Angels entertained as guests by Abraham 10. tell when Sara shall bear a son, whereat she laughing, they confirm that they had said. 16. They foretell the destruction of Sodom. 22. for which Abraham prayed six times.Angels interteined as ghests by Abraham 10. tel when Sara shal beare a sonne, wherat she laughing, they cōfirme that they had said. 16. They foretel the destruction of Sodom. 22. for which Abraham prayed six times.
And God appeared to him in the valley · Vulgate: convalle of Mambre as he sat in the door of his Vulgate: tabernaculi, in the very heat of the day.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 unto him: whom after he had seen, he ran to meet them from the door of his tent, and bowed down in reverence · Vulgate: adoravit down to the ground.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 downe 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 grace in thy sight, = go; pass not by · Vulgate: ne transeas not past thy servant:And he said: Lord, if I haue found grace in thy sight, gee 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.but I wil fetch a litle 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 your heart, afterward you shall pass: for therefore are you come aside to your servant. Who said: Do as thou hast spoken:And I wil set a morsel of bread, and strengthen your hart, afterward you shal passe: for therfore are you come aside to your seruant. 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, mix, knead together · Vulgate: commisce together three measures of flour, and make hearth Vulgate: subcinericios panes: cakes baked under the ashes.Abraham made hast into the tent to Sara, and said to her: Make hast, temper together 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.
7But 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.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 himself did stand beside them under the tree.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.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.
10To whom he said: Returning I will come to thee at this time, life "life accompanying" = if life attend, in due time, God permitting · Vulgate: vita comite, and Sara thy wife shall have a son. Which when Sara heard, she laughed behind the door of the tent.To whom he said: Returning I wil come to thee at this time, life accompanying, 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.
11And they were both aged, and far entered in years, and it ceased to be with Sara after the manner of women.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.
12Who laughed secretly saying: After I am grown · Vulgate: consenui: grown old old, and my Lord is an old one, shall I give myself to pleasure?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 our Lord said to Abraham: Why did Sara laugh, saying: Shall I an old woman bear a child indeed?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 this very selfsame time, life accompanying, and Sara shall have a son.Is there any thing hard to God? According to appointment I wil returne to thee this verie selfe same time, life accompanying, 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 laughed not: being much afraid. But our Lord: It is not so, saith he: but thou didst laugh.Sara denied, saying: I laughed not: being much afraid. But our Lord: It is not so, saith he: but thou didst laugh.Negavit Sara, dicens : Non risi, timore perterrita. Dominus autem : Non est, inquit, ita : sed risisti.
16When the men therefore were risen up from thence, they turned their eyes against Sodome: and Abraham did go with them, bringing them on the way.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 our Lord said: Can I conceal from Abraham the things which I will do:And our Lord said: Can I conceale from Abraham the things which I wil doe:Dixitque Dominus : Num celare potero Abraham quæ gesturus sum :
18whereas he shall be into a nation great, and very strong, and in him are TO BE BLESSED all the nations of the earth?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 house after him that they 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 that he hath spoken unto him.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.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.
20Therefore said our Lord. The cry of Sodome, and Gomorre is multiplied, and their sin is made grievous, made heavy · Vulgate: aggravatum exceedingly.Therfore said our Lord. The crye of Sodome, and Gomorre is multiplied, and their sinne is aggrauated exceedingly.Dixit itaque Dominus : Clamor Sodomorum et Gomorrhæ multiplicatus est, et peccatum eorum aggravatum est nimis.
21I will descend, and see whether they have in act accomplished the cry that is come to me: or whether it be not so, that I may know.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 Sodome: but Abraham as yet stood before our Lord.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 approaching he said: what! wilt thou destroy the just with the wicked?And approching he said: what! wilt thou destroy the iust with the wicked?Et appropinquans ait : Numquid perdes justum cum impio ?
24If there shall be fifty just persons in the city, shall they perish as well, along with the rest · Vulgate: simul? and wilt thou not spare that place for fifty just, if they be therein?If there shalbe fiftie iust persons in the citie, shal they perish withal? and wilt thou not 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 ?
25Be it far from thee, that thou do this thing, and that the just be in like case as the wicked, this is not befitting, becoming · Vulgate: non est hoc tuum thee: which judgest all the earth, no thou wilt not do this judgment.Be it farre from thee, that thou doe this thing, 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 our Lord said to him: If I shall find in Sodome fifty just persons within the city, I will spare the whole place for their sake.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: Because I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord, whereas I am dust and ashes.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 shall be five less than fifty just persons? wilt thou for forty five destroy the whole city? And he said: I will not destroy it, if I shall find five and forty.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 unto him: But if forty shall be found there, what wilt thou do? He said: I will not strike it for forty's sake.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 shall find thirty there.Lord, saith he, be not angrie I besech thee, if I speake: what if thirtie shal be found 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.
31Because, saith he, I have once begun, I will speak to my Lord: What if twenty shall be found there? He said: I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.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 ten's sake.I besech 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 our Lord departed after that he ceased to speak unto Abraham: and Abraham returned into his place.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.