. You that judge the whole earth, shall you not do right?
| حَاشَا لَكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ مِثْلَ هَذَا ٱلْأَمْرِ، أَنْ تُمِيتَ ٱلْبَارَّ مَعَ ٱلْأَثِيمِ، فَيَكُونُ ٱلْبَارُّ كَٱلْأَثِيمِ. حَاشَا لَكَ! أَدَيَّانُ كُلِّ ٱلْأَرْضِ لَا يَصْنَعُ عَدْلًا؟» | ٢٥ |
26 And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ وَجَدْتُ فِي سَدُومَ خَمْسِينَ بَارًّا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنِّي أَصْفَحُ عَنِ ٱلْمَكَانِ كُلِّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ». | ٢٦ |
27 And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.
| فَأَجَابَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَوْلَى وَأَنَا تُرَابٌ وَرَمَادٌ. | ٢٧ |
28 But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, will you destroy the whole city because of the five [lacking]? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.
| رُبَّمَا نَقَصَ ٱلْخَمْسُونَ بَارًّا خَمْسَةً. أَتُهْلِكُ كُلَّ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ بِٱلْخَمْسَةِ؟» فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ هُنَاكَ خَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ». | ٢٨ |
29 And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake.
| فَعَادَ يُكَلِّمُهُ أَيْضًا وَقَالَ: «عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أَفْعَلُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِينَ». | ٢٩ |
30 And he said, Will there be anything [against me], Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake.
| فَقَالَ: «لَا يَسْخَطِ ٱلْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أَفْعَلُ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثِينَ». | ٣٠ |
31 And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.
| فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَوْلَى. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عِشْرُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ». | ٣١ |
32 And he said, Will there be anything [against me], Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.
| فَقَالَ: «لَا يَسْخَطِ ٱلْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عَشْرَةٌ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْعَشْرَةِ». | ٣٢ |
33 And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place.
| وَذَهَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ عِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ مِنَ ٱلْكَلَامِ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَرَجَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ. | ٣٣ |
