18 — Genesis

1And the Lord appeared to him in the vale of Mambre as he was sitting at the door of his tent, in the very heat of the day.E il Signore apparve ad Abramo nella valle di Mambre, mentr'ei sedeva all'ingresso del suo padiglione nel maggior caldo del giorno.ANd God appeared to him in the vale of mambre as he sat in the dore of his tent, in the verie heat of the day.Apparuit autem ei Dominus in convalle Mambre sedenti in ostio tabernaculi sui in ipso fervore diei. 2And when he had lifted up his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing near to him: and as soon as he saw them, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and adored down to the ground.E avendo egli alzati gli occhi, gli comparvero tre uomini, che gli stavano dappresso; e veduti che gli ebbe, corse loro incontro dall'ingresso del padiglione, e adorò fino a terra.And when he had lifted vp his eyes, there appeared to him three men standing nere vnto him: whom after he had sene, he ranne to meete them from the dore of his tent, and adored to the ground.Cumque elevasset oculos, apparuerunt ei tres viri stantes prope eum: quos cum vidisset, cucurrit in occursum eorum de ostio tabernaculi, et adoravit in terram. 3And he said: Lord, if I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away from thy servant.E disse: Signore, se io ho trovato grazia dinanzi a te, non lasciar indietro il tuo servo:And He said Lord, if I haue found grace in thy sight, goe not past thy seruant:Et dixit: Domine, si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, ne transeas servum tuum: 4But I will fetch a little water, and wash ye your feet, and rest ye under the tree.Ma io porterò un po' di acqua, e lavate i vostri piedi, e riposatevi sotto quest'albero.but I wil fetch a little water, and wash ye your feete, and rest ye vnder the tree.sed afferam pauxillum aquæ, et lavate pedes vestros, et requiescite sub arbore. 5And I will set a morsel of bread, and strengthen ye your heart, afterwards you shall pass on: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. And they said: Do as thou hast spoken.E vi presenterò un pezzo di pane, affinché ristoriate le vostre forze, e poi ve n'anderete: imperocché per questo siete venuti verso il vostro servo. E quelli dissero: Fa', come hai detto.And I wil fet a morsel of bread, and strengthen your hart, afterward you shal passe: for therfore are you come aside to your seruāt. Who said: Do as thou hast spoken.Ponamque buccellam panis, et confortate cor vestrum: postea transibitis: idcirco enim declinastis ad servum vestrum. Qui dixerunt: Fac ut locutus es.

6Abraham made haste into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make haste, temper together three measures of flour, and make cakes upon the hearth.Andò in fretta Abramo da Sara, e le disse: Fa' presto, impasta tre sati di fior di farina, e fanne delle schiacciate da cuocer sotto la cenere.Abraham made hast into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make hast, temper togeather three measures of floure, and make harth cakes.Festinavit Abraham in tabernaculum ad Saram, dixitque ei: Accelera, tria sata similæ commisce, et fac subcinericios panes. 7And he himself ran to the herd, and took from thence a calf, very tender and very good, and gave it to a young man, who made haste and boiled it.Ed egli corse all'armento, e ne tolse un vitello il più tenero, e grasso, e lo diede ad un servo, il quale ben tosto lo ebbe cotto.But him selfe ranne to the heard, and tooke from thence a calfe verie tender and verie good, and gaue it to a young man: who made hast and boiled it.Ipse vero ad armentum cucurrit, et tulit inde vitulum tenerrimum et optimum, deditque puero: qui festinavit et coxit illum. 8He took also butter and milk, and the calf which he had boiled, and set before them: but he stood by them under the tree.Prese anche del burro, e del latte, e il vitello cotto, e ne imbandì loro la mensa: ed egli se ne stava in piè presso di loro sotto l'albero.He tooke also butter and mylke, and the calfe which he had boyled, and set before them: but him selfe did stand beside them vnder the tree.Tulit quoque butyrum et lac, et vitulum quem coxerat, et posuit coram eis: ipse vero stabat juxta eos sub arbore. 9And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Lo she is in the tent.E quelli mangiato che ebbero, dissero a lui: Dov'è Sara tua moglie? Egli rispose: Ella è qui nel padiglione.And when they had eaten, they said to him: Where is Sara thy wife? He answered: Loe she is in the tent.Cumque comedissent, dixerunt ad eum: Ubi est Sara uxor tua ? Ille respondit: Ecce in tabernaculo est. 10And he said to him: I will return and come to thee at this time, life accompanying, and Sara, thy wife, shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.E a lui disse (uno di quelli): Tornerò nuovamente a te di questa stagione, vivendo tu; e Sara tua moglie avrà un figliuolo. La qual cosa avendo udita Sara di dentro alla porta del padiglione, rise.To whom he said: Returning I wil come to thee at this time, life accompaning, and Sara thy wife shal haue a sonne. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the dore of the tent.Cui dixit: Revertens veniam ad te tempore isto, vita comite, et habebit filium Sara uxor tua. Quo audito, Sara risit post ostium tabernaculi.

