Mwanzo 19
1 Malaika wale wawili wakafika Sodoma wakati wa jioni, naye Loti alikuwa ameketi kwenye lango la mji. Wakati alipowaona, aliondoka kwenda kuwalaki na kuwasujudia hadi chini.
And two of the messengers come toward Sodom at evening, and Lot is sitting at the gate of Sodom, and Lot sees, and rises to meet them, and bows himself—face to the earth,
2 Akasema, “Bwana zangu, tafadhali karibuni kwenye nyumba ya mtumishi wenu. Mnaweza kunawa miguu na kulala hapa kisha asubuhi na mapema mwendelee na safari yenu.” Wakamjibu, “La hasha, tutalala hapa nje uwanjani.”
and he says, “Now behold, my lords, please turn aside to the house of your servant, and lodge, and wash your feet—then you have risen early and gone on your way”; and they say, “No, but we lodge in the broad place.”
3 Lakini akasisitiza kwa nguvu kwamba waingie pamoja naye nyumbani kwake. Akawaandalia chakula, mikate isiyotiwa chachu, nao wakala.
And he presses on them greatly, and they turn aside to him, and come into his house; and he makes a banquet for them, and has baked unleavened things; and they eat.
4 Kabla hawajaenda kulala, watu wote kutoka kila sehemu ya mji wa Sodoma, vijana kwa wazee, waliizunguka nyumba.
Before they lie down, the men of the city—men of Sodom—have surrounded the house, from young even to aged, all the people from the extremity;
5 Wakamwita Loti wakisema, “Wako wapi wale watu ambao walikuja kwako jioni hii? Watoe nje kwetu ili tuweze kuwalawiti.”
and they call to Lot and say to him, “Where [are] the men who have come to you tonight? Bring them out to us, and we know them.”
6 Loti akatoka nje kuonana nao, akaufunga mlango nyuma yake,
And Lot goes out to them, to the opening, and the door has shut behind him,
7 akasema, “La hasha, rafiki zangu. Msifanye jambo hili ovu.
and says, “Please, my brothers, do not do evil;
8 Tazama, ninao binti wawili ambao kamwe hawajakutana kimwili na mwanaume. Acha niwatoe nje kwenu, nanyi mnaweza kuwafanyia lolote mnalotaka. Lakini msiwafanyie chochote watu hawa, kwa sababu wako kwenye ulinzi chini ya dari langu.”
now behold, I have two daughters who have not known anyone; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them as [is] good in your eyes; only do nothing to these men, for therefore they have come in within the shadow of my roof.”
9 Wakamjibu, “Tuondokee mbali.” Wakaendelea kusema, “Huyu mtu alikuja hapa kama mgeni na sasa anataka kuwa mwamuzi wetu! Tutakutenda vibaya kuliko wao.” Waliendelea kumlazimisha Loti na kusonga mbele ili kuvunja mlango.
And they say, “Come near here”; they also say, “This one has come to sojourn, and he certainly judges! Now, we do evil to you more than [to] them”; and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come near to break the door.
10 Lakini watu wale waliokuwa ndani wakanyoosha mkono wakamvuta Loti ndani ya nyumba na kufunga mlango.
And the men put forth their hand, and bring in Lot to them, into the house, and have shut the door;
11 Kisha wakawapiga kwa upofu wale watu waliokuwa mlangoni mwa ile nyumba, vijana kwa wazee, hivyo hawakuweza kuupata mlango.
and the men who [are] at the opening of the house they have struck with blindness, from small even to great, and they weary themselves to find the opening.
12 Wale watu wawili wakamwambia Loti, “Una mtu mwingine yeyote hapa, wakwe zako, wana au binti, ama yeyote mwingine aliye wako katika mji huu? Waondoe hapa,
And the men say to Lot, “Whom have you here still? Son-in-law, your sons also, and your daughters, and all whom you have in the city, bring out from this place;
13 kwa sababu tunapaangamiza mahali hapa. Kilio kwa Bwana dhidi ya watu wa hapa ni kikubwa kiasi kwamba ametutuma kupaangamiza.”
for we are destroying this place, for their cry has been great [before] the face of YHWH, and YHWH does send us to destroy it.”
