Genesi 19
1 Or i due angeli giunsero a Sodoma verso sera; e Lot stava sedendo alla porta di Sodoma; e, come li vide, s’alzò per andar loro incontro e si prostrò con la faccia a terra, e disse:
That evening, the two angels arrived in Sodom. Lot was sitting at the gateway of the city. When he saw them, he got up to greet them, and prostrated himself with his face on the ground.
2 “Signori miei, vi prego, venite in casa del vostro servo, albergatevi questa notte, e lavatevi i piedi; poi domattina vi leverete per tempo e continuerete il vostro cammino”. Ed essi risposero: “No; passeremo la notte sulla piazza”.
He said to them, “Gentlemen, please stay in my house tonight. You can wash your feet, and tomorrow you can continue your journey.” But they said, “No, we will just sleep in the city square.”
3 Ma egli fe’ loro tanta premura, che vennero da lui ed entrarono in casa sua. Ed egli fece loro un convito, cosse dei pani senza lievito, ed essi mangiarono.
But Lot kept insisting strongly that they sleep in his house. So they entered his house with him, and he prepared a meal for them. He baked some bread without yeast, and they ate it.
4 Ma prima che si fossero coricati, gli uomini della città, i Sodomiti, circondarono la casa: giovani e vecchi, la popolazione intera venuta da ogni lato; e chiamarono Lot, e gli dissero:
After they finished eating, before they went to bed, the men of Sodom [city], all of them, from the young ones to the old ones, surrounded the house.
5 “Dove sono quegli uomini che son venuti da te stanotte? Menaceli fuori, affinché noi li conosciamo!”
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to your house this evening? Bring them out, so that we can have sex with them!” [EUP]
6 Lot uscì verso di loro sull’ingresso di casa, si chiuse dietro la porta, e disse:
Lot went outside the house and shut the door behind him, so that they could not go inside.
7 “Deh, fratelli miei, non fate questo male!
He said to them, “My friends, don’t do such an evil thing!
8 Ecco, ho due figliuole che non hanno conosciuto uomo; deh, lasciate ch’io ve le meni fuori, e voi fate di loro quel che vi piacerà; soltanto non fate nulla a questi uomini, poiché son venuti all’ombra del mio tetto”.
Listen to me. I have two daughters who have never had sex with any man. Let me bring them out to you now, and you can do with them whatever pleases you. But don’t do anything to these men, because they are guests in my house, [so I must protect them]!”
9 Ma essi gli dissero: “Fatti in là!” E ancora: “Quest’individuo è venuto qua come straniero, e la vuol far da giudice! Ora faremo a te peggio che a quelli!” E, premendo Lot con violenza, s’avvicinarono per sfondare la porta.
But they replied, “Get out of our way! You are a foreigner; so you have no right to tell us what is right! [If you don’t get out of our way], we will do worse things to you than we will do to them!” Then they lunged towards Lot, and tried forcefully to break down the door.
10 Ma quegli uomini stesero la mano, trassero Lot in casa con loro, e chiusero la porta.
But the two angels opened the door carefully, reached out their hands, and pulled Lot to them inside the house. Then they quickly shut the door.
11 E colpirono di cecità la gente ch’era alla porta della casa, dal più piccolo al più grande, talché si stancarono a cercar la porta.
Then they caused all the men who were outside the door of the house, young and old, to become blind, so that they could not find the door.
12 E quegli uomini dissero a Lot: “Chi hai tu ancora qui? fa’ uscire da questo luogo generi, figliuoli, figliuole e chiunque de’ tuoi è in questa città;
Then the two angels said to Lot, “Who else is with you here? If you have sons or sons-in-law or daughters or anyone else in the city who is related to you, take them out of the city,
13 poiché noi distruggeremo questo luogo, perché il grido contro i suoi abitanti è grande nel cospetto dell’Eterno, e l’Eterno ci ha mandati a distruggerlo”.
because we are the ones who are going to destroy this place. Yahweh considers that these people are so evil that he sent us to destroy the city.”
14 Allora Lot usci, parlò ai suoi generi che avevano preso le sue figliuole, e disse: “Levatevi, uscite da questo luogo, perché l’Eterno sta per distruggere la città”. Ma ai i generi parve che volesse scherzare.
So Lot went and spoke to the men who had pledged to marry his daughters. He said to them, “Hurry! Get out of this city, because Yahweh is about to destroy it!” But his future sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15 E come l’alba cominciò ad apparire, gli angeli sollecitarono Lot, dicendo: “Lèvati, prendi tua moglie e le tue due figliuole che si trovan qui, affinché tu non perisca nel castigo di questa città”.
As it was about to dawn the next morning, the two angels urged Lot, saying, “Get up quickly! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here with you and leave! If you don’t, you will die when [we destroy/Yahweh destroys] the city!”
16 Ma egli s’indugiava; e quegli uomini presero per la mano lui, sua moglie e le sue due figliuole, perché l’Eterno lo volea risparmiare; e lo menaron via, e lo misero fuori della città.
When Lot hesitated, the angels grasped his hand and his wife’s hand and the hands of his two daughters. They led them outside the city safely. The angels did that because Yahweh was acting mercifully toward them.
17 E avvenne che quando li ebbero fatti uscire, uno di quegli uomini disse: “Sàlvati la vita! non guardare indietro, e non ti fermare in alcun luogo della pianura; sàlvati al monte, che tu non abbia a perire!”
When they were outside the city, one of the angels said, “[If you want to remain alive], run away quickly! Don’t look back! And don’t stop anywhere in the valley! Flee to the hills! If you don’t, you will die!”
