Genesis 19 (GEL)

1A-to̱m u-Ru̱ ne̱ yu̱r e̱ haan u̱ So̱do̱m m-rim, tu̱msu̱ Ro̱t o̱ u̱ shu̱'u̱t u̱ is-yu̱ cwadu̱ u-bo̱. Da-u̱ wa hyane̱ u̱n, wa yu̱ne, wa bit u̱n, wa kwu̱ku̱t u̱t-jwu̱n u-dak wa kaku̱s shu̱-u wa u-dak.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,

2Wa zu̱ u̱n, <<Haanu̱n u̱ bu-u̱ to̱k-u̱ no̱, u̱ no̱ jaas naas no̱ tu̱msu̱ no̱ roog u̱ ane̱ a is-u̱ gase̱ u̱r-wu̱n te̱p te̱p se̱ no̱ aru̱k m-mu̱.>> Se̱di u̱n zu̱ wa, <<O'o, yage̱ it roog u̱ ane̱ kat-du̱ u-bo̱.>>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.”

3Se̱ Ro̱t e̱kse̱ u̱n, da tase̱ u̱n aru̱k m-mu̱ u̱nu̱ e̱ ne̱ u̱ bu-u wa. Ro̱t zo̱nge̱ u̱n mo̱ro̱g-du̱ re̱-du̱ no̱m u̱t-re̱, wa no̱mu̱ u̱n u̱r-be̱re̱di du̱ za m-yis, se̱ u̱n re.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.

4Kandi u̱n toot m-roog, campa-ne̱ i o̱o̱ge̱ bo̱-u̱ So̱do̱m u-be̱e̱t, u̱ yaag-u̱ be̱b-ne̱ u̱t-ne̱nge̱n ne̱ gu̱nu̱s bu-u̱ u̱n o̱tte̱.Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

5Se̱ u̱n fog Ro̱t, u̱n zu̱, <<¿Ne̱t-u̱t to̱ yu̱ tu̱ haane̱ u̱du̱ ró m-gyu̱p? Rwu̱tu̱n u̱n u̱ ane̱ u̱du̱ it, it roog u̱ e̱ ne̱!>>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!”

6Se̱ Ro̱t aru̱k m-rwu̱ u̱-do̱ wa tage̱ u-is u̱ dim-u̱ wa, wa do̱'e̱ u̱nu̱ e̱ ne̱ no̱m u̱s-rem.Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

7Wa zu̱ u̱n, <<Gagu̱n jab, o̱r-u̱t ri, a no̱ jaru̱n no̱ no̱m go̱ no̱m-u yo̱-o̱ uno̱ da.“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

8Gwatu̱n, u̱m o̱ yaat u̱t-gwu̱p-ne̱ yu̱r i tame̱ nap-du̱ campa da. Yagu̱n u̱m rwu̱tu̱n no̱ e̱ u̱du̱ no̱, u̱ no̱ nom no̱m-u̱ citu̱ no̱ u̱ e̱ ne̱. Se̱di a no̱ no̱mu̱ ne̱t-u̱t tun-to̱ oko̱n da, ham-tu̱ u̱t-ri to̱ u̱ bu-u ri.>>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.”

9Se̱di u̱n zu̱ wa, <<Ya it u̱r-be!>> Tu̱msu̱ u̱n zu̱ hi-u̱r u̱n, <<Unwa ne̱t wa ham-u̱t wa, se̱di wa o̱ u̱ssa wa shu̱'u̱t wa kwu̱pu̱ in u̱s-rem. U̱ da-o̱ it u̱ no̱mu̱ bo̱ m-ze̱g no̱mu̱ it o̱o̱ge̱ u̱ssa u̱ u̱n ne̱.>> Se̱ u̱n hu̱ e̱kse̱ Ro̱t so̱k. U̱n o̱ u̱t-sa u̱n vu̱ku̱s is-yu̱ u-bu.“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.

10Se̱di hamu̱t-u̱t to̱ nabu̱n u-kom e̱ nu̱k Ro̱t m-cwa u-bu. Se̱ e̱ tage̱ is-yu̱ u-bu.But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11Se̱ u̱n muut ne̱t-u̱t to̱ po̱-ne̱ be̱e̱t, u̱ ya'ag-u̱ campa-ne̱, u̱t-ne̱nge̱n ne̱, i o̱o̱ge̱ u̱ ees u̱ is-yu̱ u-bu, taas e̱ hyan is-yu̱ cwadu̱ u-bu da.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

12Se̱ ne̱t-ne̱ yu̱r-u̱ e̱ zu̱ Ro̱t, <<¿Ko̱ bo̱ o̱tte̱ waku̱n u̱ ane̱, ko̱ maan-u̱t ró, ya'ag-u̱ campa-ne̱ ko̱ yaat u̱t-gwu̱p, ko̱ waku̱n u̱-me̱ bo̱-u uno̱ wu̱ o̱o̱ge̱ wu̱ ró? Rwu̱tu̱n e̱ du̱gu̱ ane̱,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,

13remu̱ u̱zu̱ it do̱'e̱ u̱ ho̱ru̱ssu̱ bo̱-u uno̱ u-be̱e̱t. Yawe ho̱k u̱zu̱ no̱m-u̱t yo̱-to̱ ne̱t-u̱t tunto̱ no̱ng u-tát o̱ wa'e̱ wa to̱mto̱n it ho̱ru̱sse̱ bo̱-u uno̱.>>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.”

