Genesis 19
Magandang Balita Biblia
Ang Labis na Kasamaan sa Sodoma
19 Nang gabing dumating sa Sodoma ang dalawang anghel, nakaupo si Lot sa may pintuan ng lunsod. Pagkakita sa kanila'y tumayo si Lot at sinalubong sila. Nagpatirapa siya sa harapan ng mga anghel. 2 “Mga ginoo,” wika niya, “inaanyayahan ko po kayo sa amin. Doon na kayo maghugas ng paa at magpalipas ng gabi. Bukas na ng umaga kayo magpatuloy ng paglalakbay.”
Ngunit sumagot sila, “Huwag na, dito na lang kami sa lansangan magpapalipas ng gabi.”
3 Ngunit pinilit niya ang mga ito kaya sumama na rin sila sa kanya. Nagluto si Lot ng tinapay na walang pampaalsa, naghanda ng masarap na hapunan at kumain sila.
4 Nang matutulog na sila, pinaligiran ng mga lalaking taga-Sodoma ang kanyang bahay. Lahat ng kalalakihan sa lunsod, bata at matanda ay naroon. 5 Pasigaw(A) nilang tinanong si Lot, “Nasaan ang mga panauhin mong lalaki? Ilabas mo't makikipagtalik kami sa kanila!”
6 Lumabas si Lot at isinara ang pinto. 7 Sinabi niya sa mga tao, “Huwag, mga kaibigan, napakasama ng gagawin ninyong iyan. 8 Ako'y may dalawang anak na dalaga, sila na lang ang ibibigay ko sa inyo at gawin ninyo sa kanila ang gusto ninyo, huwag lamang ninyong galawin ang mga lalaking ito. Mga panauhin ko sila at dapat ko silang ingatan.”
9 Ngunit sumigaw sila, “Huwag kang makialam, dayuhan! Sino kang magtuturo sa amin ng aming gagawin? Tumabi ka kung ayaw mong masaktan nang higit kaysa kanila!” Itinulak nila si Lot at tinangkang wasakin ang pinto. 10 Ngunit hinaltak siya ng kanyang mga panauhin, at isinara ang pinto. 11 Pagkatapos,(B) binulag nila ang mga tao sa labas kaya't hindi makita ng mga ito ang pinto.
Iniwan ni Lot ang Sodoma
12 Sinabi ng dalawang panauhin kay Lot, “Magmadali ka! Isama mong lahat ang iyong mga anak at iba pang kamag-anak na nakatira sa lunsod na ito. Umalis na kayo rito, 13 sapagkat gugunawin na namin ang lunsod na ito! Pinakinggan ni Yahweh ang mabibigat na sumbong laban sa mga taga-Sodoma at pinapunta kami ni Yahweh upang wasakin ang lunsod na ito.”
14 Kaya't pinuntahan ni Lot ang mga mapapangasawa ng kanyang mga anak na babae at sinabi sa kanila, “Umalis na kayo agad sapagkat wawasakin ni Yahweh ang lunsod na ito.” Ngunit akala nila'y nagbibiro lamang si Lot.
15 Nang magbubukang-liwayway na, inapura ng mga anghel si Lot, “Magmadali ka! Umalis na kayo ng iyong asawa't mga anak nang hindi kayo madamay sa pagkawasak ng lunsod.” 16 Nag-aatubili(C) pa si Lot ngunit sa habag ni Yahweh, halos kaladkarin na sila ng mga lalaki palabas ng lunsod. 17 Pagkatapos, isa sa mga anghel ay nagsabi, “Iligtas ninyo ang inyong sarili! Huwag kayong lilingon o hihinto sa libis! Magtago kayo sa kaburulan para hindi kayo mamatay!”
18 Ngunit sumagot si Lot, “Huwag na po roon, Ginoo. 19 Napakalaki na ng utang na loob ko sa inyo; napakabuti ninyo at iniligtas ninyo ako. Ngunit napakalayo ng mga kaburulan. Baka hindi na ako makarating doon nang buháy. 20 Hindi ba maaaring doon na lamang sa maliit na bayang iyon?”
21 “Oo, sige, doon na kayo magpunta, at hindi ko wawasakin ang bayang iyon. 22 Ngunit magmadali kayo! Hindi ko maitutuloy ang gagawin ko hangga't wala kayo roon.”
Maliit ang bayang iyon kaya ito'y tinawag na Zoar.[a]
Ginunaw ang Sodoma at Gomorra
23 Mataas na ang araw nang makarating si Lot sa Zoar. 24 Saka(D) pa lamang pinaulanan ni Yahweh ng apoy at asupre ang Sodoma at Gomorra. 25 Tinupok ni Yahweh ang mga lunsod na iyon at ang buong libis, lahat ng mamamayan doon pati ang mga pananim. 26 Ngunit(E) lumingon ang asawa ni Lot kaya't ito'y naging isang haliging asin.
27 Kinabukasan, maagang nagtungo si Abraham sa dakong pinagtagpuan nila ni Yahweh. 28 Mula roon, tinanaw niya ang Sodoma at Gomorra, at ang buong libis. Nakita niyang tumataas ang makapal na usok na parang nagmumula sa malaking hurno. 29 Nang gunawin ng Diyos ang mga lunsod na iyon, hindi nawaglit sa kanyang isipan si Abraham kaya iniligtas niya si Lot.
