1 Om kvelden kom de to englene til Sodoma, og Lot satt ved byporten. Da han så dem, reiste han seg opp for å møte dem og bøyde seg ned med ansiktet mot jorden.

And at nightfall the two angels came to Sodom; and Lot was seated at the way into the town: and when he saw them he got up and came before them, falling down on his face to the earth.

2 Han sa: Mine herrer, kom inn i deres tjeners hus og bli der i natt. Vask føttene deres, og i morgen tidlig kan dere dra videre. Men de sa: Nei, vi vil være på torget i natt.

And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.

3 Men han insisterte så sterkt at de gikk med ham inn i huset hans. Han lagde et måltid til dem og bakte usyret brød, som de spiste.

But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

4 Før de hadde lagt seg, omringet mennene i byen, alle mennene i Sodoma, både unge og gamle, huset fra alle kanter.

But before they had gone to bed, the men of the town, all the men of Sodom, came round the house, young and old, from every part of the town;

5 De ropte til Lot og sa: Hvor er de mennene som kom til deg i natt? Send dem ut til oss, så vi kan ha vår vilje med dem.

And crying out to Lot, they said, Where are the men who came to your house this night? Send them out to us, so that we may take our pleasure with them.

6 Da gikk Lot ut til dem ved inngangen og stengte døren etter seg.

And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him.

7 Han sa: Brødre, dere må ikke gjøre noe ondt.

And he said, My brothers, do not this evil.

8 Se, jeg har to ugifte døtre; la meg føre dem ut til dere, så dere kan gjøre med dem som dere synes best. Men ikke gjør noe mot disse mennene, for de har søkt tilflukt under mitt tak.

See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.

9 Men de sa: Flytt deg! Denne mannen kom hit som fremmed, og nå vil han være dommer over oss! Vi skal gjøre verre med deg enn med dem. De trengte hardt mot Lot og nærmet seg for å slå døren inn.

And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.

10 Men mennene rakte ut hånden, dro Lot inn i huset til seg og stengte døren.

But the men put out their hands and took Lot into the house to them, shutting the door again.

11 De slo blindhet over mennene ved døren, både små og store, slik at de strevde forgjeves for å finne døren.

But the men who were outside the door they made blind, all of them, small and great, so that they were tired out with looking for the door.

12 Deretter sa mennene til Lot: Har du noen flere her, svigersønner, sønner eller døtre, ta dem ut av dette stedet,

Then the men said to Lot, Are there any others of your family here? sons-in-law or sons or daughters, take them all out of this place;

13 for vi er blitt sendt for å ødelegge stedet, fordi Herrens rop mot dem er blitt stort, og Herren har sendt oss for å ødelegge byen.

For we are about to send destruction on this place, because a great outcry against them has come to the ears of the Lord; and the Lord has sent us to put an end to the town.

14 Lot gikk ut og talte til sine svigersønner, som hadde giftet seg med hans døtre, og sa: Kom, la oss gå bort fra dette stedet, for Herren skal ødelegge byen. Men hans svigersønner tok ham for en som spøkte.

And Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were married to his daughters, Come, let us go out of this place, for the Lord is about to send destruction on the town. But his sons-in-law did not take him seriously.

15 Da morgenen grydde, oppmuntret englene Lot og sa: Stå opp, ta din kone og dine to døtre som er her, så dere ikke omkommer på grunn av byens synd.

And when morning came, the angels did all in their power to make Lot go, saying, Get up quickly and take your wife and your two daughters who are here, and go, for fear that you come to destruction in the punishment of the town.

16 Men da han tøvet, grep mennene ham ved hånden, samt hans kone og hans to døtre, for Herren hadde medlidenhet med ham, og de førte dem ut av byen.

But while he was waiting, the men took him and his wife and his daughters by the hand, for the Lord had mercy on them, and put them outside the town.

17 Da de hadde ført dem utenfor, sa en av dem: Røm for livet, se ikke tilbake og opphold deg ikke i lavlandet; flykt til fjellene, ellers blir du ødelagt.

And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.

