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1 veneruntque duo angeli Sodomam vespere sedente Loth in foribus civitatis qui cum vidisset surrexit et ivit obviam eis adoravitque pronus in terra
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The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth
2 et dixit obsecro domini declinate in domum pueri vestri et manete ibi lavate pedes vestros et mane proficiscimini in viam vestram qui dixerunt minime sed in platea manebimus
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and said, “My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early and go on your way. ” They said, “No; we will spend the night in the town square. ”
3 conpulit illos oppido ut deverterent ad eum ingressisque domum illius fecit convivium coxit azyma et comederunt
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But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4 prius autem quam irent cubitum viri civitatis vallaverunt domum a puero usque ad senem omnis populus simul
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But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, both young and old, all the people to the last man, surrounded the house.
5 vocaveruntque Loth et dixerunt ei ubi sunt viri qui introierunt ad te nocte educ illos huc ut cognoscamus eos
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And they called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know them. ”
6 egressus ad eos Loth post tergum adcludens ostium ait
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Lot went out to the men at the entrance, shut the door after him,
7 nolite quaeso fratres mei nolite malum hoc facere
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and said, “I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly.
8 habeo duas filias quae necdum cognoverunt virum educam eas ad vos et abutimini eis sicut placuerit vobis dummodo viris istis nihil faciatis mali quia ingressi sunt sub umbraculum tegminis mei
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Behold, I have two daughters who have not known any man. Let me bring them out to you, and do to them as you please. Only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the shelter of my roof. ”
9 at illi dixerunt recede illuc et rursus ingressus es inquiunt ut advena numquid ut iudices te ergo ipsum magis quam hos adfligemus vimque faciebant Loth vehementissime iam prope erat ut refringerent fores
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But they said, “Stand back! ” And they said, “This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them. ” Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down.
10 et ecce miserunt manum viri et introduxerunt ad se Loth cluseruntque ostium
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But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them and shut the door.
11 et eos qui erant foris percusserunt caecitate a minimo usque ad maximum ita ut ostium invenire non possent
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And they struck with blindness the men who were at the entrance of the house, both small and great, so that they wore themselves out groping for the door.
12 dixerunt autem ad Loth habes hic tuorum quempiam generum aut filios aut filias omnes qui tui sunt educ de urbe hac
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Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place.
13 delebimus enim locum istum eo quod increverit clamor eorum coram Domino qui misit nos ut perdamus illos
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For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it. ”
14 egressus itaque Loth locutus est ad generos suos qui accepturi erant filias eius et dixit surgite egredimini de loco isto quia delebit Dominus civitatem hanc et visus est eis quasi ludens loqui
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So Lot went out and said to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, “Up! Get out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city. ” But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be jesting.
15 cumque esset mane cogebant eum angeli dicentes surge et tolle uxorem tuam et duas filias quas habes ne et tu pariter pereas in scelere civitatis
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As morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, lest you be swept away in the punishment of the city. ”
16 dissimulante illo adprehenderunt manum eius et manum uxoris ac duarum filiarum eius eo quod parceret Dominus illi
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But he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city.
17 et eduxerunt eum posueruntque extra civitatem ibi locutus est ad eum salva animam tuam noli respicere post tergum nec stes in omni circa regione sed in monte salvum te fac ne et tu simul pereas
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And as they brought them out, one said, “Escape for your life. Do not look back or stop anywhere in the valley. Escape to the hills, lest you be swept away. ”
18 dixitque Loth ad eos quaeso Domine mi
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And Lot said to them, “Oh, no, my lords.
19 quia invenit servus tuus gratiam coram te et magnificasti misericordiam tuam quam fecisti mecum ut salvares animam meam nec possum in monte salvari ne forte adprehendat me malum et moriar
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Behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness in saving my life. But I cannot escape to the hills, lest the disaster overtake me and I die.
20 est civitas haec iuxta ad quam possum fugere parva et salvabor in ea numquid non modica est et vivet anima mea
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Behold, this city is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Let me escape there—is it not a little one? —and my life will be saved! ”
21 dixitque ad eum ecce etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas ut non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es
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He said to him, “Behold, I grant you this favor also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.
22 festina et salvare ibi quia non potero facere quicquam donec ingrediaris illuc idcirco vocatum est nomen urbis illius Segor
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Escape there quickly, for I can do nothing till you arrive there. ” Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
23 sol egressus est super terram et Loth ingressus est in Segor
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The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.
24 igitur Dominus pluit super Sodomam et Gomorram sulphur et ignem a Domino de caelo
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Then the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah sulfur and fire from the Lord out of heaven.
25 et subvertit civitates has et omnem circa regionem universos habitatores urbium et cuncta terrae virentia
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And he overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground.
26 respiciensque uxor eius post se versa est in statuam salis
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But Lot’s wife, behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27 Abraham autem consurgens mane ubi steterat prius cum Domino
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And Abraham went early in the morning to the place where he had stood before the Lord.
28 intuitus est Sodomam et Gomorram et universam terram regionis illius viditque ascendentem favillam de terra quasi fornacis fumum
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And he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the valley, and he looked and, behold, the smoke of the land went up like the smoke of a furnace.
29 cum enim subverteret Deus civitates regionis illius recordatus est Abrahae et liberavit Loth de subversione urbium in quibus habitaverat
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So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had lived.
30 ascenditque Loth de Segor et mansit in monte duae quoque filiae eius cum eo timuerat enim manere in Segor et mansit in spelunca ipse et duae filiae eius
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Now Lot went up out of Zoar and lived in the hills with his two daughters, for he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters.
31 dixitque maior ad minorem pater noster senex est et nullus virorum remansit in terra qui possit ingredi ad nos iuxta morem universae terrae
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And the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
32 veni inebriemus eum vino dormiamusque cum eo ut servare possimus ex patre nostro semen
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Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father. ”
33 dederunt itaque patri suo bibere vinum nocte illa et ingressa est maior dormivitque cum patre at ille non sensit nec quando accubuit filia nec quando surrexit
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So they made their father drink wine that night. And the firstborn went in and lay with her father. He did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
34 altera quoque die dixit maior ad minorem ecce dormivi heri cum patre meo demus ei bibere vinum etiam hac nocte et dormies cum eo ut salvemus semen de patre nostro
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The next day, the firstborn said to the younger, “Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine tonight also. Then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve offspring from our father. ”
35 dederunt et illa nocte patri vinum ingressaque minor filia dormivit cum eo et nec tunc quidem sensit quando concubuerit vel quando illa surrexerit
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So they made their father drink wine that night also. And the younger arose and lay with him, and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.
36 conceperunt ergo duae filiae Loth de patre suo
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Thus both the daughters of Lot became pregnant by their father.
37 peperitque maior filium et vocavit nomen eius Moab ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in praesentem diem
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The firstborn bore a son and called his name Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.
38 minor quoque peperit filium et vocavit nomen eius Ammon id est filius populi mei ipse est pater Ammanitarum usque hodie
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The younger also bore a son and called his name Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites to this day.
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