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.

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。