< Genesis 19 >

1 The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, while Lot was sitting at the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, arose to meet them, and bowed down with his face to the ground.
Pea naʻe haʻu ʻae ʻāngelo ʻe toko ua ki Sotoma kuo efiafi; pea naʻe nofo ʻa Lote ʻi he matapā ʻo Sotoma, pea mamata ʻa Lote, pea tuʻu hake ia ʻo ʻalu ke fakafetaulaki kiate kinaua: pea naʻa ne punou ia mo hono mata ki he kelekele.
2 He said, “Please my masters, I urge you to turn aside into your servant's house, stay for the night, and wash your feet. Then you can rise up early and go on your way.” They replied, “No, we will spend the night in the town square.”
Pea pehē ʻe ia, “Ongo ʻeiki, mo vakai mai, ʻoku ou kole kiate kimoua, mo afe ki he fale ʻo ho mo tamaioʻeiki ʻo nofo ʻi he poōni, pea fufulu ho mo vaʻe, pea te mo tuʻu hengihengi hake pe, pea ō ʻi homo fononga. Pea naʻa na pehē, “E ʻikai; ka te mā nofo ʻi he hala he poōni.”
3 But he urged them strongly, so they went with him, and entered into his house. He prepared a meal and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Pea kole fakamātoato ia kiate kinaua; pea na afe ai kiate ia, ō hū ki hono fale; pea naʻa ne teu ʻena kai, pea taʻo ʻae mā taʻemeʻafakatupu, pea ne na kai.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the men from every part of the city.
Pea naʻe teʻeki te na tokoto, mo ʻene haʻu ʻae kau tangata ʻoe kolo, ʻio, ʻae kau tangata ʻo Sotoma, ʻo nau kāpui ʻae fale, ʻae kau mātuʻa mo e talavou, ʻae kakai kotoa pē mei he potu kehekehe.
5 They called to Lot, and said to him, “Where are the men that came in to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may sleep with them.”
Pea naʻa nau ui kia Lote ʻo pehē kiate ia, “Kofaʻā ia ʻae ongo tangata naʻe omi kiate koe he poōni? ʻOmi ʻakinaua kituʻa kiate kimautolu ke mau ʻilo ʻakinaua.”
6 So Lot went out the door to them and shut the door after himself.
Pea ʻalu kituaʻā Lote ʻi he matapā kiate kinautolu, pea tāpuni ʻe ia ʻae matapā ʻi hono tuʻa,
7 He said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
Pea ne pehē, “ʻOku ou kole kiate kimoutolu, ʻe kāinga, ʻoua te mou fai ʻae kovi pehē ni.
8 Look, I have two daughters who have not slept with any man. Let me, I beg you, bring them out to you, and you do to them whatever is good in your eyes. Only do nothing to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
Vakai mai, ʻoku ai hoku ongo ʻofefine ʻoku teʻeki ai te na ʻilo ha tangata; ʻoku ou kole kiate kimoutolu, ke u ʻomi ʻakinaua kiate kimoutolu, pea mou fai kiate kinaua, ʻaia ʻoku lelei kiate kimoutolu kaeʻoua te mou fai ha meʻa ki he ongo tangata ni; he ko ia kuo na omi ai ki he malu ʻo hoku fale.”
9 They said, “Stand back!” They also said, “This one came here to live as a foreigner, and now he has become our judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” They pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near to break down the door.
Pea naʻa nau pehē, “Tuʻu atu. Pea nau toe pehē, Ko e siana ni naʻe haʻu ia ko e ʻāunofo, pea kuo fie hoko ia ko e fakamaau nai; pea ko eni te mau fai kovi lahi kiate koe, ʻiate kinaua.” Pea naʻa nau feʻohofi mai ʻo tataʻo ʻae tangata ko Lote, pea naʻe meimei maumau ʻae matapā.
10 But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door.
Ka naʻe mafao atu ʻae ongo tangata hona nima ʻo toho mai ʻa Lote ki he fale kiate kinaua, pea tāpuni ʻae matapā.
11 Then Lot's visitors struck with blindness the men who were outside the door of the house, both young and old, so that they became exhausted when they were trying to find the door.
Pea na taaʻi ʻaki ʻae kui, ʻae kau tangata naʻe ʻi he matapā ʻoe fale, ʻae siʻi mo e lalahi: ko ia naʻa nau fiu ʻi he kumi ʻae matapā.
12 Then the men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here? Any sons-in-law, your sons and your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, get them out of here.
