The Book of Genesis, Chapter 19ΓΕΝΕΣΙΣ ΙΘ′

Ἦλθον δὲ οἱ δύο ἄγγελοι εἰς Σοδομα ἑσπέρας· Λωτ δὲ ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν πύλην Σοδομων· ἰδὼν δὲ Λωτ ἐξανέστη εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτῶν καὶ προσεκύνησεν τῷ προσώπῳ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

The two angels came to Sodom in the evening; and Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed his face to the ground.

καὶ εἶπεν Ἰδοὺ κύριοι, ἐκκλίνατε εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ παιδὸς ὑμῶν καὶ καταλύσατε καὶ νίψασθε τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν, καὶ ὀρθρίσαντες ἀπελεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν· εἶπαν δέ Οὐχί, ἀλλ' ἐν τῇ πλατείᾳ καταλύσομεν.

And he said, 'Look, my lords, please turn aside to your servant's house and spend the night and wash your feet, and you will rise early and go on your way.' But they said, 'No, but we will spend the night in the square.'

καὶ κατεβιάσατο αὐτούς, καὶ ἐξέκλιναν πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ εἰσῆλθον εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐποίησεν αὐτοῖς πότον καὶ ἀζύμους ἔπεψεν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἔφαγον.

But he pressed them urgently, and they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he made a feast for them and baked unleavened bread for them, and they ate.

πρὸ τοῦ δὲ κοιμηθῆναι, οἱ ἄνδρες τῆς πόλεως οἱ Σοδομῖται περιεκύκλωσαν τὴν οἰκίαν, νεανίσκοι καὶ πρεσβύτεροι, ἅπας ὁ λαὸς ἅμα.

But before they lay down to sleep, the men of the city, the Sodomites, surrounded the house — young and old, all the people together.

καὶ ἐξεκάλουν τὸν Λωτ καὶ ἔλεγον αὐτῷ Ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ εἰσελθόντες πρὸς σὲ τὴν νύκτα; ἐξάγαγε αὐτοὺς πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἵνα συγγενώμεθα αὐτοῖς.

And they called out for Lot and said to him, 'Where are the men who came in to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we may know them.'

ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Λωτ πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ πρόθυρον, τὴν δὲ θύραν προσέθηκεν ἐφ' ἑαυτοῦ·

And Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him,

καὶ εἶπεν Μηδαμῶς, ἀδελφοί, μὴ πονηρεύσησθε.

and said, 'By no means, brothers — do not act wickedly!'

εἰσὶν δέ μοι δύο θυγατέρες αἳ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ἄνδρα· ἐξάξω αὐτὰς πρὸς ὑμᾶς, καὶ χρήσασθε αὐταῖς καθὰ ἂν ἀρέσκῃ ὑμῖν· μόνον εἰς τοὺς ἄνδρας τούτους μὴ ποιήσητε ἄδικον, οὗ εἵνεκεν εἰσῆλθον ὑπὸ τὴν στέγην τῆς δοκοῦ μου.

Now I have two daughters who have not known a man; I will bring them out to you, and do with them as it pleases you — only to these men do no wrong, because they have come under the shelter of my roof.

εἶπαν δέ Ἀπόστα ἐκεῖ· εἰσῆλθες παροικεῖν· μὴ καὶ κρίσιν κρίνειν; νῦν οὖν σε κακώσομεν μᾶλλον ἢ ἐκείνους. καὶ παρεβιάσαντο τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν Λωτ σφόδρα καὶ ἤγγισαν συντρῖψαι τὴν θύραν.

But they said, 'Stand back there! This man came to sojourn, and would he indeed set himself up as judge? Now we will deal worse with you than with them.' And they pressed hard against the man Lot exceedingly and drew near to break down the door.

ἐκτείναντες δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες τὰς χεῖρας εἰσεσπάσαντο τὸν Λωτ πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον καὶ τὴν θύραν τοῦ οἴκου ἀπέκλεισαν·

But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot toward them into the house and shut the door of the house;

τοὺς δὲ ἄνδρας τοὺς ὄντας ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τοῦ οἴκου ἐπάταξαν ἀορασίᾳ ἀπὸ μικροῦ ἕως μεγάλου, καὶ παρελύθησαν εὑρεῖν τὴν θύραν.

And they struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, from small to great, and they were worn out trying to find the door.

εἶπαν δὲ οἱ ἄνδρες πρὸς Λωτ Ἔστιν τί σοι ὧδε; γαμβροὺς ἢ υἱοὺς ἢ θυγατέρας ἢ εἴ τι ἄλλο σού ἐστιν ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἐξάγαγε ἐκ τοῦ τόπου τούτου·

And the men said to Lot, 'Do you have anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else of yours in the city — bring them out of this place;'

ὅτι ἀπολλύομεν τὸν τόπον τοῦτον· ὅτι ὑψώθη ἡ κραυγὴ αὐτῶν ἐναντίον κυρίου, καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ἡμᾶς κύριος ἐκτρῖψαι αὐτήν.

