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1 一日時已亭午，亞伯拉罕坐於幕門，其幕在幔哩橡下，耶和華顯現。 |
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2 亞伯拉罕仰見三人遙立，乃自幕門趨迎，俯伏。 |
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3 曰：若蒙恩於長者前，願勿遽行。 |
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4 憩息樹下，容我取勺水，以濯爾足。 |
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5 取餅少許，補爾心力，而後遄征可也，蓋爾旣過我，當待爾如是，曰：可。 |
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6 亞伯拉罕亟進幕中，語撒拉曰：速備細麵三斗，摶之作餅。 |
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7 又趨至羣畜所，擇犢之肥美者，付僕急烹。 |
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8 遂將酥與乳，及所烹犢，臚陳於前，自侍樹下，以待其食。 |
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9 三人曰：爾妻撒拉何在？曰：在幕。 |
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10 其中一人曰：明年屆期，我必復至，爾妻撒拉將生子，撒拉在後，於幕門聞此。 |
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11 亞伯拉罕與撒拉俱年邁，撒拉癸水已絕。 |
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12 故竊哂曰：我老矣，我主亦然，豈復有生子之樂乎？ |
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13 耶和華謂亞伯拉罕曰：撒拉曷竊哂歟，何疑年老不生育乎？ |
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14 豈耶和華而有難行之事哉？明年屆期，我必復至，撒拉必生子。 |
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15 撒拉懼而不承，曰：我未嘗哂也，曰：爾實哂。〇 |
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17 耶和華曰：今我所爲，豈於亞伯拉罕有所隱乎？ |
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18 彼必昌其大國，天下兆民，藉之受福。 |
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19 我知彼必囑其子及眷屬，令守我道，秉公行義，如是則我所許者，可踐其言。 |
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20 耶和華曰：所多馬蛾摩拉罪惡貫盈，聲聞於上。 |
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21 今我臨格，監其動作，實如所聞，設有不若是者，我亦能知。〇 |
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23 卽之曰：爲善爲惡者，豈可槩滅之乎？ |
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24 邑中或有五十義人，則邑之人，豈可盡滅，何不緣義人，而赦其罪乎？ |
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25 並誅善惡不可，待善惡相等亦不可，鞫天下者，豈不行義乎？ |
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26 耶和華曰：所多馬邑，如有五十義人，我必緣此，赦其一方。 |
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27 亞伯拉罕曰：吾雖若纖塵，而敢上告。 |
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28 浸假而五十義者，缺其五，豈因是而滅此一邑乎，曰：如有四十五人，則亦弗滅。 |
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29 曰：四十人，則何如，曰：四十人，吾亦弗行是。 |
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30 曰：主毋怒，我有一言，若三十人，則何如，曰：三十人，亦弗行是。 |
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31 曰：我敢上告，浸假令二十人，則何如，曰：二十人，我亦不滅。 |
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32 曰：主毋怒，敢復進一辭而後已，或止十人，則何如，曰：十人，吾亦弗滅。 |
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33 耶和華言竟而往，亞伯拉罕乃歸。 |
GenesisChapter 18 |
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1 AND the LORD revealed himself to him by the oak of Mamre, as he was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day; |
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2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, three men stood at a distance from him; and when he saw them, he ran from the door of the tent to meet them and bowed himself to the ground, |
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3 And said, O LORD, if now I have found mercy in thy sight, do not pass away from thy servant; |
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4 Let me bring a little water and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree; |
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5 And take a morsel of bread and sustain your hearts; after that you shall go on your way, since you have come to your servant. And they said, So do as you have said. |
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6 So Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make cakes on a griddle. |
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7 And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf fat and good, and gave it to a servant, and he hastened to prepare it. |
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8 And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set them before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate. |
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9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, she is in the tent. |
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10 And the LORD said, I will certainly return to you at this time next year, and 1o, Sarah your wife shall be with child, and shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind her. |
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11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in years; and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing. |
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12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am grown old, shall I renew my youth, my lord being old also? |
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13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I truly bear a child, when I am so old? |
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14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at this season, and Sarah your wife shall be with child, and shall have a son. |
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15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; because she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh. |
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16 And the men rose up from there and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to see them off. |
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17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from my servant Abraham the thing which I am going to do, |
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18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed through him? |
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19 For I know him well, and that he will command his children and his household after him, to keep the ways of the LORD, to do justice and righteousness; for the LORD shall fulfil for Abraham the thing that he has spoken concerning him. |
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20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has come before me and their sins are very grievous, |
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21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to their cry which has come before me; and if not, I will know. |
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22 So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. |
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23 And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou in thine anger destroy the righteous with the sinners? |
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24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou in thine anger destroy it, and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are in it? |
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25 Far be it from thee to do such a thing as this, to slay the innocent with the guilty, far be it from thee, O thou Judge of the whole earth! Such a judgment should never be carried out. |
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26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole country for their sake. |
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27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold, I have ventured to speak before the LORD, and yet I am but dust and ashes; |
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28 Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou destroy the whole city for the lack of five men? And he said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. |
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29 And Abraham spoke to him and said, Suppose there shall be forty found there? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty. |
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30 Then Abraham said, Oh let not the LORD be displeased and I will speak: Suppose there shall thirty be found there? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find thirty there. |
