Yaratılış 18

¹Tanrı, öğle vaktinde kendisi çadırının kapısında otururken, Mamre meşeliğinde ona göründü.

²Gözlerini kaldırıp baktığında, işte, üç adamın onun üzerinde durmakta olduğunu gördü; onları görür görmez karşılamak için çadırının kapısından koştu ve toprağa kapanarak secde etti.

³Ve dedi: "Efendim, eğer senin önünde lütuf bulduysam, lütfen hizmetkarını es geçip gitme.

⁴Şimdi biraz su getirilsin, ayaklarınızı yıkasınlar ve ağacın altında dinlenin.

⁵Ben de ekmek getireyim ve yiyin; mademki bu amaçla hizmetkarınıza saptınız, sonra yolunuza devam edersiniz." Onlar da, "Söylediğin gibi yap" dediler.

⁶İbrahim hemen çadıra, Sara'nın yanına gitti ve ona, "Acele et, üç ölçek ince un yoğur ve külde pişmiş ekmekler yap" dedi.

⁷Sonra İbrahim sığırlara doğru koştu; körpe ve iyi bir dana seçip hizmetkarına verdi, o da onu hazırlamakta acele etti.

⁸Tereyağı, süt ve hazırladığı danayı alıp önlerine koydu ve yediler; kendisi de ağacın altında, yanlarında durmaktaydı.

⁹Ona, "Karın Sara nerede?" dedi. O da cevap vererek, "İşte, çadırda" dedi.

¹⁰Ve dedi: "Bu zamana doğru, saatler içinde kesinlikle geri dönerek sana geleceğim ve karın Sara'nın bir oğlu olacak." Sara ise onun arkasında, çadırın kapısında bulunarak dinliyordu.

¹¹İbrahim ile Sara günleri hayli ilerlemiş yaşlılardı; Sara için kadınlara özgü şeylerin gerçekleşmesi artık son bulmuştu.

¹²Bu yüzden Sara kendi içinde gülerek, "Şimdiye kadar benim için henüz gerçekleşmedi, üstelik efendim de daha yaşlıyken" dedi.

¹³Ve Rab İbrahim'e dedi: "Sara niçin kendi içinde gülerek, 'Ben ki yaşlanmış durumdayken acaba gerçekten doğuracak mıyım?' diyor?

¹⁴Tanrı'nın yanında herhangi bir söz imkansızlaşır mı? Bu zamana doğru, saatler içinde sana döneceğim ve Sara'nın bir oğlu olacak."

¹⁵Sara ise korktuğu için, "Gülmedim" diyerek inkar etti. Ama O, "Hayır, aksine güldün" dedi.

¹⁶Adamlar oradan kalkıp Sodom ve Gomora'nın yüzüne doğru aşağıya baktılar; İbrahim de onları yolcu etmek için birlikte yürüyordu.

¹⁷Rab dedi: "Yapmakta olduğum şeyi hizmetkarım İbrahim'den kesinlikle gizleyecek miyim?

¹⁸Şüphesiz İbrahim büyük ve kalabalık bir ulus haline gelerek var olacaktır ve yeryüzünün bütün ulusları onun aracılığıyla kutsanacaktır.

¹⁹Çünkü kendisinden sonra oğullarına ve ev halkına, doğruluğu ve adaleti yerine getirmek üzere Rab'bin yollarını korumalarını buyuracağını biliyordum; öyle ki Rab, İbrahim'e onun hakkında söylediği her şeyi getirebilsin."

²⁰Ve Rab dedi: "Sodom ve Gomora'nın feryadı bana doğru çoğalmış durumdadır ve günahları son derece büyüktür.

²¹Şimdi aşağı ineceğim ve bana doğru gelen feryatlarına göre tamamen yapıp yapmadıklarını göreceğim; eğer değilse, bunu bileyim."

²²Adamlar oradan dönüp Sodom'a doğru gittiler; ama İbrahim hâlâ Rab'bin önünde durmaktaydı.

²³İbrahim yaklaşıp dedi: "Doğru olanı tanrısızla birlikte mi helak edeceksin? Doğru olan tanrısız gibi mi olacak?

²⁴Kentte elli doğru kişi varsa, onları helak mı edeceksin? İçindeki elli doğrunun hatırı için bütün o yeri bağışlamayacak mısın?