18 Lot sa til dem: Å nei, min Herre!

And Lot said to them, Not so, O my Lord;

19 Se, din tjener har funnet nåde for dine øyne, og du har stor barmhjertighet ved å redde mitt liv, men jeg kan ikke flykte til fjellene uten at ulykken tar meg, og jeg dør.

See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;

20 Se, denne byen er nær nok til å flykte til, og den er liten. La meg slippe dit - en liten by, er den ikke? -, så jeg kan berge livet.

This town, now, is near, and it is a little one: O, let me go there (is it not a little one?) so that my life may be safe.

21 Han svarte: Se, jeg innvilger deg også dette, at jeg ikke skal ødelegge byen du taler om.

And he said, See, I have given you your request in this one thing more: I will not send destruction on this town.

22 Skynd deg, flykt dit, for jeg kan ikke gjøre noe før du er kommet dit. Derfor ble byen kalt Soar.

Go there quickly, for I am not able to do anything till you have come there. For this reason, the town was named Zoar.

23 Solen var alt kommet opp da Lot kom til Soar.

The sun was up when Lot came to Zoar.

24 Da lot Herren svovel og ild regne ned fra himmelen over Sodoma og Gomorra.

Then the Lord sent fire and flaming smoke raining down from heaven on Sodom and Gomorrah.

25 Han la byene i ruiner, samt hele lavlandet og alle menneskene der, og alt som vokste på marken.

And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.

26 Men Lots kone, som fulgte, så seg tilbake, og hun ble en saltstøtte.

But Lot's wife, looking back, became a pillar of salt.

27 Tidlig om morgenen gikk Abraham til stedet hvor han hadde stått foran Herren.

And Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had been talking with the Lord:

28 Han så utover Sodoma og Gomorra og hele lavlandet og så røyken fra landet stige opp som røyken fra en ovn.

And looking in the direction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the lowland, he saw the smoke of the land going up like the smoke of an oven.

29 Så da Gud ødela byene på lavlandet, husket han Abraham, og han lot Lot slippe bort fra ødeleggelsen da han ødela byene Lot bodde i.

So it came about that when God sent destruction on the towns of the lowland, he kept his word to Abraham, and sent Lot safely away when he put an end to the towns where he was living.

30 Lot dro opp fra Soar og bodde i fjellene med sine to døtre, for han var redd for å bli i Soar. Han bodde i en hule, han og hans døtre.

Then Lot went up out of Zoar to the mountain, and was living there with his two daughters, for fear kept him from living in Zoar: and he and his daughters made their living-place in a hole in the rock.

31 Den eldste datteren sa til den yngste: Vår far er gammel, og det finnes ingen mann i landet som kan være vår ektemann, slik som skikken er.

And the older daughter said to her sister, Our father is old, and there is no man to be a husband to us in the natural way:

32 Kom, la oss gi vår far vin å drikke, så vi kan ligge med ham og bevare vår fars slekt.

Come, let us give our father much wine, and we will go into his bed, so that we may have offspring by our father,

33 Den natten ga de faren vin å drikke, og den eldste gikk og lå hos ham. Han merket ikke når hun la seg, eller når hun sto opp.

And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

34 Neste dag sa den eldste til den yngste: Se, jeg lå i natt med far. La oss gi ham vin å drikke i natt også, så kan du gå og ligge med ham, for å bevare vår fars slekt.

And on the day after, the older daughter said to the younger, Last night I was with my father; let us make him take much wine this night again, and do you go to him, so that we may have offspring by our father.

35 Samme natten ga de faren vin å drikke. Den yngste gikk og lå hos ham. Han merket ikke når hun la seg, eller når hun sto opp.

And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.

36 Slik ble begge Lots døtre med barn ved sin far.

And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

37 Den eldste fødte en sønn og kalte ham Moab. Han er stamfar til moabittene den dag i dag.

And the older daughter had a son, and she gave him the name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites to this day.

38 Den yngste fødte også en sønn og kalte ham Ben-Ammi. Fra ham stammer ammonittene, og de er fortsatt blant oss i dag.

And the younger had a son and gave him the name Ben-ammi: from him come the children of Ammon to this day.