Gênesis 18

I Whakaari ki a Āperahama rāua ko Hara he Tama

1 Ā, ka puta anō a Ihowā ki a ia i ngā oki o Mamere, i a ia e noho ana i te kūwaha o te tēneti i te tīkākātanga o te rā. 2 Ā, ka anga ake ōna kanohi, ka titiro, nā, ko ngā tāngata tokotoru e tū ana i tōna taha. Ā, nō tōna kitenga atu, ka rere atu ia i te kūwaha o te tēneti ki te whakatau i a rātou, ā, ka piko ki te whenua.

3 Ka mea, "E tōku Ariki, ki te mea he pai tōku ki tāu titiro, kaua rā e kapea tāu pononga. 4 Kia tīkina koa tētahi wai, ka horoi i ō koutou waewae, ā, ka okioki koutou i raro i te rākau. 5 Ā, māku e tiki tētahi wāhi taro hei oranga mō ō koutou ngākau; hei muri rā ka haere ai koutou. He mea hoki kua tae mai nei koutou ki tā koutou pononga."

Ā, ka mea rātou, "Pēnātia me tāu i kī nā."

6 Nā, ka hohoro a Āperahama ki te tēneti ki a Hara, ā, ka mea, "Kia hohoro te pokepoke i tētahi parāoa pai, kia toru ngā mēhua, ka hanga i ētahi keke."

7 Nā, ka rere a Āperahama ki te kāhui, ā, hopukia ana e ia tētahi kūao kau, he kiri ngāwari, he mea pai, ā, hoatu ana e ia ki tētahi taitamariki; ā, hohoro ana ia te taka i taua mea. 8 Nā, ka tīkina e ia he pata, he waiū, me te kūao i raweketia e ia, ā, whakatakotoria ana ki tō rātou aroaro; me te tū anō ia i tō rātou taha i raro i te rākau, ā, ka kai rātou.

9 Nā, ka mea rātou ki a ia, "Kei hea a Hara, tāu wahine?"

Ā, ka mea ia, "Arā, kei te tēneti."

10 Nā, ka mea ia, "He pono ka hoki mai anō ahau ki a koe ā te huringa mai anō o te wā; ā, ka whai tama tāu wahine, a Hara."

Nā, ka rongo atu a Hara i te kūwaha o te tēneti, i muri i a ia. 11 Nā, kua koroheke rawa a Āperahama rāua ko Hara, kua maha ō rāua rā; kua mutu a Hara te pērā me ētahi wāhine. 12 Nā, ka kata a Hara i roto i a ia, ka mea, "Ka rūruhitia nei ahau, ā tērā rānei ahau e whai koa, he koroheke nei anō hoki tōku ariki?"

13 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā ki a Āperahama, "He aha a Hara i kata ai, i mea ai, ‘He pono, ka whānau tamariki rānei ahau, he rūruhi nei hoki ahau?’ 14 He pakeke rawa rānei tētahi mea ki a Ihowā? Kei te tāima i whakaritea, kei te hurihanga mai o te wā, ka hoki mai ahau ki a koe, ā, ka whai tamaiti a Hara."

15 Nā, ka whakawareware a Hara, ka mea, "Kīhai ahau i kata"; i wehi hoki ia.

Ā, ka mea ia, "Kāhore; i kata tonu koe."

I Īnoi a Āperahama mō Horoma

16 Nā, ka whakatika atu ngā tāngata rā i reira, ā, ka titiro ki te ritenga mai o Horoma; i haere anō a Āperahama i a rātou, ki te tuku i a rātou kia haere. 17 Ā, ka mea a Ihowā, "Me huna rānei e ahau i a Āperahama tāku e mea ai. 18 Ka meinga nei hoki a Āperahama hei iwi nui, hei iwi kaha, ā, māna ka manaakitia ai ngā iwi katoa o te ao? 19 E mōhio ana hoki ahau ki a ia, hei mea kia whakahaua iho ai e ia āna tama, me tōna whare, i muri i a ia, ā, kia whakaritea e rātou te ara o Ihowā, ka mahi hoki i te tika, i te whakawā; ā, kia kawea mai ai e Ihowā ki runga ki a Āperahama ngā mea katoa i kōrerotia e ia mōna."