Pea pehē ʻe he ongo tangata kia Lote, “ʻOku ai hao kāinga ʻi he potu ni? Ko ho foha ʻi he fono, mo ho ngaahi foha, mo ho ngaahi ʻofefine, mo ia kotoa pē ʻoku ke maʻu ʻi he kolo ni fetuku mei he potu ni.
13 For we are about to destroy this place, because the accusations against it before Yahweh have become so loud that he has sent us to destroy it.”
He te ma fakaʻauha ʻae potu ni, koeʻuhi kuo hoko ʻo lahi ʻaupito ʻa ʻenau tangi ki he ʻao ʻo Sihova; pea kuo fekauʻi ʻakimaua ʻe Sihova, ke fakaʻauha ia,”
14 Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, the men who had promised to marry his daughters, and said, “Quick, get out of this place, for Yahweh is about to destroy the city.” But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
Pea naʻe ʻalu kituʻa ʻa Lote ʻo lea ki hono ngaahi foha ʻi he fono, ʻaia naʻe uaifi mo hono ngaahi ʻofefine, ʻo ne pehē kiate kinautolu, “Tuʻu hake, hola mei he potu ni; koeʻuhi ʻe fakaʻauha ʻe Sihova ʻae kolo ni;” ka naʻe hangē ia ko ha tokotaha ʻoku luma, ki hono ngaahi foha ʻi he fono.
15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Get going, take your wife and your two daughters that are here, so you are not swept away in the punishment of the city.”
Pea pongipongi hake ai, naʻe fakavave ʻa Lote ʻe he ongo ʻāngelo, ʻo pehē, “Tuʻu ʻo ʻave ho uaifi mo ho ongo ʻofefine ʻoku ʻi heni; telia naʻa ʻauha koe ʻi he angahala ʻae kolo.”
16 But he lingered. So the men grabbed his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, because Yahweh was merciful to him. They brought them out, and set them outside the city.
Pea ʻi heʻene fakatuotuai, naʻe puke hono nima ʻe he ongo tangata, pea mo e nima ʻo hono uaifi, pea mo e nima ʻo hono ongo ʻofefine; naʻe ʻaloʻofa ʻa Sihova kiate ia; pea naʻa na ʻomi ia kituʻa, ʻo tuku ia ʻi he tuaʻā kolo.
17 When they had brought them out, one of the men said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, or stay anywhere on the plain. Escape to the mountains so you are not swept away.”
Pea hili ʻena ʻomi ʻakinautolu kituaʻā, pea pehē ʻe ia, “Hola ke ke moʻui ai, ʻoua naʻa ke sio ki mui, pe mālōlō ʻi he tokalelei kotoa pē, mole atu ki he moʻunga, telia naʻa ke ʻauha.”
18 Lot said to them, “No, please, my masters!
Pea pehēange ʻe Lote kiate kinaua, “Ke ʻoua naʻa pehē ʻeku ʻEiki!
19 Your servant has found favor in your eyes, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life, but I cannot escape to the mountains, because the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Vakai, kuo ʻofeina ʻa hoʻo tamaioʻeiki ʻi ho ʻao, Pea kuo ke fakaongo lahi hoʻo ʻaloʻofa, ʻaia kuo ke fakahā kiate au, ʻi hoʻo fakamoʻui au: pea ʻe ʻikai te u faʻa lava ki he moʻunga, telia naʻa hoko ai ha kovi kiate au, peau mate.
20 Look, that city over there is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Please, let me escape there (is it not a little one?), and my life will be saved.”
Vakai, mai ko e kolo ni ʻoku ofi ke hola ki ai, pea ʻoku siʻi ia; ʻofa ke u hola ki ai, (ʻikai ko e siʻi ia?) Pea ʻe moʻui ai hoku laumālie.
21 He said to him, “Alright, I am granting this request also, that I will not destroy the city which you have mentioned.
Pea ne pehē kiate ia, “Vakai, kuo u tokanga kiate koe ʻi he meʻa ni foki, pea ʻe ʻikai te u fakaʻauha ʻae kolo ni ʻaia kuo ke kole ki ai.
22 Hurry! Escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there.” Therefore the city was called Zoar.
Fakatoʻotoʻo ʻo hola ki ai; he ʻoku ʻikai teu faʻa fai ha meʻa, kaeʻoua ke ke hoko ki ai;” Ko ia naʻe ui ai hono hingoa ʻoe kolo ko ia ko Soa.
23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot reached Zoar.
Naʻe hoko ʻa Lote ki Soa, kuo hopo ʻae laʻā ki māmani.
