19 — Genesis

1And the two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of the city. And seeing them, he rose up and went to meet them: and worshipped prostrate to the ground.E i due Angeli arrivarono a Sodoma sulla sera, e in tempo che Lot stava sedendo alla porta della città. Ed egli veduti questi, si alzò, e andò loro incontro: e gli adorò prostrato per terra.AND the two angels came to Sodome at euen, and Lot sitting in the gates of the citie. Who when he had sene them, rose vp and went to meete them: and adored prostrate vnto the ground,Veneruntque duo angeli Sodomam vespere, et sedente Lot in foribus civitatis. Qui cum vidisset eos, surrexit, et ivit obviam eis: adoravitque pronus in terram, 2And said: I beseech you, my lords, turn in to the house of your servant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we will abide in the street.E disse: Signori, di grazia venite alla casa del vostro servo, e albergatevi: vi laverete i vostri piedi, e alla mattina ve n'andrete al vostro viaggio. Ma quelli dissero: No, noi staremo nella piazza.and said: I besech you, my Lords, turne into the house of your seruant, and lodge there: wash your feet, and in the morning you shal go forth on your way. Who said: No, but we wil abide in the streat.et dixit: Obsecro, domini, declinate in domum pueri vestri, et manete ibi: lavate pedes vestros, et mane proficiscemini in viam vestram. Qui dixerunt: Minime, sed in platea manebimus. 3He pressed them very much to turn in unto him: and when they were come into his house, he made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate:Ei però li costrinse ad andarsene a casa sua: ed entrati che furono, fece loro il banchetto, e cosse del pane senza lievito, ed ei mangiarono.He compelled them earnestly to turne in vnto him: and when they were entred into his house, he made them a banquet, and baked vnleauened bread, and they did eate.Compulit illos oppido ut diverterent ad eum: ingressisque domum illius fecit convivium, et coxit azyma, et comederunt. 4But before they went to bed, the men of the city beset the house, both young and old, all the people together.Ma prima ch'essi andassero a dormire, gli uomini della città assediarono la casa, fanciulli, e vecchi, e tutto il popolo insieme.And before they went to bed, the men of the citie beset the house from young to old, al the people togeather.Prius autem quam irent cubitum, viri civitatis vallaverunt domum a puero usque ad senem, omnis populus simul. 5And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them out hither, that we may know them:E chiamaron Lot, e gli dissero: Dove sono quegli uomini, che sono entrati in casa tua sul far della notte? mandagli qua fuora, affinché noi li conosciamo.And they called Lot, and said to him: Where are the men that came in to thee at night? bring them forth hither that we may know them.Vocaveruntque Lot, et dixerunt ei: Ubi sunt viri qui introierunt ad te nocte ? educ illos huc, ut cognoscamus eos.

6Lot went out to them, and shut the door after him, and said:Uscì Lot, chiudendo dietro a sé la porta, e disse loro:Lot going forth to them, and shutting the dore after him, said:Egressus ad eos Lot, post tergum occludens ostium, ait: 7Do not so, I beseech you, my brethren, do not commit this evil.Non vogliate di grazia, fratelli miei, non vogliate far questo male.Doe not so, I besech you, my brethren, doe not commit this euil.Nolite, quæso, fratres mei, nolite malum hoc facere. 8I have two daughters who, as yet, have not known man; I will bring them out to you, and abuse you them as it shall please you, so that you do no evil to these men, because they are come in under the shadow of my roof.Ho due figliuole ancor vergini: le condurrò a voi, e abusate di esse, come vi pare, purché non facciate verun male a quegli uomini; perocché son venuti all'ombra del mio tetto.I haue two daughters, which as yet haue not knowen man: I wil bring them forth to you, and abuse you them as it shal please you, so that you do no euil to these men, because they are entred vnder the shadowe of my roofe.Habeo duas filias, quæ necdum cognoverunt virum: educam eas ad vos, et abutimini eis sicut vobis placuerit, dummodo viris istis nihil mali faciatis, quia ingressi sunt sub umbra culminis mei. 9But they said: Get thee back thither. And again: Thou camest in, said they, as a stranger, was it to be a judge? therefore we will afflict thee more than them. And they pressed very violently upon Lot: and they were even at the point of breaking open the doors.Ma quelli dissero: Va' in là. E aggiunsero: Tu sei entrato qua come forestiero; la farai tu da giudice? Noi adunque faremo a te peggio, che a quelli. E facevano strapazzo grandissimo di Lot: ed erano già vicini a rompere la porta.But they said: Get thee backe thither. And againe: Thou camest in, said they, as a stranger, what to be a iudge? Thy selfe therfore we will afflict more then these. And they did violence to Lot exceadingly: and it was euen nowe at the point that they would break the dores.At illi dixerunt: Recede illuc. Et rursus: Ingressus es, inquiunt, ut advena; numquid ut judices ? te ergo ipsum magis quam hos affligemus. Vimque faciebant Lot vehementissime: jamque prope erat ut effringerent fores. 10And behold the men put out their hand, and drew in Lot unto them, and shut the door.Quand'ecco quegli steser la mano, e misero Lot in casa, e chiuser la porta.And behold the men put forth their hand, and drew in Lot vnto them, and shut the dore:Et ecce miserunt manum viri, et introduxerunt ad se Lot, clauseruntque ostium:

