Genesis 18

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	SMITH VAN DYKE
1 The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot.	1 وظهر له الرب عند بلوطات ممرا وهو جالس في باب الخيمة وقت حر النهار.
2 Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them; and bowing to the ground,	2 فرفع عينيه ونظر واذا ثلاثة رجال واقفون لديه. فلما نظر ركض لاستقبالهم من باب الخيمة وسجد الى الارض.
3 he said: "Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant.	3 وقال يا سيد ان كنت قد وجدت نعمة في عينيك فلا تتجاوز عبدك.
4 Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet, and then rest yourselves under the tree.	4 ليؤخذ قليل ماء واغسلوا ارجلكم واتكئوا تحت الشجرة.
5 Now that you have come this close to your servant, let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves; and afterward you may go on your way." "Very well," they replied, "do as you have said."	5 فآخذ كسرة خبز فتسندون قلوبكم ثم تجتازون. لانكم قد مررتم على عبدكم. فقالوا هكذا تفعل كما تكلمت
6 Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah, "Quick, three seahs of fine flour! Knead it and make rolls."	6 فاسرع ابراهيم الى الخيمة الى سارة وقال اسرعي بثلاث كيلات دقيقا سميذا. اعجني واصنعي خبز ملّة.
7 He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice steer, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.	7 ثم ركض ابراهيم الى البقر واخذ عجلا رخصا وجيدا واعطاه للغلام فاسرع ليعمله.
8 Then he got some curds and milk, as well as the steer that had been prepared, and set these before them; and he waited on them under the tree while they ate.	8 ثم اخذ زبدا ولبنا والعجل الذي عمله ووضعها قدامهم. واذ كان هو واقفا لديهم تحت الشجرة اكلوا
9 "Where is your wife Sarah?" they asked him. "There in the tent," he replied.	9 وقالوا له اين سارة امرأتك. فقال ها هي في الخيمة.
10 One of them said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah will then have a son." Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, just behind him.	10 فقال اني ارجع اليك نحو زمان الحياة ويكون لسارة امرأتك ابن. وكانت سارة سامعة في باب الخيمة وهو وراءه.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years, and Sarah had stopped having her womanly periods.	11 وكان ابراهيم وسارة شيخين متقدمين في الايام. وقد انقطع ان يكون لسارة عادة كالنساء.
12 So Sarah laughed to herself and said, "Now that I am so withered and my husband is so old, am I still to have sexual pleasure?"	12 فضحكت سارة في باطنها قائلة أبعد فنائي يكون لي تنعم وسيدي قد شاخ.
13 But the LORD said to Abraham: "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Shall I really bear a child, old as I am?'	13 فقال الرب لابراهيم لماذا ضحكت سارة قائلة أفبالحقيقة الد وانا قد شخت.
14 Is anything too marvelous for the LORD to do? At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son."	14 هل يستحيل على الرب شيء. في الميعاد ارجع اليك نحو زمان الحياة ويكون لسارة ابن.
15 Because she was afraid, Sarah dissembled, saying, "I didn't laugh." But he said, "Yes you did."	15 فانكرت سارة قائلة لم اضحك. لانها خافت. فقال لا بل ضحكت
16 The men set out from there and looked down toward Sodom; Abraham was walking with them, to see them on their way.	16 ثم قام الرجال من هناك وتطلعوا نحو سدوم. وكان ابراهيم ماشيا معهم ليشيعهم.
17 The LORD reflected: "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,	17 فقال الرب هل اخفي عن ابراهيم ما انا فاعله.
18 now that he is to become a great and populous nation, and all the nations of the earth are to find blessing in him?	18 وابراهيم يكون امة كبيرة وقوية ويتبارك به جميع امم الارض.
19 Indeed, I have singled him out that he may direct his sons and his posterity to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD may carry into effect for Abraham the promises he made about him."	19 لاني عرفته لكي يوصي بنيه وبيته من بعده ان يحفظوا طريق الرب ليعملوا برا وعدلا لكي ياتي الرب لابراهيم بما تكلم به.
20 Then the LORD said: "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin so grave,	20 وقال الرب ان صراخ سدوم وعمورة قد كثر وخطيتهم قد عظمت جدا.
21 that I must go down and see whether or not their actions fully correspond to the cry against them that comes to me. I mean to find out."	21 انزل وأرى هل فعلوا بالتمام حسب صراخها الآتي اليّ. والا فاعلم.
22 While the two men walked on farther toward Sodom, the LORD remained standing before Abraham.	22 وانصرف الرجال من هناك وذهبوا نحو سدوم. واما ابراهيم فكان لم يزل قائما امام الرب
23 Then Abraham drew nearer to him and said: "Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty?	23 فتقدم ابراهيم وقال أفتهلك البار مع الاثيم.
24 Suppose there were fifty innocent people in the city; would you wipe out the place, rather than spare it for the sake of the fifty innocent people within it?	24 عسى ان يكون خمسون بارا في المدينة. أفتهلك المكان ولا تصفح عنه من اجل الخمسين بارا الذين فيه.
25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to make the innocent die with the guilty, so that the innocent and the guilty would be treated alike! Should not the judge of all the world act with justice?"	25 حاشا لك ان تفعل مثل هذا الامر ان تميت البار مع الاثيم فيكون البار كالاثيم. حاشا لك. أديان كل الارض لا يصنع عدلا.
26 The LORD replied, "If I find fifty innocent people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake."	26 فقال الرب ان وجدت في سدوم خمسين بارا في المدينة فاني اصفح عن المكان كله من اجلهم.
27 Abraham spoke up again: "See how I am presuming to speak to my Lord, though I am but dust and ashes!	27 فاجاب ابراهيم وقال اني قد شرعت اكلم المولى وانا تراب ورماد.
28 What if there are five less than fifty innocent people? Will you destroy the whole city because of those five?" "I will not destroy it," he answered, "if I find forty-five there."	28 ربما نقص الخمسون بارا خمسة. أتهلك كل المدينة بالخمسة. فقال لا اهلك ان وجدت هناك خمسة واربعين.
29 But Abraham persisted, saying, "What if only forty are found there?" He replied, "I will forebear doing it for the sake of the forty."	29 فعاد يكلمه ايضا وقال عسى ان يوجد هناك اربعون. فقال لا افعل من اجل الاربعين.
30 Then he said, "Let not my Lord grow impatient if I go on. What if only thirty are found there?" He replied, "I will forebear doing it if I can find but thirty there."	30 فقال لا يسخط المولى فاتكلم. عسى ان يوجد هناك ثلاثون. فقال لا افعل ان وجدت هناك ثلاثين.
31 Still he went on, "Since I have thus dared to speak to my Lord, what if there are no more than twenty?" "I will not destroy it," he answered, "for the sake of the twenty."	31 فقال اني قد شرعت اكلم المولى. عسى ان يوجد هناك عشرون. فقال لا اهلك من اجل العشرين.
32 But he still persisted: "Please, let not my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time. What if there are at least ten there?" "For the sake of those ten," he replied, "I will not destroy it."	32 فقال لا يسخط المولى فاتكلم هذه المرة فقط. عسى ان يوجد هناك عشرة. فقال لا اهلك من اجل العشرة.
33 The LORD departed as soon as he had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned home.	33 وذهب الرب عندما فرغ من الكلام مع ابراهيم ورجع ابراهيم الى مكانه