Genesis 19 (SHR)

1Erhi balya bamalahika babirhi bahika aha Sodomo câjîngwè, Loti ali abwârhîre aha muhango gw’olugo. Erhi Loti ababona ayimuka, akanya aj’ibayankirira, ahwera oku idaho.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,

2Aderha, erhi: «Mmuhûnyire mâshi banawîrhu muyishe muyandagalire emwa mwambali winyu muj’ihandayo, mugeze amîshi oku magulu, n’irhondo sêzi mwanahira njira», ci bôhe bashuza, mpu: «Nanga, rhwalâla muno ngo».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.”

3Ci kwône abayinginga bwenêne kuhika bayêmêra okujà emwâge n’okujà omu nyumpa. Abarheganyiza ebiryo, abayokera omugati gurhalimwo lwango, banacilya.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.

4Oku barhacigwîshira, enyumpa yoshi yagorhwa n’abalume b’omu lugo, bantu b’e Sodomo, kurhenga oku misole kuhika oku bashosi, olubaga lwoshi buzira kusiga ndi nyuma.Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

5Bayâkûza Loti banacimudôsa, mpu: «Ngahi bali balya bantu bajìire hanôla mwâwe buno budufu? Orhuhè bo rhubalâlane».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!”

6Loti ahuluka ajà emunda bali emuhanda, anayigal a olumvi enyuma zâge.Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

7Anacibabwîra, erhi: «Bene wîrhu, mwe mukasinga, mumanye mwankakola amabî!“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

8Yumvi mmubwîre, ngwêrhe banyere babirhi barhasâg’imanya balume, nnammulerherabo: mubajire oku mubwîne kwinjà, ci abôla bantu mumanye mwankaderha mpu mwabahumakwo, bulya mwo bàjîre omu cihôho c’enyumpa yâni».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.”

9Ci bahuza, mpu: «Orhenge aho! Azind’iyisha ali mubunga, yoyo wamacijiraga mutwî wa manja! Wâbà we rhujira kubî kubalusha». Bacîrhunika kuli Loti bwenêne; bamuyishakwo bakola bapamula olumvi.“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.

10Ci balya balume bombi, banacirîka okuboko, bakululira Loti aha burhambi bwâbo, omu nyumpa, banahamika olumvi.But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11Bahunika balya bantu kw’olumbwibwi aha lusò, kurhenga oku murhò kuhika oku mukulu, bayabirwa ciru n’okubona omuhango.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

12Balya bantu babirhi banacibwîra Loti, mpu: «Ka hali bandi bene winyu ojira enôla munda? Bagala bâwe, ngasi bene winyu bali munôla lugo boshi obarhenze hanôla.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,

13Rhukola rhwashâba luno lugo, bulya omulenge kuli abâla bantu emwa Nyamubâho gwarhalusire, na Nyamubâho anarhurhumire mpu rhubamalire».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.”

14Loti akanya aj’ibwîra abakwi bakazagisheba abâli, erhi: «Yimuki murhenge muli cino cihugo bulya Nyamuzinda alâlire okucishâba»; ci abakwi bamaya mpu kuhalîza.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.

15Erhi kubà mucêracêra, bamalahika banacisêza Loti, mpu: «Yimuka orhôle mukâwe n’abà bâli bâwe bali ahâla bombi, ogende lyo orhag’igwa omu buhane Nyamubâho ahanamwo bino bishagala».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.”

16Mpu acizindoloka, balya balume babirhi bamugwârhira oku kuboko ye na mukâge n’abâli oku banali babirhi, bulya Nyamuzinda ali alonzize okubacinga. Bamuhulusa banamulekera emuhanda gw’olugo.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.

17Oku bamuhêka e muhanda, muguma muli balya bamalahika amubwîra, erhi: «Kanya oyâke duba duba, ocize omûka gwâwe, orhakabaganaga enyuma orhanayimangaga ngahi omu kabanda ci oyâkire oku ntondo lyo olek’ihêkwa omu nsanyâ».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!”

18Loti abashuza, erhi: «Nanga, Nnâhamwîrhu.But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

19Mwambali wâwe arhonyire omu masù gâwe, wananyêresire olukogo lwâwe ene ofungira omûka gwâni. Ci kwône, ntankayakira oku ntondo, mpike n’obwo buhanya burhantindakwo, obone namafâ».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.

20«Lolà lula lugo luli hôfi; omuntu anayakiramwo, lurhali lunganaci. Oleke nyakiremwo; luligi lunganaci? Lyoki nankalobôka».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.”

21Naye amushuza, erhi: «Nkubêrire kandi olwo lukogo, ntacishâbe olwo lugo odesire.“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

22Kanyagya oyâkiremwo bulya ntâco najira orhanacihikamwo». Co carhumire bayîrika olwo lugo izîno lya Sowari.Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23Erhi izûba likola lyashoshôka, Loti ahika omu Sowari.And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

24Oku bundi Nyamubâho anacirhogeza enshâno y’ecibiriti n’omuliro kuli Sodomo na kuli Gomora.Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25Anacishâba ebyo bishagala n’olubanda lwoshi, haguma n’abantu balimwo na ngasi hyasi hy’oku idaho.Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26Mukà Loti mpu akabagana enyuma, ashuba cirundo ca munyu.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Abrahamu azûka sêzisêzi ajà halya ayimangaga embere za Nyamuzinda.Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28Alâba Sodomo na Gomora n’akabanda koshi, alangîra omugî gwatumbûka omu cihugo nka mugî gw’omu cibêye.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.

29Ntyo ago mango, Nyamuzinda ashâbaga ebishagala by’omu kabanda, akengêra Abrahamu, akûla Loti muli obwo buhanya, erhi akola ashanda ebishagala Loti ayubakagamwo. Obûko bwa bene Mowabu n’obwa bene Amoni.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.

30Loti arhenga e Sowari, agend’iyûbaka oku ntondo bône abâli bombi, bulya ali ayôbohire okubêra e Sowari. Banacigend’ibêra omu lukunda bon’abâli bombi.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.

31Omwâli mukulu anacibwîra omurhò, erhi: «Larha oyûla okola mushosi na ntà mulume wankajà emunda rhuli nk’oku banajira omu igulu lyoshi.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.

32Oyîshe rhunywese Larha idivayi rhunalâle rhwe naye; ntyo larha rhwanamukûlakwo iburha».Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33Banacinywesa îshe idivayi mw’obwo budufu, omunyere mukulu aj’igwîshira aha burhambi bw’îshe, arhamanyaga ciru amango azukaga.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.

34Erhi buca, omunyere mukulu abwîra omulumuna, erhi: «Injo budufu nalâzire rhwe na larha; rhushub’imunywesa idivayi muli obu budufu, nâwe ogend’ilâla mwe naye, ntyo larha rhwamukulakwo iburha».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.”

35Banacinywesa îshe idivayi kandi obwo budufu, n’omunyere murhò agend’igwîshira aha burhambi bwâge. Arhamanyaga amango agwishiraga ciru n’amango azûkaga.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.

36Bâli ba Loti bombi banacibà izîmi, erhi n’izîmi liri ly’îshe.Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37Omukulu aburha murhabana, anacimuyîrika erya Mowabu, ye shakulûza wa bene Mowabu.The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38Omurhò naye aburha murhabana, amuyîrika erya Beni-Ami, ye shakulûza wa bene Amoni.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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