Genesis 18
1 And YHWH appears to him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;
| وَظَهَرَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ عِنْدَ بَلُّوطَاتِ مَمْرَا وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَقْتَ حَرِّ ٱلنَّهَارِ، | ١ |
2 and he lifts up his eyes and looks, and behold, three men standing by him, and he sees, and runs to meet them from the opening of the tent, and bows himself toward the earth,
| فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا ثَلَاثَةُ رِجَالٍ وَاقِفُونَ لَدَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ رَكَضَ لِٱسْتِقْبَالِهِمْ مِنْ بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَسَجَدَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ، | ٢ |
3 and he says, “My Lord, if now I have found grace in Your eyes, please do not pass on from Your servant;
| وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَلَا تَتَجَاوَزْ عَبْدَكَ. | ٣ |
4 please let a little water be accepted, and wash Your feet, and recline under the tree;
| لِيُؤْخَذْ قَلِيلُ مَاءٍ وَٱغْسِلُوا أَرْجُلَكُمْ وَٱتَّكِئُوا تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ، | ٤ |
5 and I bring a piece of bread, and support Your heart; afterward pass on, for therefore You have passed over to Your servant”; and they say, “So may you do as you have spoken.”
| فَآخُذَ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ، فَتُسْنِدُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ ثُمَّ تَجْتَازُونَ، لِأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ مَرَرْتُمْ عَلَى عَبْدِكُمْ». فَقَالُوا: «هَكَذَا تَفْعَلُ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ». | ٥ |
6 And Abraham hurries toward the tent, to Sarah, and says, “Hurry three measures of flour-meal, knead, and make cakes”;
| فَأَسْرَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى ٱلْخَيْمَةِ إِلَى سَارَةَ، وَقَالَ: «أَسْرِعِي بِثَلَاثِ كَيْلَاتٍ دَقِيقًا سَمِيذًا. ٱعْجِنِي وَٱصْنَعِي خُبْزَ مَلَّةٍ». | ٦ |
7 and Abraham ran to the herd, and takes a son of the herd, tender and good, and gives to the young man, and he hurries to prepare it;
| ثُمَّ رَكَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى ٱلْبَقَرِ وَأَخَذَ عِجْلًا رَخْصًا وَجَيِّدًا وَأَعْطَاهُ لِلْغُلَامِ فَأَسْرَعَ لِيَعْمَلَهُ. | ٧ |
8 and he takes butter and milk, and the son of the herd which he has prepared, and sets before them; and he is standing by them under the tree, and they eat.
| ثُمَّ أَخَذَ زُبْدًا وَلَبَنًا، وَٱلْعِجْلَ ٱلَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، وَوَضَعَهَا قُدَّامَهُمْ. وَإِذْ كَانَ هُوَ وَاقِفًا لَدَيْهِمْ تَحْتَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَكَلُوا. | ٨ |
9 And they say to him, “Where [is] Sarah your wife?” And he says, “Behold—in the tent”;
| وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَيْنَ سَارَةُ ٱمْرَأَتُكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «هَا هِيَ فِي ٱلْخَيْمَةِ». | ٩ |
10 and He says, “Returning I return to you, about the time of life, and behold, to Sarah your wife a son.” And Sarah is listening at the opening of the tent, which is behind him;
| فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ٱمْرَأَتِكَ ٱبْنٌ». وَكَانَتْ سَارَةُ سَامِعَةً فِي بَابِ ٱلْخَيْمَةِ وَهُوَ وَرَاءَهُ. | ١٠ |
11 and Abraham and Sarah [are] aged, entering into days—the way of women has ceased to be to Sarah;
| وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَارَةُ شَيْخَيْنِ مُتَقَدِّمَيْنِ فِي ٱلْأَيَّامِ، وَقَدِ ٱنْقَطَعَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِسَارَةَ عَادَةٌ كَٱلنِّسَاءِ. | ١١ |
12 and Sarah laughs in her heart, saying, “After I have waxed old have I had pleasure? My lord [is] also old!”
| فَضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ فِي بَاطِنِهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَبَعْدَ فَنَائِي يَكُونُ لِي تَنَعُّمٌ، وَسَيِّدِي قَدْ شَاخَ؟». | ١٢ |
13 And YHWH says to Abraham, “Why [is] this? Sarah has laughed, saying, Is it really true—I bear—and I am aged?
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لِمَاذَا ضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: أَفَبِٱلْحَقِيقَةِ أَلِدُ وَأَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ؟ | ١٣ |
14 Is anything too wonderful for YHWH? At the appointed time I return to you, about the time of life, and Sarah has a son.”
