¹ Aking nakita ang Panginoon na nakatayo sa tabi ng dambana: at kaniyang sinabi, Hampasin mo ang mga kapitel, upang ang mga tungtungan ay mauga; at mangagkaputolputol sa ulo nilang lahat; at aking papatayin ng tabak ang huli sa kanila: walang makatatakas sinoman sa kanila, at walang makatatanang sinoman sa kanila.

² Bagaman sila'y humukay hanggang sa Sheol, mula roo'y kukunin sila ng aking kamay; at bagaman sila'y sumampa hanggang sa langit, mula roo'y ibababa ko sila.

³ At bagaman sila'y magsipagtago sa taluktok ng Carmelo, aking hahanapin at kukunin sila mula roon; at bagaman sila'y magsikubli sa aking paningin sa gitna ng dagat, mula roo'y uutusan ko ang ahas, at tutukain niyaon sila.

⁴ At bagaman sila'y magsipasok sa pagkabihag sa harap ng kanilang mga kaaway, mula roon ay aking uutusan ang tabak, at papatayin niyaon sila: at aking itititig ang aking mga mata sa kanila sa ikasasama, at hindi sa ikabubuti.

⁵ Sapagka't ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng mga hukbo, ay siyang humihipo ng lupain at natutunaw, at lahat na nagsisitahan doon ay magsisitangis; at babangong samasama na gaya ng Ilog, at lulubog uli, na gaya ng Ilog ng Egipto;

⁶ Siya na gumawa ng kaniyang mga silid sa langit, at kumatha ng kaniyang balantok sa lupa; siya na tumatawag ng tubig sa dagat at ibinubugso sa ibabaw ng lupa; Panginoon ang kaniyang pangalan.

⁷ Di baga kayo'y parang mga anak ng mga taga Etiopia sa akin, Oh mga anak ni Israel? sabi ng Panginoon. Hindi ko baga pinasampa ang Israel mula sa lupain ng Egipto, at ang mga Filisteo, ay mula sa Caphtor, at ang mga taga Siria ay sa Chir?

⁸ Narito, ang mga mata ng Panginoong Dios ay nasa makasalanang kaharian, at aking ipapahamak mula sa ibabaw ng lupa; liban na hindi ko lubos na ipapahamak ang sangbahayan ni Jacob, sabi ng Panginoon.

⁹ Sapagka't, narito, ako'y maguutos, at aking sasalain ang sangbahayan ni Israel sa gitna ng lahat na bansa, gaya ng trigo na nabithay sa isang bithay, gayon ma'y hindi malalaglag sa lupa ang pinakamaliit na butil.

¹⁰ Lahat na makasalanan sa aking bayan ay mangamamatay sa pamamagitan ng tabak, na nangagsasabi, Ang kasamaan ay hindi aabot sa atin o mauuna man sa atin.

¹¹ Sa araw na yaon ay ibabangon ko ang tabernakulo ni David na buwal, at tatakpan ko ang mga sira niyaon; at ibabangon ko ang mga guho niyaon, at aking itatayo na gaya ng mga araw ng una;

¹² Upang kanilang ariin ang nalabi sa Edom, at ang lahat na bansa na mga tinatawag sa aking pangalan, sabi ng Panginoon na gumagawa nito,

¹³ Narito, ang mga kaarawan ay dumarating, sabi ng Panginoon, na aabutan ng mangaararo ang mangaani, at ng mamimisa ng ubas ang magtatanim ng binhi; at ang mga bundok ay papatak ng matamis na alak, at lahat na burol ay mangatutunaw.

¹⁴ At akin uling ibabalik ang nangabihag sa aking bayang Israel, at kanilang itatayo ang mga wasak na bayan, at tatahanan nila; at sila'y mangaguubasan, at magsisiinom ng alak niyaon; magsisigawa rin sila ng mga halamanan, at magsisikain ng bunga ng mga yaon.

¹⁵ At aking itatatag sila sa kanilang lupain; at hindi na sila mabubunot pa sa kanilang lupain, na aking ibinigay sa kanila, sabi ng Panginoon mong Dios.

¹ Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.

² He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood opposite him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,

³ and said, "My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don't go away from your servant.

⁴ Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.

⁵ I will get a morsel of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to your servant." They said, "Very well, do as you have said."

⁶ Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly prepare three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes."

⁷ Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.

⁸ He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.

⁹ They asked him, "Where is Sarah, your wife?" He said, "See, in the tent."

¹⁰ He said, "I will certainly return to you when the season comes round. Behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.

¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.

¹² Sarah laughed within herself, saying, "After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?"

¹³ Yahweh said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Will I really bear a child, yet I am old?'

¹⁴ Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes round, and Sarah will have a son."

¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, "I didn't laugh," for she was afraid. He said, "No, but you did laugh."

¹⁶ The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.

¹⁷ Yahweh said, "Will I hide from Abraham what I do,

¹⁸ since Abraham has surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?

¹⁹ For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."

²⁰ Yahweh said, "Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,

²¹ I will go down now, and see whether their deeds are as bad as the reports which have come to me. If not, I will know."

²² The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.

²³ Abraham drew near, and said, "Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?

²⁴ What if there are fifty righteous within the city? Will you consume and not spare the place for the fifty righteous who are in it?

²⁵ Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"

²⁶ Yahweh said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sake."

²⁷ Abraham answered, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, who am but dust and ashes.

²⁸ What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

²⁹ He spoke to him yet again, and said, "What if there are forty found there?" He said, "I will not do it for the forty's sake."

³⁰ He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak. What if there are thirty found there?" He said, "I will not do it, if I find thirty there."

³¹ He said, "See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord. What if there are twenty found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the twenty's sake."

³² He said, "Oh don't let the Lord be angry, and I will speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He said, "I will not destroy it for the ten's sake."

³³ Yahweh went his way, as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.