创世记 19-20
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
罗得接待两位天使
19 黄昏的时候，那两位天使到了所多玛，当时罗得正坐在所多玛的城门口。罗得一看见他们，就起来迎接他们，俯伏在地， 2 说：“我主啊，请你们到仆人的家里住一夜，洗洗你们的脚，清早起来再赶路。”他们回答：“不，我们要在街上过夜。” 3 但由于罗得再三的请求，他们才肯跟他回去，进了他的家。罗得为他们预备了筵席，烤了无酵饼，他们就吃了。
所多玛的罪恶
4 他们还没有躺下睡觉，那城里的人，就是所多玛的男人，无论是年轻的或是年老的，都从各处来围住罗得的房子。 5 他们呼唤罗得，对他说：“今晚到你这里来的人在哪里？把他们带出来，我们要与他们同房。” 6 罗得出来，随手把门关上，到门口众人那里， 7 说：“我的弟兄们，请不要作恶。 8 看哪，我有两个女儿，是还没有和男人同房的，让我把她们带出来，你们高兴怎样待她们，就怎样行吧！只是这两个人，因为他们是到舍下来的，你们不可向他们作甚么。” 9 众人却说：“滚开！”又说：“一个来这里寄居的人，竟作起审判官来；现在我们要害你，比害他们还要厉害。”众人就向罗得极力拥挤，他们冲前要打破房门。 10 那两个人却伸出手来，把罗得拉进屋里去，并把门关上。 11 然后击打那些门外的人，使他们无论老少，都眼目昏眩，以致找不到门口。
12 那二人对罗得说：“你这里还有甚么人没有？无论是女婿、儿女，或是城中所有属你的人，都要把他们从这地方带走。 13 我们快要毁灭这地方了，因为控告他们的声音在耶和华面前实在很大，所以耶和华派我们来毁灭这地方。” 14 于是罗得出去，告诉娶了他女儿的女婿说：“你们起来离开这地方；因为耶和华就要毁灭这城。”但是他的女婿以为他在开玩笑。
天使救罗得离开所多玛
15 天快亮的时候，两位天使催促罗得说：“起来，带你的妻子，和你这里的两个女儿出去，免得你因这城的罪孽被除灭。” 16 罗得还在犹豫不决的时候，二人因为耶和华宽容罗得，就拉着罗得的手，和他妻子的手，以及他两个女儿的手，把他们带出来，安置在城外。 17 二人把他们带出来以后，其中一位说：“逃命吧，不要回头看，也不可留在这片平原上，要逃到山上去，免得你被除灭。” 18 罗得对他们说：“我主啊！请不要这样。 19 看哪，你仆人既然在你眼前蒙恩，你又向我大施慈爱，救活我的性命；可是我还逃不到山上，恐怕这灾祸就追上了我，我就死了。 20 看哪，这座城很近，可以逃到那里，那只是一座小城，请让我逃到那里去。那不是一座小城吗？这样我就可以活命了。” 21 有一位天使对他说：“这事我也答应你，你所说的这城，我必不倾覆。 22 你赶快逃到那里去，因为你还没有到达那里，我就不能作甚么。”因此那城名叫琐珥。
所多玛与蛾摩拉被倾覆
23 罗得到达琐珥的时候，太阳已经从地面升上来了。 24 当时，耶和华就使硫磺与火，从天上耶和华那里降与所多玛和蛾摩拉； 25 把那些城和全平原，以及城中所有的居民，连地上生长的，都毁灭了。 26 罗得的妻子在他后面向后一望，就变成了盐柱。
27 亚伯拉罕清早起来，到他从前站在耶和华面前的地方， 28 向所多玛和蛾摩拉，以及平原全地观望。不料，看见那地有烟上升，好象烧窑的烟一样。 29 神毁灭那平原上的众城，倾覆罗得所住过的众城的时候， 神记念亚伯拉罕，把罗得从倾覆中救出来。
摩押人和亚扪人的起源
30 罗得因为怕住在琐珥，就与他的两个女儿，一同离开琐珥上了山，住在那里；他和两个女儿住在一个洞里。 31 大女儿对小女儿说：“我们的爸爸已经老了，这地又没有男人可以按着世上的常规进来与我们亲近。 32 来吧，我们可以叫父亲喝酒，然后与他同睡，这样我们可以借着父亲保全后裔。” 33 当夜，她们叫父亲喝酒，大女儿就进去与父亲同睡，她甚么时候躺下，甚么时候起来，她父亲都不知道。 34 第二天，大女儿对小女儿说：“昨夜我与父亲同睡了，今夜我们再叫父亲喝酒，你可以进去与他同睡，这样我们可以借着父亲保全后裔。” 35 当夜，她们又叫父亲喝酒，小女儿就起来，与父亲同睡；她甚么时候躺下，甚么时候起来，她父亲都不知道。 36 这样，罗得的两个女儿，都从她们的父亲怀了孕。 37 大女儿生了一个儿子，给他起名叫摩押，就是现在摩押人的始祖。 38 小女儿也生了一个儿子，给他起名叫便．亚米，就是现在亚扪人的始祖。
亚伯拉罕与亚比米勒
20 亚伯拉罕从那里迁到南地，就住在加低斯和书珥中间。亚伯拉罕寄居在基拉耳的时候， 2 曾经提到他的妻子撒拉说：“她是我的妹妹。”于是基拉耳王亚比米勒派人来把撒拉取了去。 3 当夜， 神在梦中来到亚比米勒那里，对他说：“你该死，因为你接来的那女人，是个有夫之妇。” 4 亚比米勒还没有亲近撒拉，所以他说：“我主啊，连正义的人你也要杀害吗？ 5 那人岂不是自己对我说：‘她是我的妹妹’吗？就是那女人自己也说：‘他是我的哥哥’。我作这事，是手洁心清的。” 6 神在梦中对他说：“我也知道你作这事，是问心无愧的，所以我也阻止你，免得你得罪我。因此我不容许你接触她。 7 现在你要把那人的妻子还给他，因为他是先知，他要为你祷告，你才可以存活。你若不还给他，你当知道，你和所有属你的，都死定了。”
8 亚比米勒清早起来，召了他的众臣仆来，把这一切都说给他们听，以致他们都很惧怕。 9 亚比米勒把亚伯拉罕召了来，对他说：“你为甚么向我们这样行呢？我在甚么事上得罪了你，以致你给我和我的国带来这个大罪呢？你对我作了不应该作的事。” 10 亚比米勒又对亚伯拉罕说：“你为了甚么缘故要这样作呢？” 11 亚伯拉罕回答：“因为我以为这地方必定没有敬畏 神的人，他们会因我妻子的缘故杀我。 12 何况她也实在是我的妹妹；她原是我同父异母的妹妹，后来作了我的妻子。 13 神叫我离开我父家，在外飘流的时候，我对她说：‘我们无论到甚么地方去，你都要对人说：“他是我的哥哥。”这就是你待我的恩情了。’” 14 亚比米勒取了些牛羊、仆婢，送给亚伯拉罕，又把亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉还给他。 15 亚比米勒说：“看哪，我的国土都在你面前，你喜欢哪里，就住在哪里吧。”
16 他又对撒拉说：“看哪，我给了你哥哥一千银子，作你在全家人面前的遮羞钱（“遮羞钱”直译是“眼睛的遮盖”；原文意思不确定；或译：“清白的证明”）。这样，你在众人面前就算清白了。” 17 亚伯拉罕祷告 神， 神就医好了亚比米勒和他的妻子，以及他的众婢女，使她们能生育。 18 因为耶和华为了亚伯拉罕妻子撒拉的缘故，曾经使亚比米勒家中所有的妇女，都不能生育。
Genesis 19-20
King James Version
19 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.
3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
5 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
6 And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
7 And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
8 Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
9 And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
10 But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
11 And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
12 And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
