| 1 Los dos ángeles llegaron a Sodoma al atardecer, mientras Lot estaba sentado a la puerta de Sodoma. Al verlos, Lot se levantó para ir a su encuentro, se postró 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 y dijo: «Señores míos, os ruego que vengáis a casa de vuestro servidor, para pasar la noche y lavaros los pies; por la mañana seguiréis vuestro camino». Ellos contestaron: «No, pasaremos la 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 él insistió tanto que fueron con él y entraron en su casa. Les preparó una comida, coció panes ácimos 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 Aún no se habían acostado, cuando los hombres de la ciudad, los sodomitas, rodearon la casa, desde los jóvenes a los viejos, 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 Y gritaban a Lot y le decían: «¿Dónde están los hombres que han entrado en tu casa esta noche? Sácanoslos para que los conozcamos». | 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 adonde estaban ellos, a la entrada, cerrando la puerta tras de sí, | 6 Lot went out to them, and blocking the door behind him, he said: |
| 7 y dijo: «Por favor, hermanos míos, no cometáis esta maldad. | 7 “Do not, I ask you, my brothers, do not be willing to commit this evil. |
| 8 Mirad, tengo dos hijas que aún no han conocido varón; os las sacaré para que las tratéis como os parezca bien, pero no hagáis nada a estos hombres que se han cobijado bajo 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 Pero ellos contestaron: «¡Quita allá!». Y añadieron: «Este individuo ha venido como inmigrante y pretende ser juez. Ahora te trataremos peor que a ellos». Y forcejearon con Lot, acercándose a forzar 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 Entonces los visitantes alargaron sus manos, metieron a Lot en casa y 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 que estaban ante la puerta, desde el menor hasta el mayor, los cegaron con un resplandor, de modo que, por más que tanteaban, no daban con la puerta. | 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 visitantes dijeron a Lot: «¿A quién más tienes aquí? Saca de este lugar a tus yernos, hijos, hijas y todo cuanto poseas 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, pues el clamor contra ellos ante el Señor es enorme, y el Señor nos ha enviado para destruirlo». | 13 For we will eliminate this place, because the outcry among them has increased before the Lord, who sent us to destroy them.” |
| 14 Lot salió a hablar con sus yernos, prometidos de sus hijas, y les dijo: «Levantaos, salid de este lugar, porque el Señor va a destruir la ciudad». Pero sus yernos lo 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 amanecer, los ángeles urgieron a Lot: «Levántate, toma a tu mujer y a tus dos hijas que están aquí, no vayas a perecer por 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 no se decidía, los hombres los tomaron de la mano a él, a su mujer y a sus dos hijas, por la misericordia del Señor hacia él, | 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 y lo sacaron, poniéndolo fuera de la ciudad y diciéndole: «Ponte a salvo; por tu vida, no mires atrás ni te detengas en la vega; ponte a salvo en los montes, para no perecer». | 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 respondió: «No, Señor mío. | 18 And Lot said to them: “I beg you, my lord, |
| 19 Aunque tu siervo ha alcanzado tu favor, pues me has tratado con gran misericordia, salvándome la vida, yo no puedo ponerme a salvo en los montes; la desgracia me alcanzará y moriré. | 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 Mira, cerca de aquí hay una ciudad pequeña, donde puedo refugiarme. ¡Permíteme escapar allá! ¿No es acaso muy pequeña? Así yo salvaré la 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 Le contestó: «Accedo a lo que pides, no arrasaré la ciudad que dices. | 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 Aprisa, ponte a salvo allí, pues no puedo hacer nada hasta que llegues allá». Por eso la ciudad se llama 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 Salía el sol sobre la tierra cuando Lot llegó a Soar. | 23 The sun had risen over the land, and Lot had entered into Zoar. |
| 24 El Señor hizo llover sobre Sodoma y Gomorra azufre y fuego desde el cielo. | 24 Therefore, the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulphur and fire, from the Lord, out of heaven. |
| 25 Arrasó aquellas ciudades y toda la vega; 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 La mujer de Lot miró atrás, y se convirtió en estatua de sal. | 26 And his wife, looking behind herself, was turned into a statue of salt. |
| 27 Abrahán madrugó y se dirigió al sitio donde había estado delante del Señor. | 27 Then Abraham, rising up in the morning, in the place where he had stood before with the Lord, |
| 28 Miró en dirección de Sodoma y Gomorra, toda la extensión de la vega, y vio humo que subía del suelo, como humo de horno. | 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 Cuando Dios destruyó las ciudades de la vega, se acordó de Abrahán y sacó a Lot de la catástrofe, al arrasar las ciudades donde había vivido Lot. | 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 Lot subió de Soar y se estableció en los montes con sus dos hijas, pues tenía miedo de vivir en Soar. Se estableció en una cueva con sus dos hijas. | 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 menor: «Nuestro padre es viejo y no hay en el país ningún hombre que se una a nosotras, como se acostumbra en todas partes. | 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, emborrachemos a nuestro padre y acostémonos con él; así tendremos descendencia de él». | 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 Aquella noche emborracharon a su padre y la mayor fue y se acostó con él, sin que él se diera cuenta al acostarse y levantarse ella. | 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 la mayor dijo a la menor: «Puesto que anoche dormí yo con mi padre, esta noche lo emborracharemos también, y tú te acuestas con él para tener descendencia de él». | 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 Aquella noche también emborracharon a su padre y la menor fue y se acostó con él, sin que él se diera cuenta al acostarse y levantarse ella. | 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 concibieron de su padre. | 36 Therefore, the two daughters of Lot conceived by their father. |
| 37 La mayor dio a luz un hijo y lo llamó Moab. Es el antepasado del Moab actual. | 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 También la menor dio a luz un hijo y lo llamó Amón. Es el antepasado de los actuales amonitas. | 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. |