11Now they were both old, and far advanced in years, and it had ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.Imperocché ambedue erano vecchi, e d'età avanzata, e Sara non aveva più i corsi ordinarii delle donne.And they were both aged, and farre entred in yeares, and it ceased to be with Sara after the maner of wemen.Erant autem ambo senes, provectæque ætatis, et desierant Saræ fieri muliebria. 12And she laughed secretly, saying: After I am grown old, and my lord is an old man, shall I give myself to pleasure?Or ella rise in suo segreto dicendo: Dopo che io sono vecchia, e il mio signore è cadente, ridiverrò io giovinetta?Who laughed secreatly saying: After I am waxen old, & my Lord is an old one, shal I geue my selfe to pleasure?Quæ risit occulte dicens: Postquam consenui, et dominus meus vetulus est, voluptati operam dabo ? 13And the Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I, who am an old woman, bear a child indeed?Ma il Signore disse ad Abramo: Perché mai ha riso Sara, dicendo: Son io per partorire da vecchia?And our Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shal I an old woman beare a child in deed?Dixit autem Dominus ad Abraham: Quare risit Sara, dicens: Num vere paritura sum anus ? 14Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I will return to thee at this same time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.V'ha egli cosa difficile a Dio? Tornerò a te secondo la promessa fatta in questa stagione, vivendo tu, e Sara avrà un figliuolo.Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I wil returne to thee this verie selfe same time, life accompaynig, and Sara shal haue a sonne.Numquid Deo quidquam est difficile ? juxta condictum revertar ad te hoc eodem tempore, vita comite, et habebit Sara filium. 15Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh: for she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh.Negò Sara, e piena di paura disse: Non ho riso. Ma il Signore: Non è così, disse: perocché tu hai riso.Sara denied, saying: I laughed not: being much afraid. But our Lord: It is not so, saith he: but thou didst laugh.Negabit Sara, dicens: Non risi, timore perterrita. Dominus autem: Non est, inquit, ita: sed risisti. 16And when the men rose up from thence, they turned their eyes towards Sodom: and Abraham walked with them, bringing them on the way.Essendosi adunque alzati da quel luogo quegli uomini, volsero gli sguardi verso Sodoma: e Abramo andava con loro, accommiatandoli.When the men therfore were risen vp from thence, they turned their eyes against Sodome: and Abraham did goe with them, bringing them on the way.Cum ergo surrexissent inde viri, direxerunt oculos contra Sodomam: et Abraham simul gradiebatur, deducens eos.