'because we are destroying this place; because their outcry has risen up before the LORD, and the LORD has sent us to destroy it.'

ἐξῆλθεν δὲ Λωτ καὶ ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τοὺς γαμβροὺς αὐτοῦ τοὺς εἰληφότας τὰς θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ καὶ εἶπεν Ἀνάστητε καὶ ἐξέλθατε ἐκ τοῦ τόπου τούτου, ὅτι ἐκτρίβει κύριος τὴν πόλιν. ἔδοξεν δὲ γελοιάζειν ἐναντίον τῶν γαμβρῶν αὐτοῦ.

And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who had taken his daughters and said, 'Rise up and go out from this place, because the LORD is destroying the city.' But he seemed to be joking to his sons-in-law.

ἡνίκα δὲ ὄρθρος ἐγένετο, ἐπεσπούδαζον οἱ ἄγγελοι τὸν Λωτ λέγοντες Ἀναστὰς λαβὲ τὴν γυναῖκά σου καὶ τὰς δύο θυγατέρας σου ἃς ἔχεις καὶ ἔξελθε, ἵνα μὴ καὶ σὺ συναπόληῃ ταῖς ἀνομίαις τῆς πόλεως.

And when dawn came, the angels urged Lot earnestly, saying, 'Rise up, take your wife and your two daughters whom you have, and go out, lest you too be destroyed along with the iniquities of the city.'

καὶ ἐταράχθη, καὶ ἐκράτησαν οἱ ἄγγελοι τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς χειρὸς τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν δύο θυγατέρων αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ φείσασθαι κύριον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐξήγαγον αὐτὸν καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸν ἔξω τῆς πόλεως.

But he lingered; and the angels took hold of his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters — because the LORD had compassion on him — and they led him out and placed him outside the city.

καὶ ἐγένετο ἡνίκα ἐξήγαγον αὐτοὺς ἔξω, εἶπεν Σῴζου τὴν σεαυτοῦ ψυχήν· μὴ περιβλέψῃς εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω μηδὲ στῇς ἐν πάσῃ τῇ περιχώρῳ· εἰς τὸ ὄρος σῴζου, μήποτε συμπαραληφθῇς.

And it came to pass when they led them outside, he said, 'Save yourself! Do not look back and do not stop anywhere in the surrounding region; flee to the mountain, lest you be taken along with them.'

εἶπεν δὲ Λωτ πρὸς αὐτούς Δέομαι, κύριε·

But Lot said to them, 'I pray you, my lord —'

ἐπειδὴ εὗρεν ὁ παῖς σου ἔλεος ἐναντίον σου, καὶ ἐμεγάλυνας τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, ἣν ποιεῖς ἐπ' ἐμέ, τοῦ ζῆν τὴν ψυχήν μου· ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ δυνήσομαι διασωθῆναι εἰς τὸ ὄρος, μήποτε καταλάβῃ με τὰ κακὰ καὶ ἀποθάνω.

'since your servant has found favor before you, and you have magnified your righteousness that you are showing toward me in keeping my soul alive — yet I will not be able to escape to the mountain, lest the evils overtake me and I die.'

ἰδοὺ ἡ πόλις αὕτη ἐγγὺς τοῦ καταφυγεῖν με ἐκεῖ, ἥ ἐστιν μικρά, καὶ ἐκεῖ σωθήσομαι· οὐ μικρά ἐστιν; καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου.

'Look, this city is near enough for me to flee there, and it is small — and I will be saved there. Is it not small? And my soul will live.'

καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰδοὺ ἐθαύμασά σου τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματι τούτῳ τοῦ μὴ καταστρέψαι τὴν πόλιν, περὶ ἧς ἐλάλησας·

And he said to him, 'Look, I have accepted your petition and I will not overthrow the city about which you have spoken —'

σπεῦσον οὖν τοῦ σωθῆναι ἐκεῖ· οὐ γὰρ δυνήσομαι ποιῆσαί τι ἕως τοῦ σὲ εἰσελθεῖν ἐκεῖ. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα τῆς πόλεως ἐκείνης Σηγωρ.

'Hurry therefore to be saved there, for I will not be able to do anything until you have entered there.' Therefore he called the name of that city Zoar.

ὁ ἥλιος ἐξῆλθεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ Λωτ εἰσῆλθεν εἰς Σηγωρ.

The sun had come out over the land, and Lot entered Zoar.

