Genesis 18 (GEL)

1Da-u̱ Ibrahi o̱o̱ge̱ u̱ shu̱'u̱t u̱ is-yu̱ cwadu̱ rimpa-u̱r wa u̱ da-u̱ ho̱-yu̱ du̱nge̱ sok, Yawe haan u̱du̱ Ibrahi u̱ dapu̱s se̱ke̱n te-u̱s yat-se̱ su̱ O̱k su̱ Mamre.Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.

2Se̱ Ibrahi jaku̱s is u-ru̱ wa hyen ne̱t-ne̱ tu̱t u̱ ees u̱ dapu̱s wa. Da-u̱ wa hyane̱ u̱n, se̱ wa ku̱su̱m m-so̱m du̱gu̱ is-yu̱ rimpa-u̱r wa m-ha u̱du̱ u̱n. Wa he̱ u̱t-kwu̱ku̱t u-dak u̱ yadu̱ m-ze̱g.And Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.

3Ibrahi zu̱, <<U̱so-u̱ u-bu ri, a u̱m kume̱ hyu̱-m pusmo̱ u̱du̱ ró, a-bo̱ aru̱k bu-u ri da.“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.

4Yagu̱n na haatu̱n no̱ m-bu̱, u̱ no̱ jaas na-u̱s no̱, u̱ no̱ hure̱ u̱ kug-du̱ te-u inya.Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

5Yage̱ u̱m haatu̱n no̱ no̱m u̱t-re̱ u̱ no̱ re̱, ko̱ no̱ kumu̱ be̱b-du̱ u̱r-no̱k. Bashu̱te̱ no̱ haagu̱n u̱ bu-u̱ to̱k-u̱ no̱, yagu̱n u̱m no̱m iya.>> U̱n zu̱, <<No̱nge̱, no̱m u̱ka cittu̱ bo̱.>>And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”

6Ibrahi aru̱k m-mu̱ m-so̱m u̱ rimpa-u̱r wa. Wa zu̱ Saratu, <<No̱m m-ho̱r, bo̱ kab ko̱k-tu̱ m-hyu̱ u̱t-tu̱t, bo̱ kwu̱u̱t to̱, bo̱ no̱m u̱t-kak.>>So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”

7Se̱ Ibrahi do̱'e̱ u̱du̱ ban-du̱ bisa-u̱t wa, wa du̱g gob-du̱ u-na du̱ o̱ so̱-de̱ wa yasu̱ to̱k-u̱ wa, se̱ to̱k-u̱ wa do̱'e̱ wa ho̱ tu̱msu̱ wa mang ya m-ho̱r m-ho̱r.Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.

8Da-u̱ na tase̱ no̱m-du̱ no̱m u̱t-re̱, Ibrahi ku̱b no̱mtu̱ m-be̱ngu m-me̱ ne̱ u̱ ap-mu̱ na mange̱ mo̱ ne̱, wa hu̱u̱tu̱ hamu̱t-u̱t wa. Da-u̱ u̱n o̱ te̱k-u̱ re̱-du̱ no̱m u̱t-re̱, Ibrahi ees u̱ kit-u̱ u̱n u̱ dapu̱s yaku̱n te-ya.Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.

9Da-u̱ u̱n tase̱ re̱-du̱ no̱m u̱t-re̱, u̱n shit wa, <<¿Ne̱ta ró Saratu yu̱?>> Wa zu̱ u̱n, <<Wa o̱ me̱n-tu̱ u̱r-rimpa.>>“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.

10Wa-gan u̱ te̱k-u̱ ne̱t-u̱t to̱ wa zu̱, <<Hak-yu̱ o̱ne̱ badane̱, u̱m o̱ u̱ mu̱u̱n u̱du̱ ró, Saratu ne̱ta ró wa u̱t-kab u̱r-ya.>> Saratu o̱ u̱ e̱rru̱ wu̱n u̱ u̱r-rimpa.Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.

