Génesis 18

BIBLIA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Apareciósele Yahveh en la encina de Mambré estando él sentado a la puerta de su tienda en lo más caluroso del día.	1 Then the Lord appeared to him, in the steep valley of Mamre, when he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.
2 Levantó los ojos y he aquí que había tres individuos parados a sur vera. Como los vio acudió desde la puerta de la tienda a recibirlos, y se postró en tierra,	2 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men, standing near him. When he had seen them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and he reverenced them on the ground.
3 y dijo: «Señor mío, si te he caído en gracia, ea, no pases de largo cerca de tu servidor.	3 And he said: “If I, O lord, have found grace in your eyes, do not pass by your servant.
4 Ea, que traigan un poco de agua y lavaos los pies y recostaos bajo este árbol,	4 But I will bring a little water, and you may wash your feet and rest under the tree.
5 que yo iré a traer un bocado de pan, y repondréis fuerzas. Luego pasaréis adelante, que para eso habéis acertado a pasar a la vera de este servidor vuestro.» Dijeron ellos: «Hazlo como has dicho.»	5 And I will set out a meal of bread, so that you may strengthen your heart; after this you will pass on. It is for this reason that you have turned aside to your servant.” And they said, “Do as you have spoken.”
6 Abraham se dirigió presuroso a la tienda, a donde Sara, y le dijo: «Apresta tres arrobas de harina de sémola, amasa y haz unas tortas.»	6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and he said to her, “Quickly, mix together three measures of the finest wheat flour and make loaves baked under the ashes.”
7 Abraham, por su parte, acudió a la vacada y apartó un becerro tierno y hermoso, y se lo entregó al mozo, el cual se apresuró a aderezarlo.	7 In truth, he himself ran to the herd, and he took a calf from there, very tender and very good, and he gave it to a servant, who hurried and boiled it.
8 Luego tomó cuajada y leche, junto con el becerro que había aderezado, y se lo presentó, manteniéndose en pie delante de ellos bajo el árbol. Así que hubieron comido	8 Likewise, he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and he placed it before them. Yet truly, he himself stood near them under the tree.
9 dijéronle: «¿Dónde está tu mujer Sara?» - «Ahí, en la tienda», contestó.	9 And when they had eaten, they said to him, “Where is Sarah your wife?” He answered, “Behold, she is in the tent.”
10 Dijo entonces aquél: «Volveré sin falta a ti pasado el tiempo de un embarazo, y para entonces tu mujer Sara tendrá un hijo.» Sara lo estaba oyendo a la entrada de la tienda, a sus espaldas.	10 And he said to him, “When returning, I will come to you at this time, with life as a companion, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Hearing this, Sarah laughed behind the door of the tent.
11 Abraham y Sara eran viejos, entrados en años, y a Sara se le había retirado la regla de las mujeres.	11 Now they were both old, and in an advanced state of life, and it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
12 Así que Sara rió para sus adentros y dijo: «Ahora que estoy pasada, ¿sentiré el placer, y además con mi marido viejo?».	12 And she laughed secretly, saying, “After I have grown old, and my lord is elderly, shall I give myself to the work of delight?”
13 Dijo Yahveh a Abraham. «¿Cómo así se ha reído Sara, diciendo: “¡Seguro que voy a parir ahora de vieja!”?	13 Then the Lord said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh, saying: ‘How can I, an old woman, actually give birth?’
14 ¿Es que hay nada milagroso para Yahveh? En el plazo fijado volveré, al término de un embarazo, y Sara tendrá un hijo.»	14 Is anything difficult for God? According to the announcement, he will return to you at this same time, with life as a companion, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 Sara negó: «No me he reído», y es que tuvo miedo. Pero aquél dijo: «No digas eso, que sí te has reído.»	15 Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh.” For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, “It is not so; for you did laugh.”
16 Levantáronse de allí aquellos hombres y tomaron hacia Sodoma, y Abraham les acompañaba de despedida.	16 Therefore, when the men had risen up from there, they directed their eyes against Sodom. And Abraham traveled with them, leading them.
17 Dijo entonces Yahveh: «¿Por ventura voy a ocultarle a Abraham lo que hago,	17 And the Lord said: “How could I hide what I am about to do from Abraham,
18 siendo así que Abraham ha de ser un pueblo grande y poderoso, y se bendecirán por él los pueblos todos de la tierra?	18 since he will become a great and very robust nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed?
