Genesis · Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Genesis 18 Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
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Notes on this text (3)
- eBible.org's edition in the ekavian pronunciation (e.g. свет, грех); Karadžić and Daničić wrote in ijekavian (свијет, гријех).
- No deuterocanonical books.
- Chapter divisions follow the Hebrew Bible in Job 39–41, Ezekiel 20–21, Hosea 11–12 and Jonah 1–2 (verse numbers there differ from English Bibles).
1 После му се јави Господ у равници мамријској кад сеђаше на вратима пред шатором својим у подне.
1 Yahweh appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day.
2 Подигавши очи своје погледа, и гле, три човека стајаше према њему. И угледавши их потрча им у сусрет испред врата шатора свог, и поклони се до земље;
2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and saw that three men stood near him. When he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself to the earth,
3 и рече: Господе, ако сам нашао милост пред Тобом, немој проћи слуге свог.
3 and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
4 Да вам донесем мало воде и оперите ноге, те се наслоните мало под овим дрветом.
4 Now let a little water be fetched, wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree.
5 И изнећу мало хлеба, те поткрепите срце своје, па онда пођите, кад идете поред слуге свог. И рекоше: Учини шта си казао.
5 I will get a piece 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 И Аврам отрча у шатор к Сари, и рече: Брже замеси три копање белог брашна и испеци погаче.
6 Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
7 Па отрча ка говедима и ухвати теле младо и добро, и даде га момку да га брже зготови.
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 Па онда изнесе масла и млека и теле које беше зготовио, и постави им, а сам стајаше пред њима под дрветом докле јеђаху.
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 И они му рекоше: Где је Сара жена твоја? А он рече: Ено је под шатором.
9 They asked him, “Where is Sarah, your wife?” He said, “There, in the tent.”
10 А један између њих рече: Догодине у ово доба опет ћу доћи к теби, а Сара ће жена твоја имати сина. А Сара слушаше на вратима од шатора иза њега.
10 He said, “I will certainly return to you at about this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son.” Sarah heard in the tent door, which was behind him.
11 А Аврам и Сара беху стари и временити, и у Саре беше престало шта бива у жена.
11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in age. Sarah had passed the age of childbearing.
12 Зато се насмеја Сара у себи говорећи: Пошто сам остарела, сад ли ће ми доћи радост? А и господар ми је стар.
12 Sarah laughed within herself, saying, “After I have grown old will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?”
13 Тада рече Господ Авраму: Што се смеје Сара говорећи: Истина ли је да ћу родити кад сам остарела?
13 Yahweh said to Abraham, “Why did Sarah laugh, saying, ‘Will I really bear a child when I am old?’
14 Има ли шта тешко Господу? Догодине у ово доба опет ћу доћи к теби, а Сара ће имати сина.
14 Is anything too hard for Yahweh? At the set time I will return to you, when the season comes around, and Sarah will have a son.”
15 А Сара удари у бах говорећи: Нисам се смејала. Јер се уплаши. Али Он рече: Није истина, него си се смејала.
15 Then Sarah denied it, saying, “I didn’t laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.”
16 Потом усташе људи оданде, и пођоше пут Содома; а Аврам пође с њима да их испрати.
16 The men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom. Abraham went with them to see them on their way.
17 А Господ рече: Како бих тајио од Аврама шта ћу учинити,
17 Yahweh said, “Will I hide from Abraham what I do,
18 кад ће од Аврама постати велик и силан народ, и у њему ће се благословити сви народи на земљи?
18 since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him?
19 Јер знам да ће заповедити синовима својим и дому свом након себе да се држе путева Господњих и да чине што је право и добро, да би Господ навршио на Авраму шта му је обећао.
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 И рече Господ: Вика је у Содому и Гомору велика, и грех је њихов грдан.
20 Yahweh said, “Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous,
21 Зато ћу сићи да видим еда ли све чине као што вика дође преда ме; ако ли није тако, да знам.
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 И људи окренувши се пођоше пут Содома; али Аврам још стајаше пред Господом,
22 The men turned from there, and went toward Sodom, but Abraham stood yet before Yahweh.
23 и приступив Аврам рече: Хоћеш ли погубити и праведног с неправедним?
23 Abraham came near, and said, “Will you consume the righteous with the wicked?
24 Може бити да има педесет праведника у граду; хоћеш ли и њих погубити, и нећеш опростити месту за оних педесет праведника што су у њему?
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 Немој то чинити, ни губити праведника с неправедником, да буде праведнику као и неправеднику; немој; еда ли судија целе земље неће судити право?
25 May it be 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 И рече Господ: Ако нађем у Содому педесет праведника у граду, опростићу целом месту њих ради.
26 Yahweh said, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place for their sake.”
27 А Аврам одговори и рече: Гле, сада бих проговорио Господу, ако и јесам прах и пепео.
27 Abraham answered, “See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.
28 Може бити праведника педесет мање пет, хоћеш ли за оних пет потрти сав град? Одговори: Нећу, ако нађем четрдесет и пет.
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 И стаде даље говорити, и рече: Може бити да ће се наћи четрдесет. Рече: Нећу ради оних четрдесет.
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 Потом рече: Немој се гневити, Господе, што ћу рећи; може бити да ће се наћи тридесет. И рече: Нећу, ако нађем тридесет.
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 Опет рече: Гле сада бих проговорио Господу; може бити да ће се наћи двадесет. Рече: Нећу их погубити за оних двадесет.
