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亚伯拉罕接待天使

18 耶和华在幔利橡树那里,向亚伯拉罕显现。那时,是一天中最热的时候,亚伯拉罕正坐在帐棚门口; 他举目观看,忽然看见三个人在他对面站着;亚伯拉罕看见了,就从帐棚门口跑去迎接他们,俯伏在地, 说:“我主啊,我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你不要离开你的仆人。 让我叫人拿点水来,你们可以洗洗脚,然后在树下歇一歇。 让我拿点饼来给你们吃,使你们可以恢复精力,然后再走,因为你们既然到了仆人这里来,就应该这样。”他们说:“就照着你所说的去作。” 亚伯拉罕赶快进帐棚,到撒拉那里,说:“你快拿三斗细面调和,作些饼。” 亚伯拉罕又跑到牛群里,牵了一头又嫩又好的牛犊,交给仆人;仆人就赶快去预备。 亚伯拉罕又拿了乳酪、奶和预备好的牛犊肉来,摆在他们面前。他们吃的时候,亚伯拉罕在树下侍候他们。

应许撒拉生子

他们问亚伯拉罕:“你的妻子撒拉在哪里?”他回答:“在帐棚里。” 10 其中一位说:“到明年这个时候,我必回到你这里来。那时,你的妻子撒拉必生一个儿子。”撒拉在那人后面的帐棚门口,也听见了这话。 11 当时,亚伯拉罕和撒拉都老了,上了年纪,撒拉的月经也停止了。 12 撒拉心里暗笑,说:“现在我已经衰老了,我的丈夫也老了,我还有房事的乐趣吗?”

13 耶和华对亚伯拉罕说:“撒拉为甚么暗笑说:‘我已经老了,真的还能生育吗?’ 14 耶和华岂有难成的事吗?到明年这个时候,我要回到你这里来,那时,撒拉必生一个儿子。” 15 撒拉害怕起来,就否认,说:“我没有笑。”但那位说:“不,你实在笑了。”

16 三人就从那里起身,向着所多玛观望。亚伯拉罕与他们同行,要送他们一程。 17 耶和华说:“我要作的事,岂可瞒着亚伯拉罕呢? 18 亚伯拉罕必要成为强大兴盛的国,地上的万国,都必因他得福。 19 我拣选了他(“拣选”直译是“认识”),是要他吩咐子孙,和他的家属,遵守我耶和华的道,秉公行义,好叫我耶和华应许亚伯拉罕的话都可实现。”

 神要毁灭所多玛和蛾摩拉

20 耶和华说:“控告所多玛和蛾摩拉的声音甚大,他们的罪恶极重。 21 我现在要下去,看看他们所行的,是不是全像那声闻于我的控告;如果不是,我也会知道的。”

亚伯拉罕为所多玛祈求

22 其中二人从那里动身,向所多玛走去,亚伯拉罕却仍然站在耶和华面前。 23 亚伯拉罕上前说:“你真的要把义人和恶人一同除灭吗? 24 假如城中有五十个义人,你还真的要除灭那地方,不为城里的五十个义人而赦免那地方吗? 25 你绝不会作这样的事:把义人与恶人一同杀死,把义人和恶人一样看待,你绝不会这样!审判全地的主,岂可不行公义吗?” 26 耶和华说:“我若在所多玛城中找到五十个义人,我就因他们的缘故,赦免那地方所有的人。” 27 亚伯拉罕回答,说:“我虽然是灰尘,还大胆地对我主说话。 28 假如这五十个义人中缺少了五个,你会因为缺少了五个就毁灭全城吗?”他说:“我若在那里找到四十五个,我也不会毁灭那城。” 29 亚伯拉罕再问他说:“假如在那里找到四十个呢?”他回答:“我因这四十个的缘故,也不这样作。” 30 亚伯拉罕说:“请我主不要动怒,容我再问:‘假如在那里找到三十个呢?’”他回答:“我若在那里找到三十个,也不这样作。” 31 亚伯拉罕说:“我再大胆地对我主说,假如在那里找到二十个呢?”他回答:“我因这二十个的缘故,也不毁灭那城。” 32 亚伯拉罕说:“请我主不要动怒,容我问这最后的一次,假如在那里找到十个呢?”他回答:“我因这十个的缘故,也不毁灭那城。” 33 耶和华与亚伯拉罕说完了话,就走了;亚伯拉罕也回到自己的地方去了。