20 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, "I te mea he nui te karanga o Horoma, o Komora, he taimaha rawa hoki ō rāua kino; 21 me haere tēnei ahau kia kite he mea rite rānei tā rāua mahi ki tōna karanga kua tae ake nei ki ahau; ā, ki te kāhore, ka mōhio ahau."

22 Nā, ka tahuri ngā tāngata rā i reira, ā, ka ahu ki Horoma; ko Āperahama ia i tū tonu i te aroaro o te Atua. 23 Nā, ka whakatata a Āperahama, ka mea, "Ka whakangaromia anō hoki e koe te tangata tika rāua ko te tangata kino? 24 Ākuanei pea e rima tekau ngā tāngata tika i roto i te pā; ka whakangaromia rānei e koe, e kore rānei koe e tohu i taua wāhi mō ngā tāngata tika e rima tekau i roto? 25 Kaua rā tēnā e waiho hei tikanga mō tāu mahi, te whakamate ngātahi i te tangata tika rāua ko te tangata kino. Pēnei ka rite te tangata tika ki te tangata kino; kaua rā koe e pērā. E kore rānei e tika te mahi a te Kaiwhakawā o te whenua katoa?"

26 Nā, ka mea a Ihowā, "Ki te kitea e ahau i Horoma e rima tekau ngā tāngata tika i roto i te pā, ka tohungia e ahau tēnā wāhi katoa, ka whakaaro hoki ki a rātou."

27 Nā, ka whakahoki a Āperahama, ka mea, "Nā, kua tīmata nei ahau te kōrero ki te Ariki; he puehu nei ahau, he pungarehu. 28 Tērā pea e kore te tokorima o te rima tekau o ngā tāngata tika ka kore te tokorima, e whakangaro rānei koe i te pā katoa?"

Ka mea ia, "E kore e whakangaromia e ahau ki te mea ka kitea e ahau i reira ngā tāngata e whā tekau mā rima."

29 Nā, ka kōrero atu anō ia ki a ia, ka mea, "Tērā pea e kitea e whā tekau kei reira."

Ka mea ia, "Ka whakaaro ahau ki te whā tekau, ā, e kore e meatia e ahau."

30 Anō rā ko ia, "Kaua rā e riri te Ariki, ā, ka kōrero ahau. Tērā pea e kitea e toru tekau kei reira." Ka mea ia, "E kore e meatia e ahau, ki te kitea e ahau e toru tekau kei reira."

31 Ā, ka mea ia, "Nā, kua whakapakari nei ahau ki te kōrero ki te Ariki. Tērā pea e kitea e rua tekau kei reira."

Ka mea ia, "Ka whakaaro ahau ki ngā tekau e rua, ā, e kore e whakangaromia e ahau."

32 Nā, ka mea ia, "Kaua e riri te Ariki ki te kōrero ahau, heoi anō ko tēnei kōrerotanga. Tērā pea e kitea kotahi tekau kei reira."

Ka mea ia, "Ka whakaaro ahau ki te tekau kotahi, ā, e kore e whakangaromia e ahau."

33 Nā, ka haere a Ihowā i te mutunga o tāna kōrero ki a Āperahama; ā, hoki ana a Āperahama ki tōna wāhi.

1 And Jehovah appeared unto him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; 2 and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood over against him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth, 3 and said, My lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: 4 let now a little water be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: 5 and I will fetch a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart; after that ye shall pass on: forasmuch as ye are come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes. 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hasted to dress it. 8 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.

9 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 when the season cometh round; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, and well stricken in age; it had ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 And Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And Jehovah said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, who am old? 14 Is anything too hard for Jehovah? At the set time I will return unto thee, when the season cometh round, 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 Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that 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 have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 20 And Jehovah 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 from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before Jehovah. 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou consume the righteous with the wicked? 24 Peradventure there are fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou consume 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, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? 26 And Jehovah said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who 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, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty and five. 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 the forty’s sake. 30 And he said, 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 the 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 the ten’s sake. 33 And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.