Genesis 19 (ZAJP)

1Wasenga wabili wa Mulungu wa kuulanga wavika Sodoma mkipigiti cha ichungulo, na Loti kakala yakalile hana ulwivi lwa idiwambo. Loti viyawawene, kenuka kachola kuwabokela, kafugama mavindi kainamila mbaka hasi.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,

2Kalonga, “Chonde, wandewa zangu, bagukeni kuing'anda ya mtumigwa wenu mganave magulu genu abaho muwase, na ihavika imitondo mogendelela na mwanza wenu.” Na hewo wamwidika, “Bule, towasa bahano hana ulubuga.”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.”

3Ila kawagong'ondeza ng'hani, hakimambukizo, wachola hamoja na heyo na kwingila mng'anda yake. Loti kawalongela watumigwa zake wawatendele mandia iwahenza, avo wawokela mikate ilibule mela, na hewo waja.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.

4Kipigiti iwahenza hawanachola kuwasa, wanhu wose kulawa ng'ambu zose za idiwambo da Sodoma waizunguluka ing'anda, wadodo na wakulu.Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

5Wamkema Loti na kumuuza, “Wakwahi wanhu wezile kumwako ichungulo ino? Walave hanze kumwetu giladi tuwawase.”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 kalawa hanze, kahinda ulwivi hachugu chake.Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

7Kawalongela, “Viha hivo, wambwiga zangu, sambimtende mbuli zino zihile!“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

8Loleni, nna wandele zangu wabili wang'hali hawanawasa na mbigalo. Beteni niwalavile hanze muwatendele vumulonda. Ila sambimuwatende mbuli wanhu wano. Kwavija weza mng'anda yangu.”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.”

9Ila hewo wamulongela Loti, “Segele hano.” Abaho wailongela, “Munhu ino keza hano kamba muhenza na sambi kolonda kuwa mulamula!” Abaho wamulongela Loti kabili, “Tokutenda gweye gehile kubanza hewo.” Wamkunhiza Loti na kum'bweza kisengelenyuma wakala behi na kulubomola ulwivi.“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.

10Ila waja iwanhu wabili wakalile mng'anda wauvugula ulwivi wagolosa makono gao na kumkwenhela Loti mng'anda abaho wahinda ulwivi.But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11Waja iwanhu wakalile hanze ya ulwivi lwa ing'anda wageligwa umbugumbugu giladi sambiwadahe kulona ulwivi, wose wadodo na wakulu.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

12Waja iwanhu wabili wamulongela Loti, “Hana ndugu yako hano mdiwambo? Wakwe zako, wanago wakitwanzi na wakimbigalo, ama munhu yoyose yali ndugu yako? Walave kunze ya idiwambo,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,

13kwavija tohabananga hanhu hano. MNDEWA kahulika mbuli zihile ng'hani zowotenda wanhu wa wambo dino, avo katulagiza tweye tudibanange.”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.”

14Avo Loti kachola na kuwalongela wakwe zake, awo wakalile wakasono wa wandele zake, kawalongela, “Hima, laweni hanhu hano, kwavija MNDEWA ka mmabehi kudibananga wambo dino.” Ila wakwe zake wagiza kotenda uponela.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.

15Mkipigiti cha nzogolo zikwika, wasenga wa Mulungu wa kuulanga wamulopoza Loti, walonga, “Lopola, msole mtwanzi wako na wandele zako wabili wali hano, ama kokwangama kipigiti idiwambo dihabanangigwa.”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.”

16Loti kasinhasinha. Ila waja iwanhu wabili wamgoga mkono wake, na mkono wa mtwanzi wake, na wandele zake wabili na kuwalava hanze ya idiwambo, kwavija MNDEWA kakala yowonela bazi.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.

17Abaho imwe wa wasenga wa Mulungu wa kuulanga kamulongela, “Kimbila uuhonye ugima wako! Sambiulole kukisogo ama sambiwime hanhu hohose kubonde. Kimbilila kumigongo, giladi sambiukomigwe.”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!”

18Ila Loti kawalongela, “Bule, chonde, wandewa zangu!But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

19Mtumigwa wenu kapata ngekewa hameso genu. Mweye mundagusila nie unozi mkulu mkuukombola ugima wangu. Ila migongo ya kutali ng'hani, mwangalo uno wonivika na nodanganhika kipigiti sinavika kuja.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.

20Lola, hana kiwambo hano kili behibehi. Beta nikimbilile hiko. Kiwambo kidodo ng'hani, nihonye ugima wangu!”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.”

21Kamulongela, “Vinoga ng'hani, nikuhulika. Sikibananga ikiwambo chuulonga.“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

22Hima! Kimbilila! Kwavija sitenda kinhu chochose mbaka vondauvike hiko.” Kwavija Loti kakikema kidodo, avo kiwambo kija kikemigwa Soali.Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23Zua dikala disimbuke kipigiti Loti viyavikile mkiwambo cha Soali.And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

24Abaho MNDEWA kauhumulusa moto na baluti kulawa kuulanga mmiwambo ya Sodoma na Gomola.Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25Kaibananga imiwambo na idibawe jose, hamoja na wanhu wose wakalile muja mmiwambo na miche yose ikalile muja mdibawe.Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26Ila mtwanzi wa Loti kahinduka kukisogo, avo kagaluka nguzo ya munyu.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Imitondo iyagwe Ablaham hima kachola hanhu hayakalile yemile haulongozi wa MNDEWA.Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28Kalola ng'ambu ya Sodoma na Gomola na idibawe jose, kona yosi dofuka kulawa muisi, kamba yosi da tanuli.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.

29Ila Mulungu viyaibanange imiwambo ya kudibawe ako kuyakalile yokala Loti, kazigelegeza nhambiko za Ablaham, na kumkombola Loti kulawa mdihekaheka da ubananzi.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 na wandele zake wabili wahalawa mkiwambo cha Soali na kukala muisi ya migongo, kwavija kadumba kukala Soali. Heyo na wandele zake wabili wakala mmhango.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.

31Ija imndele mkulu kamulongela mdodo wake, “Tata wetu m'vyele, na haduhu munhu muulumwengu wose wa kutusola tweye giladi tupate wana kamba viili ha wanhu wose.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.

32Avo izo tumng'weze ugimbi tata wetu, abaho tuwase nayo, giladi tupate wana kubitila heyo, na lukolo lwetu lugendelele.”Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33Avo wamng'weza tataao ugimbi ikilo ija, na ija imndele mkulu kengila mmhango na kuwasa na tataake. Ila tataake havitangile kipigiti mndele wake viyatambalale ama viyenuke.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.

34Zua diyagwe ija imndele mkulu kamulongela mdodo wake, “Ikilo ibitile niwasa na tataangu. Beta tumng'weze ugimbi kabili tataetu ikilo ya lelo, na gweye uwase nayo, giladi tupate wana kubitila heyo.”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.”

35Avo vivija wamng'weza ugimbi tataao ikilo ija, na ija imndele mdodo kengila mmhango na kuwasa na tataake. Vivija tataake havitangile kipigiti mndele wake viyatambalale ama viyenuke.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.

36Avo wandele wose wabili wa Loti wapata inda kubitila tataao.Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37Ija imndele mkulu kapata mwana mbigalo, kamgwelela twaga dikemigwa Moabu. Heyo iyo muhenga wa Wamoabu wa lelo.The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38Vivija na ija imndele mdodo kapata mwana mbigalo, kamgwelela twaga dikemigwa Ben-Ami. Heyo iyo muhenga wa Waamoni wa lelo.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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