Genesis 18
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1The LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
1Apparuit autem ei Dominus in convalle Mambre sedenti in ostio tabernaculi sui in ipso fervore diei.
2He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
2Cumque elevasset oculos, apparuerunt ei tres viri stantes prope eum: quos cum vidisset, cucurrit in occursum eorum de ostio tabernaculi, et adoravit in terram.
3and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
3Et dixit: Domine, si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, ne transeas servum tuum:
4Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
4sed afferam pauxillum aquæ, et lavate pedes vestros, et requiescite sub arbore.
5I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant.” They said, “Very well, do as you have said.”
5Ponamque buccellam panis, et confortate cor vestrum: postea transibitis: idcirco enim declinastis ad servum vestrum. Qui dixerunt: Fac ut locutus es.
6Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
6Festinavit Abraham in tabernaculum ad Saram, dixitque ei: Accelera, tria sata similæ commisce, et fac subcinericios panes.
7Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
7Ipse vero ad armentum cucurrit, et tulit inde vitulum tenerrimum et optimum, deditque puero: qui festinavit et coxit illum.
8He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
8Tulit quoque butyrum et lac, et vitulum quem coxerat, et posuit coram eis: ipse vero stabat juxta eos sub arbore.
9They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
9Cumque comedissent, dixerunt ad eum: Ubi est Sara uxor tua? Ille respondit: Ecce in tabernaculo est.
10He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
10Cui dixit: Revertens veniam ad te tempore isto, vita comite, et habebit filium Sara uxor tua. Quo audito, Sara risit post ostium tabernaculi.
11Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
11Erant autem ambo senes, provectæque ætatis, et desierant Saræ fieri muliebria.
12Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
12Quæ risit occulte dicens: Postquam consenui, et dominus meus vetulus est, voluptati operam dabo?
13The LORD said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
13Dixit autem Dominus ad Abraham: Quare risit Sara, dicens: Num vere paritura sum anus?
14Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”
14Numquid Deo quidquam est difficile? juxta condictum revertar ad te hoc eodem tempore, vita comite, et habebit Sara filium.
15Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
15Negavit Sara, dicens: Non risi, timore perterrita. Dominus autem: Non est, inquit, ita: sed risisti.
16The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
16Cum ergo surrexissent inde viri, direxerunt oculos contra Sodomam: et Abraham simul gradiebatur, deducens eos.
17The LORD said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
17Dixitque Dominus: Num celare potero Abraham quæ gesturus sum:
18since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
18cum futurus sit in gentem magnam, ac robustissimam, et benedicendæ sint in illo omnes nationes terræ?
19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of the LORD, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that the LORD may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
19Scio enim quod præcepturus sit filiis suis, et domui suæ post se ut custodiant viam Domini, et faciant judicium et justitiam: ut adducat Dominus propter Abraham omnia quæ locutus est ad eum.
20The LORD said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
20Dixit itaque Dominus: Clamor Sodomorum et Gomorrhæ multiplicatus est, et peccatum eorum aggravatum est nimis.
21I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know.”
21Descendam, et videbo utrum clamorem qui venit ad me, opere compleverint; an non est ita, ut sciam.
22The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
22Converteruntque se inde, et abierunt Sodomam: Abraham vero adhuc stabat coram Domino.
23Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
23Et appropinquans ait: Numquid perdes justum cum impio?
24What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?
24si fuerint quinquaginta justi in civitate, peribunt simul? et non parces loco illi propter quinquaginta justos, si fuerint in eo?
25May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?”
25Absit a te ut rem hanc facias, et occidas justum cum impio, fiatque justus sicut impius, non est hoc tuum: qui judicas omnem terram, nequaquam facies judicium hoc.
26The LORD said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
26Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Si invenero Sodomis quinquaginta justos in medio civitatis, dimittam omni loco propter eos.
27Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
27Respondensque Abraham, ait: Quia semel cœpi, loquar ad Dominum meum, cum sim pulvis et cinis.
28What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
28Quid si minus quinquaginta justis quinque fuerint? delebis, propter quadraginta quinque, universam urbem? Et ait: Non delebo, si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque.
29He spoke to him yet again, and said, “What if there are forty found there?” He said, “I will not do it for the forty’s sake.”
29Rursumque locutus est ad eum: Sin autem quadraginta ibi inventi fuerint, quid facies? Ait: Non percutiam propter quadraginta.
30He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?” He said, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”
30Ne quæso, inquit, indigneris, Domine, si loquar: quid si ibi inventi fuerint triginta? Respondit: Non faciam, si invenero ibi triginta.
31He said, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake.”
31Quia semel, ait, cœpi loquar ad Dominum meum: quid si ibi inventi fuerint viginti? Ait: Non interficiam propter viginti.
32He said, “Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?” He said, “I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.”
32Obsecro, inquit, ne irascaris, Domine, si loquar adhuc semel: quid si inventi fuerint ibi decem? Et dixit: Non delebo propter decem.
33The LORD went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
33Abiitque Dominus, postquam cessavit loqui ad Abraham: et ille reversus est in locum suum.
Tip: use the ← and → keys to turn chapters.