Genesis 19
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Ang Pagiging Makasalanan ng mga Tao sa Sodom
19 Magdidilim na nang dumating ang dalawang anghel sa Sodom. Nakaupo noon si Lot sa pintuan ng lungsod. Pagkakita ni Lot sa kanila, tumayo siya at sinalubong sila. Pagkatapos, yumukod siya sa harapan nila bilang paggalang at nagsabing, 2 “Kung maaari po, dumaan muna kayo sa bahay ko para makapaghugas kayo ng mga paa ninyo at dito na po kayo matulog ngayong gabi. At bukas na lang kayo ng umaga magpatuloy sa paglalakbay ninyo.”
Pero sumagot sila, “Huwag na lang, doon na lang kami matutulog sa plasa ngayong gabi.”
3 Pero pinilit sila ni Lot, kaya sumama na lang sila sa bahay niya. Naghanda si Lot ng mga inumin at mga pagkain. Nagpaluto rin siya ng tinapay na walang pampaalsa. At nang handa na, naghapunan sila. 4 Nang mahihiga na sila para matulog, dumating ang lahat ng bata at matatandang lalaki ng Sodom, at pinaligiran nila ang bahay ni Lot. 5 Tinawag nila si Lot at tinanong, “Nasaan na ang mga panauhin mong lalaki na dumating ngayong gabi? Palabasin mo sila rito dahil gusto namin silang sipingan.”
6 Lumabas si Lot ng bahay para harapin sila. Nang lumabas siya, isinara niya agad ang pintuan. 7 Sinabi niya sa kanila, “Mga kaibigan, nakikiusap ako sa inyo na huwag ninyong gagawin ang iniisip ninyong masama. 8 Kung gusto nʼyo, may dalawa akong anak na dalaga. Ibibigay ko sila sa inyo at bahala na kayo kung ano ang gusto ninyong gawin sa kanila. Pero huwag ninyong galawin ang dalawang taong ito, dahil mga bisita ko sila at dapat ko silang protektahan.” 9 Pero sinabi ng mga tao, “Dayuhan ka lang dito kaya sino ka para makialam sa amin. Umalis ka riyan! Baka mas higit pa ang magawa namin sa iyo kaysa sa kanila.” Pagkatapos, itinulak nila si Lot. Lalapit sana sila sa pintuan para gibain ito, 10 pero binuksan ito ng dalawang anghel na nasa loob at hinatak nila si Lot papasok, at isinara ang pintuan. 11 Pagkatapos, binulag nila ang mga tao na nasa labas para hindi na nila makita ang pintuan.
Pinaalis si Lot sa Sodom
12 Sinabi ng dalawang anghel kay Lot, “Kung may mga anak ka pa, o mga manugang na lalaki, o mga kamag-anak sa lungsod na ito, isama mo silang lahat at umalis kayo rito, 13 dahil lilipulin namin ang lungsod na ito. Narinig ng Panginoon ang mga daing laban sa mga taong ito na puro kasamaan ang ginagawa. Kaya ipinadala niya kami para lipulin ang lungsod na ito.”
14 Kaya pinuntahan ni Lot ang mga magiging manugang[a] niyang lalaki at sinabi, “Magmadali kayong umalis dito dahil lilipulin na ng Panginoon ang lungsod na ito.” Pero hindi sila naniwala dahil akala nilaʼy nagbibiro lang si Lot.
15 Nang magbubukang-liwayway na, pinagmadali si Lot ng mga anghel na umalis sa lungsod. Sinabi nila, “Bilisan mo! Dalhin mo ang asawa mo at ang dalawang anak mong babae na nandito, at umalis kayo agad, dahil baka madamay kayo kapag nilipol na ang lungsod na ito dahil sa sobrang sama ng mga tao rito.” 16 Hindi pa sana aalis si Lot. Pero dahil naaawa ang Panginoon sa kanila, hinawakan sila ng mga anghel sa kamay at dinala palabas ng lungsod.