13 For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the Lord; and the Lord hath sent us to destroy it.
14 And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
15 And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.
16 And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the Lord being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
17 And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.
18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my Lord:
19 Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:
20 Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
21 And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.
22 Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.
24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven;
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the Lord:
28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
35 And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
37 And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
38 And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
20 And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
4 But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
6 And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.
7 Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing?
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake.
12 And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee.
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved.
17 So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
18 For the Lord had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife.
Genesis 19-20
New King James Version
Sodom’s Depravity
19 Now (A)the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and (B)Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them, and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground. 2 And he said, “Here now, my lords, please (C)turn in to your servant’s house and spend the night, and (D)wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way.”
And they said, (E)“No, but we will spend the night in the open square.”
3 But he insisted strongly; so they turned in to him and entered his house. (F)Then he made them a feast, and baked (G)unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 Now before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both old and young, all the people from every quarter, surrounded the house. 5 (H)And they called to Lot and said to him, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? (I)Bring them out to us that we (J)may know them carnally.”
6 So (K)Lot went out to them through the doorway, shut the door behind him, 7 and said, “Please, my brethren, do not do so wickedly! 8 (L)See now, I have two daughters who have not known a man; please, let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them as you wish; only do nothing to these men, (M)since this is the reason they have come under the shadow of my roof.”
9 And they said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one (N)came in to [a]stay here, (O)and he keeps acting as a judge; now we will deal worse with you than with them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door. 10 But the men reached out their hands and pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. 11 And they (P)struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they became weary trying to find the door.
