Genesis 18
1 apparuit autem ei Dominus in convalle Mambre sedenti in ostio tabernaculi sui in ipso fervore diei
Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2 cumque elevasset oculos apparuerunt ei tres viri stantes propter eum quos cum vidisset cucurrit in occursum eorum de ostio tabernaculi et adoravit in terra
He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
3 et dixit Domine si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis ne transeas servum tuum
and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4 sed adferam pauxillum aquae et lavate pedes vestros et requiescite sub arbore
Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 ponam buccellam panis et confortate cor vestrum postea transibitis idcirco enim declinastis ad servum vestrum qui dixerunt fac ut locutus es
I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.”
6 festinavit Abraham in tabernaculum ad Sarram dixitque ei adcelera tria sata similae commisce et fac subcinericios panes
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7 ipse vero ad armentum cucurrit et tulit inde vitulum tenerrimum et optimum deditque puero qui festinavit et coxit illum
Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
8 tulit quoque butyrum et lac et vitulum quem coxerat et posuit coram eis ipse vero stabat iuxta eos sub arbore
He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
9 cumque comedissent dixerunt ad eum ubi est Sarra uxor tua ille respondit ecce in tabernaculo est
They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 cui dixit revertens veniam ad te tempore isto vita comite et habebit filium Sarra uxor tua quo audito Sarra risit post ostium tabernaculi
He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 erant autem ambo senes provectaeque aetatis et desierant Sarrae fieri muliebria
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 quae risit occulte dicens postquam consenui et dominus meus vetulus est voluptati operam dabo
Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 dixit autem Dominus ad Abraham quare risit Sarra dicens num vere paritura sum anus
Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 numquid Deo est quicquam difficile iuxta condictum revertar ad te hoc eodem tempore vita comite et habebit Sarra filium
Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 negavit Sarra dicens non risi timore perterrita Dominus autem non est inquit ita sed risisti
Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 cum ergo surrexissent inde viri direxerunt oculos suos contra Sodomam et Abraham simul gradiebatur deducens eos
The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17 dixitque Dominus num celare potero Abraham quae gesturus sum
Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 cum futurus sit in gentem magnam ac robustissimam et benedicendae sint in illo omnes nationes terrae
since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19 scio enim quod praecepturus sit filiis suis et domui suae post se ut custodiant viam Domini et faciant iustitiam et iudicium ut adducat Dominus propter Abraham omnia quae locutus est ad eum
For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
20 dixit itaque Dominus clamor Sodomorum et Gomorrae multiplicatus est et peccatum earum adgravatum est nimis
Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 descendam et videbo utrum clamorem qui venit ad me opere conpleverint an non est ita ut sciam
I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
22 converteruntque se inde et abierunt Sodomam Abraham vero adhuc stabat coram Domino
The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23 et adpropinquans ait numquid perdes iustum cum impio
Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 si fuerint quinquaginta iusti in civitate peribunt simul et non parces loco illi propter quinquaginta iustos si fuerint in eo
What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
25 absit a te ut rem hanc facias et occidas iustum cum impio fiatque iustus sicut impius non est hoc tuum qui iudicas omnem terram nequaquam facies iudicium
May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
26 dixitque Dominus ad eum si invenero Sodomis quinquaginta iustos in medio civitatis dimittam omni loco propter eos
Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 respondens Abraham ait quia semel coepi loquar ad Dominum meum cum sim pulvis et cinis
Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 quid si minus quinquaginta iustis quinque fuerint delebis propter quinque universam urbem et ait non delebo si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
29 rursumque locutus est ad eum sin autem quadraginta inventi fuerint quid facies ait non percutiam propter quadraginta
He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.”
30 ne quaeso inquit indigneris Domine si loquar quid si inventi fuerint ibi triginta respondit non faciam si invenero ibi triginta
He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
31 quia semel ait coepi loquar ad Dominum meum quid si inventi fuerint ibi viginti dixit non interficiam propter viginti
He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”
32 obsecro inquit ne irascaris Domine si loquar adhuc semel quid si inventi fuerint ibi decem dixit non delebo propter decem
He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
33 abiit Dominus postquam cessavit loqui ad Abraham et ille reversus est in locum suum
Yahweh went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