17 Nang nasa labas na sila ng lungsod, sinabi ng Panginoon, “Tumakbo kayo! Huwag kayong lilingon, o hihinto sa kahit saan dito sa kapatagan! Tumakbo kayo papunta sa bundok para hindi kayo mamatay!” 18 Pero sumagot si Lot, “Panginoon ko, huwag nʼyo na po akong patakbuhin papunta sa bundok. 19 Kinahabagan nʼyo po ako at ipinakita ang kabutihan nʼyo sa akin sa pagliligtas ninyo sa buhay ko. Pero napakalayo po ng bundok; baka maabutan ako ng sakuna at mamatay ako bago makarating doon. 20 Nakita nʼyo po ba ang maliit na bayang iyon sa unahan? Tiyak na mararating ko po iyon dahil malapit lang. Maaari po bang doon na lang ako pumunta sa maliit na bayang iyon para maligtas ako?” 21 Sumagot ang Panginoon, “Oo, payag ako sa kahilingan mo; hindi ko lilipulin ang bayan na iyon. 22 Sige, tumakbo na kayo roon, dahil wala pa akong gagawin hanggaʼt hindi pa kayo nakakarating doon.”
Ang bayang iyon ay tinatawag na Zoar[b] dahil maliit ang bayang iyon.
Ang Paglipol sa Sodom at Gomora
23 Nakasikat na ang araw nang dumating sina Lot sa Zoar. 24 Biglang pinaulanan ng Panginoon ng naglalagablab na asupre ang Sodom at Gomora. 25 Nilipol ng Panginoon ang dalawang lungsod at ang buong kapatagan. Namatay ang lahat ng nakatira roon pati ang lahat ng tanim. 26 Lumingon ang asawa ni Lot, kaya ginawa siyang haliging asin. 27 Kinaumagahan, dali-daling pumunta si Abraham sa lugar kung saan siya nakipag-usap sa Panginoon. 28 Minasdan niya ang Sodom at Gomora, at ang buong kapatagan. Nakita niya ang usok na pumapaitaas mula sa lupa na parang usok na nagmula sa isang malaking hurno.
29 Inalala ng Dios si Abraham, nang lipulin ng Dios ang mga lungsod sa kapatagan kung saan nakatira si Lot, iniligtas niya muna si Lot para hindi ito mapahamak.
Ang Pinanggalingan ng mga Moabita at Ammonita
30 Dahil natakot si Lot na tumira sa Zoar, lumipat siya at ang dalawa niyang anak na dalaga sa bundok, at tumira sila sa kweba. 31 Isang araw, sinabi ng panganay na anak sa kanyang kapatid, “Matanda na ang ating ama at wala nang ibang lalaki rito na maaari nating mapangasawa para magkaanak tayo katulad ng pamamaraan ng tao kahit saan sa mundo. 32 Mabuti pang painumin natin ang ating ama ng alak hanggang sa malasing siya, pagkatapos, sumiping tayo sa kanya para magkaanak tayo sa pamamagitan niya.”
33 Kaya nang gabing iyon, nilasing nila ang kanilang ama. Pagkatapos, sumiping ang panganay na anak sa kanyang ama. Pero dahil sa sobrang kalasingan ni Lot, hindi niya namalayan kung ano ang nangyayari.
34 Kinabukasan, sinabi ng panganay sa nakababata niyang kapatid, “Sumiping na ako kagabi sa ating ama. At ngayong gabi muli natin siyang painumin ng alak hanggang sa malasing siya, at ikaw naman ang sumiping sa kanya para tayong dalawa ay magkaanak sa pamamagitan niya.” 35 Kaya nang gabing iyon, muli nilang nilasing ang kanilang ama at ang nakababatang kapatid naman ang sumiping sa kanya. At sa sobrang kalasingan, hindi rin niya namalayan kung ano ang nangyayari.
36 Sa ganoong paraan, nabuntis ang dalawang anak ni Lot sa pamamagitan niya. 37 Dumating ang panahon, nanganak ang panganay ng isang lalaki at pinangalanan niyang Moab.[c] Siya ang pinagmulan ng lahi ng Moabita. 38 Nanganak din ang nakababatang kapatid ng isang lalaki at pinangalanan niyang Ben Ami.[d] Siya ang pinagmulan ng lahi ng Ammonita.
Genesis 19
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.
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
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