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| 1 وَظَهَرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ عِنْدَ بَلُّوطَاتِ مَمْرَا وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي بَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ وَقْتَ حَرِّ النَّهَارِ، | 1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; |
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| 2 فَرَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَنَظَرَ وَإِذَا ثَلاَثَةُ رِجَال وَاقِفُونَ لَدَيْهِ. فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ رَكَضَ لاسْتِقْبَالِهِمْ مِنْ بَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ وَسَجَدَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، | 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, |
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| 3 وَقَالَ: «يَا سَيِّدُ، إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَلاَ تَتَجَاوَزْ عَبْدَكَ. | 3 And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: |
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| 4 لِيُؤْخَذْ قَلِيلُ مَاءٍ وَاغْسِلُوا أَرْجُلَكُمْ وَاتَّكِئُوا تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ، | 4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: |
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| 5 فَآخُذَ كِسْرَةَ خُبْزٍ، فَتُسْنِدُونَ قُلُوبَكُمْ ثُمَّ تَجْتَازُونَ، لأَنَّكُمْ قَدْ مَرَرْتُمْ عَلَى عَبْدِكُمْ». فَقَالُوا: «هكَذَا تَفْعَلُ كَمَا تَكَلَّمْتَ». | 5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. |
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6 فَأَسْرَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى الْخَيْمَةِ إِلَى سَارَةَ، وَقَالَ: «أَسْرِعِي بِثَلاَثِ كَيْلاَتٍ دَقِيقًا سَمِيذًا. اعْجِنِي وَاصْنَعِي خُبْزَ مَلَّةٍ».  | 6 And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. |
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| 7 ثُمَّ رَكَضَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى الْبَقَرِ وَأَخَذَ عِجْلاً رَخْصًا وَجَيِّدًا وَأَعْطَاهُ لِلْغُلاَمِ فَأَسْرَعَ لِيَعْمَلَهُ. | 7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. |
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| 8 ثُمَّ أَخَذَ زُبْدًا وَلَبَنًا، وَالْعِجْلَ الَّذِي عَمِلَهُ، وَوَضَعَهَا قُدَّامَهُمْ. وَإِذْ كَانَ هُوَ وَاقِفًا لَدَيْهِمْ تَحْتَ الشَّجَرَةِ أَكَلُوا. | 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. |
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| 9 وَقَالُوا لَهُ: «أَيْنَ سَارَةُ امْرَأَتُكَ؟» فَقَالَ: «هَا هِيَ فِي الْخَيْمَةِ». | 9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. |
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| 10 فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرْجعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ الْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ امْرَأَتِكَ ابْنٌ». وَكَانَتْ سَارَةُ سَامِعَةً فِي بَابِ الْخَيْمَةِ وَهُوَ وَرَاءَهُ. | 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. |
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| 11 وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَسَارَةُ شَيْخَيْنِ مُتَقَدِّمَيْنِ فِي الأَيَّامِ، وَقَدِ انْقَطَعَ أَنْ يَكُونَ لِسَارَةَ عَادَةٌ كَالنِّسَاءِ. | 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. |
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| 12 فَضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ فِي بَاطِنِهَا قَائِلَةً: «أَبَعْدَ فَنَائِي يَكُونُ لِي تَنَعُّمٌ، وَسَيِّدِي قَدْ شَاخَ؟» | 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? |
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| 13 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ: «لِمَاذَا ضَحِكَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: أَفَبِالْحَقِيقَةِ أَلِدُ وَأَنَا قَدْ شِخْتُ؟ | 13 And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? |
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| 14 هَلْ يَسْتَحِيلُ عَلَى الرَّبِّ شَيْءٌ؟ فِي الْمِيعَادِ أَرْجعُ إِلَيْكَ نَحْوَ زَمَانِ الْحَيَاةِ وَيَكُونُ لِسَارَةَ ابْنٌ». | 14 Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. |
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| 15 فَأَنْكَرَتْ سَارَةُ قَائِلَةً: «لَمْ أَضْحَكْ». لأَنَّهَا خَافَتْ. فَقَالَ: «لاَ! بَلْ ضَحِكْتِ». | 15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. |
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توسلات إبراهيم من أجل سدوم | |
| 16 ثُمَّ قَامَ الرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَتَطَلَّعُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ. وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مَاشِيًا مَعَهُمْ لِيُشَيِّعَهُمْ. | 16 And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. |
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| 17 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «هَلْ أُخْفِي عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ مَا أَنَا فَاعِلُهُ، | 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; |