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31 And he said, Behold, I have ventured to speak before the LORD; suppose there shall be twenty found there? And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. |
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32 And he said, Oh, let not the LORD be displeased, and I will speak only once more; suppose ten shall be found there? And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. |
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33 And the LORD went his way when he had finished communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place. |
創世記第18章 |
GenesisChapter 18 |
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1 一日時已亭午，亞伯拉罕坐於幕門，其幕在幔哩橡下，耶和華顯現。 |
1 AND the LORD revealed himself to him by the oak of Mamre, as he was sitting at the door of the tent in the heat of the day; |
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2 亞伯拉罕仰見三人遙立，乃自幕門趨迎，俯伏。 |
2 And he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, three men stood at a distance from him; and when he saw them, he ran from the door of the tent to meet them and bowed himself to the ground, |
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3 曰：若蒙恩於長者前，願勿遽行。 |
3 And said, O LORD, if now I have found mercy in thy sight, do not pass away from thy servant; |
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4 憩息樹下，容我取勺水，以濯爾足。 |
4 Let me bring a little water and wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree; |
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5 取餅少許，補爾心力，而後遄征可也，蓋爾旣過我，當待爾如是，曰：可。 |
5 And take a morsel of bread and sustain your hearts; after that you shall go on your way, since you have come to your servant. And they said, So do as you have said. |
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6 亞伯拉罕亟進幕中，語撒拉曰：速備細麵三斗，摶之作餅。 |
6 So Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make cakes on a griddle. |
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7 又趨至羣畜所，擇犢之肥美者，付僕急烹。 |
7 And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf fat and good, and gave it to a servant, and he hastened to prepare it. |
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8 遂將酥與乳，及所烹犢，臚陳於前，自侍樹下，以待其食。 |
8 And he took butter and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and set them before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they ate. |
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9 三人曰：爾妻撒拉何在？曰：在幕。 |
9 And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, she is in the tent. |
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10 其中一人曰：明年屆期，我必復至，爾妻撒拉將生子，撒拉在後，於幕門聞此。 |
10 And the LORD said, I will certainly return to you at this time next year, and 1o, Sarah your wife shall be with child, and shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door which was behind her. |
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11 亞伯拉罕與撒拉俱年邁，撒拉癸水已絕。 |
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well advanced in years; and Sarah was beyond the age of childbearing. |
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12 故竊哂曰：我老矣，我主亦然，豈復有生子之樂乎？ |
12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am grown old, shall I renew my youth, my lord being old also? |
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13 耶和華謂亞伯拉罕曰：撒拉曷竊哂歟，何疑年老不生育乎？ |
13 And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I truly bear a child, when I am so old? |
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14 豈耶和華而有難行之事哉？明年屆期，我必復至，撒拉必生子。 |
14 Is anything too hard for the LORD? I will return to you at this season, and Sarah your wife shall be with child, and shall have a son. |
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15 撒拉懼而不承，曰：我未嘗哂也，曰：爾實哂。〇 |
15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh; because she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh. |
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16 And the men rose up from there and looked toward Sodom; and Abraham went with them to see them off. |
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17 耶和華曰：今我所爲，豈於亞伯拉罕有所隱乎？ |
17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from my servant Abraham the thing which I am going to do, |
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18 彼必昌其大國，天下兆民，藉之受福。 |
18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed through him? |
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19 我知彼必囑其子及眷屬，令守我道，秉公行義，如是則我所許者，可踐其言。 |
19 For I know him well, and that he will command his children and his household after him, to keep the ways of the LORD, to do justice and righteousness; for the LORD shall fulfil for Abraham the thing that he has spoken concerning him. |
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20 耶和華曰：所多馬蛾摩拉罪惡貫盈，聲聞於上。 |
20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah has come before me and their sins are very grievous, |
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21 今我臨格，監其動作，實如所聞，設有不若是者，我亦能知。〇 |
21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to their cry which has come before me; and if not, I will know. |
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22 So the men turned from there and went toward Sodom; but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. |
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23 卽之曰：爲善爲惡者，豈可槩滅之乎？ |
23 And Abraham drew near and said, Wilt thou in thine anger destroy the righteous with the sinners? |
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24 邑中或有五十義人，則邑之人，豈可盡滅，何不緣義人，而赦其罪乎？ |
24 Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; wilt thou in thine anger destroy it, and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous that are in it? |
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25 並誅善惡不可，待善惡相等亦不可，鞫天下者，豈不行義乎？ |
25 Far be it from thee to do such a thing as this, to slay the innocent with the guilty, far be it from thee, O thou Judge of the whole earth! Such a judgment should never be carried out. |
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26 耶和華曰：所多馬邑，如有五十義人，我必緣此，赦其一方。 |
26 And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole country for their sake. |
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27 亞伯拉罕曰：吾雖若纖塵，而敢上告。 |
27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold, I have ventured to speak before the LORD, and yet I am but dust and ashes; |
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28 浸假而五十義者，缺其五，豈因是而滅此一邑乎，曰：如有四十五人，則亦弗滅。 |
28 Suppose there shall lack five of the fifty righteous; wilt thou destroy the whole city for the lack of five men? And he said, If I find there forty-five, I will not destroy it. |
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29 曰：四十人，則何如，曰：四十人，吾亦弗行是。 |
29 And Abraham spoke to him and said, Suppose there shall be forty found there? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find there forty. |
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30 曰：主毋怒，我有一言，若三十人，則何如，曰：三十人，亦弗行是。 |
30 Then Abraham said, Oh let not the LORD be displeased and I will speak: Suppose there shall thirty be found there? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I find thirty there. |
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31 曰：我敢上告，浸假令二十人，則何如，曰：二十人，我亦不滅。 |
31 And he said, Behold, I have ventured to speak before the LORD; suppose there shall be twenty found there? And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of twenty. |
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32 曰：主毋怒，敢復進一辭而後已，或止十人，則何如，曰：十人，吾亦弗滅。 |
32 And he said, Oh, let not the LORD be displeased, and I will speak only once more; suppose ten shall be found there? And he said, I will not destroy it for the sake of ten. |
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33 耶和華言竟而往，亞伯拉罕乃歸。 |
33 And the LORD went his way when he had finished communing with Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place. |