11And them, that were without, they struck with blindness from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the door.E colla cecità punirono que' che eran fuori, dal più piccolo fino al più grande, talmente che non potevano trovar la porta.and them, that were without, they stroke with blyndnes from the least to the greatest, so that they could not find the dore.et eos, qui foris erant, percusserunt cæcitate a minimo usque ad maximum, ita ut ostium invenire non possent. 12And they said to Lot: Hast thou here any of thine? son in law, or sons, or daughters, all that are thine bring them out of this city:E dissero a Lot: Hai tu qui alcuno de' tuoi, o genero, o figliuoli, o figlie? tutti i tuoi menali via da questa città;And they said to Lot: Hast thou here anie of thine? sonne in law, or sonnes, or daughters, al that are thine, bring them out of this citie:Dixerunt autem ad Lot: Habes hic quempiam tuorum ? generum, aut filios, aut filias, omnes, qui tui sunt, educ de urbe hac: 13For we will destroy this place, because their cry is grown loud before the Lord, who hath sent us to destroy them.Imperocché noi distruggeremo questo luogo; perché il loro grido si è alzato vie più fino al Signore, il quale ci ha mandati a sterminarli.for we wil destroy this place, for that their crye is waxen lowde before our Lord, who hath sent vs to destroy them.delebimus enim locum istum, eo quod increverit clamor eorum coram Domino, qui misit nos ut perdamus illos. 14So Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law that were to have his daughters, and said: Arise: get you out of this place, because the Lord will destroy this city. And he seemed to them to speak as it were in jest.Uscì adunque Lot, e parlò a' suoi generi, che doveano prendere le sue figlie, e disse: Levatevi, partite da questo luogo; perché il Signore distruggerà questa città. E parve loro, che parlasse come per burla.Therfore Lot went forth, and spake to his sonnes in lawe that were to take his daughters, and said: Arise: get you forth out of this place, because our Lord wil destroy this citie. And he semed vnto them to speake as it were in iest.Egressus itaque Lot, locutus est ad generos suos qui accepturi erant filias ejus, et dixit: Surgite, egredimini de loco isto: quia delebit Dominus civitatem hanc. Et visus est eis quasi ludens loqui. 15And when it was morning, the angels pressed him, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters that thou hast: lest thou also perish in the wickedness of the city.E fattosi giorno, gli Angeli lo sollecitavano, dicendo: Affrettati; prendi la tua moglie, e le due figliuole, che hai: affinché tu ancor non perisca per le scelleratezze di questa città.And when it was morning, the angels vrged him, saying: Arise, take thy wife, and the two daughters which thou hast: least thou also perish withal in the wickednes of the citie.Cumque esset mane, cogebant eum angeli, dicentes: Surge, tolle uxorem tuam, et duas filias quas habes: ne et tu pariter pereas in scelere civitatis.

16And as he lingered, they took his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because the Lord spared him.E stando egli a bada, lo preser per mano lui, e la sua moglie, e le sue due figliuole, perché il Signore a lui volea perdonarla.He lingring, they tooke his hand, and the hand of his wife, and of his two daughters, because our Lord spared him.Dissimulante illo, apprehenderunt manum ejus, et manum uxoris, ac duarum filiarum ejus, eo quod parceret Dominus illi. 17And they brought him forth, and set him without the city: and there they spoke to him, saying: Save thy life: look not back, neither stay thou in all the country about: but save thy self in the mountain, lest thou be also consumed.E lo condussero via, e lo miser fuori della città: e quivi parlarono a lui, dicendo: Salva la tua vita: non voltarti indietro, e non ti fermare in tutto il paese circonvicino: ma salvati al monte, affinché tu pure non perisca.And they led him forth, and set him without the citie: and there they spake to him, saying: Saue thy life: looke not backe, neither stay thou in al the countrie about: but saue thy selfe in the mountaine, lest thou also perish withal.Eduxeruntque eum, et posuerunt extra civitatem: ibique locuti sunt ad eum, dicentes: Salva animam tuam: noli respicere post tergum, nec stes in omni circa regione: sed in monte salvum te fac, ne et tu simul pereas. 18And Lot said to them: I beseech thee, my Lord,E Lot disse loro: Di grazia, Signor mio,And Lot said to them: I beseech thee my Lord,Dixitque Lot ad eos: Quæso, domine mi, 19Because thy servant hath found grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewn to me, in saving my life, and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil seize me, and I die.Dacché il tuo servo ha trovato grazia dinanzi a te, e hai fatto a me una misericordia grande, ponendo in sicuro la mia vita, io non posso salvarmi sul monte, perché potrebbe forse venir sciagura sopra di me, e tormi la vita.because thy seruant hath fonnd grace before thee, and thou hast magnified thy mercie, which thou hast wrought with me, in that thou wouldest saue my life, and safe I can not be in the mountaine, lest perhaps the euil catch me, and I dye.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 apprehendat me malum, et moriar: 20There is this city here at hand, to which I may flee, it is a little one, and I shall be saved in it: is it not a little one, and my soul shall live?È qui vicina quella città, alla quale posso fuggire; ella è piccola, e ivi troverò salute. Non è ella piccolina, e ivi non sarà sicura la mia vita?There is this citie hereby at hand, wherunto I may flee, a little one, and I shalbe safe in it: is it not a little one, and my life shalbe saued?est civitas hæc juxta, ad quam possum fugere, parva, et salvabor in ea: numquid non modica est, et vivet anima mea ?

