Genesis 18
1 And God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.
天正熱的時候，亞巴郎坐在帳幕門口，上主在瑪默勒橡樹林那裏，給他顯現出來。
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.
他舉目一望，見有三人站在對面。他一見就由帳幕門口跑去迎接他們，俯伏在地，
3 And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in your sight, pass not by your servant.
說：「我主如果我蒙你垂愛，請不要由你僕人這裏走過去，
4 Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do you refresh [yourselves] under the tree.
我叫人拿點水來，洗洗你們的腳，然後在樹下休息休息。
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.
你們既然路過你僕人這裏，等我拿點餅來，吃點點心，然後再走。」他們答說：「就照你所說的做罷! 」
6 And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.
亞巴郎趕快進入帳幕，到撒辣前說：「你快拿三斗細麵，和一和，作些餅。」
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.
遂又跑到牛群中，選了一頭又嫩又肥的牛犢，交給僕人，要他趕快煮好。
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.
亞巴郎遂拿了凝乳和牛奶，及預備好了的牛犢，擺在他們面前；他們吃的時候，自己在樹下侍候。
9 And he said to him, Where is Sarrha your wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent.
他們對他說：「你的妻子撒辣在那裏﹖」他答說：「在帳幕裏。」
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.
其中一位說：「明年此時我必回到你這裏，那時，你的妻子撒辣要有一個兒子。」辣其時正在那人背後的帳幕門口竊聽。
11 And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.
亞巴郎和撒辣都已年老，年紀很大，而且撒辣的月經早已停止。
12 And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.
撒辣遂心裏竊笑說：「現在，我已衰老，同我年老的丈夫，還有這喜事嗎﹖」
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.
上主對亞巴郎說：「撒辣為什麼笑﹖且說：像我這樣老，真的還能生育﹖
14 Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to you seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son.
為上主豈有難事﹖明年這時，我必要回到你這裏，那時撒辣必有一個兒子。」
15 But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but you did laugh.
撒辣害怕了，否認說：「我沒有笑。」但是那位說：「不，你實在笑了。」
16 And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey.
後來那三人由那裏起身，望著索多瑪前行；亞巴郎送他們，也一同前行。
17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what things I intend to do?
上主說：「我要作的事，豈能瞞著亞巴郎﹖
18 But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest.
因為他要成為一強大而又興盛的民族，地上所有的民族，都要因他蒙受祝福；
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.
何況我揀選了他，是要他訓令自己的子孫和未來的家族，保持上主的正道，實行公義正道，好使上主能實現他對亞巴郎所許的事。」
20 And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.
上主於是說：「控告索多瑪和哈摩辣的聲音實在很大，他們的罪惡實在深重!
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.
我要下去看看，願意知道：是否他們所行的全如達到我前的呼聲一樣。」
22 And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.
三人中有二人轉身向索多瑪走去；亞巴郎卻仍立在上主面前。
23 And Abraam drew near and said, Wouldest you destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?
亞巴郎近前來說：「你真要將義人同惡人一起消滅嗎﹖
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?
假如城中有五十個義人，你還要消滅嗎﹖不為其中的那五十個義人，赦免那地方嗎﹖
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?
你決不能如此行事，將義人同惡人一併誅滅；將義人如惡人一樣看待，你決不能! 審判全地的主，豈能不行公義﹖」
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.
上主答說：「假如我在索多瑪城中找出了五十個義人，為了他們我要赦免整個地方。」
27 And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.
亞巴郎接著說：「
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.
我雖只是塵埃灰土，膽敢再對我主說：假如五十個義人中少了五個怎樣﹖你就為了少五個而毀滅全城嗎﹖」他答說：「假如我在那裏找到四十五個，我不毀滅。」
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.
亞巴郎再向他進言說：「假如在那裏找到四十個怎樣﹖」他答說：「為了這四十個我也不做這事。」
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.
亞巴郎說：「求我主且勿動怒，容我再進一言：假如在那裏找到三十個怎樣﹖」他答說：「假如在那裏我找到三十個，我也不做這事。」
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.
亞巴郎說：「我再放膽對我主進一言：假如在那裏找到二十個怎樣﹖」他答說：「為了這二十個，我也不毀滅。」
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.
亞巴郎求：「求我主且勿動怒，容我最後一次進言：假如在那裏找到十個怎樣﹖」他答說：「為了這十個我也不毀滅。」
33 And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place.
上主向亞巴郎說完話就走了；亞巴郎也回家去了。
