Genesi 18

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Apparuit autem ei Dominus iuxta Quercus Mambre se denti in ostio tabernaculi sui in ipso fervore diei.	1 And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.
2 Cumque elevasset oculos, apparuerunt ei tres viri stantes prope eum. Quos cum vidisset, cucurrit in occursum eorum de ostio tabernaculi et adoravit in terram
3 et dixit: “Domine mi, si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, ne transeas servum tuum;	3 And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near him: and as soon as he saw them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.
4 afferatur pauxillum aquae, et lavate pedes vestros et requiescite sub arbore.	4 And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant:
5 Ponamque buccellam panis, et confortate cor vestrum, postea transibitis; idcirco enim declinastis ad servum vestrum”. Qui dixerunt: “Fac ut locutus es”.	5 But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.
6 Festinavit Abraham in tabernaculum ad Saram dixitque: “Accelera, tria sata similae commisce et fac subcinericios panes”.	6 And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.
7 Ipse vero ad armentum cucurrit et tulit inde vitulum tenerrimum et optimum deditque puero; qui festinavit et coxit illum.	7 Abraham made haste into the tent to Sera, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth.
8 Tulit quoque butyrum et lac et vitulum, quem coxerat, et posuit coram eis. Ipse vero stabat iuxta eos sub arbore; et comederunt.	8 And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man: who made haste and boiled it.
9 Dixeruntque ad eum: “Ubi est Sara uxor tua?”. Ille respondit: “Ecce in tabernaculo est”.	9 He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.
10 Cui dixit: “Revertens veniam ad te tempore isto, et habebit filium Sara uxor tua”. Quo audito, Sara risit ad ostium tabernaculi, quod erat post eum.	10 And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo, she is in the tent.
11 Erant autem ambo senes provectaeque aetatis, et desierant Sarae fieri muliebria.	11 And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.
12 Quae risit occulte dicens: “Postquam consenui, et dominus meus vetulus est, voluptas mihi erit?”.	12 Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.
13 Dixit autem Dominus ad Abraham: “Quare risit Sara dicens: "Num vere paritura sum anus?"”.	13 And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old
14 Numquid Domino est quidquam difficile? Revertar ad te hoc eodem tempore, et habebit Sara filium ”.	14 And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sera laugh, saying: Shall I who am an old woman bear a child indeed ?
15 Negavit Sara dicens: “Non risi”, timore perterrita. Ille autem dixit: “Non; sed risisti”.	15 Is there any thing hard to God? according to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.
16 Cum ergo surrexissent inde viri, direxerunt oculos contra Sodomam; et Abraham simul gradiebatur deducens eos.	16 Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said, Nay: but thou didst laugh:
17 Dixitque Dominus: “Num celare potero Abraham, quae gesturus sum,	17 And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way.
18 cum futurus sit in gentem magnam ac robustissimam, et benedicendae sint in illo omnes nationes terrae?	18 And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:
19 Nam elegi eum, ut praecipiat filiis suis et domui suae post se, ut custodiant viam Domini et faciant iustitiam et iudicium, ut adducat Dominus super Abraham omnia, quae locutus est ad eum”.	19 Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?
20 Dixit itaque Dominus: “Clamor contra Sodomam et Gomorram multiplicatus est, et peccatum eorum aggravatum est nimis.	20 For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham's sake the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.
21 Descendam et videbo utrum clamorem, qui venit ad me, opere compleverint an non; sciam”.	21 And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.
22 Converteruntque se inde viri et abierunt Sodomam; Abraham vero adhuc stabat coram Domino.	22 I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may know.
23 Et appropinquans ait: “Numquid vere perdes iustum cum impio?	23 And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.
24 Si forte fuerint quinquaginta iusti in civitate, vere perdes et non parces loco illi propter quinquaginta iustos, si fuerint in eo?	24 And drawing nigh he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?
25 Absit a te, ut rem hanc facias et occidas iustum cum impio, fiatque iustus sicut impius; absit a te. Nonne iudex universae terrae faciet iudicium?”.	25 If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?
26 Dixitque Dominus: “Si invenero Sodomae quinquaginta iustos in medio civitatis, dimittam omni loco propter eos”.	26 Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.
27 Respondensque Abraham ait: “Ecce coepi loqui ad Dominum meum, cum sim pulvis et cinis.	27 And the Lord said to him: If I And in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.
28 Quid, si forte minus quinquaginta iustis quinque fuerint? Delebis propter quinque universam urbem?”. Et ait: “Non delebo, si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque”.	28 And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.
29 Rursumque locutus est ad eum: “Si forte inventi fuerint ibi quadraginta?”. Ait: “Non percutiam propter quadraginta”.	29 What if there be Ave less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.
30 “Ne, quaeso, inquit, indignetur Dominus meus, si loquar. Si forte ibi inventi fuerint triginta?”. Respondit: “Non faciam, si invenero ibi triginta”.	30 And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.
31 “Ecce, ait, coepi loqui ad Dominum meum. Si forte inventi fuerint ibi viginti? ”. Dixit: “Non interficiam propter viginti”.	31 Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I And thirty there.
32 “Obsecro, inquit, ne irascatur Dominus meus, si loquar adhuc semel. Si forte inventi fuerint ibi decem?”. Dixit: “Non delebo propter decem”.	32 Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord. What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.
33 Abiit Dominus, postquam cessavit loqui ad Abraham; et ille reversus est in locum suum.	33 I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if tell should be found there ? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.