καὶ κύριος ἔβρεξεν ἐπὶ Σοδομα καὶ Γομορρα θεῖον καὶ πῦρ παρὰ κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ·

And the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

καὶ κατέστρεψεν τὰς πόλεις ταύτας καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν περίχωρον καὶ πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἀνατέλλοντα ἐκ τῆς γῆς.

and he overthrew those cities and all the surrounding region and all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that sprang up from the earth.

καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω καὶ ἐγένετο στήλη ἁλός.

And his wife looked back and became a pillar of salt.

Ὤρθρισεν δὲ Αβρααμ τὸ πρωῒ εἰς τὸν τόπον, οὗ εἱστήκει ἐναντίον κυρίου·

And Abraham rose early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the LORD;

καὶ ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Σοδομων καὶ Γομορρας καὶ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον τῆς περιχώρου καὶ εἶδεν, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνέβη φλὸξ τῆς γῆς ὡσεὶ ἀτμὶς καμίνου.

and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward the face of the surrounding region and saw, and behold — smoke rose from the earth like the smoke of a furnace.

καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἐκτρῖψαι κύριον πάσας τὰς πόλεις τῆς περιχώρου, ἐμνήσθη ὁ θεὸς τοῦ Αβρααμ καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν τὸν Λωτ ἐκ μέσου τῆς καταστροφῆς, ἐν τῷ καταστρέψαι κύριον τὰς πόλεις ἐν αἷς κατῴκει ἐν αὐταῖς Λωτ.

And it came to pass when the LORD destroyed all the cities of the surrounding region, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out from the midst of the overthrow, when the LORD overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.

Ἀνέβη δὲ Λωτ ἐκ Σηγωρ καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ ὄρει, αὐτὸς καὶ αἱ δύο θυγατέρες αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ· ἐφοβήθη γὰρ κατοικεῖν ἐν Σηγωρ· καὶ ἐκάθητο ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ, αὐτὸς καὶ αἱ δύο θυγατέρες αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ.

And Lot went up from Zoar and settled in the mountain, he and his two daughters with him, for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar; and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.

εἶπεν δὲ ἡ πρεσβυτέρα πρὸς τὴν νεωτέραν· Ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν πρεσβύτης, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἔσται ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ὁ εἰσελευσόμενος πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὡς καθήκει πάσῃ τῇ γῇ.

And the elder said to the younger, 'Our father is old, and there is no one on the earth who will come in to us as is fitting for all the earth.'

δεῦρο οἰνίσωμεν τὸν πατέρα ἡμῶν οἶνον καὶ κοιμηθῶμεν μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν σπέρμα.

'Come, let us give our father wine to drink and lie with him, and let us raise up offspring from our father.'

ἐπότισαν δὲ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν οἶνον ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ· καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἡ πρεσβυτέρα ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς τὴν νύκτα ἐκείνην· καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀναστῆναι.

They gave their father wine to drink that night; and the elder went in and lay with her father that night; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

ἐγένετο δὲ τῇ ἐπαύριον καὶ εἶπεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα πρὸς τὴν νεωτέραν· Ἰδοὺ ἐκοιμήθην χθὲς μετὰ τοῦ πατρός μου· ποτίσωμεν αὐτὸν οἶνον καὶ τὴν νύκτα ταύτην, καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα κοιμήθητι μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξαναστήσωμεν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν σπέρμα.

And it came to pass the next day that the elder said to the younger, 'Behold, I lay with my father last night; let us give him wine to drink this night also, and you go in and lie with him, and let us raise up offspring from our father.'

ἐπότισαν δὲ καὶ ἐν τῇ νυκτὶ ἐκείνῃ τὸν πατέρα αὐτῶν οἶνον· καὶ εἰσελθοῦσα ἡ νεωτέρα ἐκοιμήθη μετὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς· καὶ οὐκ ᾔδει ἐν τῷ κοιμηθῆναι αὐτὴν καὶ ἀναστῆναι.

They gave their father wine to drink that night also; and the younger went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

καὶ συνέλαβον αἱ δύο θυγατέρες Λωτ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῶν.

Thus both daughters of Lot conceived by their father.

καὶ ἔτεκεν ἡ πρεσβυτέρα υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Μωαβ, λέγουσα Ἐκ τοῦ πατρός μου· οὗτος πατὴρ Μωαβιτῶν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

And the elder bore a son and called his name Moab, saying, 'From my father'; he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

καὶ ἡ νεωτέρα καὶ αὐτὴ ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Αμμαν, λέγουσα Υἱὸς τοῦ γένους μου· οὗτος πατὴρ Αμμανιτῶν ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας.

And the younger also bore a son and called his name Amman, saying, 'Son of my people'; he is the father of the Ammanites to this day.