17And the Lord said: Can I hide from Abraham what I am about to do:E il Signore disse: Potrò io tener nascosto ad Abramo quel che sono per fare?And our Lord said: Can I conceale from Abraham the things which I wil doe:Dixitque Dominus: Num celare potero Abraham quæ gesturus sum: 18Seeing he shall become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed?Mentr'egli debbe esser capo di una nazione grande, e fortissima, e dovendo in lui avere BENEDIZIONE tutte le nazioni della terra?wheras he shal be into a nation great, and verie strong, and in him are TO BE BLESSED al the nations of the earth?cum futurus sit in gentem magnam, ac robustissimam, et benedicendæ sint in illo omnes nationes terræ ? 19For I know that he will command his children, and his household after him, to keep the way of the Lord, and do judgment and justice: that for Abraham’s sake, the Lord may bring to effect all the things he hath spoken unto him.Imperocché io so, che egli ordinerà a' suoi figliuoli, e dopo di sé alla sua famiglia, che seguano le vie del Signore, e osservino la rettitudine e la giustizia; affinché il Signore ponga ad effetto tutto quello che ha detto a lui.For I know that he wil commande his children, and his house after him that they kepe the way of the Lord, and doe iudgement and iustice: that for Abrahams sake the Lord may bring to effect al the things that he hath spoken vnto him. Therfore said our Lord.Scio enim quod præcepturus sit filiis suis, et domui suæ post se ut custodiant viam Domini, et faciant judicium et justitiam: ut adducat Dominus propter Abraham omnia quæ locutus est ad eum. 20And the Lord said: The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha is multiplied, and their sin is become exceedingly grievous.Disse adunque il Signore: Il grido di Sodoma e di Gomorrha è cresciuto, e i loro peccati si sono aggravati formisura.The crye of Sodome, and Gomorre is multiplied, and their sinne is aggrauated excedingly.Dixit itaque Dominus: Clamor Sodomorum et Gomorrhæ multiplicatus est, et peccatum eorum aggravatum est nimis. 21I will go down and see whether they have done according to the cry that is come to me; or whether it be not so, that I may know.Andrò, e vedrò, se le opere loro agguaglino il grido, che ne è giunto fino a me: o, se così non è, per saperlo.I wil descend, and see whether they haue in acte accomplished the crye that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may know.Descendam, et videbo utrum clamorem qui venit ad me, opere compleverint; an non est ita, ut sciam. 22And they turned themselves from thence, and went their way to Sodom: but Abraham as yet stood before the Lord.E si partiron di là, e s'incamminarono a Sodoma: ma Abramo stava tuttora dinanzi al Signore.And they turned them selues from thence, and went their way to Sodome: but Abraham as yet stood before our Lord.Converteruntque se inde, et abierunt Sodomam: Abraham vero adhuc stabat coram Domino.

23And drawing nigh, he said: Wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?E avvicinandosi disse: Manderai tu in perdizione il giusto insieme coll'empio?And approching he said: what! wilt thou destroy the iust with the wicked?Et appropinquans ait: Numquid perdes justum cum impio ? 24If there be fifty just men in the city, shall they perish withal? and wilt thou not spare that place for the sake of the fifty just, if they be therein?Se vi saranno cinquanta giusti in quella città; periranno eglino insieme? e non perdonerai tu a quel luogo per amor di cinquanta giusti, quando vi siano?If there shalbe fiftie iust persons in the citie, shal they perish withal? and wilt thou spare that place for fiftie iust, if they be therin?si fuerint quinquaginta justi in civitate, peribunt simul ? et non parces loco illi propter quinquaginta justos, si fuerint in eo ? 25Far be it from thee to do this thing, and to slay the just with the wicked, and for the just to be in like case as the wicked; this is not beseeming thee: thou who judgest all the earth, wilt not make this judgment.Lungi da te il fare tal cosa, e che tu uccida il giusto coll'empio, e il giusto vada del pari coll'empio: questa cosa non è da te; tu che giudichi tutta la terra non farai simil giudizio.Be it farre from thee, that thou doe this thing, and that thou kil the iust with the wicked, and that the iust be in like case as the wicked, this is not beseeming thee: which iudgest al the earth, no thou wilt not do this iudgement.Absit a te ut rem hanc facias, et occidas justum cum impio, fiatque justus sicut impius, non est hoc tuum: qui judicas omnem terram, nequaquam facies judicium hoc. 26And the Lord said to him: If I find in Sodom fifty just within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.E il Signore dissegli: Se io troverò in mezzo alla città di Sodoma cinquanta giusti, io perdonerò a tutto il luogo per amore di essi.And our Lord said to him: If I shal find in Sodome fiftie iust persons within the citie, I wil spare the whole place for their sake.Dixitque Dominus ad eum: Si invenero Sodomis quinquaginta justos in medio civitatis, dimittam omni loco propter eos. 27And Abraham answered, and said: Seeing I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.E Abramo rispose, e disse: Dacché ho cominciato una volta, parlerò al Signore mio, benché io sia polvere, e cenere.And Abraham answered, and said: Because I haue once begunne, I wil speake to my Lord, wheras I am dust and ashes.Respondensque Abraham, ait: Quia semel cœpi, loquar ad Dominum meum, cum sim pulvis et cinis.

