Gênesis 18

1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. 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 your sight, please don’t go away from your servant. 4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree. 5 I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant."

They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three seahs*18:6 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes." 7 Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it. 8 He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

9 They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?"

He said, "There, in the tent."

10 He said, "I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son."

Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing. 12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

13 Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’ 14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son."

15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, "I didn’t laugh," for she was afraid.

He said, "No, but you did laugh."

16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way. 17 Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do, 18 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will 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 Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him." 20 Yahweh 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 their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh. 23 Abraham came near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked? 24 What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it? 25 May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn’t the Judge of all the earth do right?"

26 Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake." 27 Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes. 28 What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?"

He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there."

29 He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?"

He said, "I will not do it for the forty’s sake."

30 He said, "Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?"

He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there."

31 He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?"

He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty’s sake."

32 He said, "Oh don’t let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?"

He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake."

33 Yahweh went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.

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.