24 Then Yahweh rained down upon Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.
Pea naʻe fakaʻuha ʻe Sihova ki Sotoma mo Komola, ʻae makavela mo e afi mei ʻa Sihova ʻi he langi.
25 He destroyed those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and the plants that grew on the ground.
Pea ne fakaʻauha ʻae ngaahi kolo ko ia, mo e fonua tokalelei kotoa pē, pea mo e kakai kotoa pē ʻoe ngaahi kolo, pea mo e ngaahi meʻa naʻe tupu ʻi he kelekele.
26 But Lot's wife, who was behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
Ka naʻe hanga ki mui hono uaifi, ʻi heʻene muimui ʻiate ia, pea naʻe liliu ia ko e pou māsima.
27 Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.
Pea naʻe ʻalu hengihengi hake pe ʻa ʻEpalahame ki he potu naʻe tuʻu ai ia ʻi he ʻao ʻo Sihova.
28 He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain. He looked and behold, smoke was rising from the land like the smoke of a furnace.
Pea ne sio atu ki Sotoma mo Komola, pea ki he fonua kotoa pē ʻoe tokalelei, pea ne mamata, pea vakai naʻe ʻalu hake ʻae kohu ʻoe fonua, ʻo hangē ko e kohu ʻoe pupuʻa afi.
29 So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, God called Abraham to mind. He sent Lot out of the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities in which Lot had lived.
Pea ʻi he fakaʻauha ʻe he ʻOtua ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻoe toafa, naʻe pehē ʻa ʻene manatuʻi ʻe he ʻOtua ʻa ʻEpalahame, ʻo ne fekau ʻa Lote mei he lotolotonga ʻoe ʻauha, ʻi heʻene fakaʻauha ʻae ngaahi kolo ʻaia naʻe nofo ai ʻa Lote.
30 But Lot went up from Zoar to live in the mountains with his two daughters, because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters.
Pea naʻe ʻalu ʻa Lote mei Soa, mo hono ongo ʻofefine ʻo nau nofo ʻi he moʻunga: he naʻe manavahē ia ke nofo ʻi Soa; pea nofo ia ʻi he ʻanaʻi maka, ʻaia mo hono ongo ʻofefine.
31 The firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere to sleep with us according to the way of all the world.
Pea pehē ʻe he taʻokete ki he tehina, “Kuo motuʻa ʻeta tamai, pea ʻoku ʻikai ha tangata ʻi māmani ke haʻu kiate kitaua, ʻo hangē ko e anga ʻo māmani.
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will sleep with him, so that we may extend our father's line.”
Ke ta fakainu uaine ʻe ta tamai, pea te ta mohe mo ia, koeʻuhi ke ai ha hako ʻi he ʻe ta tamai.”
33 So they made their father drink wine that night. Then the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Pea naʻa na fakainu uaine ʻena tamai ʻi he pō ko ia; pea ʻalu ʻae taʻokete ʻo mohe mo ʻene tamai: pea naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻene tokoto hifo, pe ko ʻene toetuʻu hake.
34 The next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Listen, last night I slept with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you should go in and sleep with him, so that we may extend our father's line.”
Pea pongipongi ai, naʻe pehē ʻae lea ʻae ʻuluaki ki he tehina, “Vakai, naʻaku mohe ʻanepō ki heʻeku tamai; pea ke ta fakainu uaine ia he poōni foki; pea ke ʻalu kiate ia ke mo mohe, koeʻuhi ke ai ha hako ʻi heʻeta tamai.”
35 So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger went and slept with him. He did not know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
Pea naʻa na fakainu uaine ʻena tamai ʻi he pō ko ia foki; pea ʻalu ange ʻae tehina, ʻo mohe mo ia pea naʻe ʻikai te ne ʻilo ʻene tokoto hifo, pe ko ʻene tuʻu hake.
36 So both the daughters of Lot were pregnant by their father.
Pea feitama ai fakatouʻosi pe ʻae ongo ʻofefine ʻo Lote ki heʻena tamai.
37 The firstborn gave birth to a son, and named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moabites of today.
Pea fanauʻi ʻe he ʻuluaki ʻae tama, pea ne ui hono hingoa ko Moape, ko e tamai ia ʻae kakai Moape, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.
38 As for the younger daughter, she also gave birth to a son, and named him Ben-Ammi. He became the ancestor of the people of Ammon of today.
Pea fanauʻi foki ʻe he tehina ʻae tama, pea ne ui ia ko Peniami: ʻaia ko e tamai ʻae ngaahi fānau ʻa ʻAmoni, ʻo aʻu ki he ʻaho ni.

< Genesis 19 >