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Basi, wale malaika wawili wakaja Sodoma jioni; na Lutu alikuwa amekaa mlangoni pa Sodoma. Lutu akawaona akaondoka akaenda kuwalaki, akainama kifudifudi.
Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
2
Akasema, Bwana zangu, karibuni nawasihi mwingie nyumbani mwa mtumwa wenu, mkalale, mkanawe miguu yenu, hata asubuhi mwondoke na mapema mkaende zenu. Wakasema, Sivyo, lakini tutakaa uwanjani usiku kucha.
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
3
Akawasihi sana, nao wakaja, wakaingia nyumbani mwake. Akawafanyia karamu, akawapikia mikate isiyochachwa nao wakala.
But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
4
Hata kabla hawajalala, watu wa mji, wenyeji wa Sodoma, wakaizunguka nyumba, vijana kwa wazee, watu wote waliotoka pande zote.
Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.
5
Wakamwita Lutu, wakamwambia, Wa wapi wale watu waliokuja kwako usiku huu? Uwatoe kwetu, tupate kuwajua.
They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”
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Lutu akawatokea mlangoni, akafunga mlango nyuma yake.
Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.
7
Akasema, Basi, nawasihi, ndugu zangu, msitende vibaya hivi.
“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!
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Tazama, ninao binti wawili ambao hawajajua mtu mume, nawasihi nitawatolea kwenu mkawafanyie vilivyo vyema machoni penu, ila watu hawa msiwatende neno, kwa kuwa wamekuja chini ya dari yangu.
Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
9
Wakasema Ondoka hapa! Kisha wakanena, Mtu huyu mmoja amekuja kwetu kuketi hali ya ugeni; naye kumbe, anataka kuhukumu! Basi tutakutenda wewe vibaya kuliko hawa. Wakamsonga sana huyo mtu, huyo Lutu, wakakaribia wauvunje mlango.
“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
10
Lakini wale watu wakanyosha mikono yao, wakamwingiza Lutu kwao nyumbani, wakaufunga mlango.
But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.
11
Kisha wakawapiga hao watu walioko mlangoni kwa upofu, wadogo kwa wakubwa, hata wakachoka kwa kuutafuta mlango.
And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.
12
Basi wale watu wakamwambia Lutu, Je! Unaye mtu hapa zaidi? Mkwe, wanao, na binti zako, na wo wote ulio nao katika mji, uwatoe katika mahali hapa;
Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,
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maana tutapaharibu sisi mahali hapa, kwa kuwa kilio chake kimezidi mbele za Bwana; naye Bwana ametupeleka tupaharibu.
because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”
14
Lutu akatoka akasema na wakweze, waliowaposa binti zake, akasema, Ondokeni mtoke katika mahali hapa kwa sababu Bwana atauharibu mji huu. Lakini akawa kama achezaye machoni pa wakweze.
So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
15
Hata alfajiri ndipo malaika wakamhimiza Lutu, wakisema, Ondoka, mtwae mkeo na binti zako wawili waliopo hapa, usipotee katika maovu ya mji huu.
At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”
16
Akakawia-kawia; nao wale watu wakamshika mkono, na mkono wa mkewe, na mkono wa binti zake wawili, kwa jinsi Bwana alivyomhurumia, wakamtoa wakamweka nje ya mji.
But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.
17
Ikawa walipomtoa nje, mmoja alisema, Jiponye nafsi yako usitazame nyuma, wala usisimame katika hilo bonde po pote; ujiponye mlimani, usije ukapotea.
As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”
18
Lutu akawaambia, Sivyo, bwana wangu!
But Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!
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Tazama, mtumwa wako ameona kibali machoni pako, nawe umezidisha rehema zako ulizonifanyia kwa kuponya nafsi yangu, nami siwezi kukimbilia mlimani nisipatwe na yale mabaya, nikafa.
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
20
Basi mji huu u karibu, niukimbilie, nao ni mdogo, nijiponye sasa huko, sio mdogo huu? Na nafsi yangu itaishi.
Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”
21
Akamwambia, Tazama, nimekukubali hata kwa neno hili, kwamba sitauangamiza mji huo uliounena.
“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.
22
Hima, ujiponye huko, maana siwezi kufanya neno lo lote, hata uingiapo humo. Kwa hiyo jina la mji ule likaitwa Soari.
Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.
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Jua lilikuwa limechomoza juu ya nchi Lutu alipoingia Soari.
And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.
24
Ndipo Bwana akanyesha juu ya Sodoma na juu ya Gomora kiberiti na moto toka mbinguni kwa Bwana.
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
25
Akaangusha miji hiyo na Bonde lote, na wote waliokaa katika miji hiyo, na yote yaliyomea katika nchi ile.
Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
26
Lakini mkewe Lutu akatazama nyuma yake, akawa nguzo ya chumvi.
But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.
27
Ibrahimu akatoka asubuhi kwenda mahali aliposimama mbele za Bwana,
Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.
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naye akatazama upande wa Sodoma na Gomora na nchi yote ya hilo Bonde, akaona, na tazama, moshi wa nchi ukapanda, kama moshi wa tanuru.
He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.
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Ikawa Mungu alipoiharibu miji ya Bondeni, Mungu akamkumbuka Ibrahimu, akamtoa Lutu katika maangamizi alipoiangamiza miji hiyo aliyokaa Lutu.
So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
30
Lutu akapanda kutoka Soari akakaa mlimani, na binti zake wawili pamoja naye, kwa sababu aliogopa kukaa katika Soari. Akakaa katika pango, yeye na binti zake wawili.
Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
31
Yule mkubwa akamwambia mdogo, Baba yetu ni mzee, wala hakuna mtu mume katika nchi atuingilie kama ilivyo desturi ya dunia yote.
One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
32
Haya, na tumnyweshe baba yetu mvinyo, tukalale naye, ili tumhifadhie baba yetu uzao.
Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
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Wakamnywesha baba yao mvinyo usiku ule, akaondoka huyo mkubwa akalala naye, wala yeye hana habari alipolala wala alipoondoka.
So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
34
Ikawa siku ya pili, mkubwa akamwambia mdogo, Tazama, nimelala jana na baba yangu, tumnyweshe mvinyo tena usiku huu, ukaingie ukalale naye.
The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”
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Wakamnywesha tena baba yao mvinyo usiku ule, akaondoka mdogo akalala naye, wala yeye hana habari alipolala wala alipoondoka.
So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
36
Basi hao binti wote wawili wa Lutu wakapata mimba kwa baba yao.
Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
37
Yule mkubwa akazaa mwana, akamwita jina lake Moabu; huyo ndiye baba wa Wamoabi, hata leo.
The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
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Na yule mdogo naye akazaa mwana akamwita jina lake Benami; huyo ndiye baba wa Waamoni hata leo.
The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.