14 Kwa hiyo Loti alitoka ili kuzungumza na wakwe zake, waliokuwa wamewaposa binti zake. Akawaambia, “Fanyeni haraka kuondoka mahali hapa, kwa kuwa Bwana yu karibu kuangamiza mji huu!” Lakini wakwe zake walifikiri kwamba alikuwa akitania.
And Lot goes out and speaks to his sons-in-law, those taking his daughters, and says, “Rise, go out from this place, for YHWH is destroying the city”; and he is as [one] mocking in the eyes of his sons-in-law.
15 Kunako mapambazuko, malaika wakamhimiza Loti, wakamwambia, “Fanya haraka! Mchukue mke wako na binti zako wawili walioko hapa, la sivyo utaangamizwa wakati mji utakapoadhibiwa.”
And when the dawn has ascended, then the messengers press on Lot, saying, “Rise, take your wife, and your two daughters who are found present, lest you are consumed in the iniquity of the city.”
16 Alipositasita, wale watu wakamshika mkono wake na mikono ya mke wake na binti zake wawili na kuwaongoza salama nje ya mji, kwa kuwa Bwana alikuwa na huruma kwao.
And he lingers, and the men lay hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters, through the mercy of YHWH to him, and they bring him out, and cause him to rest outside the city.
17 Mara walipokwisha kuwatoa nje, mmoja wao akawaambia, “Mkimbie kwa usalama wenu! Msitazame nyuma, wala msisimame popote katika nchi tambarare! Kimbilieni milimani, ama sivyo mtaangamizwa!”
And it comes to pass, when he has brought them outside, that he says, “Escape for your life; do not look behind you, nor stand in all the circuit; escape to the mountain, lest you are consumed.”
18 Lakini Loti akawajibu, “La hasha, bwana zangu, tafadhalini!
And Lot says to them, “Oh not [so], my lord;
19 Mtumishi wenu amepata kibali mbele ya macho yenu, nanyi mmeonyesha wema mkubwa kwangu kwa kuokoa maisha yangu. Lakini siwezi kukimbilia milimani, janga hili litanikumba, nami nitakufa.
now behold, your servant has found grace in your eyes, and you make great your kindness which you have done with me by saving my life, and I am unable to escape to the mountain, lest the evil cleave [to] me and I have died;
20 Tazama, hapa kuna mji karibu wa kukimbilia, nao ni mdogo. Niruhusuni nikimbilie humo, ni mdogo sana, ama sivyo? Ndipo maisha yangu yatasalimika.”
now behold, this city [is] near to flee there, and it [is] little; please let me escape there (is it not little?) that my soul may live.”
21 Akamwambia, “Vema sana, nitalikubali hili ombi pia, sitauangamiza mji ulioutaja.
And he says to him, “Behold, I have also accepted your face for this thing, without overthrowing the city [for] which you have spoken;
22 Lakini ukimbilie huko haraka, kwa sababu sitaweza kufanya lolote mpaka ufike huko.” (Ndiyo maana mji huo ukaitwa Soari.)
hurry, escape there, for I am not able to do anything until your entering there”; therefore he calls the name of the city Zoar.
23 Wakati Loti alipofika Soari, jua lilikuwa limechomoza katika nchi.
The sun has gone out on the earth, and Lot has entered into Zoar,
24 Ndipo Bwana akanyesha moto wa kiberiti uliotoka mbinguni kwa Bwana juu ya Sodoma na Gomora.
and YHWH has rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from YHWH, from the heavens;
25 Hivyo akaiteketeza miji ile na eneo lote la tambarare, pamoja na wote waliokuwa wanaishi katika miji, hata pia mimea yote katika nchi.
and He overthrows these cities, and all the circuit, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which is shooting up from the ground.
