我们要毁灭这地方。因为城内罪恶的声音在耶和华面前甚大,耶和华差我们来,要毁灭这地方。 For 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.
罗得就出去,告诉娶了(或作将要娶)他女儿的女婿们说,你们起来离开这地方,因为耶和华要毁灭这城。他女婿们却以为他说的是戏言。 And 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.
天明了,天使催逼罗得说,起来,带着你的妻子和你在这里的两个女儿出去,免得你因这城里的罪恶同被剿灭。 And 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.
但罗得迟延不走。二人因为耶和华怜恤罗得,就拉着他的手和他妻子的手,并他两个女儿的手,把他们领出来,安置在城外。 And 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.
领他们出来以后,就说,逃命吧。不可回头看,也不可在平原站住。要往山上逃跑,免得你被剿灭。 And 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.