21And he said to him: Behold also in this, I have heard thy prayers, not to destroy the city for which thou hast spoken.Ma quegli disse a lui: Ecco che anche in questo io ho esaudite le tue preghiere, onde non distruggerò la città, in favor della quale tu hai parlato.And he said to him: Behold also in this point I haue heard thy prayers, not to ouerthrow the citie for which thou hast spoken.Dixitque ad eum: Ecce etiam in hoc suscepi preces tuas, ut non subvertam urbem pro qua locutus es. 22Make haste, and be saved there: because I cannot do any thing till thou go in thither. Therefore the name of that city was called Segor.Affrettati, e salvati colà: perocché io non potrò far nulla, fino a tanto che tu vi sia entrato. Per questo fu dato a quella città il nome di Segor.Make hast, and be saued there: because I can not doe any thing til thou enter in thither. Therfore the name of that citie was called Segor.Festina, et salvare ibi: quia non potero facere quidquam donec ingrediaris illuc. Idcirco vocatum est nomen urbis illius Segor. 23The sun was risen upon the earth, and Lot entered into Segor.Il sole si levò sopra la terra, e Lot entrò in Segor.The sunne was risen vpon the earth, & Lot entred into Segor.Sol egressus est super terram, et Lot ingressus est Segor. 24And the Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrha brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven.Il Signore adunque piovve dal Signore sopra Sodoma e Gomorrha zolfo e fuoco dal cielo:Therfore our Lord rained vpon Sodome and Gomorre brimstone & fire from our Lord out of heauen:Igitur Dominus pluit super Sodomam et Gomorrham sulphur et ignem a Domino de cælo: 25And he destroyed these cities, and all the country about, all the inhabitants of the cities, and all things that spring from the earth.E distrusse quelle città, e tutto il paese all'intorno, tutti gli abitatori delle città, e tutto il verde della campagna.and he subuerted these cities, and al the countrie about, al the inhabitants of the cities, and al things that spring of the earth.et subvertit civitates has, et omnem circa regionem, universos habitatores urbium, et cuncta terræ virentia. 26And his wife looking behind her, was turned into a statue of salt.E la moglie di Lot essendosi rivolta indietro, fu cangiata in una statua di sale.And his wife looking behind her, was turned into a statua of salt.Respiciensque uxor ejus post se, versa est in statuam salis. 27And Abraham got up early in the morning, and in the place where he had stood before with the Lord:Ma Abramo portatosi la mattina là, dove prima era stato col Signore,And Abraham getting vp early in the morning, there where before he had stood with our Lord,Abraham autem consurgens mane, ubi steterat prius cum Domino,

