Genesis 19 (MSY2020)

1Ezɨ Lot guaratɨghɨn Sodomɨn nguibamɨn uari akuvir tiar akamɨn aperaghav iti. Ezɨ enselɨn Ikiavɨra Itir God ko ghua Abrahamɨn ganizimning, datɨrɨghɨn iza Sodomɨn nguibam oto. Ezɨ Lot aningɨn garima aning izima a dɨkavigha aning bagha zui. Egha tevimning apɨrigha aviragha guam nguazim girɨ.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,

2Egha ghaze, “Gumazir Ekiamning, kɨ guan ingangarir gumazim, ezɨ gua nan dɨpenimɨn izi. Gua uan dagariba faragh da ruegh, egh dɨmangan nan dɨpenim daku. Egh amɨnim tiraghtɨ gua dɨkavigh mangɨ.” Ezɨ aning an akam ikaragha ghaze, “Puvatɨ. Ga me uari akuvir danganir kam dakuam.”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.”

3Ezɨ Lot mɨghɨghavɨra aning mɨgeima, aning gɨn a ko dɨpenimɨn ghu. Ezɨ Lot uan ingangarir gumazibav kemezɨma me bretɨn yis puvatɨziba tuegha aning bagha dagher aghuibagh ami. Ezɨ aning api.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.

4Ezɨ aning tɨghar mɨsiabar mangasava amima, Sodomɨn gumaziba iza dɨpenim avɨni. Nguibamɨn itir gumazir igiaba ko ghuriba bar moghɨra izi.Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

5Egha me Lotɨn dɨa ghaze, “Gumazir iza nɨn dɨpenim gakuimning mana? Aning amadaghtɨ aning azenan izɨtɨ, e poroghamiba uari ko akuava amir arazir kurabar aning damuasa.”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!”

6Ezɨ Lot azenan ghua tiam deragha anesara.Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

7Egha me mɨgɨa ghaze, “Nan aveghbuaba, ia oragh. Ia arazir kurar kam damuan markɨ!“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

8Kɨ guivir pumuning iti, aning gumazitam koma akuizir puvatɨ. Kɨ aning inigh egh ia bagh azenan izam, eghtɨ ia uan ifongiam aningɨn anegɨfagh. Eghtɨ gumazir nan dɨpenim gakuimning kɨ deragh aningɨn ganam. Kamaghɨn ia arazir kuratam bar aning damuan markɨ.”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.”

9Ezɨ Sodomia mɨgɨrɨgɨar kam baregha ghaze, “Gumazir kam, a nguibar igharazimɨn gumazim, egha a en araziba tuisɨghasava ami. Nɨ e gitagh. Nɨ e gitaghan koghtɨ, e arazir kurabar aning damuam. Egh e uaghan mɨzazitam nɨ gaseghtɨ nɨ fogham, nɨn mɨzazim, aningɨn mɨzazim gafiragham.” Egha me ua Lotɨn suiragha a munasaragha egha tiam akarasa.“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.

10Ezɨ gumazir dɨpenimɨn aven itimning dafarim azenan anemadagha Lotɨn suiragha, uam a inigha aven izegha tiam asara.But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11Egha aning azenan itir gumazibagh amizɨ, men damaziba pɨrizɨma, me ua dɨpenimɨn tiar akamɨn garir puvatɨ.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

12Ezɨ gumazir kamning kamagh Lotɨn azara, “Nɨn tarazi uam nguibar kamɨn aven iti? Nɨ uan boriba ko uan amereba ko nɨn adarazi kagh iti, nɨ bar me inigh egh nguibar kam atakigh.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,

13Ga nguibar kam gasɨghasigham. Nguibar kamɨn aven, bar eghaghanir bar kurar igharagha gariba otivizɨ, Ikiavɨra Itir God da baregha gɨfa. Kamaghɨn, a ga amadazɨma ga nguibar kam gasɨghasɨghasa izi.”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.”

14Ezɨ Lot gumazir an guivimningɨn ikiasa me inabazimning bagha ghu. Egha aning mɨgɨa ghaze, “Ikiavɨra Itir God nguibar kam kuvarɨmasa, kamaghɨn gua dɨkavigh nguibar kam bemɨram anetakigh.” Ezɨ aning ghaze, a ti pura ikarara mɨgei.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.

15Ezɨ amɨnim tiragha gɨvazɨ enselning Lotɨn avɨgha ghaze, “Atamra. Nɨ uan amuim ko guivimning inigh, egh nguibar kam atakigh. Nɨ suighsuigh gumazamizir kaba sara ovegham.”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.”

16Ezɨ Lot nɨghnɨzir avɨribagh ami. Ezɨ guizbangɨra, Ikiavɨra Itir God Lotɨn apangkufi. Kamaghɨn amizɨ, enselning a ko, an amuim ko guivimning dafaribar suigha egha nguibar kam ategha azenan ghu.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.

17Egha aning me inigha azenan ghugha gɨvagha, kamaghɨn me mɨgei, “Ia zuamɨram arɨmangegh, puvatɨghtɨ ia uaghan ovegham. Ia uamategh ragh gɨn ganan markɨ. Egh ia danganir zarir munamɨn dapiagh avughsan markɨ. Ia ovengan aghuaghsɨ, egh arɨ mɨghsɨabar ghuavanang.”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!”

