The Sinfulness of Sodom
1 When the two angels came to Sodom that evening, Lot was sitting at the city gate. As soon as he saw them, he got up and went to meet them. He bowed down before them 2 and said, “Sirs, I am here to serve you. Please come to my house. You can wash your feet and spend the night. In the morning you can get up early and go on your way.”
But they answered, “No, we will spend the night here in the city square.”
3 He kept on urging them, and finally they went with him to his house. Lot ordered his servants to bake some bread and prepare a fine meal for the guests. When it was ready, they ate it.
4 Before the guests went to bed, the men of Sodom surrounded the house. All the men of the city, both young and old, were there. 5 They called out to Lot and asked, “Where are the men who came to stay with you tonight? Bring them out to us!” The men of Sodom wanted to have sex with them.
6 Lot went outside and closed the door behind him. 7 He said to them, “Friends, I beg you, don't do such a wicked thing! 8 Look, I have two daughters who are still virgins. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do whatever you want with them. But don't do anything to these men; they are guests in my house, and I must protect them.”
9 But they said, “Get out of our way, you foreigner! Who are you to tell us what to do? Out of our way, or we will treat you worse than them.” They pushed Lot back and moved up to break down the door. 10 But the two men inside reached out, pulled Lot back into the house, and shut the door. 11 Then they struck all the men outside with blindness, so that they couldn't find the door.
Lot Leaves Sodom
12 The two men said to Lot, “If you have anyone else here—sons, daughters, sons-in-law, or any other relatives living in the city—get them out of here, 13 because we are going to destroy this place. The Lord has heard the terrible accusations against these people and has sent us to destroy Sodom.”
14 Then Lot went to the men that his daughters were going to marry, and said, “Hurry up and get out of here; the Lord is going to destroy this place.” But they thought he was joking.
15 At dawn the angels tried to make Lot hurry. “Quick!” they said. “Take your wife and your two daughters and get out, so that you will not lose your lives when the city is destroyed.” 16 Lot hesitated. The Lord, however, had pity on him; so the men took him, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city. 17 Then one of the angels said, “Run for your lives! Don't look back and don't stop in the valley. Run to the hills, so that you won't be killed.”
18 But Lot answered, “No, please don't make us do that, sir. 19 You have done me a great favor and saved my life. But the hills are too far away; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die before I get there. 20 Do you see that little town? It is near enough. Let me go over there—you can see it is just a small place—and I will be safe.”
21 He answered, “All right, I agree. I won't destroy that town. 22 Hurry! Run! I can't do anything until you get there.”
Because Lot called it small, the town was named Zoar.
The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah
23 The sun was rising when Lot reached Zoar. 24 Suddenly the Lord rained burning sulfur on the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah 25 and destroyed them and the whole valley, along with all the people there and everything that grew on the land. 26 But Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a pillar of salt.
27 Early the next morning Abraham hurried to the place where he had stood in the presence of the Lord. 28 He looked down at Sodom and Gomorrah and the whole valley and saw smoke rising from the land, like smoke from a huge furnace. 29 But when God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot was living, he kept Abraham in mind and allowed Lot to escape to safety.
The Origin of the Moabites and Ammonites
30 Because Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, he and his two daughters moved up into the hills and lived in a cave. 31 The older daughter said to her sister, “Our father is getting old, and there are no men in the whole world to marry us so that we can have children. 32 Come on, let's get our father drunk, so that we can sleep with him and have children by him.” 33 That night they gave him wine to drink, and the older daughter had intercourse with him. But he was so drunk that he didn't know it.
34 The next day the older daughter said to her sister, “I slept with him last night; now let's get him drunk again tonight, and you sleep with him. Then each of us will have a child by our father.” 35 So that night they got him drunk, and the younger daughter had intercourse with him. Again he was so drunk that he didn't know it. 36 In this way both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their own father. 37 The older daughter had a son, whom she named Moab. He was the ancestor of the present-day Moabites. 38 The younger daughter also had a son, whom she named Benammi. He was the ancestor of the present-day Ammonites.
Sodomas izvirtība
1 Un vakarā divi eņģeļi nāca uz Sodomu, bet Lats sēdēja Sodomas vārtos. Lats tos ieraudzīja, nāca tiem pretī un noliecās ar seju līdz zemei. 2 Un viņš teica: “Klau, mani kungi, iegriezieties sava kalpa namā un palieciet pa nakti, mazgājiet savas kājas, celieties tik rīta agrumā un ejiet savu ceļu tālāk!” Bet tie teica: “Nē, mēs pārnakšņosim uz ielas!” 3 Bet viņš uzstāja jo stipri, un tie iegriezās pie viņa un iegāja namā, un viņš tiem rīkoja dzīres un cepa plāceņus, un tie ēda. 4 Pirms tie vēl bija likušies gulēt, tās pilsētas vīri, Sodomas vīri, apstāja māju – gan jauni, gan veci, visi ļaudis no malu malām. 5 Un tie teica Latam: “Kur ir tie vīri, kas šonakt pie tevis atnākuši? Izved tos pie mums, un mēs tos iegūsim!” 6 Un Lats iznāca pie viņiem pa durvīm, bet durvis aiz sevis aizdarīja. 7 Un viņš teica: “Nē jel, mani brāļi, nedariet ļauna! 8 Re, man ir divas meitas, kas vīrieša nepazīst. Nu lieciet, lai jums izvedu viņas, un dariet tām, kā jums tīk, tik šiem vīriem neko nedariet, tik tiešām! – jo zem manas pajumtes tie ir nonākuši!” 9 Bet viņi teica: “Taisies malā!” Viņi teica: “Vai šis nav nācis, lai apmestos te uz dzīvi?! Tagad šis te vēl spriedīs?! Mēs izdarīsim tev vēl vairāk ļauna nekā tiem!” Un viņi uzmācās tam vīram, Latam, un spiedās, lai uzlauztu durvis. 10 Bet tie vīri ņēma un ievilka Latu pie sevis namā, un aizdarīja durvis. 11 Bet vīrus, kas bija nama durvīs, tie sita ar aklumu – no maza līdz lielam, un viņi taustījās uz vārtiem.