26 Lakini mke wa Loti akatazama nyuma, hivyo akawa nguzo ya chumvi.
And his wife looks from behind him, and she becomes a pillar of salt!
27 Asubuhi na mapema siku iliyofuata, Abrahamu akaamka na kurudi mahali pale aliposimama mbele za Bwana.
And Abraham rises early in the morning to the place where he has stood [before] the face of YHWH;
28 Akatazama upande wa Sodoma na Gomora, kuelekea nchi yote ya tambarare, akaona moshi mzito ukipanda kutoka kwenye nchi, kama moshi utokao kwenye tanuru.
and he looks on the face of Sodom and Gomorrah, and on all the face of the land of the circuit, and sees, and behold, the smoke of the land went up as smoke of the furnace.
29 Kwa hiyo Mungu alipoiangamiza miji ya tambarare alimkumbuka Abrahamu, akamtoa Loti kutoka kwenye lile janga lililoharibu miji ile ambamo Loti alikuwa ameishi.
And it comes to pass, in God’s destroying the cities of the circuit, that God remembers Abraham, and sends Lot out of the midst of the overthrow in the overthrowing of the cities in which Lot dwelt.
30 Loti na binti zake wawili waliondoka Soari na kufanya makao yao kule milimani, kwa maana aliogopa kukaa Soari. Yeye na binti zake wawili waliishi katika pango.
And Lot goes up out of Zoar, and dwells in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he has been afraid of dwelling in Zoar, and he dwells in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 Siku moja binti mkubwa akamwambia yule mdogo, “Baba yetu ni mzee na hakuna mwanaume mahali hapa atakayekutana na sisi kimwili, kama ilivyo desturi ya mahali pote duniani.
And the firstborn says to the younger, “Our father [is] old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us, as [is] the way of all the earth;
32 Tumnyweshe baba yetu mvinyo kisha tukutane naye kimwili ili tuhifadhi uzao wetu kupitia baba yetu.”
come, we cause our father to drink wine, and lie with him, and preserve a seed from our father.”
33 Usiku ule walimnywesha baba yao mvinyo, alipolewa binti yake mkubwa akaingia na kukutana naye kimwili. Baba yao hakujua wakati binti yake alipoingia kulala naye wala alipotoka.
And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the firstborn goes in and lies with her father, and he has not known in her lying down or in her rising up.
34 Siku iliyofuata binti mkubwa akamwambia yule mdogo, “Usiku uliopita mimi nilikutana kimwili na baba yangu. Tumnyweshe divai tena, usiku huu nawe ukutane naye kimwili ili tuweze kuhifadhi uzao wetu kupitia baba yetu.”
And it comes to pass, on the next day, that the firstborn says to the younger, “Behold, I have lain with my father last night: we also cause him to drink wine tonight, then go in, lie with him, and we preserve a seed from our father.”
35 Kwa hiyo wakamnywesha baba yao mvinyo tena usiku ule, naye binti yake mdogo akaingia, akakutana naye kimwili. Kwa mara nyingine baba yao hakujua binti yake alipolala naye wala alipoondoka.
And they cause their father to drink wine on that night also, and the younger rises and lies with him, and he has not known in her lying down or in her rising up.
36 Hivyo binti wawili wa Loti wakapata mimba kwa baba yao.
And the two daughters of Lot conceive from their father,
37 Binti mkubwa akamzaa mwana, akamwita jina lake Moabu; ndio baba wa Wamoabu hata leo.
and the firstborn bears a son and calls his name Moab: he [is] father of Moab to this day.
38 Binti mdogo naye pia akamzaa mwana, naye akamwita Benami; ndiye baba wa Waamoni hata leo.
As for the younger, she has also born a son and calls his name Ben-Ammi: he [is] father of the sons of Ammon to this day.