²⁵Doğru olanı tanrısızla birlikte öldürmek, doğruyu tanrısızla bir tutmak senden uzak olsun! Asla! Bütün yeryüzünü yargılayan, adaleti yerine getirmeyecek mi?"

²⁶Rab dedi: "Eğer Sodom kentinde elli doğru kişi bulursam, onların hatırı için bütün kenti ve bütün o yeri bağışlayacağım."

²⁷İbrahim cevap verip dedi: "İşte, ben ki toprak ve külüm, Efendime konuşmaya başladım.

²⁸Belki o elli doğru kişiden beş kişi eksik olur; beş kişi için bütün kenti helak mı edeceksin?" O da, "Eğer orada kırk beş kişi bulursam, kesinlikle helak etmeyeceğim" dedi.

²⁹İbrahim konuşmaya devam ederek, "Belki orada kırk kişi bulunur?" dedi. O da, "Kırk kişinin hatırı için kesinlikle helak etmeyeceğim" dedi.

³⁰Ve dedi: "Sakın bir şey olmasın efendim eğer konuşursam; belki orada otuz kişi bulunur?" O da, "Otuz kişinin hatırı için kesinlikle helak etmeyeceğim" dedi.

³¹Ve dedi: "Mademki efendiye konuşma hakkına sahibim; belki orada yirmi kişi bulunur?" O da, "Eğer orada yirmi bulursam kesinlikle helak etmeyeceğim" dedi.

³²Ve dedi: "Sakın bir şey olmasın efendim eğer sadece bir kez daha konuşursam; belki orada on kişi bulunur?" O da, "On kişinin hatırı için kesinlikle helak etmeyeceğim" dedi.

³³Rab, İbrahim'le konuşmasını kestiği anda uzaklaştı; İbrahim de kendi yerine geri döndü.

¹ΩΦΘΗ δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς τῇ δρυΐ τῇ Μαμβρῇ, καθημένου αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ μεσημβρίας.

²ἀναβλέψας δὲ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτοῦ εἶδε, καὶ ἰδοὺ τρεῖς ἄνδρες εἱστήκεισαν ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἰδὼν προσέδραμεν εἰς συνάντησιν αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς αὐτοῦ καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.

³καὶ εἶπε· κύριε, εἰ ἄρα εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον σου, μὴ παρέλθῃς τὸν παῖδά σου·

⁴ληφθήτω δὴ ὕδωρ, καὶ νιψάτωσαν τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν, καὶ καταψύξατε ὑπὸ τὸ δένδρον·

⁵καὶ λήψομαι ἄρτον, καὶ φάγεσθε, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο παρελεύσεσθε εἰς τὴν ὁδὸν ὑμῶν, οὗ ἕνεκεν ἐξεκλίνατε πρὸς τὸν παῖδα ὑμῶν. καὶ εἶπαν· οὕτω ποίησον, καθὼς εἴρηκας.

⁶καὶ ἔσπευσεν ῾Αβραὰμ ἐπὶ τὴν σκηνὴν πρὸς Σάρραν καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· σπεῦσον καὶ φύρασον τρία μέτρα σεμιδάλεως καὶ ποίησον ἐγκρυφίας.

⁷καὶ εἰς τὰς βόας ἔδραμεν ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ ἔλαβεν ἁπαλὸν μοσχάριον καὶ καλὸν καὶ ἔδωκε τῷ παιδί, καὶ ἐτάχυνε τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτό.

⁸ἔλαβε δὲ βούτυρον, καὶ γάλα, καὶ τὸ μοσχάριον ὃ ἐποίησε, καὶ παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς, καὶ ἔφαγον· αὐτὸς δὲ παρειστήκει αὐτοῖς ὑπὸ τὸ δένδρον.

⁹Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν· ποῦ Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου; ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν· ἰδοὺ ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ.

¹⁰εἶπε δέ· ἐπαναστρέφων ἥξω πρὸς σὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον εἰς ὥρας, καὶ ἕξει υἱὸν Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου. Σάρρα δὲ ἤκουσε πρὸς τῇ θύρᾳ τῆς σκηνῆς, οὖσα ὄπισθεν αὐτοῦ.