28He looked towards Sodom and Gomorrha, and the whole land of that country: and he saw the ashes rise up from the earth as the smoke of a furnace.Volse lo sguardo verso Sodoma e Gomorrha, e verso la terra tutta di quella regione: e vide le faville, che si alzavano da terra, quasi il fumo di una fornace.beheld Sodome & Gomorre, and the whole land of that countrie: and he saw the cinders rise vp from the earth as it were the smoke of a fornace.intuitus est Sodomam et Gomorrham, et universam terram regionis illius: viditque ascendentem favillam de terra quasi fornacis fumum. 29Now when God destroyed the cities of that country, remembering Abraham, he delivered Lot out of the destruction of the cities wherein he had dwelt.Imperocché quando Dio atterrò le città di quella regione, ricordossi egli di Abramo, e liberò Lot dallo sterminio di quelle città, nelle quali questi avea dimorato.For when God subuerted the citties of that countrie, he remenbring Abraham, deliuered Lot out of the subuersion of the cities wherein he had dwelt.Cum enim subverteret Deus civitates regionis illius, recordatus Abrahæ, liberavit Lot de subversione urbium in quibus habitaverat. 30And Lot went up out of Segor, and abode in the mountain, and his two daughters with him (for he was afraid to stay in Segor) and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters with him.E Lot si partì da Segor, e si stette sul monte, e con lui le sue due figliuole (perocché egli non si teneva sicuro in Segor): e abitò in una caverna egli, e le due figliuole con lui.And Lot ascended out of Segor, and abode in the mountaine, his two daughters also with him (for he was afraid to abide in Segor) and he abode in a caue him selfe, and his two daughters with him.Ascenditque Lot de Segor, et mansit in monte, duæ quoque filiæ ejus cum eo (timuerat enim manere in Segor) et mansit in spelunca ipse, et duæ filiæ ejus cum eo. 31And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, to come in unto us after the manner of the whole earth.E la maggiore di esse disse alla minore: Nostro padre è vecchio, e non è rimasto uomo alcuno sopra la terra, che possa esser nostro marito, come si costuma in tutta la terra.And the elder said to the younger: Our father is old, and there is no man left on the earth, that may companie with vs after the maner of the whole earth.Dixitque major ad minorem: Pater noster senex est, et nullus virorum remansit in terra, qui possit ingredi ad nos juxta morem universæ terræ. 32Come, let us make him drunk with wine, and let us lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.Vieni, ubbriachiamolo col vino, e dormiamo con lui, affinché serbar possiamo discendenza di nostro padre.Come, let vs make him drunke with wine, and let vs lie with him, that we may preserue seed of our father.Veni, inebriemus eum vino, dormiamusque cum eo, ut servare possimus ex patre nostro semen.

33And they made their father drink wine that night: and the elder went in, and lay with her father: but he perceived not, neither when his daughter lay down, nor when she rose up.Diedero adunque quella notte del vino a bere al padre loro. E la maggiore si accostò a lui, e dormì col padre: ma egli non si accorse, né quando la figlia si pose a letto, né quando si levò.They therfore made their father to drinke wine that night: and the elder went in, and lay with her father: but he perceaued not, neyther when his daughter lay downe, nor when she rose vp.Dederunt itaque patri suo bibere vinum nocte illa. Et ingressa est major, dormivitque cum patre; at ille non sensit, nec quando accubuit filia, nec quando surrexit. 34And the next day the elder said to the younger: Behold I lay last night with my father, let us make him drink wine also to night, and thou shalt lie with him, that we may save seed of our father.E il dì seguente la maggiore disse alla minore: Ecco che ieri io dormii col padre mio: diamogli da bere del vino anche stanotte, e tu dormirai con lui, affin di serbare discendenza del padre nostro.The next day also the elder said to the younger: Behold I lay yesternight with my father, let vs make him drinke wine also this night, and thou shalt lye with him, that we may saue seed of our father.Altera quoque die dixit major 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. 35They made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neither then did he perceive when she lay down, nor when she rose up.Dettero anche quella notte a bere del vino al padre loro; e si accostò a lui la figliuola minore, e dormì con lui: e neppure allora si accorse, né quando quella si pose a giacere, né quando si levò.They made their father drinke wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in, and lay with him: and neyther then truly did he perceaue when she lay downe, or when she rose vp.Dederunt etiam et illa nocte patri suo bibere vinum, ingressaque minor filia, dormivit cum eo: et ne tunc quidem sensit quando concubuerit, vel quando illa surrexerit. 36So the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.Restarono adunque le due figliuole di Lot gravide del loro padre.The two daughters therfore of Lot were with child by their father.Conceperunt ergo duæ filiæ Lot de patre suo. 37And the elder bore a son, and she called his name Moab: he is the father of the Moabites unto this day.E la maggiore partorì un figliuolo, e gli pose nome Moab: questi è il padre dei Moabiti, che sussistono fino al dì d'oggi.And the elder bare a sonne and she called his name Moab: he is, the father of the Moabites euen to this present day.Peperitque major filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Moab: ipse est pater Moabitarum usque in præsentem diem.

38The younger also bore a son, and she called his name Ammon; that is, the son of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites unto this day.La minore ancora partorì un figliuolo, e gli pose nome Ammon, vale a dire figliuolo del popol mio: egli è il padre degli Ammoniti, che sussistono fino al dì d'oggi.The younger also bare a sonne, and she called his name Ammon, that is the sonne of my people: he is the father of the Ammonites euen to this day.Minor quoque peperit filium, et vocavit nomen ejus Ammon, id est, Filius populi mei: ipse est pater Ammonitarum usque hodie.