1 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 any thing 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 firstborn 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 Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.
1 Ja need kaks Inglit jõudsid õhtul Soodomasse. Lott istus parajasti Soodoma väravas. Kui Lott neid nägi, siis ta tõusis neile vastu, kummardas silmili maha
2 ja ütles: „Ennäe mu isandaid! Astuge ometi oma sulase kotta, jääge öömajale ja peske oma jalad. Hommikul võite vara üles tõusta ja oma teekonda jätkata!" Kuid nad vastasid: „Ei, me jääme ööseks välja!"
3 Aga ta käis neile väga peale. Siis nad põikasid tema juurde ning tulid ta kotta. Ja ta valmistas neile söömaaja, küpsetas hapnemata leibu ja nad sõid.
4 Nad ei olnud veel magama heitnud, kui linna mehed, Soodoma mehed, piirasid koda, niihästi noored kui vanad, kogu rahvas viimseni,
5 ja hüüdsid Lotti ning ütlesid temale: „Kus on mehed, kes öösel tulid sinu juurde? Too nad välja meie kätte, et saaksime neid katsuda!"
6 Siis Lott läks välja nende juurde ukse ette, sulges ukse enese järel
7 ja ütles: „Mu vennad, ärge ometi tehke kurja!
8 Vaadake, mul on kaks tütart, kes mehest veel midagi ei tea. Ma toon need välja teie kätte ja talitage nendega, nagu teie silmis hea on. Neile meestele ainult ärge tehke midagi, sest nad on tulnud varjule minu katuse alla!"
9 Kuid nad vastasid: „Käi minema!" Ja nad ütlesid: „Ise on tulnud võõrana elama, aga tahab olla kohtumõistjaks! Nüüd me kohtleme sind kurjemini kui neid!" Ja nad kippusid väga mehe, Loti, kallale ning asusid ust maha murdma.
10 Siis mehed sirutasid käed välja, tõmbasid Loti eneste juurde kotta ja sulgesid ukse.
11 Aga mehi, kes koja ukse taga olid, lõid nad pimestusega, niihästi väikesi kui suuri, nõnda et need väsisid ust otsimast.
12 Ja mehed ütlesid Lotile: „Kas sul veel keegi siin on? Oma väimehed, pojad ja tütred ja kõik, kes sul linnas on, vii siit paigast ära,
13 sest me hävitame selle paiga, kuna hädakisa nende pärast on Issanda ees suur; ja Issand on meid läkitanud seda hävitama!"
14 Siis Lott läks välja ja kõneles oma väimeestega, kes pidid võtma ta tütred, ning ütles: „Tõuske, minge siit paigast ära, sest Issand hävitab selle linna!" Aga oma väimeeste silmis ta heitis nalja.
15 Ja kui hakkas koitma, kiirustasid Inglid Lotti, öeldes: „Tõuse, võta oma naine ja kaks tütart, kes siin on, et sa ei hukkuks linna süü pärast!"
16 Ja kui ta veel kõhkles, siis haarasid mehed kinni ta käest, ja ta naise käest ja ta mõlemate tütarde käest, sest Issand tahtis teda säästa; ja nad viisid ta ära ning jätsid väljapoole linna.
17 Ja neid välja viies nad ütlesid: „Päästa oma hing! Ära vaata selja taha ja ära peatu mitte kuskil ümbruskonnas! Põgene mäestikku, et sa ei hukkuks!"
18 Ja Lott vastas neile: „Muidugi mitte, mu Issand!
19 Vaata, Su sulane on küll Sinu silmis armu leidnud ja suur on Su heldus, mida mulle oled osutanud, jättes mu hinge elama! Aga ma ei suuda põgeneda mäestikku, et õnnetus mind ei tabaks ja ma ei sureks!
20 Vaata, see linn taamal on nii ligidal, et sinna võiks põgeneda ja on pisitilluke! Kui ma ometi sinna pääseksin — eks ole, see on ju pisitilluke? — siis võiks mu hing jääda elama!"
21 Ja Ta vastas temale: „Vaata, Ma võtan sind kuulda ka selles asjas ega paiska segi linna, millest sa räägid!
22 Tõtta, põgene sinna, sest Ma ei või midagi teha enne, kui sa sinna oled jõudnud!" Seepärast pandi sellele linnale nimeks Soar.
23 Päike oli just tõusnud maa kohale, kui Lott jõudis Soari.
24 Ja Issand laskis sadada Soodoma ja Gomorra peale väävlit ja tuld Issanda juurest taevast
25 ning hävitas need linnad ja kogu ümbruskonna, kõik linnade elanikud ja maa taimestiku.
26 Aga Loti naine, kes ta järel käis, vaatas tagasi ja muutus soolasambaks!
27 Ja Aabraham läks hommikul vara paika, kus ta Issanda ees oli seisnud,
28 heitis pilgu alla Soodoma ja Gomorra poole ja kogu ümbruskonna maapinnale, vaatas, ja ennäe, maast tõusis suits otsekui sulatusahju suits!
29 Kui Jumal oli segi paisanud ümbruskonna linnad, mõtles Jumal Aabrahamile ja saatis Loti ära selle hävituse keskelt, millega ta segi paiskas need linnad, kus Lott oli elanud.
30 Ja Lott läks Soarist üles ning elas mäestikus ühes oma kahe tütrega, sest ta kartis elada Soaris; ta elas ühes koopas, tema ise ja ta mõlemad tütred.
31 Kord ütles vanem nooremale: „Meie isa on vana ja pole ühtki meest maal, kes tuleks meie juurde kogu maailma kombe järgi.
32 Tule, joodame oma isa viinaga ja magame temaga, et saaksime oma isalt järeltulija!"
33 Ja nad jootsid oma isa sel ööl viinaga ja vanem läks ning magas oma isaga; see ei märganudki, millal ta magama heitis või üles tõusis.
34 Ja järgmisel päeval ütles vanem nooremale: „Vaata, ma magasin eile oma isaga. Joodame ka sel ööl teda viinaga, siis mine maga sina temaga, et saaksime oma isalt järeltulija!"
35 Ja nad jootsid ka sel ööl oma isa viinaga ja noorem läks ning magas temaga; see ei märganudki, millal ta magama heitis või üles tõusis.
36 Ja Loti mõlemad tütred said oma isast käima peale.
37 Ja vanem sünnitas poja ning pani temale nimeks Moab; see on moabiitide isa tänapäevani.
38 Ja noorem sünnitas ka poja ning pani temale nimeks Ben-Ammi; see on ammonlaste isa tänapäevani.