¹¹῾Αβραὰμ δὲ καὶ Σάρρα πρεσβύτεροι προβεβηκότες ἡμερῶν, ἐξέλιπε δὲ τῇ Σάρρᾳ γίνεσθαι τὰ γυναικεῖα.

¹²ἐγέλασε δὲ Σάρρα ἐν ἑαυτῇ, λέγουσα· οὔπω μέν μοι γέγονεν ἕως τοῦ νῦν, ὁ δὲ κύριός μου πρεσβύτερος.

¹³καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς ῾Αβραάμ· τί ὅτι ἐγέλασε Σάρρα ἐν ἑαυτῇ, λέγουσα· ἆρά γε ἀληθῶς τέξομαι; ἐγὼ δὲ γεγήρακα.

¹⁴μὴ ἀδυνατήσει παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ ρῆμα; εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον ἀναστρέψω πρὸς σὲ εἰς ὥρας· καὶ ἔσται τῇ Σάρρᾳ υἱός.

¹⁵ἠρνήσατο δὲ Σάρρα λέγουσα· οὐκ ἐγέλασα· ἐφοβήθη γάρ. καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ· οὐχί, ἀλλὰ ἐγέλασας.

¹⁶᾿Εξαναστάντες δὲ ἐκεῖθεν οἱ ἄνδρες κατέβλεψαν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας. ῾Αβραὰμ δὲ συνεπορεύετο μετ᾿ αὐτῶν συμπροπέμπων αὐτούς.

¹⁷ὁ δὲ Κύριος εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ κρύψω ἐγὼ ἀπὸ ῾Αβραὰμ τοῦ παιδός μου, ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ.

¹⁸῾Αβραὰμ δὲ γινόμενος ἔσται εἰς ἔθνος μέγα καὶ πολύ, καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν αὐτῷ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τῆς γῆς.

¹⁹ᾔδειν γὰρ ὅτι συντάξει τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτόν, καὶ φυλάξουσι τὰς ὁδοὺς Κυρίου ποιεῖν δικαιοσύνην καὶ κρίσιν, ὅπως ἂν ἐπαγάγῃ Κύριος ἐπὶ ῾Αβραὰμ πάντα, ὅσα ἐλάλησε πρὸς αὐτόν.

²⁰εἶπε δὲ Κύριος· κραυγὴ Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας πεπλήθυνται πρός με, καὶ αἱ ἁμαρτίαι αὐτῶν μεγάλαι σφόδρα.

²¹καταβὰς οὖν ὄψομαι, εἰ κατὰ τὴν κραυγὴν αὐτῶν τὴν ἐρχομένην πρός με συντελοῦνται, εἰ δὲ μή, ἵνα γνῶ.

²²καὶ ἀποστρέψαντες ἐκεῖθεν οἱ ἄνδρες ἦλθον εἰς Σόδομα. ῾Αβραὰμ δὲ ἔτι ἦν ἑστηκὼς ἐναντίον Κυρίου.

²³καὶ ἐγγίσας ῾Αβραὰμ εἶπε· μὴ συναπολέσῃς δίκαιον μετὰ ἀσεβοῦς καὶ ἔσται ὁ δίκαιος ὡς ὁ ἀσεβής;

²⁴ἐὰν ὦσι πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀπολεῖς αὐτούς; οὐκ ἀνήσεις πάντα τὸν τόπον ἕνεκεν τῶν πεντήκοντα δικαίων, ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν αὐτῇ;

²⁵μηδαμῶς σὺ ποιήσεις ὡς τὸ ρῆμα τοῦτο, τοῦ ἀποκτεῖναι δίκαιον μετὰ ἀσεβοῦς, καὶ ἔσται ὁ δίκαιος ὡς ὁ ἀσεβής. μηδαμῶς· ὁ κρίνων πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν, οὐ ποιήσεις κρίσιν;

²⁶εἶπε δὲ Κύριος· ἐὰν ὦσιν ἐν Σοδόμοις πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι ἐν τῇ πόλει, ἀφήσω ὅλην τὴν πόλιν καὶ πάντα τὸν τόπον δι᾿ αὐτούς.

