< Genesis 19 >

1 And the two Angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of the city. And when he had seen them, he rose up and went to meet them. And he reverenced prone on the ground.
Nʼoge anyasị, ndị mmụọ ozi abụọ ahụ bịarutere Sọdọm. Lọt nọ ala nʼọnụ ụzọ ama obodo ahụ. Mgbe ọ hụrụ ha, o biliri jekwuru ha, hulata ihu ya nʼala.
2 And he said: “I beg you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and lodge there. Wash your feet, and in the morning you will advance on your way.” And they said, “Not at all. But we will lodge in the street.”
Ọ sịrị, “Ndị nwe m, batanụ nʼụlọ ohu unu. Unu nwere ike saa ụkwụ unu, nọọkwa ọnọdụ abalị. Chi bọọ, unu nwere ike ibilikwa bido ịga nʼihu nʼije unu.” Ha zara sị, “Ee, anyị ga-edina nʼama.”
3 He pressed them very much to turn aside to him. And when they had entered his house, he made a feast for them, and he cooked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Ma Lọt rịọsiri ha ike. Nʼikpeazụ ha sooro ya laa nʼụlọ ya. Ọ kwadooro ha ihe oriri, ya bụ achịcha na-ekoghị eko ka o ghere. Ha rikwara ya.
4 But before they went to bed, the men of the city surrounded the house, from boys to old men, all the people together.
Tupu ha abanye ịrahụ ụra, ndị ikom obodo ahụ, ndị ikom Sọdọm, bịara gbaa ụlọ ahụ gburugburu, ma ụmụ okorobịa ma ndị agadi, ndị niile si nʼakụkụ obodo ahụ.
5 And they called out to Lot, and they said to him: “Where are the men who entered to you in the night? Bring them out here, so that we may know them.”
Ha kpọrọ Lọt oku sị ya, “Olee ebe ha nọ, bụ ndị ikom ahụ bịara nʼụlọ gị nʼabalị a? Kpọpụtara anyị ha ka anyị na ha dinakọọ.”
6 Lot went out to them, and blocking the door behind him, he said:
Lọt pụkwuru ha nʼezi, mechie ụzọ ụlọ ya,
7 “Do not, I ask you, my brothers, do not be willing to commit this evil.
sị ha, “Bikonu, ndị enyi m, unu emela ihe ọjọọ dị otu a.
8 I have two daughters who as yet have not known man. I will bring them out to you; abuse them as it pleases you, provided that you do no evil to these men, because they have entered under the shadow of my roof.”
Leenụ, enwere m ụmụ nke aka m, ụmụ agbọghọ abụọ na-amaghị nwoke. Ka m kpọpụtara unu ha, ka unu mee ha ihe masịrị unu. Ma hapụnụ ndị ikom ndị a, nʼihi na ha bụ ndị batara izere ndụ nʼụlọ m.”
9 But they said, “Move away from there.” And again: “You have entered,” they said, “as a stranger; should you then judge? Therefore, we will afflict you yourself more than them.” And they acted very violently against Lot. And they were now at the point of breaking open the doors.
Ha zara sị ya, “Pụọra anyị nʼụzọ. Mbịarambịa ka ị bụ! Leenụ mbịarambịa a! Ọ chọrọ ịbụ onye ikpe. Anyị mee gị ihe, ọ ga-ajọrọ gị njọ karịa ihe anyị ga-eme ha.” Ha nuru Lọt aka nughachi ya azụ, malite itiwa ọnụ ụzọ ụlọ ya.
10 And behold, the men put out their hand, and they pulled Lot in to them, and they closed the door.
Ma ndị ikom ahụ nọ nʼụlọ Lọt, setịpụrụ aka ha dọbata ya nʼụlọ, ma mechie ụzọ ahụ.
11 And they struck those who were outside with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they were not able to find the door.
Ha tiri ndị ikom ndị ahụ nọ nʼọnụ ụzọ ihe otiti nke mere ka ha kpụọ ìsì, onye ukwu ha na onye nta ha. Nʼihi ya, ha enweghị ike ịchọta ọnụ ụzọ ụlọ ahụ.
12 Then they said to Lot: “Do you have here anyone of yours? All who are yours, sons-in-law, or sons, or daughters, bring them out of this city.
Ndị ikom abụọ ahụ gwara Lọt sị, “O nwere onye ọbụla ọzọ i nwere nʼebe a? Ndị ọgọ nwoke, maọbụ ụmụ gị ndị ikom, maọbụ ụmụ gị ndị inyom, na ọ bụ onye ọbụla bụ nke gị nʼobodo a. Site nʼebe a kpọpụ ha!
