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Genesis 18
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Genesis
Abraham
Gofa
Abraham
, person
Sarah
, person
Sodom
, place
Gomorrah
, place
Mamre
, place
Gofa
Berean Standard Bible
1
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ማምረ ግታ ምꬃታ ጋርሳን ባ ዱንካንያ ፐንገን ሴታ ጋላስ ኡትዳሽን ጎዳይ እያዉ ቆንጭስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
2
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ꬎቁ ግድ ፄልያ ዎደ እያ ማታን ኤቅዳ ሄꬑ አሳታ በእስ። እ ኤንታ በእድ ኤንታራ ጋሄታናዉ ባ ዱንካንያ ፐንገፈ ደንድድ ኤንታኮ ዎፅ ብድ ኤንታ ስንꬃን ዝግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
3
GOFE
ያን ስሚድ፥ “አቤት ታ ጎዳዉ፥ ታ ነ ስንꬃን ሳባ ደምዳባ ግድኮ ታና ነ አይልያ አጋዳ አꬎፋ።
BSB
BSB:
“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
4
GOFE
ጉꬃ ሃꬅ ዪኮ ህንተ ቶሆይ ሜጨትኮ ሀ ምꬃ ኩያን ሸምፕ ኤክተ።
BSB
BSB:
Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.
5
GOFE
ህንተ ታኮ ህንተ አይልያኮ ይዳ ግሾ ፃልድ ህንተ ብያ በሲ ባና መላ ታኒ ህንተዉ ምያባ ኤሀና” ያግስ። ኤንትካ፥ “ዳሮ ሎኦ፥ ነ ግዳይሳዳ ኦꬃ” ያግዶሶና።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
6
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ኤለስድ ሳርኮ ዱንካንያ ግዶ ገልድ፥ “ኤለሳዳ ሄꬑ ጋባተ ሎኦ ꬊለ ኤካ ሙኑቃዳ ኡይꬁ ኡካ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
7
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ቃስ ባ መሄታ ግዶ ዎፅ ብድ ሎኦ ቡልዱቡልዳ ማራ ዶርድ ባ እስ አይልያስ እምን እ ኤለስድ ሹክድ ጊግስስ።
BSB
BSB:
Meanwhile, Abraham ran to the herd, selected a tender and choice calf, and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it.
8
GOFE
ያትድ አብራሃመይ መቃ ማꬅነ ጊግስዳ ማራ አሹዋ እማꬃታ ስን አꬅስ፤ ኤንቲ ምሽን እ ምꬃ ጋርሳን ኤንታ ማታን ኤቅስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
9
GOFE
ኤንቲ አብራሃመኮ፥ “ነ ማችያ ሳራ አዉኔ?” ያግድ ኦይችዶሶና። እካ፥ “ህን ዱንካንያ ግዶና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked. “There, in the tent,” he replied.
10
GOFE
ጎዳይ እያኮ፥ “ዎንቶ ላይꬅ ሀኖደ ቱማ ታ ኔኮ ስማና፤ ነ ማችያ ሳራ አደ ናአ የላና” ያግስ። ሳራ ሄ ዎደ እያፐ ጉየ ባጋራ ደእያ ዱንካንያ ፐንገን ኤቃዳ ሄሳ ስአዉሱ።
BSB
BSB:
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.
11
GOFE
አብራሃመይነ ሳር ባንታ ላይꬃን ዳሮ ጭምዶሶና። ሳራ ናአ የልያ ዎደፐ አꬋሱ።
BSB
BSB:
And Abraham and Sarah were already old and well along in years; Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ሳራ ባ ዎዛናን፥ “ታንነ ታ ጎዳይ ናምአይካ ጭምዳፐ ጉየ ዋንድ ሀ ኡፋይሳይ ሀናኔ?” ያጋዳ ሚጫሱ።
BSB
BSB:
So she laughed to herself, saying, “After I am worn out and my master is old, will I now have this pleasure?”
13
GOFE
ጎዳይ አብራሃመኮ፥ “ ‘ታኒ ጭምዳፐ ጉየ ናአ የላነ’ ጋዳ ሳራ አይስ ሚጫይ?
BSB
BSB:
And the LORD asked Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Can I really bear a child when I am old?’
14
GOFE
ጎዳስ ዳንዳኤቶናባይ ቱማ ደእዬ? ታ ነዉ ግዳይሳዳ ዎንቶ ላይꬅ ሀኖደ ታ ስማዳ ያና፤ ሄ ዎደ ሳራ አደ ናአ የላና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
15
GOFE
ሳራ ያሸትዳ ግሾ፥ “ታኒ ሚጫብከ” ጋዳ ላሀሱ። ሽን እ፥ “ነ ቱማ ሚጫዳሳ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
But Sarah was afraid, so she denied it and said, “I did not laugh.” “No,” replied the LORD, “but you did laugh.”
16
GOFE
አሳት ባናዉ ደንድሸ ሶዶመ ዱገ ፄልዶሶና። አብራሃመይ ኤንታና ሞይዛናዉ ኤንታራ ከይስ።
BSB
BSB:
When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them off.
17
GOFE
ፆሳይ እያኮ፥ “ታ ኦꬃናዉ ሀንያባ አብራሃመፐ ቆሳነዬ?