11U̱ da-u o̱ Saratu ne̱ e̱ Ibrahi e̱ wu̱u̱mte̱, Saratu yakke̱ hyan-du̱ u-pyaat.And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

12Saratu no̱m u̱t-nu̱mu̱s u̱ war-wa u̱zu̱, <<U̱r-wu̱ ba me̱ ne̱, tu̱msu̱ u̱so u-bu ri wa wu̱mte̱ ko̱wa. ¿U̱m zamtu̱n m-ho̱g zwarru̱ m-roog u̱ campa-ne̱ u̱m do̱te̱ u̱r-mat da?>>So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

13Se̱ Yawe zu̱ Ibrahi, <<¿Yan o̱ wa'e̱ Saratu u̱t-nu̱mu̱s? ¿Remu̱ yan-o̱ wa zu̱tte̱, <U̱r-mang ba me̱ ne̱ u̱t-kab u̱r-ya?>And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’

14¿Oko̱n o̱ro u̱ ze̱ge̱ be̱b-u̱r Yawe? Me̱ u̱t-mu̱u̱n m-moon u̱ go̱-du̱ da-u uno̱, Saratu u̱t-kab u̱r-ya du̱ u̱r-campa.>>Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”

15Saratu hog u-gye̱r, wa no̱m m-se mu̱ no̱mu̱ wa ware̱. Wa zu̱, <<U̱m nu̱mu̱ste̱ da.>> Se̱di Yawe zu̱ wu̱n, <<Bo̱ no̱ng u̱t-nu̱mu̱s.>>But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”

16Da-u̱ ne̱t-ne̱ tu̱t-u̱ e̱ yu̱ne̱ u̱r-aru̱k, Ibrahi shu̱'u̱ u̱n. Da-u̱ u̱n o̱ te̱k-u̱ u̱r-no̱k u̱ fu̱n-u u̱n, u̱n teen de̱ku̱n be-de̱. E̱ gwatu̱n u-dak u-fu̱g, e̱ hyen bo̱-u̱ So̱do̱m.When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.

17Se̱ Yawe zu̱ hi-u̱r wa, <<No̱ng u̱r-zwar u̱zu̱ u̱m yase̱ Ibrahi no̱m-u̱ u̱m zo̱nge̱ u̱t-no̱m da.And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

18Ko̱-u̱r Ibrahi u̱t-shu̱'u̱t dak-u yat-o̱ tu̱msu̱ u̱r-be̱b ne̱ so̱k, tu̱msu̱ dak-tu̱ u-dak u-be̱e̱t u̱t-kwu̱m nu-u so̱-o̱ du̱gu̱-du̱ wa.Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.

19U̱m dak Ibrahi remu̱ zu̱ wa wartu̱ ya'ag-u̱ wa u̱ a bu-u wa ne̱ i do̱'e̱ u̱ haan u̱ dim-u̱ wa e̱ ship fu̱n-u̱ Yawe, u̱ remu̱ no̱m-du̱ no̱m-tu̱ o̱ tu̱ so̱-to̱ u̱r-zwar ne̱. U̱ da-u o̱ u̱m do̱'e̱ no̱mu̱ Ibrahi no̱m-u̱ u̱m nomte̱ este̱du̱ u̱s-rem.>>For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

20Se̱ Yawe waru̱ Ibrahi, <<U̱m ho̱k u̱s-rem u-tát su̱ nom-u̱t yo̱-to̱ u̱ mo̱ttu̱ So̱do̱m u̱ Gomora ne̱, remu̱ zu̱ ba'as-u̱t e̱ no̱ng u-tát.Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

21U̱m do̱'e̱ u̱t-cu̱zu̱n u̱m hyan ko̱ u̱zu̱ ko̱ yu̱r u̱n no̱ng u̱ yo̱-de̱ u̱ka u̱m ho̱kte̱ re̱, u̱m u̱t-sa u̱m nap.>>I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”

22Se̱ ne̱t-u̱t to̱ aru̱k du̱gu̱ ku̱n m-ha So̱do̱m, se̱di Yawe kus u̱ ees u̱-shu̱ Ibrahi.And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.

23Ibrahi hikne̱ u̱ kit-u̱ wu̱n. Wa zu̱, <<¿Bo̱ ho̱rru̱sse̱ a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱ u̱ a-za-jab-u̱s yo̱-se̱ ne̱?Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?

24A-na kume̱ ne̱t-ne̱ a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱ u̱t-shik u̱t-yu̱r u̱ o̱p u-bo̱, ¿bo̱ ho̱ru̱sse̱ u̱n be̱e̱t bo̱ za yage̱ e̱ u̱ remu̱ ne̱t-ne̱ u̱t-shik u̱t-yu̱r u̱ o̱p a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱?What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there?