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| 18 وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ يَكُونُ أُمَّةً كَبِيرَةً وَقَوِيَّةً، وَيَتَبَارَكُ بِهِ جَمِيعُ أُمَمِ الأَرْضِ؟ | 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? |
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| 19 لأَنِّي عَرَفْتُهُ لِكَيْ يُوصِيَ بَنِيهِ وَبَيْتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ أَنْ يَحْفَظُوا طَرِيقَ الرَّبِّ، لِيَعْمَلُوا بِرًّا وَعَدْلاً، لِكَيْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّبُّ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ بِمَا تَكَلَّمَ بِهِ». | 19 For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. |
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| 20 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّ صُرَاخَ سَدُومَ وَعَمُورَةَ قَدْ كَثُرَ، وَخَطِيَّتُهُمْ قَدْ عَظُمَتْ جِدًّا. | 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; |
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| 21 أَنْزِلُ وَأَرَى هَلْ فَعَلُوا بِالتَّمَامِ حَسَبَ صُرَاخِهَا الآتِي إِلَيَّ، وَإِلاَّ فَأَعْلَمُ». | 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. |
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| 22 وَانْصَرَفَ الرِّجَالُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ وَذَهَبُوا نَحْوَ سَدُومَ، وَأَمَّا إِبْرَاهِيمُ فَكَانَ لَمْ يَزَلْ قَائِمًا أَمَامَ الرَّبِّ. | 22 And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. |
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| 23 فَتَقَدَّمَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «أَفَتُهْلِكُ الْبَارَّ مَعَ الأَثِيمِ؟ | 23 And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? |
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| 24 عَسَى أَنْ يَكُونَ خَمْسُونَ بَارًّا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ. أَفَتُهْلِكُ الْمَكَانَ وَلاَ تَصْفَحُ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْخَمْسِينَ بَارًّا الَّذِينَ فِيهِ؟ | 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? |
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| 25 حَاشَا لَكَ أَنْ تَفْعَلَ مِثْلَ هذَا الأَمْرِ، أَنْ تُمِيتَ الْبَارَّ مَعَ الأَثِيمِ، فَيَكُونُ الْبَارُّ كَالأَثِيمِ. حَاشَا لَكَ! أَدَيَّانُ كُلِّ الأَرْضِ لاَ يَصْنَعُ عَدْلاً؟» | 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? |
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| 26 فَقَالَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنْ وَجَدْتُ فِي سَدُومَ خَمْسِينَ بَارًّا فِي الْمَدِينَةِ، فَإِنِّي أَصْفَحُ عَنِ الْمَكَانِ كُلِّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ». | 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. |
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| 27 فَأَجَابَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ الْمَوْلَى وَأَنَا تُرَابٌ وَرَمَادٌ. | 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: |
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| 28 رُبَّمَا نَقَصَ الْخَمْسُونَ بَارًّا خَمْسَةً. أَتُهْلِكُ كُلَّ الْمَدِينَةِ بِالْخَمْسَةِ؟» فَقَالَ: «لاَ أُهْلِكُ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ هُنَاكَ خَمْسَةً وَأَرْبَعِينَ». | 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. |
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| 29 فَعَادَ يُكَلِّمُهُ أَيْضًا وَقَالَ: «عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ أَرْبَعُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لاَ أَفْعَلُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الأَرْبَعِينَ». | 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. |
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| 30 فَقَالَ: «لاَ يَسْخَطِ الْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ ثَلاَثُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لاَ أَفْعَلُ إِنْ وَجَدْتُ هُنَاكَ ثَلاَثِينَ». | 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. |
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| 31 فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي قَدْ شَرَعْتُ أُكَلِّمُ الْمَوْلَى. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عِشْرُونَ». فَقَالَ: «لاَ أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْعِشْرِينَ». | 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. |
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| 32 فَقَالَ: «لاَ يَسْخَطِ الْمَوْلَى فَأَتَكَلَّمَ هذِهِ الْمَرَّةَ فَقَطْ. عَسَى أَنْ يُوجَدَ هُنَاكَ عَشَرَةٌ». فَقَالَ: «لاَ أُهْلِكُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْعَشَرَةِ». | 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. |
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| 33 وَذَهَبَ الرَّبُّ عِنْدَمَا فَرَغَ مِنَ الْكَلاَمِ مَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَرَجَعَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى مَكَانِهِ. | 33 And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. |
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