Génesis 19

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Los dos ángeles llegaron a Sodoma por la tarde. Lot estaba sentado a la puerta de Sodoma. Al verlos, Lot se levantó a su encuentro y postrándose rostro en tierra,	1 And the two Angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the gate of the city. And when he had seen them, he rose up and went to meet them. And he reverenced prone on the ground.
2 dijo: «Ea, señores, por favor, desviaos hacia la casa de este servidor vuestro. Hacéis noche, os laváis los pies, y de madrugada seguiréis vuestro camino.» Ellos dijeron: «No; haremos noche en la plaza.»	2 And he said: “I beg you, my lords, turn aside to the house of your servant, and lodge there. Wash your feet, and in the morning you will advance on your way.” And they said, “Not at all. But we will lodge in the street.”
3 Pero tanto porfió con ellos, que al fin se hospedaron en su casa. El les preparó una comida cociendo unos panes cenceños y comieron.	3 He pressed them very much to turn aside to him. And when they had entered his house, he made a feast for them, and he cooked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 No bien se habían acostado, cuando los hombres de la ciudad, los sodomitas, rodearon la casa desde el mozo hasta el viejo, todo el pueblo sin excepción.	4 But before they went to bed, the men of the city surrounded the house, from boys to old men, all the people together.
5 Llamaron a voces a Lot y le dijeron: «¿Dónde están los hombres que han venido donde ti esta noche? Sácalos, para que abusemos de ellos.»	5 And they called out to Lot, and they said to him: “Where are the men who entered to you in the night? Bring them out here, so that we may know them.”
6 Lot salió donde ellos a la entrada, cerró la puerta detrás de sí,	6 Lot went out to them, and blocking the door behind him, he said:
7 y dijo: «Por favor, hermanos, no hagáis esta maldad.	7 “Do not, I ask you, my brothers, do not be willing to commit this evil.
8 Mirad, aquí tengo dos hijas que aún no han conocido varón. Os las sacaré y haced con ellas como bien os parezca; pero a estos hombres no les hagáis nada, que para eso han venido al amparo de mi techo.»	8 I have two daughters who as yet have not known man. I will bring them out to you; abuse them as it pleases you, provided that you do no evil to these men, because they have entered under the shadow of my roof.”
9 Mas ellos respondieron: «¡Quita allá! Uno que ha venido a avencindarse, ¿va a meterse a juez? Ahora te trataremos a ti peor que a ellos.» Y forcejearon con él, con Lot, de tal modo que estaban a punto de romper la puerta.	9 But they said, “Move away from there.” And again: “You have entered,” they said, “as a stranger; should you then judge? Therefore, we will afflict you yourself more than them.” And they acted very violently against Lot. And they were now at the point of breaking open the doors.
10 Pero los hombres alargaron las manos, tiraron de Lot hacia sí, adentro de la casa, cerraron la puerta,	10 And behold, the men put out their hand, and they pulled Lot in to them, and they closed the door.
11 y a los hombres que estaban a la entrada de la casa les dejaron deslumbrados desde el chico hasta el grande, y mal se vieron para encontrar la entrada.	11 And they struck those who were outside with blindness, from the least to the greatest, so that they were not able to find the door.
12 Los hombres dijeron a Lot: «¿A quién más tienes aquí? Saca de este lugar a tus hijos e hijas y a quienquiera que tengas en la ciudad,	12 Then they said to Lot: “Do you have here anyone of yours? All who are yours, sons-in-law, or sons, or daughters, bring them out of this city.
13 porque vamos a destruir este lugar, que es grande el clamor de ellos en la presencia de Yahveh, y Yahveh nos ha enviado a destruirlos.»	13 For we will eliminate this place, because the outcry among them has increased before the Lord, who sent us to destroy them.”
14 Salió Lot y habló con sus yernos, los prometidos de sus hijas: «Levantaos, dijo, salid de este lugar, porque Yahveh va a destruir la ciudad.» Pero sus yernos le tomaron a broma.	14 And so Lot, going out, spoke to his sons-in-law, who were going to receive his daughters, and he said: “Rise up. Depart from this place. For the Lord will destroy this city.” And it seemed to them that he was speaking playfully.
15 Al rayar el alba, los ángeles apremiaron a Lot diciendo: «Levántate, toma a tu mujer y a tus dos hijas que se encuentran aquí, no vayas a ser barrido por la culpa de la ciudad.»	15 And when it was morning, the Angels compelled him, saying, “Arise, take your wife, and the two daughters that you have, lest you also should perish amid the wickedness of the city.”
16 Y como él remoloneaba, los hombres le asieron de la mano lo mismo que a su mujer y a sus dos hijas por compasión de Yahveh hacia él, y sacándole le dejaron fuera de la ciudad.	16 And, since he ignored them, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, as well as that of his two daughters, because the Lord was sparing him.
17 Mientras los sacaban afuera, dijo uno: «¡Escápate, por vida tuya! No mires atrás ni te pares en toda la redonda. Escapa al monte, no vayas a ser barrido.»	17 And they brought him out, and placed him beyond the city. And there they spoke to him, saying: “Save your life. Do not look not back. Neither should you stay in the entire surrounding region. But save yourself in the mountain, lest you also should perish.”
