Liber Genesis, 19

1. Veneruntque duo angeli Sodomam vespere, sedente Lot in foribus civitatis. Qui cum vidisset eos, surrexit et ivit obviam eis adoravitque pronus in terram

1. The two angels came to Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and bowed himself with his face to the earth,

2. et dixit: “Obsecro, domini mei, declinate in domum pueri vestri et pernoctate; lavate pedes vestros et mane proficiscemini in viam vestram”. Qui dixerunt: “Minime, sed in platea pernoctabimus”.

2. and said, "My lords, turn aside, I pray you, to your servant's house and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise up early and go on your way." They said, "No; we will spend the night in the street."

3. Compulit illos oppido, et diverterunt ad eum. Ingressisque domum illius fecit convivium et coxit azyma, et comederunt.

3. But he urged them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4. Prius autem quam irent cubitum, viri civitatis, viri Sodomae, vallaverunt domum a iuvene usque ad senem, omnis populus simul.

4. But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house;

5. Vocaveruntque Lot et dixerunt ei: “Ubi sunt viri, qui introierunt ad te nocte? Educ illos ad nos, ut cognoscamus eos”.

5. and they called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them."

6. Egressus ad eos Lot post tergum occludens ostium ait:

6. Lot went out of the door to the men, shut the door after him,

7. “Nolite, quaeso, fratres mei, nolite malum hoc facere.

7. and said, "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.

8. Ecce, habeo duas filias, quae necdum cognoverunt virum; educam eas ad vos, et facite eis sicut placuerit vobis, dummodo viris istis nihil faciatis; ideo enim ingressi sunt sub umbra tecti mei”.

8. Behold, I have two daughters who have not known man; let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please; only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof."

9. At illi dixerunt: “Recede illuc”. Et rursus: “Unus ingressus est, inquiunt, ut advena et vult iudicare? Te ergo ipsum magis quam hos affligemus”. Vimque faciebant Lot vehementissime, iamque prope erat, ut effringerent fores.

9. But they said, "Stand back!" And they said, "This fellow came to sojourn, and he would play the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.

10. Et ecce miserunt manum viri et introduxerunt ad se Lot clauseruntque ostium;

10. But the men put forth their hands and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

11. et eos, qui foris erant, percusserunt caecitate a minimo usque ad maximum, ita ut ostium invenire non possent.

11. And they struck with blindness the men who were at the door of the house, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves groping for the door.

12. Dixerunt autem viri ad Lot: “Habes hic quempiam tuorum? Generum et filios et filias et omnes, qui tui sunt in urbe, educ de loco hoc:

12. Then the men said to Lot, "Have you any one else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or any one you have in the city, bring them out of the place;

13. delebimus enim locum istum, eo quod increverit clamor contra eos coram Domino, qui misit nos, ut perdamus eam”.

13. for we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it."

14. Egressus itaque Lot locutus est ad generos suos, qui accepturi erant filias eius, et dixit: “Surgite, egredimini de loco isto, quia delebit Dominus civitatem”. Et visus est eis quasi ludens loqui.

14. So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, "Up, get out of this place; for the LORD is about to destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.

15. Cumque esset mane, cogebant eum angeli dicentes: “Surge, tolle uxorem tuam et duas filias, quas habes hic, ne pereas in scelere civitatis”.

15. When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city."

16. Tardante illo, apprehenderunt viri manum eius et manum uxoris ac duarum filiarum eius, eo quod parceret Dominus illi.

16. But he lingered; so the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him forth and set him outside the city.

17. Et eduxerunt eum posueruntque extra civitatem. Ibi locutus est: “Salvare, agitur de vita tua; noli respicere post tergum, nec stes in omni circa regione; sed in monte salvum te fac, ne pereas”.

17. And when they had brought them forth, they said, "Flee for your life; do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley; flee to the hills, lest you be consumed."

18. Dixitque Lot ad eos: “Non, quaeso, Domine.

18. And Lot said to them, "Oh, no, my lords;

19. Ecce invenit servus tuus gratiam coram te, et magnificasti misericordiam tuam, quam fecisti mecum, ut salvares animam meam; nec possum in monte salvari, ne forte apprehendat me malum et moriar.

19. behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life; but I cannot flee to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me, and I die.

20. Ecce, civitas haec iuxta, ad quam possum fugere, parva, et salvabor in ea ­ numquid non modica est? ­ et vivet anima mea”.

20. Behold, yonder city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there -- is it not a little one? -- and my life will be saved!"

21. Dixitque ad eum: “Ecce, etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas, ut non subvertam urbem, pro qua locutus es.

21. He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

22. Festina et salvare ibi, quia non potero facere quidquam, donec ingrediaris illuc”. Idcirco vocatum est nomen urbis illius Segor.

22. Make haste, escape there; for I can do nothing till you arrive there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zo'ar.

23. Sol egressus est super terram, et Lot ingressus est Segor.

23. The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zo'ar.

24. Igitur Dominus pluit super Sodomam et Gomorram sulphur et ignem a Domino de caelo

24. Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomor'rah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

25. et subvertit civitates has et omnem circa regionem, universos habitatores urbium et cuncta terrae virentia.

25. and he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.

26. Respiciensque uxor eius post se versa est in statuam salis.

26. But Lot's wife behind him looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27. Abraham autem consurgens mane venit ad locum, ubi steterat prius cum Domino,

27. And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD;

28. intuitus est Sodomam et Gomorram et universam terram regionis illius; viditque ascendentem favillam de terra quasi fornacis fumum.

28. and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomor'rah and toward all the land of the valley, and beheld, and lo, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.

29. Cum enim subverteret Deus civitates regionis illius, recordatus Abrahae liberavit Lot de subversione urbium, in quibus habitaverat.

29. So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot dwelt.

30. Ascenditque Lot de Segor et mansit in monte, duae quoque filiae eius cum eo; timuerat enim manere in Segor. Et mansit in spelunca ipse et duae filiae eius.

30. Now Lot went up out of Zo'ar, and dwelt in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to dwell in Zo'ar; so he dwelt in a cave with his two daughters.

31. Dixitque maior ad minorem: “Pater noster senex est, et nullus virorum remansit in terra, qui possit ingredi ad nos iuxta morem universae terrae.

31. And the first-born said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.

32. Veni, inebriemus patrem nostrum vino dormiamusque cum eo, ut servare possimus ex patre nostro semen”.

32. Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring through our father."

33. Dederunt itaque patri suo bibere vinum nocte illa, et ingressa est maior dormivitque cum patre; at ille non sensit, nec quando accubuit filia nec quando surrexit.

33. So they made their father drink wine that night; and the first-born went in, and lay with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

34. Altera quoque die dixit maior ad minorem: “Ecce, dormivi heri cum patre meo; demus ei bibere vinum etiam hac nocte, et ingressa dormies cum eo, ut salvemus semen de patre nostro”.

34. And on the next day, the first-born said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring through our father."

35. Dederunt et illa nocte patri suo bibere vinum, ingressaque minor filia dormivit cum eo; et ne tunc quidem sensit, quando illa concubuerit vel quando surrexerit.

35. So they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

36. Conceperunt ergo duae filiae Lot de patre suo.

36. Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

37. Peperitque maior filium et vocavit nomen eius Moab; ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in praesentem diem.

37. The first-born bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

38. Minor quoque peperit filium et vocavit nomen eius Benammi (id est Filius populi mei); ipse est pater Ammonitarum usque hodie.

38. The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites to this day.