上帝應許撒拉生子

18 耶和華在幔利的橡樹那裡向亞伯拉罕顯現。那時天氣很熱,亞伯拉罕坐在帳篷口, 抬頭看見三個人站在對面,就跑去迎接他們,俯伏在地, 說:「我主,你們若肯賞光,請不要匆匆路過僕人這裡。 我讓人拿點水來,你們洗洗腳,在樹下歇一會兒。 我拿點餅來,你們補充一下體力再上路吧。你們既然路過這裡,我理應招待你們。」他們說:「好,就照你說的做吧!」

於是,亞伯拉罕連忙進帳篷對撒拉說:「快準備三斗[a]細麵粉,和麵烤餅。」 亞伯拉罕又跑到牛群中牽了一頭肥嫩的小牛,吩咐僕人趕快準備好。 亞伯拉罕把奶、乳酪和準備好的牛肉擺在客人面前,站在樹蔭下招待他們。

那三位客人問亞伯拉罕:「你妻子撒拉在哪裡?」亞伯拉罕回答說:「在帳篷裡。」 10 其中一人說:「明年這時候,我會再來你這裡,撒拉必生一個兒子。」這話被站在那人後面帳篷口的撒拉聽見了。 11 亞伯拉罕和撒拉已經年紀老邁,撒拉的月經也已經停了。 12 撒拉暗自發笑,心想:「我已經這麼老了,還會有這種福氣嗎?況且我的丈夫也很老了。」 13 耶和華問亞伯拉罕:「撒拉為什麼偷笑說,『我這把年紀還會有孩子嗎?』 14 什麼事難得住耶和華呢?明年這時候,我會再來你這裡,撒拉必生一個兒子。」 15 撒拉聽見後非常害怕,連忙否認說:「我沒有笑!」但耶和華說:「不,你確實笑了。」

亞伯拉罕為所多瑪求情

16 那三個人就起身朝所多瑪眺望,亞伯拉罕與他們同行,要送他們一程。 17 耶和華說:「我要做的事怎麼可以瞞著亞伯拉罕呢? 18 亞伯拉罕必成為強盛的大國,世上萬國必因他而蒙福。 19 我揀選了他,是要他教導自己的子孫後代持守我的道、秉公行義。這樣,我必實現對他的應許。」 20 耶和華說:「所多瑪和蛾摩拉罪惡深重,人們怨聲載道。 21 我現在要下去看看他們的所作所為是否如所說的那樣邪惡,如果不是,我也會知道。」

22 其中二人轉身向所多瑪走去,亞伯拉罕卻仍舊站在耶和華面前。 23 亞伯拉罕上前說:「你要把義人和惡人一同毀滅嗎? 24 倘若城中有五十個義人,你還要毀滅那城嗎?你會不會為了五十個義人而饒恕那座城呢? 25 你絕不會黑白不分,把義人和惡人一同毀滅。你是普天下的審判者,難道不秉公行事嗎?」 26 耶和華回答說:「倘若我在所多瑪城中找到五十個義人,我就要因他們的緣故饒恕全城。」 27 亞伯拉罕說:「主啊,雖然我渺小如灰塵,但我還要大膽地求問你, 28 倘若只有四十五個義人,你會因為少了五個義人而毀滅全城嗎?」耶和華說:「倘若我在城裡找到四十五個義人,我也不會毀滅那城。」 29 亞伯拉罕又說:「倘若在那裡找到四十個義人呢?」耶和華說:「為了那四十個人的緣故,我不會毀滅那城。」 30 亞伯拉罕說:「求主不要發怒,容許我再問一次,倘若在那裡只找到三十個義人呢?」耶和華說:「倘若在那裡只找到三十個,我也不會毀滅那城。」 31 亞伯拉罕說:「我大膽再問一次,倘若在那裡只找到二十個義人呢?」耶和華說:「為了那二十個人的緣故,我也不會毀滅那城。」 32 亞伯拉罕又說:「求主不要發怒,讓我問最後一次,倘若在那裡只找到十個義人呢?」耶和華說:「為了那十個人的緣故,我也不會毀滅那城。」 33 耶和華跟亞伯拉罕說完話便離開了,亞伯拉罕也回家去了。

