¹And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;

¹Zvino vatumwa vaviri vakasvika So­dhomua madekwanai. Uye Roti wakangae agere pasuwo reSodhoma. Roti ndokuvaona, ndokusimuka kunovachingamidza, akakotamira pasi nechiso chake;

²And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

²ndokuti: Tarirai zvino, madzishe angu, chitsaukirai henyu mumba memuranda wenyu, mu­gare usiku, uye mushambe tsoka dzenyu, mugofumira moenda rwendo rwenyu. Zvino vakati: Kwete asi tichagara panzira usiku hwose.

³And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

³Zvino wakavagombedzera zvikuru kusvikira vatendeukira kwaari ndokupinda mimba make; iye ndokuvaitira mabiko, ndokuvabikira chingwa chisina mbiriso, ndokubva va­dya.

⁴But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:

⁴Zvino vasati vavata, varume veguta, varume veSodhoma, vakako­mba imba, kubva kumuduku kusvikira kumukuru, vanhu vose vachibva kumugumo.

⁵And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

⁵Zvino vakadana Roti ndokuti kwaari: Varipi varume vasvika kwauri usiku huno? Vabudisire kwatiri kuti tiva­zive.

⁶And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,

⁶Roti ndokubudira kwavari kumusuwo, ndokuvhara musuwo shure kwake.

⁷And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.

⁷Ndokuti: Ndinokukumbirai, hama dzangu, musaita zvakaipa.

⁸Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.

⁸Tarirai zvino, ndine vakunda vaviri vasina kumboziva murume, ndinokumbirisa, regai ndivabudisire kwamuri, mugoita kwavari sezvakanakira meso enyu; asi kuvarume ava, musaita chinhu, nekuti ndizvo zvava­kapindira mumumvuri wedenga reimba rangu.

⁹And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.

⁹Asi vakati: Suduruka! Vakatizve: Uyu woga wakauya kuva mweni, zvino unoda kuva mutongi here? Ikozvino tichaita zvakaipa kwauri kupfuura ivo. Vakamanikidza zvikuru murume Roti, vakaswedera kuputsa gonhi.

¹⁰But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

¹⁰Asi va­rume vakatambanudza maoko avo, vaka­kwevera Roti mumba mavari, ndokupfiga gonhi.

¹¹And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

¹¹Ndokurova varume vaiva pamusuwo weimba neupofu, kubva kumuduku kusvikira kumukuru, vakaneta nekutsvaka musuwo.

¹²And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:

¹²Va­rume ndokuti kuna Roti: Uchine vana ani pano? Mukwasha, nevanakomana vako, nevakunda vako, newose waunaye muguta, mubudise panzvimbo ino.

¹³For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it.

¹³Nekuti tichaparadza nzvimbo ino, nekuti kuchema kwavo kukuru pamberi pechiso chaJehovha; zvino Jehovha watituma kuiparadza.

¹⁴And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.

¹⁴Zvino Roti wakabuda, ndokutaura nevakwasha vake, vaizo­wana vakunda vake, ndokuti: Simukai mubude munzvimbo ino; nekuti Jehovha uchaparadza guta. Asi vakaita seunoita musara pameso evakwasha vake.

¹⁵And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city.

¹⁵Zvino utonga huchitsvuka, vatumwa va­kakurumidzisa Roti vachiti: Simuka, tota mukadzi wako nevakunda vako vaviri vari pano, zvimwe ungaparadzwa mukurangwa kweguta.

¹⁶And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

¹⁶Asi achiri kunonoka, varume vakabata ruoko rwake, neruoko rwemukadzi wake, neruoko rwevakunda vake vaviri; Jehovha achimuitira tsitsi; ndokumubudisa, vakamuisa kunze kweguta.

¹⁷And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.

¹⁷Zvino zvakaitika vavabu­disa kunze, kuti wakati: Tiza nekuda kweupenyu hwako, usacheuka shure kwako, kana kumira pabani rose, tizira kugomo, zvimwe ungaparadzwa.

