The Book of Genesis, Chapter 18ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΙΗ′

Ὤφθη δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς πρὸς τῇ δρυΐ τῇ Μαμβρη καθημένου αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ μεσημβρίας.

And God appeared to him by the oak of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent at midday.

ἀναβλέψας δὲ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ εἶδεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ τρεῖς ἄνδρες εἱστήκεισαν ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἰδὼν προσέδραμεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

And he lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, three men were standing before him; and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent and bowed down to the ground.

καὶ εἶπεν· Κύριε, εἰ ἄρα εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, μὴ παρέλθῃς τὸν παῖδά σου.

and said, 'Lord, if indeed I have found favor before you, do not pass by your servant.'

ληφθήτω δὴ ὕδωρ, καὶ νιψάτωσαν τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν, καὶ καταψύξατε ὑπὸ τὸ δένδρον·

'Let water be brought, and wash your feet, and refresh yourselves under the tree;'

καὶ λήψομαι ἄρτον, καὶ φάγεσθε, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο παρελεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἐξεκλίνατε πρὸς τὸν παῖδα ὑμῶν. καὶ εἶπαν· Οὕτως ποίησον, καθὼς εἴρηκας.

'and I will bring bread, and you shall eat; and after this you shall pass on your way, since for this very reason you have turned aside to your servant.' And they said, 'Do so, as you have said.'

καὶ ἔσπευσεν Αβρααμ ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν πρὸς Σαρραν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· Σπεῦσον καὶ φύρασον τρία μέτρα σεμιδάλεως καὶ ποίησον ἐγκρυφίας.

And Abraam hurried to the tent to Sarrha and said to her, 'Hurry and knead three measures of fine flour and make cakes baked in ashes.'

καὶ εἰς τὰς βόας ἔδραμεν Αβρααμ καὶ ἔλαβεν μοσχάριον ἁπαλὸν καὶ καλὸν καὶ ἔδωκεν τῷ παιδί, καὶ ἐτάχυνεν τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτό.

And Abraam ran to the cattle and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to the servant, and he hastened to prepare it.

ἔλαβεν δὲ βούτυρον καὶ γάλα καὶ τὸ μοσχάριον, ὃ ἐποίησεν, καὶ παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς· καὶ αὐτὸς παρειστήκει αὐτοῖς ὑπὸ τὸ δένδρον, καὶ ἔφαγον.

And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set them before them; and he himself stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

εἶπαν δὲ αὐτῷ· Ποῦ Σαρρα ἡ γυνή σου; ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ.

And they said to him, 'Where is Sarrha your wife?' And he answered and said, 'Behold, she is in the tent.'

εἶπεν δέ· Ἐπαναστρέφων ἥξω πρὸς σὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον εἰς ὥρας, καὶ ἕξει υἱὸν Σαρρα ἡ γυνή σου. Σαρρα δὲ ἤκουσεν πρὸς τῇ θύρᾳ τῆς σκηνῆς, οὖσα ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ.

And he said, 'I will return to you at this appointed time next year, and Sarrha your wife shall have a son.' Now Sarrha was listening at the door of the tent, which was behind him.

Αβρααμ δὲ καὶ Σαρρα πρεσβύτεροι προβεβηκότες ἡμερῶν· ἐξέλιπεν δὲ Σαρρᾳ τὰ γυναικεῖα.

Now Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in years; and the manner of women had ceased for Sarrha.

ἐγέλασεν δὲ Σαρρα ἐν ἑαυτῇ λέγουσα· Οὔπω μέν μοι γέγονεν ἕως τοῦ νῦν, ὁ δὲ κύριός μου πρεσβύτερος.

And Sarrha laughed within herself, saying, 'This has not yet happened to me until now, and my lord is old.'

καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Αβρααμ· Τί ὅτι ἐγέλασεν Σαρρα ἐν ἑαυτῇ λέγουσα· Ἆρα γε ἀληθῶς τέξομαι; ἐγὼ δὲ γεγήρακα.

And the LORD said to Abraam, 'Why is it that Sarrha has laughed within herself, saying, "Shall I truly give birth? But I have grown old."'

μὴ ἀδυνατεῖ παρὰ τῷ θεῷ ῥῆμα; εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἀναστρέψω πρὸς σὲ εἰς ὥρας, καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σαρρᾳ υἱός.

Is anything impossible with God? At this appointed time I will return to you, at the hour, and Sarrha shall have a son.

ἠρνήσατο δὲ Σαρρα λέγουσα· Οὐκ ἐγέλασα· ἐφοβήθη γάρ. καὶ εἶπεν· Οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ἐγέλασας.

But Sarrha denied it, saying, 'I did not laugh'; for she was afraid. And he said, 'No, but you did laugh.'

Ἐξαναστάντες δὲ ἐκεῖθεν οἱ ἄνδρες κατέβλεψαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Σοδομων, Αβρααμ δὲ συνεπορεύετο μετ᾿ αὐτῶν συμπροπέμπων αὐτούς.

And the men rose up from there and looked toward Sodom, and Abraam was going along with them, escorting them on their way.

ὁ δὲ κύριος εἶπεν· Μὴ κρύψω ἐγὼ ἀπὸ Αβρααμ τοῦ παιδός μου, ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ;

And the LORD said, 'Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what I am about to do?'