18 E Lot rispose loro: “No, mio signore!
But Lot said to one of the angels, “No, sir, don’t make me do that!
19 ecco, il tuo servo ha trovato grazia agli occhi tuoi, e tu hai mostrato la grandezza della tua bontà verso di me conservandomi in vita; ma io non posso salvarmi al monte prima che il disastro mi sopraggiunga, ed io perisca.
Please, listen. You have been pleased with me and have been very kind to me and spared my life. But I cannot flee to the mountain. If I try to do that, I will die in this disaster [PRS].
20 Ecco, questa città è vicina da potermici rifugiare, ed è piccola. Deh, lascia ch’io scampi quivi non è essa piccola? e vivrà l’anima mia!”
But listen to me. There is a town nearby. Let me run to that small town. Let me go there now. It is a small town, but our lives will be saved if we go there.”
21 E quegli a lui: “Ecco, anche questa grazia io ti concedo: di non distruggere la città, della quale hai parlato.
One of the angels said to Lot, “I will allow you to do what you have requested [MTY]. I will not destroy the little town you are speaking about.
22 Affrettati, scampa colà, poiché io non posso far nulla finché tu vi sia giunto”. Perciò quella città fu chiamata Tsoar.
But hurry! Run there, because I cannot destroy anything until you arrive there.” People later called the name of the town Zoar [which means ‘small’, ] because Lot said it was small.
23 Il sole si levava sulla terra quando Lot arrivò a Tsoar.
As the sun was rising, Lot and his family arrived in the town which is now called Zoar.
24 Allora l’Eterno fece piovere dai cieli su Sodoma e Gomorra zolfo e fuoco, da parte dell’Eterno;
Then Yahweh caused fire and [burning] sulfur to fall down on Sodom and Gomorrah like rain.
25 ed egli distrusse quelle città e tutta la pianura e tutti gli abitanti delle città e quanto cresceva sul suolo.
In that way, he destroyed those cities and all the people who were living in those cities. He also destroyed everything in the valley, including all the plants/vegetation.
26 Ma la moglie di Lot si volse a guardare indietro, e diventò una statua di sale.
But Lot’s wife stopped and looked back [to see what was happening], so she died, and her body [later] became a pillar of salt.
27 E Abrahamo si levò la mattina a buon’ora, e andò al luogo dove s’era prima fermato davanti all’Eterno;
That morning, Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood in front of Yahweh.
28 guardò verso Sodoma e Gomorra e verso tutta la regione della pianura, ed ecco vide un fumo che si levava dalla terra, come il fumo d’una fornace.
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and he [was surprised to] see that all over the valley, smoke was rising, like the smoke of a huge furnace.
29 Così avvenne che, quando Iddio distrusse le città della pianura, egli si ricordò d’Abrahamo, e fece partir Lot di mezzo al disastro, allorché sovvertì le città dove Lot avea dimorato.
So, when God destroyed those cities in the valley, he remembered what he had promised Abraham, and he rescued Lot from the disaster that occurred in the cities where Lot had lived.
30 Lot salì da Tsoar e dimorò sul monte insieme con le sue due figliuole, perché temeva di stare in Tsoar; e dimorò in una spelonca, egli con le sue due figliuole.
Lot was afraid to stay in Zoar, so he left there and moved with his two daughters to the mountain, and they lived in a cave.
31 E la maggiore disse alla minore: “Nostro padre è vecchio, e non c’è più nessuno sulla terra per venire da noi, come si costuma in tutta la terra.
One day the older daughter said to (the younger daughter/her sister), “Our father is old, and there is no man in this area who can have sex [EUP] with us, as people all over the earth do.
32 Vieni, diamo a bere del vino a nostro padre, e giaciamoci con lui, affinché possiamo conservare la razza di nostro padre”.
Let’s make our father drink wine until he gets drunk. Then we can have sex with him [EUP] [without him knowing it]. In that way [he will cause us to become pregnant] and we can bear children.”
33 E quella stessa notte dettero a bere del vino al loro padre; e la maggiore entrò e si giacque con suo padre; ed egli non s’accorse né quando essa si coricò né quando si levò.
So that night they caused their father to become drunk. And the older daughter went in and lay in bed with her father, and he had sex with her, but he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
34 E avvenne che il dì seguente, la maggiore disse alla minore: “Ecco, la notte passata io mi giacqui con mio padre; diamogli a bere del vino anche questa notte; e tu entra, e giaciti con lui, affinché possiamo conservare la razza di nostro padre”.
The next day, his older daughter said to (his younger daughter/her sister), “Listen to me. Last night I slept with our father. Let’s cause him to become drunk again tonight! This time you can go and sleep with him. If he has sex with you, you can become pregnant, and that way you can have a child, too.”
35 E anche quella notte dettero a bere del vino al padre loro, e la minore andò a giacersi con lui; ed egli non s’accorse né quando essa si coricò né quando si levò.
So that night, they caused their father to become drunk with wine again, and then his younger daughter went and slept with him. But again, he was so drunk that he did not know when she lay down with him or when she got up.
36 Così le due figliuole di Lot rimasero incinte del loro padre.
So Lot caused his two daughters to become pregnant.
37 E la maggiore partorì un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Moab. Questi è il padre dei Moabiti, che sussistono fino al di d’oggi.
The older one later gave birth to a son, whom she named Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moab people-group.
38 E la minore partorì anch’essa un figliuolo, al quale pose nome Ben-Ammi. Questi è il padre degli Ammoniti, che sussistono fino al dì d’oggi.
The younger one also gave birth to a son, whom she named Ben-Ammi. He became the ancestor of the Ammon people-group.