Ang Pinagmulan ng mga Moabita at Ammonita
30 Sa takot ni Lot na manatili sa Zoar, sila ng dalawa niyang anak na babae ay umakyat sa kaburulan at nanirahan sa isang yungib doon. 31 Minsan, nag-usap ang magkapatid. Sinabi ng nakatatanda, “Wala nang natitirang lalaki sa daigdig. Matanda na ang ating ama at maaaring hindi na tayo magkaanak. 32 Mabuti pa'y lasingin natin siya at ating sipingan para magkaanak tayo.” 33 Nilasing nga nila ang kanilang ama nang gabing iyon. Sa kalasingan ni Lot, hindi niya namalayang nakipagtalik siya sa anak niyang panganay.
34 Kinabukasa'y sinabi ng panganay sa bunso, “Kagabi'y sumiping ako sa ating ama; lasingin natin siya uli mamaya, at ikaw naman ang sumiping nang pareho tayong magkaanak.” 35 Nilasing nga nila uli si Lot nang gabing iyon, at ang bunso naman ang sumiping. Tulad ng dati, hindi namalayan ni Lot ang kanyang pakikipagtalik dahil sa kalasingan. 36 Bunga nito, kapwa nagdalang-tao ang magkapatid. 37 Nagkaanak ng lalaki ang panganay at tinawag niyang Moab.[b] Siya ang ninuno ng mga Moabita ngayon. 38 Lalaki rin ang naging anak ng bunso at tinawag naman niya itong Ben-ammi.[c] Siya naman ang ninuno ng mga Ammonita ngayon.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:22 ZOAR: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Zoar” at “maliit” ay magkasintunog.
- Genesis 19:37 MOAB: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang mga salitang “Moab” at “mula sa aking ama” ay magkasintunog.
- Genesis 19:38 BEN-AMMI: Sa wikang Hebreo, ang kahulugan ng pangalang ito'y “Anak ng aking kamag-anak.”
Genesis 19
New Living Translation
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed
19 That evening the two angels came to the entrance of the city of Sodom. Lot was sitting there, and when he saw them, he stood up to meet them. Then he welcomed them and bowed with his face to the ground. 2 “My lords,” he said, “come to my home to wash your feet, and be my guests for the night. You may then get up early in the morning and be on your way again.”
“Oh no,” they replied. “We’ll just spend the night out here in the city square.”
3 But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate. 4 But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. 5 They shouted to Lot, “Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!”
6 So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him. 7 “Please, my brothers,” he begged, “don’t do such a wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.”
9 “Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.
10 But the two angels[a] reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door. 11 Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.
12 Meanwhile, the angels questioned Lot. “Do you have any other relatives here in the city?” they asked. “Get them out of this place—your sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone else. 13 For we are about to destroy this city completely. The outcry against this place is so great it has reached the Lord, and he has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot rushed out to tell his daughters’ fiancés, “Quick, get out of the city! The Lord is about to destroy it.” But the young men thought he was only joking.
15 At dawn the next morning the angels became insistent. “Hurry,” they said to Lot. “Take your wife and your two daughters who are here. Get out right now, or you will be swept away in the destruction of the city!”
16 When Lot still hesitated, the angels seized his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters and rushed them to safety outside the city, for the Lord was merciful. 17 When they were safely out of the city, one of the angels ordered, “Run for your lives! And don’t look back or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
18 “Oh no, my lord!” Lot begged. 19 “You have been so gracious to me and saved my life, and you have shown such great kindness. But I cannot go to the mountains. Disaster would catch up to me there, and I would soon die. 20 See, there is a small village nearby. Please let me go there instead; don’t you see how small it is? Then my life will be saved.”
21 “All right,” the angel said, “I will grant your request. I will not destroy the little village. 22 But hurry! Escape to it, for I can do nothing until you arrive there.” (This explains why that village was known as Zoar, which means “little place.”)
23 Lot reached the village just as the sun was rising over the horizon. 24 Then the Lord rained down fire and burning sulfur from the sky on Sodom and Gomorrah. 25 He utterly destroyed them, along with the other cities and villages of the plain, wiping out all the people and every bit of vegetation. 26 But Lot’s wife looked back as she was following behind him, and she turned into a pillar of salt.
27 Abraham got up early that morning and hurried out to the place where he had stood in the Lord’s presence. 28 He looked out across the plain toward Sodom and Gomorrah and watched as columns of smoke rose from the cities like smoke from a furnace.
29 But God had listened to Abraham’s request and kept Lot safe, removing him from the disaster that engulfed the cities on the plain.
Lot and His Daughters
30 Afterward Lot left Zoar because he was afraid of the people there, and he went to live in a cave in the mountains with his two daughters. 31 One day the older daughter said to her sister, “There are no men left anywhere in this entire area, so we can’t get married like everyone else. And our father will soon be too old to have children. 32 Come, let’s get him drunk with wine, and then we will have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.”
33 So that night they got him drunk with wine, and the older daughter went in and had intercourse with her father. He was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
34 The next morning the older daughter said to her younger sister, “I had sex with our father last night. Let’s get him drunk with wine again tonight, and you go in and have sex with him. That way we will preserve our family line through our father.” 35 So that night they got him drunk with wine again, and the younger daughter went in and had intercourse with him. As before, he was unaware of her lying down or getting up again.
36 As a result, both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their own father. 37 When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab.[b] He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites. 38 When the younger daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Ben-ammi.[c] He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Ammonites.
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