18 Lot les dijo: «No, por favor, Señor mío.	18 And Lot said to them: “I beg you, my lord,
19 Ya que este servidor tuyo te ha caído en gracia, y me has hecho el gran favor de dejarme con vida, mira que no puedo escaparme al monte sin riesgo de que me alcance el daño y la muerte.	19 though your servant has found grace before you, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have shown to me in saving my life, I cannot be saved on the mountain, lest perhaps some misfortune take hold of me and I die.
20 Ahí cerquita está esa ciudad a donde huir. Es una pequeñez. ¡Ea, voy a escaparme allá - ¿verdad que es una pequeñez? - y quedaré con vida!»	20 There is a certain city nearby, to which I can flee; it is a little one, and I will be saved in it. Is it not a modest one, and will not my soul live?”
21 Díjole: «Bien, te concedo también eso de no arrasar la ciudad que has dicho.	21 And he said to him: “Behold, even now, I have heard your petitions about this, not to overturn the city on behalf of which you have spoken.
22 Listo, escápate allá, porque no puedo hacer nada hasta que no entres allí.» Por eso se llamó aquella ciudad Soar.	22 Hurry and be saved there. For I cannot do anything until you enter there.” For this reason, the name of that city is called Zoar.
23 El sol asomaba sobre el horizonte cuando Lot entraba en Soar.	23 The sun had risen over the land, and Lot had entered into Zoar.
24 Entonces Yahveh hizo llover sobre Sodoma y Gomorra azufre y fuego de parte de Yahveh.	24 Therefore, the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven.
25 Y arrasó aquellas ciudades, y toda la redonda con todos los habitantes de las ciudades y la vegetación del suelo.	25 And he overturned these cities, and all the surrounding region: all the inhabitants of the cities, and everything that springs from the land.
26 Su mujer miró hacia atrás y se volvió poste de sal.	26 And his wife, looking behind herself, was turned into a statue of salt.
27 Levantóse Abraham de madrugada y fue al lugar donde había estado en presencia de Yahveh.	27 Then Abraham, rising up in the morning, in the place where he had stood before with the Lord,
28 Dirigió la vista en dirección de Sodoma y Gomorra y de toda la región de la redonda, miró, y he aquí que subía una humareda de la tierra cual la de una fogata.	28 looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and the entire land of that region. And he saw embers rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace.
29 Así pues, cuando Dios destruyó las ciudades de la redonda, se acordó de Abraham y puso a Lot a salvo de la catástrofe, cuando arrasó las ciudades en que Lot habitaba.	29 For when God overthrew the cities of that region, remembering Abraham, he freed Lot from the overthrow of the cities, in which he had dwelt.
30 Subió Lot desde Soar y se quedó a vivir en el monte con sus dos hijas, temeroso de vivir en Soar. El y sus dos hijas se instalaron en una cueva.	30 And Lot ascended from Zoar, and he stayed on the mountain, and likewise his two daughters with him, (for he was afraid to stay in Zoar) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.
31 La mayor dijo a la pequeña: «Nuestro padre es viejo y no hay ningún hombre en el país que se una a nosotras, como se hace en todo el mundo.	31 And the elder said to the younger: “Our father is old, and no man remains in the land who can enter to us according to the custom of the whole world.
32 Ven, vamos a propinarle vino a nuestro padre, nos acostaremos con él y así engendraremos descendencia.»	32 Come, let us inebriate him with wine, and let us sleep with him, so that we may be able to preserve offspring from our father.”
33 En efecto, propinaron vino a su padre aquella misma noche, y entró la mayor y se acostó con su padre, sin que él se enterase de cuándo ella se acostó ni cuándo se levantó.	33 And so they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the elder went in, and she slept with her father. But he did not perceive it, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.
34 Al día siguiente dijo la mayor a la pequeña: «Mira, yo me he acostado anoche con mi padre. Vamos a propinarle vino también esta noche, y entras tú a acostarte con él, y así engendraremos de nuestro padre descendencia.»	34 Likewise, the next day, the elder said to the younger: “Behold, yesterday I slept with my father, let us give him wine to drink yet again this night, and you will sleep with him, so that we may save offspring from our father.”
35 Propinaron, pues, también aquella noche vino a su padre, y levantándose la pequeña se acostó con él, sin que él se enterase de cuándo ella se acostó ni cuándo se levantó.	35 And then they gave their father wine to drink that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and slept with him. And not even then did he perceive when she lay down, or when she rose up.
36 Las dos hijas de Lot quedaron encinta de su padre.	36 Therefore, the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father.
37 La mayor dio a luz un hijo, y le llamó Moab: es el padre de los actuales moabitas.	37 And the elder gave birth to a son, and she called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites, even to the present day.
38 La pequeña también dio a luz un hijo, y le llamó Ben Ammí: es el padre de los actuales ammonitas.	38 Likewise, the younger gave birth to a son, and she called his name Ammon, that is, ‘the son of my people.’ He is the father of the Ammonites, even today.