Footnotes

  1. 18·6 三斗」希伯來文是「三細亞」,大約是十公斤。

The Three Visitors

18 The Lord appeared to Abraham(A) near the great trees of Mamre(B) while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent(C) in the heat of the day. Abraham looked up(D) and saw three men(E) standing nearby. When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground.(F)

He said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,(G) my lord,[a] do not pass your servant(H) by. Let a little water be brought, and then you may all wash your feet(I) and rest under this tree. Let me get you something to eat,(J) so you can be refreshed and then go on your way—now that you have come to your servant.”

“Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah. “Quick,” he said, “get three seahs[b] of the finest flour and knead it and bake some bread.”(K)

Then he ran to the herd and selected a choice, tender calf(L) and gave it to a servant, who hurried to prepare it. He then brought some curds(M) and milk(N) and the calf that had been prepared, and set these before them.(O) While they ate, he stood near them under a tree.

“Where is your wife Sarah?”(P) they asked him.

“There, in the tent,(Q)” he said.

10 Then one of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,(R) and Sarah your wife will have a son.”(S)

Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. 11 Abraham and Sarah were already very old,(T) and Sarah was past the age of childbearing.(U) 12 So Sarah laughed(V) to herself as she thought, “After I am worn out and my lord(W) is old, will I now have this pleasure?”

13 Then the Lord said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have a child, now that I am old?’(X) 14 Is anything too hard for the Lord?(Y) I will return to you at the appointed time next year,(Z) and Sarah will have a son.”(AA)

15 Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said, “I did not laugh.”

But he said, “Yes, you did laugh.”

Abraham Pleads for Sodom

16 When the men(AB) got up to leave, they looked down toward Sodom, and Abraham walked along with them to see them on their way. 17 Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham(AC) what I am about to do?(AD) 18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation,(AE) and all nations on earth will be blessed through him.[c] 19 For I have chosen him(AF), so that he will direct his children(AG) and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord(AH) by doing what is right and just,(AI) so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”(AJ)

20 Then the Lord said, “The outcry against Sodom(AK) and Gomorrah is so great(AL) and their sin so grievous(AM) 21 that I will go down(AN) and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know.”

22 The men(AO) turned away and went toward Sodom,(AP) but Abraham remained standing before the Lord.[d](AQ) 23 Then Abraham approached him and said: “Will you sweep away the righteous with the wicked?(AR) 24 What if there are fifty righteous people in the city? Will you really sweep it away and not spare[e] the place for the sake of the fifty righteous people in it?(AS) 25 Far be it from you to do such a thing(AT)—to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous(AU) and the wicked alike.(AV) Far be it from you! Will not the Judge(AW) of all the earth do right?”(AX)

26 The Lord said, “If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the whole place for their sake.(AY)

27 Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,(AZ) 28 what if the number of the righteous is five less than fifty? Will you destroy the whole city for lack of five people?”

“If I find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not destroy it.”

29 Once again he spoke to him, “What if only forty are found there?”

He said, “For the sake of forty, I will not do it.”

30 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry,(BA) but let me speak. What if only thirty can be found there?”

He answered, “I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

31 Abraham said, “Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty can be found there?”

He said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.”

32 Then he said, “May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more.(BB) What if only ten can be found there?”

He answered, “For the sake of ten,(BC) I will not destroy it.”

33 When the Lord had finished speaking(BD) with Abraham, he left,(BE) and Abraham returned home.(BF)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 18:3 Or eyes, Lord
  2. Genesis 18:6 That is, probably about 36 pounds or about 16 kilograms
  3. Genesis 18:18 Or will use his name in blessings (see 48:20)
  4. Genesis 18:22 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition but the Lord remained standing before Abraham
  5. Genesis 18:24 Or forgive; also in verse 26

18 And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;

And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:

Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:

And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.

And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.

And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetcht a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.

10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.

11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.

12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?

13 And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?

14 Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.

15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.

16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?

24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?

25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?

26 And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.

27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:

28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

29 And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake.

30 And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.

31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.

32 And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.

33 And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.