25U̱m nu̱pu̱ste̱ bo̱ zaar u̱ no̱m-du̱ go̱ no̱m-u o̱ da, bo̱ ho̱ru̱sse̱ a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱ u̱r-kot u̱ i yo̱-ye̱ ne̱. ¿Remu̱ yan-o̱ bo̱ do̱te̱ u̱ ho̱ru̱sse̱ i yo̱-ye̱ u̱s-gan u̱ i so̱-ye̱ ne̱? Za u-sakna bo̱ zaar u̱ no̱m-du̱ go̱-o̱ no̱m-o̱ iya da. Bo̱ de̱ no̱mu̱ u-dak u-be̱e̱t kwu̱p-du̱ u̱s-rem, tu̱msu̱ bo̱ no̱mu̱ no̱m-u̱ o̱o̱ge̱ ho̱n-ho̱n.>>Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”

26Yawe shu̱s wa zu̱, <<A mu̱ne̱ u̱zu̱ u̱m kwu̱mu̱g ne̱t-ne̱ u̱t-shik u̱t-yu̱r u̱ o̱p u̱ bo̱-u̱ So̱do̱m a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱, me̱ yage̱ bo̱-u o̱ u-be̱e̱t u̱ remu̱ a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱.>>So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”

27Ibrahi sur m-shas wa zu̱, <<Remu̱ u̱zu̱ u̱m ke̱rge̱ no̱m-du̱ u̱s-rem za u-gye̱r u̱du̱ U̱so-u̱ u-bu ri, ko̱ u̱zu̱ a waku̱n wa u̱m o̱o̱ge̱ da se̱di m-huug m-cwa ne̱,Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—

28a mu̱ne̱ u̱zu̱ na kwu̱mu̱g ne̱t-ne̱ u̱t-shik u̱t-yu̱r u̱ tan a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱, ¿bo̱ u̱t-ho̱ u-bo̱ u-be̱e̱t u̱ remu̱ ko̱b-du̱ tan?>> Yawe zu̱, <<U̱m za ho̱ru̱sse̱ o̱ da a mu̱ne̱ zu̱ u̱m kwu̱mu̱g ne̱t ne̱ u̱t-shik u̱t-yu̱r u̱ tan ne̱t-tu̱ o̱ u̱ku̱n.>>suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”

29Ibrahi sur m-zu̱, <<¿M-ha iya ne̱ bo̱ ho̱ru̱sse̱ bo-u̱ So̱do̱m, a mu̱ne̱ u̱zu̱ na kwu̱mu̱g ne̱t-ne̱ a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱ u̱t-shik u̱t-yu̱r ?>> Yawe zu̱, <<U̱m za ho̱ru̱sse̱ u̱n da u̱ remu̱ ne̱t-ne̱ jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱ u̱t-shik yu̱r .>>Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”

30Ibrahi zu̱, <<U̱so-u̱ u-bu ri, a jab-u̱ ró na u̱ re̱mu ri da, yage̱ u̱m no̱m u̱s-rem. ¿Bo̱ ho̱ru̱sse̱ bo̱-u̱ So̱do̱m, a mu̱ne̱ u̱zu̱ shik-de̱ na kume̱ u̱ o̱p a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱?>> Se̱ wa zu̱ wu̱n, <<U̱m za ho̱-du̱ u̱n da, a mu̱ne̱ zu̱ u̱m kwu̱mu̱g ne̱t-ne̱ u̱r-shik u̱ o̱p u̱ku̱n a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱.>>Then Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak further. Suppose thirty are found there?” He replied, “If I find thirty there, I will not do it.”

31Ibrahi zu̱, <<U̱ da-o̱ remu̱ zu̱ u̱m kwu̱mu̱g be̱b-du̱ u̱s-rem u̱ U̱so-u̱ u-bu ri ne̱, a mu̱ne̱ u̱zu̱ shik-de̱ na kume̱ warre̱ u̱ku̱n ne̱.>> Wa zu̱, <<U̱ remu̱ kwaz-u̱r re̱ , u̱m zaar u̱ ho̱ru̱ssu̱ bo̱-u o̱ da.>>And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”

32Ibrahi zu̱, <<U̱so-u̱ u-bu ri, a jab-u̱ ró na da, yage̱ u̱m sur m-no̱m u̱s-rem u-so̱ u-gan. ¿A mu̱ne̱ u̱zu̱ ne̱t-ne̱ o̱p e̱ na kume̱ a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱?>> Yawe zu̱ wu̱n, <<A u̱m kume̱ ne̱t-ne̱ o̱p a-jab-u̱s so̱-se̱ ne̱, u̱m zaar u̱ ho̱ru̱sse̱ bo̱-u o̱ da.>>Finally, Abraham said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak once more. Suppose ten are found there?” And He answered, “On account of the ten, I will not destroy it.”

33Da-u̱ Yawe tase̱ u̱s-rem u̱ Ibrahi ne̱, wa aru̱k wa, se̱ Ibrahi aru̱k m-mu̱ u̱ rimpa-u̱r wa.When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.

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