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 Најпосле рече: Немој се гневити, Господе, што ћу још једном проговорити; може бити да ће се наћи десет. Рече: Нећу их погубити ради оних десет.
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 И Господ отиде свршивши разговор са Аврамом; а Аврам се врати на своје место.
33 Yahweh went his way as soon as he had finished communing with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
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People
Abraham
Called by God, he left home in faith to become the father of a chosen people.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 12–25
Sarah
Wife of Abraham who bore Isaac in her old age, long after hope seemed gone.
Cited in the guide: Genesis 17-21
Cross references (32)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 14:13; Genesis 13:18; Genesis 48:3; Acts 7:2; Genesis 26:2
- 2 Hebrews 13:2; Genesis 18:22; Genesis 19:1; Judges 13:3; Genesis 23:7
- 4 Genesis 43:24; Genesis 24:32; Genesis 19:2; Luke 7:44; 1 Samuel 25:41
- 5 Psalm 104:15; Judges 6:18; Judges 13:15; Matthew 6:11; Judges 19:5
- 6 Matthew 13:33; Galatians 5:13; Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2; Luke 10:38–40
- 7 Judges 13:15–16; Matthew 22:4; Luke 15:27; Amos 6:4; Luke 15:30
- 8 Genesis 19:3; Acts 10:41; Judges 13:15; John 12:2; Revelation 3:20
- 9 Titus 2:5; Genesis 24:67; Genesis 4:9; Genesis 31:33
- 10 Genesis 21:2; Genesis 17:21; Romans 9:8–9; Genesis 17:19; 2 Kings 4:16–17
- 11 Genesis 17:17; Hebrews 11:11–12; Luke 1:36; Romans 4:18–21; Leviticus 15:19
- 12 1 Peter 3:6; Genesis 17:17; Luke 1:18–20; Genesis 21:6–7; Luke 1:34–35
- 13 John 2:25
- 14 Luke 1:37; Matthew 19:26; Mark 10:27; Jeremiah 32:27; Ephesians 3:20
- 15 Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:8; Ephesians 4:23; Psalm 44:21; John 18:25–27
- 16 Acts 21:5; Acts 15:3; Acts 20:38; 3 John 6; Romans 15:24
- 17 Amos 3:7; Psalm 25:14; John 15:15; Genesis 19:24; James 2:23
- 18 Galatians 3:8; Genesis 26:4; Galatians 3:14; Genesis 12:2–3; Genesis 22:17–18
- 19 1 Timothy 3:4–5; Deuteronomy 6:6–7; Deuteronomy 4:9–10; Ephesians 6:4; 2 Timothy 3:15
- 20 Genesis 19:13; Ezekiel 16:49–50; Isaiah 3:9; Genesis 13:13; Genesis 4:10
- 21 Exodus 3:8; Genesis 11:5; Joshua 22:22; Zephaniah 1:12; Deuteronomy 8:2
- 22 Genesis 19:1; 1 Timothy 2:1; Acts 7:55; Ezekiel 22:30; Jeremiah 18:20
- 23 Numbers 16:22; 2 Samuel 24:17; Genesis 20:4; Genesis 18:25; Psalm 11:4–7
- 24 Jeremiah 5:1; Isaiah 1:9; Matthew 7:13–14; Genesis 18:32; Acts 27:24
- 25 Job 8:20; Job 8:3; Isaiah 3:10–11; Psalm 58:11; Deuteronomy 32:4
- 26 Jeremiah 5:1; Matthew 24:22; Isaiah 65:8; Ezekiel 22:30; Isaiah 10:22
- 27 Isaiah 6:5; Genesis 3:19; Luke 5:8; Isaiah 64:8; Job 30:19
- 28 Genesis 18:26; Job 23:3–4; Numbers 14:17–19; Genesis 18:29; 1 Kings 20:32–33
- 29 Ephesians 6:18; Hebrews 4:16
- 30 Psalm 10:17; Job 40:4; Isaiah 55:8–9; Hebrews 12:28–29; Psalm 89:7
- 31 Luke 11:8; Matthew 7:7; Hebrews 10:20–22; Hebrews 4:16; Luke 18:1
- 32 James 5:15–17; Judges 6:39; Matthew 7:7; 1 John 5:15–16; Ephesians 3:20
- 33 Genesis 32:26; Genesis 18:22; Genesis 18:16; Genesis 31:55
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Abraham was specially honoured, and was called the friend of God; yet he, earnestly regarding the glory of God, humbly declared, "I am but dust and ashes." Moreover, it is thus written of Job, "Job was a righteous man, and blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one that kept himself from all evil." But bringing an accusation against himself, he said, "No …
Still suffer me to speak before Thy mercy--me, "dust and ashes." Suffer me to speak, for, behold, it is Thy mercy I address, and not derisive man.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
So likewise He doth in Abraham's case, saying, "I will by no means hide from Abraham my servant;" to make thee know that man's kindly affection, and his care for Sodom.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)
A great and honourable man was Abraham, but only great in comparison with men; and when he came before God, then speaking the truth candidly he saith, I am earth and ashes.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
I should seem tedious were I to recount all the ancient miracles, which were wrought in attestation of God's promises which He made to Abraham thousands of years ago, that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed. For who can but marvel that Abraham's barren wife should have given birth to a son at an …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)