Αβρααμ δὲ γινόμενος ἔσται εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πολύ, καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς.

For Abraam shall surely become a great and numerous nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him.

ᾔδειν γὰρ αὐτόν, ἵνα συντάξῃ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ φυλάξουσιν τὴν ὁδὸν κυρίου ποιεῖν δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν, ὅπως ἂν ἐπαγάγῃ κύριος ἐπὶ Αβρααμ πάντα, ὅσα ἐλάλησεν πρὸς αὐτόν.

For I have known him, so that he may command his sons and his household after him, and they will keep the way of the LORD to do righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraam all that he has spoken to him.

εἶπεν δὲ κύριος· Κραυγὴ Σοδομων καὶ Γομορρας πεπλήθυνται καὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῶν μεγάλαι σφόδρα·

And the LORD said, 'The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah has become great, and their sins are very great;'

καταβὰς οὖν ὄψομαι, εἰ κατὰ τὴν κραυγὴν αὐτῶν τὴν ἐρχομένην πρός με συντελοῦνται, εἰ δὲ μή, ἵνα γνῶ.

I will go down, then, and see whether they have done according to their outcry that comes to me in full; and if not, so that I may know.

Καὶ ἀποστραφέντες ἐκεῖθεν οἱ ἄνδρες ἦλθον εἰς Σοδομα· Αβρααμ δὲ ἦν ἑστηκὼς ἐναντίον κυρίου.

And the men turned from there and went to Sodom; but Abraam was still standing before the LORD.

καὶ ἐγγίσας Αβρααμ εἶπεν· Μὴ συναπολέσῃς δίκαιον μετὰ ἀσεβοῦς, καὶ ἔσται ὁ δίκαιος ὡς ὁ ἀσεβής;

And Abraam drew near and said, 'Will you indeed destroy the righteous with the wicked? Shall the righteous be as the wicked?'

ἐὰν ὦσιν πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀπολεῖς αὐτούς; οὐκ ἀνήσεις πάντα τὸν τόπον ἕνεκεν τῶν πεντήκοντα δικαίων, ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν αὐτῇ;

'If there are fifty righteous in the city, will you destroy them? Will you not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if there are any in it?'

μηδαμῶς σύ ποιήσεις ὡς τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦτο τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι δίκαιον μετὰ ἀσεβοῦς, καὶ ἔσται ὁ δίκαιος ὡς ὁ ἀσεβής· μηδαμῶς. ὁ κρίνων πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, οὐ ποιήσεις κρίσιν;

'Far be it from you to do such a thing — to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked. Far be it! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?'

εἶπεν δὲ κύριος· Ἐὰν εὕρω ἐν Σοδόμοις πεντήκοντα δικαίους ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀφήσω πάντα τὸν τόπον δι᾿ αὐτούς.

And the LORD said, 'If I find in Sodom fifty righteous people in the city, I will spare the whole place on their account.'

καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς Αβρααμ εἶπεν· Νῦν ἠρξάμην λαλεῖν πρὸς κύριον, ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός·

And Abraam answered and said, 'Now I have begun to speak to the LORD, and I am but dust and ashes.'

εἰ δ᾿ ἐλαττονωθεῖεν οἱ πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι πέντε, ἀπολεῖς ἕνεκεν τῶν πέντε πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν; εἶπεν δέ· Οὐκ ἀπολῶ, ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ τεσσαράκοντα πέντε.

'But if the fifty righteous should lack five, will you destroy the whole city for the sake of five?' And he said, 'I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there.'

καὶ προσέθηκεν ἔτι λαλῆσαι πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπεν· Ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθεῖεν ἐκεῖ τεσσαράκοντα; εἶπεν δέ· Οὐκ ἀπολῶ ἕνεκεν τῶν τεσσαράκοντα.

And he continued yet to speak to him and said, 'But what if forty should be found there?' And he said, 'I will not destroy it for the sake of the forty.'

καὶ εἶπεν· Μή τι κύριε θυμωθήσῃ, λαλήσω· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθεῖεν ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα; εἶπεν δέ· Οὐκ ἀπολῶ, ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα.

And he said, 'Let not the LORD be angry if I speak: but what if thirty should be found there?' And he said, 'I will not destroy it, if I find thirty there.'

εἶπεν δέ· Ἐπειδὴ ἔχω λαλεῖν πρὸς τὸν κύριον· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθεῖεν ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι; εἶπεν δέ· Οὐκ ἀπολῶ ἕνεκεν τῶν εἴκοσι.

And he said, 'Since I have undertaken to speak to the LORD: but what if twenty should be found there?' And he said, 'I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.'

εἶπεν δέ· Μή τι κύριε θυμωθήσῃ, λαλήσω ἔτι ἅπαξ· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθεῖεν ἐκεῖ δέκα; εἶπεν δέ· Οὐκ ἀπολῶ ἕνεκεν τῶν δέκα.

And he said, 'Let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet once more: but what if ten should be found there?' And he said, 'I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.'

καὶ ἀπῆλθεν κύριος, ὡς ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν τῷ Αβρααμ· καὶ Αβρααμ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

And the LORD departed when he had finished speaking with Abraam; and Abraam returned to his place.