Genesis 18
1 Yahweh appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent doorway in the heat of the day.
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 He looked up and, behold, he saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door and bowed low 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 He said, “Lord, if I have found favor in your eyes, do not pass by and leave 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 a little water be brought, wash your feet, and rest 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 Let me bring a little food, so that you may refresh yourselves. Afterwards you can go your way, since you have come to your servant.” They replied, “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 Then Abraham quickly went into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Hurry, get three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and make bread.”
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 Then Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf that was tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare 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 He took curds and milk, and the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them, and he stood by them under the tree while they ate.
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 They said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He replied, “There, 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 He said, “I will certainly return to you in the springtime, and see, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah was listening in the tent doorway, which was 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 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, very advanced in age, and Sarah had passed the age when women could bear children.
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 So Sarah laughed to herself, saying to herself, “After I am worn-out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
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 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really bear a child, when I am 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 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the time appointed by me, in the spring, I will return to you. About this time next year Sarah will 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 Then Sarah denied it and said, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He replied, “No, 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 Then the men arose to leave and looked down toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
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 But Yahweh said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,
上主說：「我要作的事，豈能瞞著亞巴郎﹖
18 since Abraham will indeed become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
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 have chosen him so that he may instruct his children and his household after him to keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice, so that Yahweh may bring upon Abraham what he has said 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 Then Yahweh said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and because their sin is so serious,
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 now go down there and see the outcry against her that has come to me, whether they have really done it. If not, I will 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 So the men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before Yahweh.
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 Then Abraham approached and said, “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
亞巴郎近前來說：「你真要將義人同惡人一起消滅嗎﹖
24 Perhaps there are fifty righteous within the city. Will you sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are there?
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 Far be it from you to do such a thing, killing the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be treated the same as the wicked. Far be it from you! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”
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 Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
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 Abraham answered and said, “Look, I have undertaken to speak to my Lord, even though I am only dust and ashes!
亞巴郎接著說：「
28 What if there are five less than fifty righteous? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five?” Then he said, “I will not destroy it, if I 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 He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He replied, “I will not do 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 He said, “Please do not be angry, Lord, so I may speak. Perhaps thirty will be found there.” He replied, “I will not do it, if I find thirty there.”
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 He said, “Look, I have undertaken to speak to my Lord! Perhaps twenty will be found there.” He replied, “I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake.”
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 He said, “Please do not be angry, Lord, and I will speak this one last time. Perhaps ten will be found there.” Then 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 Yahweh went on his way as soon as he had finished talking with Abraham, and Abraham returned home.
上主向亞巴郎說完話就走了；亞巴郎也回家去了。