²⁷καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ῾Αβραὰμ εἶπε· νῦν ἠρξάμην λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν Κύριόν μου, ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός·

²⁸ἐὰν δὲ ἐλαττονωθῶσιν οἱ πεντήκοντα δίκαιοι εἰς τεσσαρακονταπέντε, ἀπολεῖς ἕνεκεν τῶν πέντε πᾶσαν τὴν πόλιν; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω, ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ τεσσσαρακονταπέντε.

²⁹καὶ προσέθηκεν ἔτι λαλῆσαι πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ εἶπεν· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ τεσσαράκοντα; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω ἕνεκεν τῶν τεσσαράκοντα.

³⁰καὶ εἶπε· μή τι κύριε, ἐὰν λαλήσω; ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ τριάκοντα; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω ἕνεκεν τῶν τριάκοντα.

³¹καὶ εἶπεν· ἐπειδὴ ἔχω λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν κύριον· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω, ἐὰν εὕρω ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι.

³²καὶ εἶπε· μήτι κύριε, ἐὰν λαλήσω ἔτι ἅπαξ· ἐὰν δὲ εὑρεθῶσιν ἐκεῖ δέκα; καὶ εἶπεν· οὐ μὴ ἀπολέσω ἕνεκεν τῶν δέκα.

³³ἀπῆλθε δὲ ὁ Κύριος, ὡς ἐπαύσατο λαλῶν τῷ ῾Αβραάμ, καὶ ῾Αβραὰμ ἀπέστρεψεν εἰς τὸν τόπον αὐτοῦ.

¹AND God appeared to him by the oak of Mambre, as he sat by the door of his tent at noon.

²And he lifted up his eyes and beheld, and lo! three men stood before him; and having seen them he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and did obeisance to the ground.

³And he said, Lord, if indeed I have found grace in thy sight, pass not by thy servant.

⁴Let water now be brought, and let them wash your feet, and do ye refresh [yourselves] under the tree.

⁵And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which [refreshment] ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.

⁶And Abraam hasted to the tent to Sarrha, and said to her, Hasten, and knead three measures of fine flour, and make cakes.

⁷And Abraam ran to the kine, and took a young calf, tender and good, and gave it to his servant, and he hasted to dress it.

⁸And he took butter and milk, and the calf which he had dressed; and he set them before them, and they did eat, and he stood by them under the tree.

⁹And he said to him, Where is Sarrha thy wife? And he answered and said, Behold! in the tent.

¹⁰And he said, I will return and come to thee according to this period seasonably, and Sarrha thy wife shall have a son; and Sarrha heard at the door of the tent, being behind him.

¹¹And Abraam and Sarrha were old, advanced in days, and the custom of women ceased with Sarrha.

¹²And Sarrha laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.

¹³And the Lord said to Abraam, Why is it that Sarrha has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.

¹⁴Shall anything be impossible with the Lord? At this time I will return to thee seasonably, and Sarrha shall have a son.

¹⁵But Sarrha denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh.

¹⁶And the men having risen up from thence looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha. And Abraam went with them, attending them on their journey.

¹⁷And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraam my servant what things I intend to do?

¹⁸But Abraam shall become a great and populous nation, and in him shall all the nations of the earth be blest.

¹⁹For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraam all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.

²⁰And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.

²¹I will therefore go down and see, if they completely correspond with the cry which comes to me, and if not, that I may know.

²²And the men having departed thence, came to Sodom; and Abraam was still standing before the Lord.

²³And Abraam drew nigh and said, Wouldest thou destroy the righteous with the wicked, and shall the righteous be as the wicked?

²⁴Should there be fifty righteous in the city, wilt thou destroy them? wilt thou not spare the whole place for the sake of the fifty righteous, if they be in it?

²⁵By no means shalt thou do as this thing [is] so as to destroy the righteous with the wicked, so the righteous shall be as the wicked: by no means. Thou that judgest the whole earth, shalt thou not do right?

²⁶And the Lord said, If there should be in Sodom fifty righteous in the city, I will spare the whole city, and the whole place for their sakes.

²⁷And Abraam answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.

²⁸But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five [wanting]? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.

²⁹And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty's sake.

³⁰And he said, Will there be anything [against me], Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty's sake.

³¹And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.

³²And he said, Will there be anything [against me], Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten's sake.

³³And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraam, and Abraam returned to his place.