BSB
BSB:
And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?
18
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ቱማ ግታነ ዎልቃማ ካዎተꬅ ግዳና። ሀ ቢታ ካዎተꬃት ኡባይ እያን አንጀታና።
BSB
BSB:
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and through him all the nations of the earth will be blessed.
19
GOFE
ፅሎተꬅነ ሱረ ፕርዳ ኦꬅድ ጎዳ ኦግያ ናጋና መላ ባ ናይታነ እያፐ ጉየራ ያ ባ ሶ አሳ ዞራና መላ ታኒ እያ ዶራስ። ሄስካ፥ ፆሳይ አብራሃመስ እማና ግዳ ኡፋይሳ ፖላናሳ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
20
GOFE
ጎዳይ አብራሃመኮ፥ “ሶዶመ ቦላነ ጋሞራ ቦላ ዋስያ ዋሶይ ዳርስ፤ ኤንታ ናጋራይካ ዳሮ ዴፅስ።
BSB
BSB:
Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,
21
GOFE
ሄሳ ግሾ፥ ኤንታ ኦሶይ ኤንታ ዋሱዋ መለኮ በአናዉ ታኒ ዱገ ዎꬋና፤ ቃስ ሄሳ መላ ኢታ ግዶናኮ ሻካ ኤራና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
22
GOFE
ሄሳፈ ጉየ፥ ናምኡ አሳት ሶዶመኮ ስሚድ ብዶሶና፥ ሽን አብራሃመይ ጎዳ ስንꬃን ኤቅዳሱዋን ደኤስ።
BSB
BSB:
And the two men turned away and went toward Sodom, but Abraham remained standing before the LORD.
23
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ጎዳኮ ሺቅድ፥ “ቱማ ኔኒ ፅሎታ ኢታታራ እስፈ ꬋይሳኔ?
BSB
BSB:
Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
24
GOFE
ሄ ካታመን እሻታሙ ፅሎ አሳት ደእኮ ነ ꬋይሳኔ? ያን ደእያ እሻታሙ ፅሎ አሳታ ግሾ ሄ ካታማ አሽኪ?
BSB
BSB:
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?
25
GOFE
ሄሳ መላ ኦሶይ ኔፐ ሃኮ፤ ፅሉዋ ኢታራ ዎል ጋꬃዳ ዎይስ፥ ፅሉዋነ ኢታ እስ አይፍያን ፄለይስ ኔፐ ሃኮ። ሀ ቢታ ኡባ ፕርድያ ኔኒ ፅሎ ፕርድኪ?” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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?”
26
GOFE
ጎዳይ፥ “ታ ሶዶመን እሻታሙ ፅሎታ ደምያኮ ሄ በሳ ኡባ ኤንታ ግሾ ጋዳ አሻና” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
So the LORD replied, “If I find fifty righteous ones within the city of Sodom, on their account I will spare the whole place.”
27
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ዛሪድ፥ “ታኒ ቢታነ ብዶ ግዳዳ ታ ጎዳራ ኦደታናዉ ምነታክቻስ፤
BSB
BSB:
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
28
GOFE
እሻታሙ ፅሎታፐ እቻሻት ፓጭኮቺ? ኔኒ ሄ እቻሻታ ግሾ ጋዳ ሄ ካታማ ኡባ ꬋይሳነዬ?” ያግስ። ጎዳይ፥ “ታኒ ኦይታማነ እቻሹ ፅሎታ ደምኮ ሄ ካታማ ꬋይስከ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
29
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ዛሪድ፥ “ያን ኦይታሙ ፃላል ደእኮቺ?” ያግስ። እካ፥ “ኦይታማታ ግሾ ጋዳ ሄ ካታማ ꬋይስከ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
Once again Abraham spoke to the LORD, “Suppose forty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the forty, I will not do it.”
30
GOFE
ቃስካ አብራሃመይ ዛሪድ፥ “ሀይ ታ ጎዳዉ፥ ታና ሀንቀቶፋ፥ ታኒ ጉጃዳካ ኦደታና። ሀስታሙ ፃላል ደእኮቺ?” ያግስ። ጎዳይ ዛሪድ፥ “ታኒ ያን ሀስታሙ ደምኮ ꬋይስከ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
31
GOFE
አብራሃመይ፥ “ታኒ ጎዳራ ኦደታናዉ ምነታክቻስ፤ ኦን ኤር ያን ላታሙ ፃላል ደእኮች” ያግስ። ጎዳይካ፥ “ሄ ላታማታ ግሾ ጋዳ ꬋይስከ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
32
GOFE
አብራሃመይ ቃስካ፥ “ሀይ ታ ጎዳዉ፥ ታና ሀንቀቶፋ ታ እስ ቶሆ ኦደታና፥ ያን ታሙ ፃላላ ደምኮቺ?” ያግስ። እካ፥ “ታማታ ግሾ ጋዳ ታኒ ሄ ካታማ ꬋይስከ” ያግስ።
BSB
BSB:
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.”
33
GOFE
ጎዳይ አብራሃመራ ኦደትድ ኦንግዳፐ ጉየ ብስ፤ አብራሃመይካ ባ ሶ ስምስ።
BSB
BSB:
When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
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