창세기(Genesis) 18장

창세기(Genesis) 18장

1. The LORD appeared to Abraham near
the great trees of Mamre while he was
sitting at the entrance to his tent in the
heat of the day.

2. Abraham looked up and saw three men
standing nearby. When he saw them, he
hurried from the entrance of his tent to
meet them and bowed low to the ground.

3. He said, “If I have found favor in your
eyes, my lord, do not pass your servant
by.

4. Let a little water be brought, and then
you may all wash your feet and rest
under this tree.

5. Let me get you something to eat, so you
can be refreshed and then go on your way
- -now that you have come to your servant.”
“Very well,” they answered, “do as you say.”

6. So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah.
“Quick,” he said, “get three seahs of fine
flour and knead it and bake some bread.”

7. Then he ran to the herd and selected a
choice, tender calf and gave it to a servant,
who hurried to prepare it.

8. He then brought some curds and milk and
the calf that had been prepared, and set
these before them. While they ate, he stood
near them under a tree.

9. “Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked
him. “There, in the tent,” he said.

10. Then the LORD said, “I will surely return
to you about this time next year, and Sarah
your wife will have a son.” Now Sarah was
listening at the entrance to the tent, which
was behind him.

11. Abraham and Sarah were already old and
well advanced in years, and Sarah was past
the age of childbearing.

12. So Sarah laughed to herself as she
thought, “After I am worn out and my
master is old, will I now have this
pleasure?”

13. Then the LORD said to Abraham, “Why
did Sarah laugh and say, ‘Will I really have
a child, now that I am old?’

14. Is anything too hard for the LORD ? I will
return to you at the appointed time next
year and Sarah will have a son.”

15. Sarah was afraid, so she lied and said,
“I did not laugh.” But he said, “Yes, you
did laugh.”

16. When the men got up to leave, they
looked down toward Sodom, and
Abraham walked along with them to
see them on their way.

17. Then the LORD said, “Shall I hide from
Abraham what I am about to do?

18. Abraham will surely become a great and
powerful nation, and all nations on earth
will be blessed through him.

19. For I have chosen him, so that he will
direct his children and his household after
him to keep the way of the LORD by doing
what is right and just, so that the LORD
will bring about for Abraham what he has
promised him.”

20. Then the LORD said, “The outcry against
Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their
sin so grievous

21. that I will go down and see if what they
have done is as bad as the outcry that has
reached me. If not, I will know.”

22. The men turned away and went toward
Sodom, but Abraham remained standing
before the LORD.

23. Then Abraham approached him and
said: “Will you sweep away the righteous
with the wicked?

24. What if there are fifty righteous people
in the city? Will you really sweep it away
and not spare the place for the sake of
the fifty righteous people in it?

25. Far be it from you to do such a thing- -
to kill the righteous with the wicked,
treating the righteous and the wicked
alike. Far be it from you! Will not the
Judge of all the earth do right?”

26. The LORD said, “If I find fifty righteous
people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the
whole place for their sake.”

27. Then Abraham spoke up again: “Now
that I have been so bold as to speak to the
Lord, though I am nothing but dust and
ashes,

28. what if the number of the righteous is
five less than fifty? Will you destroy the
whole city because of five people?” “If I
find forty-five there,” he said, “I will not
destroy it.”

29. Once again he spoke to him, “What if
only forty are found there?” He said, “For
the sake of forty, I will not do it.”

30. Then he said, “May the Lord not be
angry, but let me speak. What of only
thirty can be found there?” He answered,
“I will not do it if I find thirty there.”

31. Abraham said, “Now that I have been
so bold as to speak to the Lord, what if
only twenty can be found there?” He
said, “For the sake of twenty, I will not
destroy it.”

32. Then he said, “May the Lord not be
angry, but let me speak just once more.
What if only ten can be found there?”
He answered, “For the sake of ten, I will
not destroy it.”

33. When the LORD had finished speaking
with Abraham, he left, and Abraham
returned home.