Genesis 19 (EKA)

1Enjel ebal nyio rehnge go Sodom ngare elgung, Lod jii go eti mbu ji ejahbe jio. Á nyehne bo kan a me, á kehm mehle tahm re á song kpiri bo, fere gbo kohk esamahr ebe go ndi.Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

2Á kehm bungu re, <<Atubesi ebame, ba tahm-n go etahk nlokeltum ewahne. M Bahke ma ru akpade, fere kang o. Behna efungfu behre behre wahn lohng song mbang enyahne.>> Bo kehm-e faange re, <<Eˈee, e bahke kange go elatahkgur.>>and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

3Á fanne bo tˈtahne, bo kehm tahme toon-e song yel ege etahk. Á lame nsol ka bo, fere lim abred nya ki kpi ayist, bo li.But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4Re bo kehm tahme song noongo, aneblum go nkpohka Sodom anyehng anyehng kpee, anebkul, a ajangkun ajangkun lohngo ba sennge etahk jio kak.Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

5Bo kehm lungu Lod bahb-e re, <<Ane ba ba go ega atv maa, bo bana? Yehke bo ba ka-r, wahr noongo a bo.>>They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

6Lod kehm lohngo elatahk, bam mbu song kpiri bo,Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

7kehm bungu re, <<Eˈee ate ebame, kana lim elkohn ebi ejum ana jia.“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

8Nyehnen ga, n kpi abon ba nkal na abal, ba aneblum kala nˈnoongo a bo, nong me n ko bo ba ka-n, wahn lim bo ji kp-n koro. Kana lim ane baa ejumjum, tibre ane baa ebba, ajenne enyame nya, bo wob go egame ebo.Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

9Bo kehm faange re, <<Ka-r eyake go mbang,>> Fere tob bung re, <<Nne noa ba a ana njenne, anv á yahke fere jol nlamalam! E bahk-a limi ji kpˈsabe, sehnge ji e bahke limi bo.>> Bo soro na asi kpe jo temme Lod, fere jo gbul asongo re bo song wa mbutahk.“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

10Aneblum bao sa go atahng ekpˈkpa tanne abo tohng Lod feere kak ekpˈkpa, bam mbu.But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11Bo wa ane ba yiimi go mbutahk amahr, anebkul, a ajankun, ajankun, mbutahk bo kpeem jo nyehn.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

12Ane abal bao kehm tongo Lod re, <<A kpˈkpi nne awohng awohng a, ana abon ba li anar eba, abon ba nlum, a ba nkal, afi nne awohng awohng a ejahbe jia no li ka woa? Yehke bo a kpee,Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

13tibre e bahke rannge edi jia, tib aling nya ma lohng song kpiri Jehova bade ane ba li ejahbe jia ebgbal sehng, owo wahnge Jehova ma-r tum re wahr ba rannge edi jia.>>because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

14Owo Lod kehm tahme song tong abon anar ebe ba lame re bo bahke koko abon ebe ba nkal go elbal. Á song tongo bo re, <<Foomen wahn lohng edi jia, tibre Jehova yahke rannge ejahbe jia.>> Wo abon anar ebe jo tiri re, á jo limi ayok.So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

15Ana efungfu kpi nseke nseke, enjel nyao kehm kehme Lot sohko, fere tong-e re, <<Foomo wo rod nkal ewa, a abon ebal eba ba nkal, ba li a, tohko jol ano, bo bahk-a tob rannge budu, ejahbe jia lˈkehme elrannge.At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

16Eji Lod jo laange, aneblum bao kehm-e jabbe go ebo, fere tob jabbe nkal, a abon abon ebe, enangebeem yehke go ejahbe jio, tibre bo fili Jehova ndon.But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

17Ana bo lohngo a bo, njenne anyehng kehm tongo bo re, <<Been, wahn tahre elkpin enahne! Kana keebe go njahm, jol kana yiimi edi ji li balebale! Been, song go awong; tohko jol ano bo bahk-n rannge kpee!>>As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

18Lod kehm faange bo re, <<Eˈee ntubesi titi wahn!But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

19Nlokeltum ewahne ma-n fili ndon, m ma-m tib nnoobo eljini, eji ḿ ma tahre elkpin ename. N nehm ma be rehng awong nyao; elrannge nia bahk-m kpiri, m bahke kpoko.Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

20Nyehnen ejahbe ga ji li kpidi kpidi, ji m bahke ma be song rehng, mojahbe no nse wo. Nong me m be song o, mojahbe kpˈseke, ano sanga? Eji n lˈtahre elkpin ename.Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

21Enjel kehm bungu tong Lod re, <<Ebnob sehng, m bahke kpe lim, n nehm tob rannge ejahbe ji a ma bung bade.“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

22Fvfo be song elwaare, n nehm lim ejumjum tete a song rehng o.>> Owo wahng ejahbe jio bo jo lung re Joar.Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23Ngare nyi Lod rehnge go Joar, njul eblohng.And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

24Jehova kehm nake agun asulfor go elbung wohngo Sodom, a Gomora.Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25Ano wo Esowo rannge ajahbe nyao, a adi nyao kpee nya li go ebal, budu ane ba lene ajahbe nyao, a nsol kpee nyi kpo mahng go ndi.Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26Wo nkala Lod keebe njahm, wahnge á siingi ego akang.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Efungfu behrebehre, etoono efung Ebraham kehm mehle feere go edi ji nyaane á yiimi no a Jehova.Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28Á kehm seenge ejang bio bi Sodom a Gomora, á tob seenge go ndi nyio nyi li balebale kpee, á kehm nyehne anyaake atˈtohk kpˈlohngo go ndi ana atˈtohk erehmengun.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

29Eji Esowo rannge ajahbe nyao go ndi nyi jolo balebale, á bˈbuumu Ebraham, song yehke Lod go elrannge ni gbo tub edi ji á jolo no.So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

30Lod, a abon abal ebe ba nkal, mehle go Joar, fere song lene go awong, tibre á jo fˈfahl ellene go Joar. Ye a abon abal ebe ba nkal lene go egohng atal.Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

31Efung abehng ngbokambang a mmon no nkal kehm tongo etoono re, <<Nsoo ejahre ebkul, nnenlum awohng awohng a limm no bahke noongo a nahre, ana eljini nio li go njini kpee.One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

32Nong wahr ka nsoo ejahre á wo amahm, eji e lˈnoongo a ne, eji elˈlim ebangenahb ejahre kˈtan, sehng goji nso ejahre.Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33Atv mao bo kehm limi nde bo wo amahm, ngbokambanga mmon song noongo a nde, nde kahnem ngare nyi mmon song noongo a ne, a ngare nyi mmon mehle no.So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

34Etoono efung behko, ngbokambanga mmon kehm tongo etoono re, <<Atv ma nyaane n noongo a nsoo, nong wahr kp-e ka atv maa, á kpe wo amahm, wo tob song noongo a ne, eji elˈlim ebangenahb ejahre kˈtan, sehng goji nso ejahre.>>The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

35Owo bo kehm kpe ka nde amahm atv mao. Etoono mmon noko tob song noongo a ne. Á kpeem tob kahn ngare nyi mmon noongo a ne, a ngare nyi á mehle no.So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

36Owo abon abal abal ba Lod kehm sake ela tib eji nde noongo a ebo.Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37Ngbokambanga mmon jele mmon no nlum, fere gung-e mbing re, Moab. Ye wo li nde no anebe Moab ba li lela;The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38Etoono mmon tob jele mmon no nlum, gung-e mbing re, Ben-Ami. Ye wo li nde no anebe Amon ba li lela.The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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