¹⁸And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD:

¹⁸Roti ndokuti kwavari: Zvisadaro Ishe wangu.

¹⁹Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

¹⁹Tarirai zvino, muranda wenyu wakawana nyasha pameso enyu, uye ma­kurisa tsitsi dzenyu dzamaira kwandiri, pakuponesa upenyu hwangu; asi handigoni kutizira kugomo, zvimwe zvakaipa zvingandinamatira ndikafa.

²⁰Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.

²⁰Tarirai zvino, guta iri riri pedo kutizira kwariri; uye iduku. ndinokumbira nditizire kwariri (harizi duku here?) Mweya wangu ugorarama.

²¹And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken.

²¹Zvino wakati kwaari: Tarira, ndagamuchira chiso chako pachinhu ichi, kuti ndisaparadza guta iri rawareva.

²²Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

²²Kurumi­dza, tizirako, nekuti handigoni kuita chinhu kusvikira wasvikapo. Naizvozvo zita reguta rakanzi Zoari.

²³The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

²³Zuva rakange rabuda panyika Roti paakasvika paZoari.

²⁴Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;

²⁴Zvino Jehovha wakanaisa pamusoro peSodhoma nepamusoro peGomora sarufa nemoto, zvichibva kunaJehovha kumatenga.

²⁵And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

²⁵Zvino wakaparadza maguta iwawo, nebani rose, nevagari vose vemaguta, nezvaitunga pavhu.

²⁶But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

²⁶Asi mukadzi wake wakacheuka ari shure kwake, akava mbiru yemunyu.

²⁷And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

²⁷Zvino Abhurahamu wakafumira kunzvimbo kwaakamira pamberi paJehovha.

²⁸And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.

²⁸Zvino wakatarira kurutivi rweSodhoma neGomora neku­nyika yose yebani, akaona, zvino tarira, utsi hwenyika iyo huchikwira seutsi hwechoto.

²⁹And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

²⁹Zvino zvakaitika Mwari paakaparadza maguta ebani, kuti Mwari wakarangarira Abhurahamu, akabudisa Roti pakati pekuparadzwa ikoko, nguva yaakaparadza maguta makanga muchigara Roti.

³⁰And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.

³⁰Zvino Roti wakakwira achibuda muZoari, akagara mugomo, nevaku­nda vake vaviri pamwe naye; nekuti wakatya kugara muZoari; ndokugara, mubako, iye nevakunda vake vaviri.

³¹And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:

³¹Zvino dangwe rakati kumuduku: Baba vedu vakwegura, uye hakuna murume panyika ino ungapinda kwatiri, nemutowo wenyika yose.

³²Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

³²Uya timwise baba vedu waini, tigovata navo kuti tichengete mbeu kubva kuna baba vedu.

³³And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

³³Vakamwisa baba vavo waini usiku ihwohwo, dangwe ndokupinda ndoku­vata nababa vake; asi havana kuziva pakuvata kwake pasi kana pakumuka kwake.

³⁴And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

³⁴Zvino zvakaitika chifume kuti dangwe rakati kumuduku: Tarira, ndakavata nababa va­ngu usiku hwapfuura; ngativamwise waini usiku hunowo, ugopinda, vata navo kuti tichengete mbeu kubva kuna baba vedu.

³⁵And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

³⁵Vakamwisa baba vavo waini usiku ihwohwowo, muduku akasimuka, ndokuvata navo, asi havana ku­ziva pakuvata kwake pasi kana pakumuka kwake.

³⁶Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.

³⁶Naizvozvo vakunda vaRoti va­viri vakava nemimba kuna baba vavo.

³⁷And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.

³⁷Zvino dangwe rakabereka mwanakomana, akatumidza zita rake kuti Moabhu, ndiye baba vevaMoabhu ku­svikira zuva rino.

³⁸And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

³⁸Nemuduku wakaberekawo mwanakomana, akatumi­dza zita rake kuti Bheniami; ndivo baba vevana vaAmoni kusvikira zuva rino.