< Mose 1 19 >

1 Gbe ma gbe ke ƒe fiẽ la, mawudɔla eveawo va ɖo Sodom ƒe agbo nu, eye Lot nɔ afi ma ɣe ma ɣi. Esi Lot kpɔ wo la, etsi tsitre be yeakpe wo, eye wòdo dzaa na wo.
And the two angels came to Sodom at even. And Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. And Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them; and he bowed down, the face toward the ground,
2 Egblɔ na wo be, “Nye amegãwo, miva dze gbɔnye le zã sia me, eye miaklɔ miaƒe afɔwo ŋu. Miate ŋu ayi miaƒe mɔzɔzɔ dzi etsɔ ŋdi kanya.” Wogblɔ be, “Ao, akpe na wò, míadzudzɔ le ablɔ dzi le afi sia ko.”
and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.
3 Ke Lot ƒoe ɖe wo nu va se ɖe esime woyi eƒe aƒe me, eye wòɖo kplɔ̃ gã aɖe na wo kple abolo si wowɔ teti kple amɔ maʋamaʋã. Esi woɖu nu vɔ,
And he urged them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house. And he made them a repast, and baked unleavened cakes; and they ate.
4 eye wodi be yewoaɖo xɔ la, Sodom ŋutsuwo, ɖekakpuiwo kple ame tsitsiwo siaa tso dua ƒe akpa sia akpa va ƒo xlã aƒe la,
Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, from the youngest to the oldest — all the people from every quarter.
5 eye woɖe gbe na Lot be, “Kplɔ ŋutsu mawo vɛ na mí be míadɔ kpli wo.”
And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that have come in to thee to-night? bring them out to us that we may know them.
6 Lot tu ʋɔ ɖe amedzroawo nu, eye wòyi wo gbɔ
And Lot went out to them to the entrance, and shut the door after him,
7 ɖaɖe kuku na wo be, “Nɔvinyewo, migawɔ nu baɖa sia tɔgbi o.
and said, I pray you, my brethren, do not wickedly!
8 Mikpɔ ɖa, ɖetugbi eve siwo menya ŋutsu haɖe o la le asinye. Maɖe asi le wo ŋu na mi be miawɔ nu sia nu si adze mia ŋu la kpli wo. Ke migawɔ naneke amedzro siawo ya o, elabena nye dzikpɔkpɔ te wole.”
Behold now, I have two daughters who have not known a man: let me now bring them out to you; and do to them as is good in your sight: only, to these men do nothing; for therefore have they come under the shadow of my roof.
9 Wodo ɣli sesĩe be, “He ɖa le afi ma! Ame kae nèbu be yenye? Míeɖe mɔ na Lot be wòanɔ mía dome abe amedzro ene, ke azɔ la, ele didim be yeagblɔ nu si míawo míawɔ la na mí! Míawɔ nu vevi wò wu nu si míawɔ ame mawo.” Wolũ ɖe Lot dzi, eye wode asi ʋɔtrua gbagbã me.
And they said, Back there! And they said [again], This one came to sojourn, and he must be a judge? Now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard on the man — on Lot; and drew near to break the door.
10 Ke mawudɔla eveawo ʋu ʋɔa, do asi ɖa, he Lot va xɔa me, tu ʋɔa,
And the men stretched out their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.
11 eye wona Sodomtɔwo ƒe ŋkuwo dzi tsyɔ sẽe, ale be womegate ŋu kpɔ ʋɔtru la o.
And they smote the men that were at the entrance of the house with blindness, from the smallest to the greatest; and they wearied themselves to find the entrance.
12 Mawudɔlawo bia Lot be, “Wò ƒometɔ kawoe le du sia me? Na woawo ŋutɔ, wo viŋutsuwo, wo vinyɔnuwo, wo toyɔviwo kple lɔ̃xoyɔviwo kple woƒe ƒometɔ bubuawo katã nadzo le du sia me,
And the men said to Lot, Whom hast thou here besides? a son-in-law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and all whom thou hast in the city — bring [them] out of the place.
13 elabena míele du sia tsrɔ̃ ge keŋkeŋ. Nutsotso tso teƒe sia ŋu va ɖo dziƒo, eya ta Yehowa ɖo mí ɖa be míatsrɔ̃e.”
For we are going to destroy this place, because the cry of them is great before Jehovah, and Jehovah has sent us to destroy it.
14 Nu sia na Lot ɖe abla yi ɖagblɔ na viawo srɔ̃wo be, “Netsɔ na mi miado go le du sia me, elabena Yehowa le du sia tsrɔ̃ ge.” Ke toawo bui ko abe ahatso kam wòle ene.
And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who had married his daughters, and said, Up, go out of this place, for Jehovah will destroy the city. But he was as if he jested, in the sight of his sons-in-law.
15 Le fɔŋli la, mawudɔlawo gblɔ na Lot be, “Netsɔ na wò, nàkplɔ srɔ̃wò kple viwò nyɔnuvi eve siwo le afi sia la, eye miasi adzo, ne menye nenema o la, miatsrɔ̃ le du sia tsɔtsrɔ̃ me.”
And as the dawn arose, the angels urged Lot, saying, Up, take thy wife and thy two daughters who are present, lest thou perish in the iniquity of the city.
16 Esi Lot nɔ hehem ɖe megbe la, mawudɔlawo lé eya ŋutɔ, srɔ̃a kple viawo ƒe alɔnu, eye wohe wo yi dua godo, afi si woanɔ dedie le, elabena Yehowa kpɔ nublanui na wo.
And as he lingered, the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, Jehovah being merciful to him; and they led him out, and set him without the city.