13 For we will eliminate this place, because the outcry among them has increased before the Lord, who sent us to destroy them.”
Nʼihi na anyị na-aga imebi obodo a, mkpu akwa ruru Onyenwe anyị ntị megide ndị bi nʼobodo a adịla ukwuu, nke mere o ji zite anyị ibibi ya.”
14 And so Lot, going out, spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to receive his daughters, and he said: “Rise up. Depart from this place. For the Lord will destroy this city.” And it seemed to them that he was speaking playfully.
Ya mere, Lọt pụrụ gaa gwa ndị ọgọ ya nwoke, ndị na-akwado ịlụ ụmụ ya ndị inyom, sị ha, “Ọsọ, sinụ nʼobodo a pụọ. Nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị na-akwado ibibi ya.” Ma ndị ọgọ ya nwoke ndị a chere na ọ na-egwu egwu.
15 And when it was morning, the Angels compelled him, saying, “Arise, take your wife, and the two daughters that you have, lest you also should perish amid the wickedness of the city.”
Nʼụtụtụ, mgbe chi na-abọta, ndị mmụọ ozi a kwagidere Lọt sị ya, “Ọsọ, kpọrọ nwunye gị na ụmụ gị ndị inyom abụọ ndị a site nʼebe a gbapụ, ma ọ bụghị ya, a ga-ekpochapụ unu nʼihi ajọ omume ndị obodo a.”
16 And, since he ignored them, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, as well as that of his two daughters, because the Lord was sparing him.
Mgbe Lọt ka nọ na-eche ihe ọ ga-eme, ndị ikom ahụ jidere ya nʼaka, jidekwa nwunye ya, na ụmụ ya ndị inyom abụọ duru ha pụọ nʼobodo ahụ, nʼihi na Onyenwe anyị nwere obi ebere nʼebe ha nọ.
17 And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: “Save your life. Do not look back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish.”
Mgbe ha si nʼime obodo kpọpụta ha, otu onye nʼime ha gwara ha sị, “Gbalaganụ nʼihi ndụ unu. Unu elekwala anya nʼazụ. Unu akwụsịkwala ebe ọbụla na mbara ala. Gbaganụ nʼugwu, nʼihi na ọ bụrụ na unu emeghị otu a, a ga-ekpochapụ unu.”
18 And Lot said to them: “I beg you, my lord,
Ma Lọt sịrị ha, “Mba, ndị nwe m, bikonu,
19 though your servant has found grace before you, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life, I cannot be saved on the mountain, lest perhaps some misfortune take hold of me and I die.
ohu unu achọtala amara nʼihu unu, unu egosila m obi ebere dị ukwuu site nʼichebe ndụ m. Ma agaghị m enwe ike gbalaga nʼugwu ka mbibi a ghara ịdakwasị m, m nwụọ.
20 There is a certain city nearby, to which I can flee; it is a little one, and I will be saved in it. Is it not a modest one, and will not my soul live?”
Lee obodo dị nso nke m nwere ike ịgbaga. Ọ bụ obodo dị nta. Kwere ka m gbaga nʼebe ahụ. Obodo nta ka ọ bụ, ọ bụghị ya? Aga m echebekwa ndụ m na ya.”
21 And he said to him: “Behold, even now, I have heard your petitions about this, not to overturn the city on behalf of which you have spoken.
Ọ zara sị ya, “Ọ dị mma, aga m emere gị dịka arịrịọ gị si dị. Agaghị m emebi obodo nta ahụ.
22 Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there.” For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar.
Ma mee ngwangwa, nʼihi na o nweghị ihe ọbụla m ga-eme tutu ruo mgbe i ruru nʼebe ahụ.” (Ọ bụ nke a mere e ji akpọ aha obodo ahụ Zoa.)
23 The sun had risen over the land, and Lot had entered into Zoar.
Mgbe Lọt rutere obodo Zoa, anwụ awalitela nʼala ahụ.
24 Therefore, the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven.
Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼeluigwe zokwasị obodo Sọdọm na Gọmọra nkume ọkụ nke Onyenwe anyị mere ka o si nʼeluigwe zoo.
25 And he overturned these cities, and all the surrounding region: all the inhabitants of the cities, and everything that springs from the land.