18Ezɨ Lot ghaze, “Ekiam, kɨ nɨ na mɨgei moghɨn damuva avegham.But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

19Nɨ na barakigh. Nɨ bar nan apangkuvigha ingangarir aghuim nan akurvaghasava a gami. Ezɨ mɨghsɨaba bar saghon mar iti, ezɨ kɨ zuamɨra da bagh mangɨva avegham. Kɨ mangɨvɨra ikɨtɨ, nguibam ikuvightɨ kɨ uaghan mɨzazim inigh ovegham.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.

20Nɨ nguibar muziarir munamɨn gari a munagh iti. A roghɨra iti, ezɨ kɨ zuamɨra an angɨgham. A nguibar dozim. Nɨ na ateghtɨ kɨ nguibar kamɨn manɨgh egh osɨmtɨzir kam gitagham.”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.”

21Ezɨ ensel ghaze, “A dera. Kɨ nguibar nɨ mangasa mɨgeir mam gasɨghasɨghan kogham.“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

22Aria, nɨ atamra mangɨ. Kɨ bizitam damuan kogh mangɨ, dughiar ia mangɨ nguibar kamɨn otoghamim.” Ezɨ Lot ghaze, nguibar kam bar sufi, ezɨ me gɨn nguibar kam, Soar a garɨsi.Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23Ezɨ aruem tɨghar maghɨn anagavɨra itima, Lot Soarɨn nguibamɨn otogha gɨfa.And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

24Ezɨ bar zuamɨra Ikiavɨra Itir God dagɨar isiba ko avim amadazɨ, da amozimɨn mɨn overiamɨn ikia Sodom ko Gomora giri.Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25Egha a nguibamning vɨraram aning gasɨghasɨgha danganir zarir aning itim sarama asɨghasɨki. Egha gumazamizir nguibar kamningɨn itibagh asɨghasɨgha egha nguazir kamɨn itir aghuir biziba sara bar dagh asɨghasɨki.Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26Ezɨ Lotɨn amuim an gɨn iza, egha ua ragha gɨn gara, egha maghɨra solɨn mɨn otogha dɨpenir akɨnimɨn mɨn asaraghav iti.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Ezɨ amɨmzaraghan bar mɨzaraghara Abraham ghua danganir a faragha Ikiavɨra Itir God ko tughav ikia mɨkemezimɨn ghu.Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28Egha a Sodom ko Gomora, ko danganir zarir aning itir kam bagha gari, egha gari avir ekiamɨn mɨgharim nguazimɨn ikegha overiamɨn ghuavanadi.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.

29God nguibar nguazir zarir kamɨn itiba bar adagh asɨghasɨki. Egha an Abraham gɨnɨghnɨgha, nguibar Lot itim gasɨghasɨgha, Lot gamizɨ an osɨmtɨzir kam gita.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.

30Ezɨ Lot Soarɨn nguibamɨn ikian atiatigha uan guivimning inigha mɨghsɨabar ghuavanabo. Egha me dagɨar torir mamɨn aven iti.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.

31Egha an guivir ekiam kamagh uan afumim mɨgei, “Gan afeziam ghurigha gɨfa. Ezɨ nguazir kamɨn danganiba bar gumaziba puvatɨ. Ezɨ gumazamiziba faragha uarir iti moghɨn tina gan ikiam.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.

32Aria, ga uan afeziam wain taba a danightɨ an onganightɨ, ga a ko dakuightɨ, a boriba ga danɨngam. Eghtɨ gan afeziamɨn adarazi ikɨvɨra ikiam.”Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33Egha dɨmangan aning wain isa uan afeziam ganɨngizɨ an ongani. Ezɨ guivir ekiam a koma akui. Aningɨn afeziam wain amegha bar onganigha fozir puvatɨzɨ guivim a koma akui.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.

34Egha amɨmzaraghan guivir ekiam uan afumim mɨgɨa ghaze, “Kɨ bogɨran dɨmangan afeziam koma akuigha gɨfa. Ga datɨrɨghɨn dɨmangan afeziam wainɨn taba uam a danɨngam. Eghtɨ nɨ kɨ amizɨ moghɨn nɨ a ko daku, eghtɨ a boritaba ga danightɨ gan afeziamɨn adarazi ikɨ mangɨvɨra ikiam.”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.”

35Egha dɨmagarir kamɨn aning uan afeziam wain a ganɨngizɨ a uam ongani, ezɨ guivir dozim a koma akui. Afeziam faragha wain amegha onganigha fozir puvatɨzɨ moghɨra guivir dozim a koma akui.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.

36Egha tuavir kamɨn Lotɨn guivimning afeziam dam boriba ini.Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37Ezɨ guivir ekiam otarir mam bategha ziam, “Moap,” a gatɨ, ezɨ gɨn a Moapian ovavimɨn oto.The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38Ezɨ guivir dozim uaghan otarim bategha ziam, “Benami,” a gatɨ, ezɨ gɨn an Amonian ovavimɨn oto.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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