Sodom and Gomorrah Destroyed(Q)
12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Son-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whomever you have in the city—(R)take them out of this place! 13 For we will destroy this place, because the (S)outcry against them has grown great before the face of the Lord, and (T)the Lord has sent us to destroy it.”
14 So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, (U)who had married his daughters, and said, (V)“Get up, get out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city!” (W)But to his sons-in-law he seemed to be joking.
15 When the morning dawned, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, (X)“Arise, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the punishment of the city.” 16 And while he lingered, the men (Y)took hold of his hand, his wife’s hand, and the hands of his two daughters, the (Z)Lord being merciful to him, (AA)and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that [b]he said, (AB)“Escape for your life! (AC)Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape (AD)to the mountains, lest you be [c]destroyed.”
18 Then Lot said to them, “Please, (AE)no, my lords! 19 Indeed now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have increased your mercy which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest some evil overtake me and I die. 20 See now, this city 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 soul shall live.”
21 And he said to him, “See, (AF)I have favored you concerning this thing also, in that I will not overthrow this city for which you have spoken. 22 Hurry, escape there. For (AG)I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”
Therefore (AH)the name of the city was called [d]Zoar.
23 The sun had risen upon the earth when Lot entered Zoar. 24 Then the Lord rained (AI)brimstone and (AJ)fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. 25 So He [e]overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and (AK)what grew on the ground.
26 But his wife looked back behind him, and she became (AL)a pillar of salt.
27 And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where (AM)he had stood before the Lord. 28 Then he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain; and he saw, and behold, (AN)the smoke of the land which went up like the smoke of a furnace. 29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God (AO)remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot had dwelt.
The Descendants of Lot
30 Then Lot went up out of Zoar and (AP)dwelt in the mountains, and his two daughters were with him; for he was afraid to dwell in Zoar. And he and his two daughters dwelt in a cave. 31 Now the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man on the earth (AQ)to come in to us as is the custom of all the earth. 32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we (AR)may preserve the [f]lineage of our father.” 33 So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
34 It happened on the next day that the firstborn said to the younger, “Indeed I lay with my father last night; let us make him drink wine tonight also, and you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve the [g]lineage of our father.” 35 Then they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
36 Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. 37 The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab; (AS)he is the father of the Moabites to this day. 38 And the younger, she also bore a son and called his name Ben-Ammi; (AT)he is the father of the people of Ammon to this day.
Abraham and Abimelech
20 And Abraham journeyed from (AU)there to the South, and dwelt between (AV)Kadesh and Shur, and (AW)stayed in Gerar. 2 Now Abraham said of Sarah his wife, (AX)“She is my sister.” And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and (AY)took Sarah.
3 But (AZ)God came to Abimelech (BA)in a dream by night, and said to him, (BB)“Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is [h]a man’s wife.”
4 But Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, “Lord, (BC)will You slay a righteous nation also? 5 Did he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she, even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ (BD)In the [i]integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this.”
6 And God said to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For (BE)I also withheld you from sinning (BF)against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. 7 Now therefore, restore the man’s wife; (BG)for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, (BH)know that you shall surely die, you (BI)and all who are yours.”
8 So Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were very much afraid. 9 And Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I [j]offended you, (BJ)that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me (BK)that ought not to be done.” 10 Then Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have done this thing?”
11 And Abraham said, “Because I thought, surely (BL)the fear of God is not in this place; and (BM)they will kill me on account of my wife. 12 But indeed (BN)she is truly my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. 13 And it came to pass, when (BO)God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, (BP)say of me, “He is my brother.” ’ ”
14 Then Abimelech (BQ)took sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him. 15 And Abimelech said, “See, (BR)my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.” 16 Then to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; (BS)indeed this [k]vindicates you (BT)before all who are with you and before everybody.” Thus she was [l]rebuked.
17 So Abraham (BU)prayed to God; and God (BV)healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children; 18 for the Lord (BW)had closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Footnotes
- Genesis 19:9 As a resident alien
- Genesis 19:17 LXX, Syr., Vg. they
- Genesis 19:17 Lit. swept away
- Genesis 19:22 Lit. Little or Insignificant
- Genesis 19:25 devastated
- Genesis 19:32 Lit. seed
- Genesis 19:34 Lit. seed
- Genesis 20:3 Lit. married to a husband
- Genesis 20:5 innocence
- Genesis 20:9 sinned against
- Genesis 20:16 Lit. is a covering of the eyes for you to all
- Genesis 20:16 Or justified
Chinese New Version (CNV). Copyright © 1976, 1992, 1999, 2001, 2005 by Worldwide Bible Society.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