14Se̱ Ro̱t aru̱k m-rwu̱ wa do̱'e̱ wa no̱m u̱s-rem u̱ maan-u̱t wa ne̱, e̱ sa'e̱ gu̱tu̱ ya-u̱t-gwu̱p-u̱ wa. Wa zu̱ e̱, <<Zo̱ngu̱n no̱ aru̱k m-rwu̱ du̱gu̱ ane̱, remu̱ zu̱ Yawe o̱ mo̱ttu̱ ho̱ru̱ssu̱ bo̱-u uno̱!>> Se̱di maan-u̱t wa ku̱b u̱zu̱ ho̱ro̱ wa o̱tte̱.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.

15Da-u̱ is u̱t-sa u̱t-gas, se̱ a-to̱m u-Ru̱ ne̱ waru̱ Ro̱t u̱zu̱, <<No̱m m-ho̱r, bo̱ kab ne̱ta ró u̱ ya-u̱t-gwu̱p-u̱ ró ne̱ yu̱r i o̱o̱ge̱ ane̱, taas na haan na ho̱ru̱ssu̱ bo̱-u uno̱ u̱r-kot u̱ no̱ ne̱ remu̱ ba'as-u̱t u̱n da.>>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.”

16Da-u̱ Ro̱t gu̱gme̱ no̱m-du̱ m-ho̱r, se̱ ne̱t-u̱t to̱ shipu̱s wa u-kom, u̱ ne̱ta wa ne̱, u̱ yaat u̱t-gwu̱pu̱ wa ne̱ yu̱r, e̱ ruut u̱n m-yar du̱gu̱ bo̱-u o̱, remu̱ zu̱ Yawe o̱ ho̱g-du̱ o̱n-u̱r u̱n.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.

17Da-u̱ na ruute̱ u̱n m-yar du̱gu̱ bo̱-u o̱, wa-to̱m u-Ru̱ wa-gan zu̱ u̱n, <<Somtu̱n fat-u̱t no̱! A no̱ gwat u-dim da ko̱ no̱ ees u̱ be̱du̱ o̱ nu̱ru̱gse̱ da. Du̱su̱n u̱ do̱m-u̱ u̱r-ro̱r, taas na ho̱ru̱ssu̱ no̱ da.>>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!”

18Se̱di Ro̱t zu̱ u̱n, <<O'o, U̱so-tu̱ u-bu ri.But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

19U̱m kwu̱mu̱g hyu̱-m pusmo̱ du̱gu̱-du̱ no̱, no̱ gu fat-u̱r ri u̱ no̱mu so̱-o̱ u̱ no̱ no̱mu̱ me̱. U̱m zaar u̱ kerru̱ te-du̱ do̱m-u̱ u̱r-ro̱r kanda bo̱ ho̱ru̱sse̱ So̱do̱m da. U̱no̱ no̱m-u yo̱-o̱ u̱ masu̱ me̱, tu̱msu̱ me̱ u̱t-mar.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.

20Gwat, o̱ko̱n bo̱-u re̱k-o̱ o̱ro u̱ kit-u̱ ku̱n. Yage̱ u̱m do̱'e̱ u̱ku̱n, no̱ hyang o̱ re̱k-o̱, u̱ da-u o̱ fat-u̱r ri u̱t-ku̱su̱m.>>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.”

21Wa-to̱m u-Ru̱ shu̱s wa zu̱ wu̱n, <<U̱m ho̱k ko̱n-u̱s ró, u̱m zaar u̱ ho̱-du̱ bo̱-u re̱k-o̱ o̱ da.“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

22Zo̱nge̱ m-ho̱r-m-ho̱r bo̱ so̱m m-ha u̱ku̱n, u̱m zaar u̱ no̱m-du̱ o̱ko̱n da se̱ bo̱ teeg ku̱n.>> (O̱ wa-e̱ na fog-u̱t bo̱-u o̱ Zo̱war, wata be-u̱r re̱k-de̱).Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23Da-u̱ ho̱-du̱ o̱o̱ge̱ u̱ rwu̱u̱n, Ro̱t u̱ bu-u wa ne̱ te u-bo̱ u̱ na foge̱ Zo̱war.And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