| هَلْ يَسْتَحِيلُ عَلَى ٱلرَّبِّ شَيْءٌ؟ فِي ٱلْمِيعَادِ أَرْجِعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ ٱلْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ٱبْنٌ». | ١٤ |
15 And Sarah denies, saying, “I did not laugh”; for she has been afraid; and He says, “No, but you did laugh.”
| فَأَنْكَرَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: «لَمْ أَضْحَكْ». لِأَنَّهَا خَافَتْ. فَقَالَ: «لَا! بَلْ ضَحِكْتِ». | ١٥ |
16 And the men rise from there, and look on the face of Sodom, and Abraham is going with them to send them away;
| ثُمَّ قَامَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَتَطَلَّعُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ. وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَاشِيًا مَعَهُمْ لِيُشَيِّعَهُمْ. | ١٦ |
17 and YHWH said, “Am I concealing from Abraham that which I am doing,
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «هَلْ أُخْفِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ، | ١٧ |
18 and Abraham certainly becomes a great and mighty nation, and blessed in him have been all nations of the earth?
| وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ يَكُونُ أُمَّةً كَبِيرَةً وَقَوِيَّةً، وَيَتَبَارَكُ بِهِ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ ٱلْأَرْضِ؟ | ١٨ |
19 For I have known him, that he commands his children, and his house after him (and they have kept the way of YHWH), to do righteousness and judgment, that YHWH may bring on Abraham that which He has spoken concerning 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 YHWH says, “The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah—because great; and their sin—because exceedingly grievous:
| وَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنَّ صُرَاخَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ قَدْ كَثُرَ، وَخَطِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ عَظُمَتْ جِدًّا. | ٢٠ |
21 I go down now, and see whether according to its cry which is coming to Me they have done completely—and if not—I know”;
| أَنْزِلُ وَأَرَى هَلْ فَعَلُوا بِٱلتَّمَامِ حَسَبَ صُرَاخِهَا ٱلْآتِي إِلَيَّ، وَإِلَا فَأَعْلَمُ». | ٢١ |
22 and the men turn from there, and go toward Sodom; and Abraham is yet standing before YHWH.
| وَٱنْصَرَفَ ٱلرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَذَهَبُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ، وَأَمَّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَانَ لَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا أَمَامَ ٱلرَّبِّ. | ٢٢ |
23 And Abraham draws near and says, “Do You also consume righteous with wicked?
| فَتَقَدَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «أَفَتُهْلِكُ ٱلْبَارَّ مَعَ ٱلْأَثِيمِ؟ | ٢٣ |
24 Perhaps there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; do You also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who [are] in its midst?
| عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ خَمْسُونَ بَارًّا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ. أَفَتُهْلِكُ ٱلْمَكَانَ وَلَا تَصْفَحُ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْخَمْسِينَ بَارًّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِيهِ؟ | ٢٤ |
25 Far be it from You to do according to this thing, to put to death the righteous with the wicked; that it has been—as the righteous so the wicked—far be it from You; does the Judge of all the earth not do justice?”
| 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 YHWH says, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous in the midst of the city, then have I borne with all the place for their sake.”
| فَقَالَ ٱلرَّبُّ: «إِنْ وَجَدْتُ فِي سَدُومَ خَمْسِينَ بَارًّا فِي ٱلْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنِّي أَصْفَحُ عَنِ ٱلْمَكَانِ كُلِّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ». | ٢٦ |
27 And Abraham answers and says, “Now behold, I have willed to speak to the Lord, and I [am] dust and ashes;
| فَأَجَابَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَوْلَى وَأَنَا تُرَابٌ وَرَمَادٌ. | ٢٧ |
28 perhaps there are lacking five of the fifty righteous—do You destroy for five the whole of the city?” And He says, “I do not destroy [it], if I 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 adds again to speak to Him and says, “Perhaps there are found there forty?” And He says, “I do not do [it], because of the forty.”
| فَعَادَ يُكَلِّمُهُ أَيْضًا وَقَالَ: «عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أَفْعَلُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْأَرْبَعِينَ». | ٢٩ |
30 And he says, “Please let it not be displeasing to the Lord, and I speak: perhaps there are found there thirty?” And He says, “I do not do [it], if I find there thirty.”
| فَقَالَ: «لَا يَسْخَطِ ٱلْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أَفْعَلُ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلَاثِينَ». | ٣٠ |
31 And he says, “Now behold, I have willed to speak to the Lord: perhaps there are found there twenty?” And He says, “I do not destroy [it], because of the twenty.”
| فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ ٱلْمَوْلَى. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عِشْرُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْعِشْرِينَ». | ٣١ |
32 And he says, “Please let it not be displeasing to the Lord, and I speak only this time: perhaps there are found there ten?” And He says, “I do not destroy [it], because of the ten.”
| فَقَالَ: «لَا يَسْخَطِ ٱلْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ هَذِهِ ٱلْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عَشْرَةٌ». فَقَالَ: «لَا أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ ٱلْعَشْرَةِ». | ٣٢ |
33 And YHWH goes on, when He has finished speaking to Abraham, and Abraham has turned back to his place.
| وَذَهَبَ ٱلرَّبُّ عِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ مِنَ ٱلْكَلَامِ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَرَجَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ. | ٣٣ |