28What if there be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for five and forty destroy the whole city: And he said: I will not destroy it, if I find five and forty.E se vi saranno cinque giusti meno di cinquanta, distruggerai tu la città, perché sono solamente quarantacinque? E quegli disse: Non la distruggerò, se ve ne troverò quarantacinque.What if there shal be fiue lesse then fiftie iust persons? wilt thou for fortie fiue destroy the whole citie? And he said: I wil not destroy it, if I shal finde fiue and fourtie.Quid si minus quinquaginta justis quinque fuerint ? delebis, propter quadraginta quinque, universam urbem ? Et ait: Non delebo, si invenero ibi quadraginta quinque. 29And again he said to him: But if forty be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of forty.E Abramo ripigliò, e disse a lui: E se quaranta vi si troveranno, che farai tu? Quegli disse: Non gastigherò per amor de' quaranta.And againe he said vnto him: But if fourtie shalbe found there, what wilt thou doe? He said: I wil not strike it for fourties sake.Rursumque locutus est ad eum: Sin autem quadraginta ibi inventi fuerint, quid facies ? Ait: Non percutiam propter quadraginta. 30Lord, saith he, be not angry, I beseech thee, if I speak: What if thirty shall be found there? He answered: I will not do it, if I find thirty there.Non adirarti, disse, o Signore, del mio parlare. Che sarà egli quando vi se ne trovino trenta? Rispose: Non farò altro, se ve ne troverò trenta.Lord, saith he, be not angrie I besech thee, if I speake: what if thirtie shal be founde there? He answered: I wil not doe it, if I shal find thirtie there.Ne quæso, inquit, indigneris, Domine, si loquar: quid si ibi inventi fuerint triginta ? Respondit: Non faciam, si invenero ibi triginta. 31Seeing, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty.Dacché una volta ho principiato, disse egli, parlerò al mio Signore. E se ve ne fosser trovati una ventina? Rispose: Per amor de' venti non manderò lo sterminio.Because, saith he, I haue once begunne, I wil speake to my Lord: What if twentie shalbe founde there? He said: I wil not destroy it for twenties sake.Quia semel, ait, cœpi loquar ad Dominum meum: quid si ibi inventi fuerint viginti ? Ait: Non interficiam propter viginti. 32I beseech thee, saith he, be not angry, Lord, if I speak yet once more: What if ten shall be found there? And he said: I will not destroy it for the sake of ten.Di grazia, diss'egli, non adirarti, o Signore, se io dirò ancora una parola. E se dieci colà si trovassero? E quegli disse: Per amore de' dieci non la distruggerò.I beseech thee, saith he, be not angrie Lord, if I speake yet once more: What if tenne shalbe found there? And he said: I wil not destroy it for tennes sake.Obsecro, inquit, ne irascaris, Domine, si loquar adhuc semel: quid si inventi fuerint ibi decem ? Et dixit: Non delebo propter decem.

33And the Lord departed, after he had left speaking to Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place.E andossene il Signore quando Abramo finì di parlare; ed egli tornossene a casa sua.And our Lord departed after that he ceased to speake vnto Abraham: and Abraham returned into his place.Abiitque Dominus, postquam cessavit loqui ad Abraham: et ille reversus est in locum suum.