17 Mawudɔlawo gblɔ na wo be, “Miɖe abla miaɖe miaƒe agbe, eye migakpɔ megbe o. Misi yi toawo dzi, miganɔ gbadzaƒe le afi sia o. Ne menye nenema o la, miatsrɔ̃.”
And it came to pass when they had brought them outside, that he said, Escape for thy life: look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain: escape to the mountain, lest thou perish.
18 Lot gblɔ na wo be, “O, nye Aƒetɔwo, meɖe kuku na mi.
And Lot said to them, Not [so], I pray thee, Lord;
19 Esi mieve nunye alea, eye mieɖe nye agbe ta la, mina masi ayi du sue kemɛ ɖa me boŋ, elabena mele vɔvɔ̃m be dzɔgbevɔ̃e aɖe ava ɖi kpem le toawo dzi.
behold now, thy servant has found favour in thine eyes, and thou hast magnified thy goodness, which thou hast shewn to me in preserving my soul alive; but I cannot escape to the mountain, lest calamity lay hold on me, that I die.
20 Kpɔ ɖa, du la medidi tso afi sia kura o, eye du sue aɖe koe. Meɖe kuku mina mayi afi ma boŋ. Miekpɔ ale si wònye du sue aɖe oa? Matsi agbe le afi ma.”
Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is small: I pray thee, let me escape thither — is it not small? — and my soul shall live.
21 Mawudɔlawo dometɔ ɖeka gblɔ be, “Enyo, mexɔ wò nya la, eye nyematsrɔ̃ du sue ma o.
And he said to him, Behold, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which thou hast spoken.
22 Gake miɖe abla! Elabena nyemate ŋu awɔ naneke o, va se ɖe esime miaɖo afi ma.” (Tso gbe ma gbe dzi la, woyɔa du sue ma be Zoar ɖe ƒe suẽnyenye ta.)
Haste, escape thither; for I cannot do anything until thou art come there. Therefore the name of the city is called Zoar.
23 Ɣe nɔ dzedzem esi Lot ɖo Zoar.
The sun rose upon the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
24 Tete Yehowa na dzo kple aŋɔ xɔdzo dza tso dziƒo ɖe Sodom kple Gomora dzi,
And Jehovah rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from Jehovah out of heaven,
25 gblẽ wo kple du gã kple du sue siwo nɔ gbadzaƒe la, eye amewo, atiwo kple lãwo siaa tsrɔ̃ keŋkeŋ.
and overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew upon the ground.
26 Ke Lot srɔ̃ nye kɔ kpɔ megbe, eye wòtrɔ zu dzekɔ.
And his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Gbe ma gbe ŋdi la, Abraham fɔ kaba, eye wòɖe abla yi teƒe si wòtsi tsitre ɖe Yehowa ƒe ŋkume le la.
And Abraham rose early in the morning [and went] to the place where he had stood before Jehovah;
28 Ekpɔ Sodom kple Gomora lɔƒo ɖa, eye wòkpɔ be dzudzɔ nɔ tutum kɔlikɔli tso afi ma abe kpodzo gã aɖe me wònɔ dodom tso ene.
and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and lo, a smoke went up from the land as the smoke of a furnace.
29 Ale Mawu se Abraham ƒe kukuɖeɖe, ena Lot nɔ dedie, eye wòɖee tso ku kple tsɔtsrɔ̃ siwo ƒo xlã Sodom, Gomora kple du siwo ƒo xlã wo la me.
And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.
30 Emegbe la, Lot dzo le Zoar, elabena enɔ afi ma tɔwo vɔ̃m, eye wòyi ɖanɔ agado aɖe me le toawo dzi kple via nyɔnuvi eveawo.
And Lot went up from Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar. And he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 Gbe ɖeka la, nyɔnuvi tsitsitɔ gblɔ na nɔvia be, “Ŋutsu aɖeke kura mele anyigba sia ƒe akpa sia lɔƒo si mía fofo alɔ̃ be míaɖe o. Kpe ɖe esia ŋu la, esusɔ vie mía fofo natsi akpa na vidzidzi.
And the first-born said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the land to come in to us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Na míana mía fofo nano wain amu, eye wòadɔ mía gbɔ, ale be míate ŋu adzi vi, eye míaƒe dzidzime nu matso o.”
come, let us give our father wine to drink, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
33 Ale wona wain wo fofo wòno hemu. Nyɔnuvi tsitsitɔ yi ɖamlɔ fofoa gbɔ, eye fofoa dɔ kplii, gake fofoa menya o.
And they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father, and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.
34 Le ŋdi me la, nyɔnuvi tsitsitɔ gblɔ na nɔvia be, “Medɔ fofonye gbɔ le zã si va yi la me. Na míagana ahae wòagano amu, eye wò hã nàyi aɖamlɔ egbɔ, ale be míaƒe ƒome la nadzi ɖe edzi.”
And it came to pass on the next day that the first-born said to the younger, Lo, I lay last night with my father: let us give him wine to drink to-night also, and go thou in, lie with him, that we may preserve seed alive of our father.
35 Ale wona wo fofo gamu aha gbe ma gbe fiẽ hã, eye nyɔnuvi suetɔ hã yi ɖamlɔ egbɔ. Fofoa dɔ eya hã gbɔ, ke fofoa menya o.
And they gave their father wine to drink that night also. And the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.
36 Ale nɔvi eveawo fɔ fu na wo fofo Lot.
And both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.
37 Nyɔnuvi tsitsitɔ dzi ŋutsuvi, eye wòna ŋkɔe be Moab; eyae nye Moab dukɔa tɔgbui.
And the first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
38 Nyɔnuvi suetɔ hã dzi ŋutsuvi, eye wòna ŋkɔe be Ben Ami; eyae nye Amonitɔwo tɔgbui.
And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; the same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.

< Mose 1 19 >