Otu a ka o si kwatuo obodo ndị ahụ niile dị na mbara ala ahụ niile, na ndị niile bi nʼobodo ndị ahụ. O kwatukwara ihe niile na-epu nʼala.
26 And his wife, looking behind herself, was turned into a statue of salt.
Ma mgbe nwunye Lọt lere anya nʼazụ, otu mgbe ahụ, ọ ghọrọ ogidi nnu.
27 Then Abraham, rising up in the morning, in the place where he had stood before with the Lord,
Nʼụtụtụ echi ya, Ebraham biliri jeruo ebe ahụ o guzoro nʼihu Onyenwe anyị nʼụbọchị gara aga.
28 looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and the entire land of that region. And he saw embers rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
Ọ lepụrụ anya nʼebe obodo Sọdọm na Gọmọra dị, na nʼebe mbara ala ndị ahụ niile dị. Ọ hụrụ anwụrụ ọkụ dị ukwuu nke si nʼala ahụ na-alali elu. Anwụrụ ọkụ a dị ka anwụrụ ọkụ si nʼebe a kwanyere ọkụ na-enwusi ike.
29 For when God overthrew the cities of that region, remembering Abraham, he freed Lot from the overthrow of the cities, in which he had dwelt.
Ya mere, mgbe Chineke bibiri obodo ndị ahụ dị na mbara ala, o chetara Ebraham, kpọpụta Lọt site nʼoke mbibi ahụ e bibiri obodo ndị ahụ Lọt bi nʼime ha.
30 And Lot ascended from Zoar, and he stayed on the mountain, and likewise his two daughters with him, (for he was afraid to stay in Zoar) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.
Emesịa, Lọt na ụmụ ya ndị inyom abụọ hapụrụ obodo Zoa, nʼihi na ọ tụrụ egwu ibi nʼime Zoa. Ọ gara biri nʼime ọgba nkume ya na ụmụ ya ndị inyom abụọ.
31 And the elder said to the younger: “Our father is old, and no man remains in the land who can enter to us according to the custom of the whole world.
Otu ụbọchị, ada ya sịrị nke nta, “Nna anyị emeela agadi, ọ nwekwaghị nwoke ọbụla nọ nʼụwa a, onye ga-enye anyị ụmụ, dịka omenaala si dị nʼụwa niile.
32 Come, let us inebriate him with wine, and let us sleep with him, so that we may be able to preserve offspring from our father.”
Ka anyị mee ka nna anyị ṅụọ mmanya, ka anyị na ya dinakọọ, ka anyị chebe agbụrụ anyị site na nna anyị.”
33 And so they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the elder went in, and she slept with her father. But he did not perceive it, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.
Nʼabalị ahụ, ha mere ka nna ha ṅụọ mmanya, nke ada banyere soro nna ya dina. Ha abụọ nwere mmekọ. Ma ọ amaghị mgbe ada ya dinara maọbụ mgbe o bilikwara.
34 Likewise, the next day, the elder said to the younger: “Behold, yesterday I slept with my father, let us give him wine to drink yet again this night, and you will sleep with him, so that we may save offspring from our father.”
Nʼechi ya, ada gwara nwanne ya nke nta, “Mụ na nna anyị dinara nʼabalị gara aga. Ka anyị mee ka ọ ṅụọkwa mmanya nʼabalị taa, ka ị gaakwa ka gị na ya dina. Ka anyị mee ka agbụrụ anyị dịgide site na nna anyị.”
35 And then they gave their father wine to drink that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and slept with him. And not even then did he perceive when she lay down, or when she rose up.
Ha mere ka nna ha ṅụọ mmanya nʼabalị ahụ, ada ya nke nta banyere ya na nna ya dinaa. Dịka ọ dịkwa na mbụ, nna ha amataghị mgbe o dinara ala maọbụ mgbe o bilitere.
36 Therefore, the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
Ya mere, ụmụ ndị inyom Lọt abụọ ndị a tụrụ ime site nʼaka nna ha.
37 And the elder gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites, even to the present day.
Nke ada mụtara nwa nwoke onye ọ gụrụ Moab. Ọ bụ ya bụ nna nna ndị Moab ruo taa.
38 Likewise, the younger gave birth to a son, and she called his name Ammon, that is, ‘the son of my people.’ He is the father of the Ammonites, even today.
Nwa ya nke nta mụtakwara nwa nwoke onye ọ gụrụ Ben-Ammi. Ọ bụ ya bụ nna nna ndị Amọn ruo taa.

< Genesis 19 >