24Se̱ Yawe hu̱ u̱ dasu̱n eng-tu̱ u-ra du̱gu̱ do̱m u-ru̱ u̱ bo̱-tu̱ So̱do̱m u̱ Gomora ne̱.Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25Wa ho̱ru̱sse̱te bo̱-u̱t to̱ u̱ ne̱t-tu̱ o̱o̱ge̱ u̱r-yu̱ ne̱ u̱-me̱ to̱, u̱ bo̱-tu̱ o̱ nu̱ru̱gse̱ ne̱ u̱t-be̱e̱t, u̱t-ran ne̱ u̱t-be̱e̱t.Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26Se̱di ne̱ta Ro̱t bir u-dim da-u̱ wa o̱o̱ge̱ u̱ do̱rru̱ dim-u̱ wa, se̱ wa baru̱m kirru̱ u̱t-ma.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Da-u̱ is gase̱ u̱r-wu̱n te̱p te̱p, Ibrahi baru̱m m-mu̱ u-dim u̱ be-du̱ wa tamte̱ u̱r-ees u̱-shu̱ Yawe.Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28Se̱ wa gwatu̱n u-dak u̱ gas-u̱ So̱do̱m u̱ Gomora ne̱, u̱ be-du̱ o̱ nu̱ru̱gse̱ ne̱ u̱r-be̱e̱t, wa hyu̱n fu̱'u̱t-u yat-o̱ u̱ rwu̱u̱n du̱gu̱ me̱ bo̱-u̱t to̱ sha-mu̱ m-fu̱'u̱t du̱gu̱ ra-u yat-o̱.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.

29Se̱di Ru̱-u̱ ho̱k ko̱n-u̱s Ibrahi, wa yage̱ Ro̱t u̱r-fat. Wa ruut Ro̱t du̱gu̱ swadu̱ u̱r-ko̱b du̱ he̱e̱ne̱ bo̱-u̱t to̱.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.

30Da-u̱ tase̱ Ro̱t yage̱ bo̱-u̱ Zo̱war remu̱ zu̱ wa o̱ gye̱r-u̱ ne̱t-tu̱ o̱o̱ge̱ u̱ku̱n. Wa do̱'e̱ wa shu̱'u̱t u̱ do̱m-u̱ u̱r-ro̱r u-so' u̱ ya-u̱t-gwu̱p-u̱ wa ne̱ yu̱r.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.

31De̱ku̱n ho̱-de̱ yu̱-wu̱ya zu̱ hu̱no-u wa, <<Campa-ne̱ zamu̱n u̱ gas-u̱ uno̱ da. In zaar u̱ kwu̱m-du̱ campa wu̱ do̱'e̱ ga-du̱ in u̱ka na nomte̱ da. Za m-tumb u̱so in do̱'e̱ no̱m-du̱ u̱r-wu̱' za yaag.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.

32Haane̱, yage̱ yu̱-u ya' wu̱n ke̱ wu̱n swa, se̱ yu̱-u roog u̱ wu̱n ne̱, ko̱ in u̱ cinu̱ go̱ du̱gu̱-du̱ u̱so-u in.>>Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33Da-u̱ gye̱p-mu̱ no̱me̱, u̱n yu̱' wa ke̱ e̱ ho wa, se̱ yu̱-wu̱ya to wa roog u̱ wu̱n ne̱. Wu̱n nak da-u̱ gwu̱p-u̱ wu̱n ru̱te̱ da ko̱ da-u̱ wa yu̱ne̱ da.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.

34Da-u̱ is gase̱ yu̱-wu̱ya zu̱ hu̱no-u wa, <<Gyu̱p-ne̱, u̱m roogte̱ u̱ u̱so ri ne̱, yage̱ u̱ in sur m-ya wu̱n ke̱ u̱ da-o̱ m-gye̱p. Se̱ bo̱ cwa u̱ no̱ wa ne̱ roog u̱ wu̱n ne̱ ko̱ in u̱ cinu̱ yaag du̱gu̱-du̱ u̱so-u in.>>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.”

35Se̱ u̱n wu̱' u̱so-u u̱n wa swa ke̱ e̱ ho wa u̱ gyu̱p-m mo̱. Se̱ du̱-dim to wa roog u̱ wa ne̱. Wu̱n nak da-u̱ gwu̱p-u̱ wu̱n ru̱te̱ da ko̱ da-u̱ wa yu̱ne̱ da.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.

36U̱ remu̱ iyane̱, ya-u̱t-gwu̱p-u̱ Ro̱t be̱e̱t u̱n no̱m me̱n-tu̱ uub du̱gu̱-du̱ u̱so-u u̱n.Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37Yu̱-wu̱ya mu̱t ya-du̱ u̱r-campa, wa te̱'e̱ de̱ u̱r-dim Mowab, ya'ag-u̱ Mowab e̱ na fu̱ge̱ da-o̱ Mowab-ne̱.The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38Du̱-dim sur m-mat ya-du̱ u̱r-campa, wa te̱'e̱ wa u̱r-dim Amona. Wa na foge̱ ya-du̱ ne̱t-u̱t ri, ya'ag-u̱ Amona e̱ na fu̱ge̱ Amona-ne̱ u̱ haan da-u uno̱.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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