19 Porque yo le conozco y sé que mandará a sus hijos y a su descendencia que guarden el camino de Yahveh, practicando la justicia y el derecho, de modo que pueda concederle Yahveh a Abraham lo que le tiene apalabrado.»	19 For I know that he will instruct his sons, and his household after him, to keep to the way of the Lord, and to act with judgment and justice, so that, for the sake of Abraham, the Lord may bring about all the things that he has spoken to him.”
20 Dijo, pues, Yahveh: «El clamor de Sodoma y de Gomorra es grande; y su pecado gravísimo.	20 And so the Lord said, “The outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah has been multiplied, and their sin has become exceedingly grievous.
21 Ea, voy a bajar personalmente, a ver si lo que han hecho responde en todo al clamor que ha llegado hasta mí, y si no, he de saberlo.»	21 I will descend and see whether they have fulfilled the work of the outcry that has reached me, or whether it is not so, in order that I may know.”
22 Y marcharon desde allí aquellos individuos camino de Sodoma, en tanto que Abraham permanecía parado delante de Yahveh.	22 And they turned themselves from there, and they went toward Sodom. Yet in truth, Abraham still stood in the sight of the Lord.
23 Abordóle Abraham y dijo: «¿Así que vas a borrar al justo con el malvado?	23 And as they drew near, he said: “Will you destroy the just with the impious?
24 Tal vez haya cincuenta justos en la ciudad. ¿Es que vas a borrarlos, y no perdonarás a aquel lugar por los cincuenta justos que hubiere dentro?	24 If there were fifty of the just in the city, will they perish with the rest? And will you not spare that place for the sake of fifty of the just, if they were in it?
25 Tú no puedes hacer tal cosa: dejar morir al justo con el malvado, y que corran parejas el uno con el otro. Tú no puedes. El juez de toda la tierra ¿va a fallar una injusticia?»	25 Far be it from you to do this thing, and to kill the just with the impious, and for the just to be treated like the impious. No, this is not like you. You judge all the earth; you would never make such a judgment.”
26 Dijo Yahveh: «Si encuentro en Sodoma a cincuenta justos en la ciudad perdonaré a todo el lugar por amor de aquéllos.	26 And the Lord said to him, “If I find in Sodom fifty of the just in the midst of the city, I will release the entire place because of them.”
27 Replicó Abraham: «¡Mira que soy atrevido de interpelar a mi Señor, yo que soy polvo y ceniza!	27 And Abraham responded by saying: “Since now I have begun, I will speak to my Lord, though I am dust and ashes.
28 Supón que los cincuenta justos fallen por cinco. ¿Destruirías por los cinco a toda la ciudad?» Dijo: «No la destruiré, si encuentro allí a 45.»	28 What if there were five less than fifty of the just? Would you, despite the forty-five, eliminate the entire city?” And he said, “I will not eliminate it, if I find forty-five there.”
29 Insistió todavía: «Supón que se encuentran allí cuarenta.» Respondió: «Tampoco lo haría, en atención de esos cuarenta.»	29 And again he said to him, “But if forty were found there, what would you do?” He said, “I will not strike, for the sake of the forty.”
30 Insistió: «No se enfade mi Señor si le digo: “Tal vez se encuentren allí treinta”.» Respondió: «No lo haré si encuentro allí a esos treinta.»	30 “I ask you,” he said, “not to be angry, Lord, if I speak. What if thirty were found there?” He responded, “I will not act, if I find thirty there.”
31 Díjole. «¡Cuidado que soy atrevido de interpelar a mi Señor! ¿Y si se hallaren allí veinte?»	31 “Since now I have begun,” he said, “I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty were found there?” He said, “I will not put to death, for the sake of the twenty.”
32 Respondió: Tampoco haría destrucción en gracia de los veinte.» Insistió: «Vaya, no se enfade mi Señor, que ya sólo hablaré esta vez: “¿Y si se encuentran allí diez?”» Dijo: «Tampoco haría destrucción, en gracia de los diez.»	32 “I beg you,” he said, “not to be angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more. What if ten were found there?” And he said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”
33 Partió Yahveh así que hubo acabado de conversar con Abraham, y éste se volvió a su lugar.	33 And the Lord departed, after he had ceased speaking to Abraham, who then returned to his place.