Jenesis 19
1 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.
That evening, the two angels arrived in Sodom. Lot was sitting at the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to greet them, and prostrated himself with his face on the ground.
2 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.”
He said to them, “Gentlemen, please stay in my house tonight. You can wash your feet, and tomorrow you can continue your journey.” But they said, “No, we will just sleep in the city square.”
3 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.
But Lot kept insisting strongly that they sleep in his house. So they entered his house with him, and he prepared a meal for them. He baked some bread without yeast, and they ate it.
4 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.
After they finished eating, before they went to bed, the men of Sodom [city], all of them, from the young ones to the old ones, surrounded the house.
5 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.”
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to your house this evening? Bring them out, so that we can have sex with them!” [EUP]
6 Lọt pụkwuru ha nʼezi, mechie ụzọ ụlọ ya,
Lot went outside the house and shut the door behind him, so that they could not go inside.
7 sị ha, “Bikonu, ndị enyi m, unu emela ihe ọjọọ dị otu a.
He said to them, “My friends, don’t do such an evil thing!
8 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.”
Listen to me. I have two daughters who have never had sex with any man. Let me bring them out to you now, and you can do with them whatever pleases you. But don’t do anything to these men, because they are guests in my house, [so I must protect them]!”
9 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.
But they replied, “Get out of our way! You are a foreigner; so you have no right to tell us what is right! [If you don’t get out of our way], we will do worse things to you than we will do to them!” Then they lunged towards Lot, and tried forcefully to break down the door.
10 Ma ndị ikom ahụ nọ nʼụlọ Lọt, setịpụrụ aka ha dọbata ya nʼụlọ, ma mechie ụzọ ahụ.
But the two angels opened the door carefully, reached out their hands, and pulled Lot to them inside the house. Then they quickly shut the door.
11 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.
Then they caused all the men who were outside the door of the house, young and old, to become blind, so that they could not find the door.
12 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!
Then the two angels said to Lot, “Who else is with you here? If you have sons or sons-in-law or daughters or anyone else in the city who is related to you, take them out of the city,
13 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.”
because we are the ones who are going to destroy this place. Yahweh considers that these people are so evil that he sent us to destroy the city.”
14 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.
So Lot went and spoke to the men who had pledged to marry his daughters. He said to them, “Hurry! Get out of this city, because Yahweh is about to destroy it!” But his future sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 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.”
As it was about to dawn the next morning, the two angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up quickly! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here with you and leave! If you don’t, you will die when [we destroy/Yahweh destroys] the city!”
16 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.
When Lot hesitated, the angels grasped his hand and his wife’s hand and the hands of his two daughters. They led them outside the city safely. The angels did that because Yahweh was acting mercifully toward them.
17 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.”
When they were outside the city, one of the angels said, “[If you want to remain alive], run away quickly! Don’t look back! And don’t stop anywhere in the valley! Flee to the hills! If you don’t, you will die!”
18 Ma Lọt sịrị ha, “Mba, ndị nwe m, bikonu,
But Lot said to one of the angels, “No, sir, don’t make me do that!
19 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.
Please, listen. You have been pleased with me and have been very kind to me and spared my life. But I cannot flee to the mountain. If I try to do that, I will die in this disaster [PRS].
20 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.”
But listen to me. There is a town nearby. Let me run to that small town. Let me go there now. It is a small town, but our lives will be saved if we go there.”
21 Ọ zara sị ya, “Ọ dị mma, aga m emere gị dịka arịrịọ gị si dị. Agaghị m emebi obodo nta ahụ.
One of the angels said to Lot, “I will allow you to do what you have requested [MTY]. I will not destroy the little town you are speaking about.
22 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.)
But hurry! Run there, because I cannot destroy anything until you arrive there.” People later called the name of the town Zoar [which means ‘small’, ] because Lot said it was small.
23 Mgbe Lọt rutere obodo Zoa, anwụ awalitela nʼala ahụ.
As the sun was rising, Lot and his family arrived in the town which is now called Zoar.
24 Mgbe ahụ Onyenwe anyị sitere nʼeluigwe zokwasị obodo Sọdọm na Gọmọra nkume ọkụ nke Onyenwe anyị mere ka o si nʼeluigwe zoo.
Then Yahweh caused fire and [burning] sulfur to fall down on Sodom and Gomorrah like rain.
25 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.
In that way, he destroyed those cities and all the people who were living in those cities. He also destroyed everything in the valley, including all the plants/vegetation.
26 Ma mgbe nwunye Lọt lere anya nʼazụ, otu mgbe ahụ, ọ ghọrọ ogidi nnu.
But Lot’s wife stopped and looked back [to see what was happening], so she died, and her body [later] became a pillar of salt.
27 Nʼụtụtụ echi ya, Ebraham biliri jeruo ebe ahụ o guzoro nʼihu Onyenwe anyị nʼụbọchị gara aga.
That morning, Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood in front of Yahweh.
28 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.
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and he [was surprised to] see that all over the valley, smoke was rising, like the smoke of a huge furnace.
29 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.
So, when God destroyed those cities in the valley, he remembered what he had promised Abraham, and he rescued Lot from the disaster that occurred in the cities where Lot had lived.
30 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.
Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left there and moved with his two daughters to the mountain, and they lived in a cave.
31 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.
One day the older daughter said to (the younger daughter/her sister), “Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who can have sex [EUP] with us, as people all over the earth do.
32 Ka anyị mee ka nna anyị ṅụọ mmanya, ka anyị na ya dinakọọ, ka anyị chebe agbụrụ anyị site na nna anyị.”
Let’s make our father drink wine until he gets drunk. Then we can have sex with him [EUP] [without him knowing it]. In that way [he will cause us to become pregnant] and we can bear children.”
33 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.
So that night they caused their father to become drunk. And the older daughter went in and lay in bed with her father, and he had sex with her, but he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
34 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.”
The next day, his older daughter said to (his younger daughter/her sister), “Listen to me. Last night I slept with our father. Let’s cause him to become drunk again tonight! This time you can go and sleep with him. If he has sex with you, you can become pregnant, and that way you can have a child, too.”
35 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.
So that night, they caused their father to become drunk with wine again, and then his younger daughter went and slept with him. But again, he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
36 Ya mere, ụmụ ndị inyom Lọt abụọ ndị a tụrụ ime site nʼaka nna ha.
So Lot caused his two daughters to become pregnant.
37 Nke ada mụtara nwa nwoke onye ọ gụrụ Moab. Ọ bụ ya bụ nna nna ndị Moab ruo taa.
The older one later gave birth to a son, whom she named Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moab people-group.
38 Nwa ya nke nta mụtakwara nwa nwoke onye ọ gụrụ Ben-Ammi. Ọ bụ ya bụ nna nna ndị Amọn ruo taa.
The younger one also gave birth to a son, whom she named Ben-Ammi. He became the ancestor of the Ammon people-group.