Sodomas un Gomoras izpostīšana
(Mt 11:23–24Lk 17:28–32)12 Un tie vīri teica Latam: “Ved prom no šīs vietas visus, kas tev te vēl ir no taviem znotiem, taviem dēliem un tavām meitām, un visus, kas tev ir pilsētā, 13 jo mēs nopostīsim šo vietu, tādēļ ka tās kliegšana ir jo liela Kunga priekšā – Kungs mūs ir sūtījis to nopostīt!” 14 Un Lats gāja un teica saviem znotiem, kas grasījās precēt viņa meitas, un sacīja: “Celieties, dodieties prom no šīs vietas, jo Kungs šo pilsētu nopostīs!” Bet viņa znotiem šķita, ka viņš smejas.
15 Kad svīda ausma, eņģeļi steidzināja Latu: “Celies, ņem savu sievu un abas meitas, kas te ir, ka netiec aizrauts šīs pilsētas vainas dēļ!” 16 Bet viņš vilcinājās, un tie vīri sagrāba viņu aiz rokas un viņa sievu un abas viņa meitas aiz rokas, izveda viņu laukā un atstāja ārpus pilsētas, jo Kungs bija viņu pasaudzējis. 17 Un, kad tie viņus bija izveduši laukā, tie teica: “Glāb savu dvēseli, neskaties atpakaļ un ielejā neapstājies! Glābies kalnos, ka netiec aizrauts!” 18 Bet Lats tiem teica: “Nē taču, mani kungi! 19 Redzi – tavs kalps guva tavu vēlību, un tu vairoji savu žēlastību, ko tu darīji man, atstādams dzīvu manu dvēseli, bet es nevaru glābties kalnos! Ka mani neķer ļaunums un es nemirstu! 20 Redzi, šī pilsēta ir gana tuvu, lai uz turieni bēgtu, un tā ir maza! Glābšos tur! Vai tā nav maza? Un mana dvēsele būs glābta!” 21 Un viņš tam teica: “Es piekrītu tev arī šajā lietā – es neizpostīšu to pilsētu, par ko tu runāji! 22 Steidz glābties uz turieni, jo es nevaru ķerties pie lietas, kamēr tu neesi tur nonācis!” Tādēļ tās pilsētas vārdu nosauca Coara . 23 Saule pacēlās pār zemi, kamēr Lats tika līdz Coarai. 24 Kungs lika līt pār Sodomu sēram un ugunij – no Kunga, no debesīm. 25 Viņš apgrieza otrādi šīs pilsētas un visu ieleju – visus to pilsētu iemītniekus un augus, kas bija zemē. 26 Bet Lata sieva paskatījās atpakaļ un kļuva par sālsstabu. 27 Un Ābrahāms rīta agrumā devās uz to vietu, kur bija stāvējis Kunga priekšā. 28 Viņš nolūkojās lejup uz Sodomu un Gomoru un uz visu ielejas zemes virsu, viņš paskatījās, un redzi – dūmi no zemes cēlās kā dzelzs lietuves dūmi!
29 Kad Dievs bija nopostījis ielejas pilsētas, Dievs atcerējās Ābrahāmu un sūtīja Latu projām no postažas – kad viņš bija nopostījis pilsētas, kurās Lats dzīvoja.
Lata meitas
30 Lats aizgāja no Coaras un dzīvoja kalnos kopā ar abām meitām – jo viņš baidījās dzīvot Coarā un kopā ar abām meitām dzīvoja alā. 31 Un pirmdzimtā teica jaunākajai: “Mūsu tēvs ir vecs, un uz zemes nav vīra, kas nāktu pie mums, kā pieņemts visur uz zemes. 32 Ejam, piedzirdām mūsu tēvu ar vīnu un guļam ar viņu – un mums būs pēcnācējs no mūsu tēva!” 33 Un tonakt viņas piedzirdīja savu tēvu ar vīnu, un pirmdzimtā gāja un gulēja ar savu tēvu, bet viņš nemanīja, ne kā viņa gūlās, ne kā viņa cēlās. 34 Un nākamajā rītā pirmdzimtā teica jaunākajai: “Re, vakarnakt es gulēju ar savu tēvu! Piedzirdām viņu arī šonakt ar vīnu, un ej tu un guli ar viņu – un mums būs pēcnācējs no mūsu tēva!” 35 Un arī tonakt viņas piedzirdīja savu tēvu ar vīnu, un jaunākā gāja un gulēja ar savu tēvu, bet tas nemanīja, ne kā viņa gūlās, ne kā viņa cēlās. 36 Un abas Lata meitas kļuva grūtas no sava tēva. 37 Pirmdzimtā dzemdēja dēlu un nosauca viņu vārdā Moābs – viņš ir moābiešu tēvs līdz šai dienai. 38 Un jaunākā, arī viņa dzemdēja dēlu un nosauca viņu vārdā Ben-Ammī – viņš ir amoniešu tēvs līdz šai dienai.
