Genesis 18 in Pidgin: God visit Abraham, promise Sarah pikin, and talk say Sodom and Gomorrah go face judgement for wickedness.
📖 Genesis 18:1–33 in Pidgin English
1. One day, God appear to Abraham near di big tree for Mamre. Abraham dey sit for entrance of him tent during hot sun.
2. As e raise him eyes, e see three men stand near am. As e see dem, e rush go meet dem, bend face for ground.
3. E say, “Oga, if I don find favour for your eyes, no waka pass my house.”
4. “Make I bring small water make una wash una leg and rest under dis tree.”
5. “Make I bring small food make una chop before una continue una journey—since una don honour me with visit.”
6. Dem say, “Okay, do wetin you talk.” Abraham rush go meet Sarah and say, “Hurry, mix flour, knead am and bake bread.”
7. Abraham run go him animals, pick better young cow, give am to him servant to prepare fast.
8. E bring curd, milk, and di meat wey dem prepare. E serve dem and stand nearby while dem dey chop under di tree.
9. Dem ask am, “Where your wife Sarah?” E say, “She dey for inside tent.”
10. One of dem say, “Next year this time, I go come back and Sarah go get pikin.” Sarah hear from tent.
11. Abraham and Sarah don old, and Sarah don pass menopause.
12. Sarah laugh for her mind say, “How I go get pleasure again and my husband don old?”
13. God ask Abraham, “Why Sarah laugh? She dey doubt say she fit born pikin?”
14. “Anything too hard for God? Next year this time, Sarah go born pikin.”
15. Sarah fear and deny say she laugh, but God say, “You laugh.”
16. The men stand make dem dey go. Dem look towards Sodom, and Abraham follow dem.
17. God come talk say, “I go hide my plan from Abraham?”
18. “Abraham go become great nation and all people go bless demself because of am.”
19. “I choose am make e teach him children and family to follow My way, do right and fair, so I go fulfill My promise to am.”
20. God say, “Sodom and Gomorrah wickedness too much; their sin too heavy.”
21. “I wan go check whether di cry wey reach My ear really match wetin dem dey do. If e true, I go punish dem.”
22. The men waka go Sodom, but Abraham still stand with God.
23. Abraham ask, “You go destroy good people with wicked ones?”
24. “If you find 50 good people for city, you go still destroy am?”
25. “E no good make you kill good and bad together. You be righteous Judge.”
26. God say, “If I find 50 good people, I no go destroy Sodom.”
27. Abraham say, “I be dust and ash, but I go still talk.”
28. “If na 45 people, you go still destroy am?” God say, “No, I go spare am.”
29. Abraham continue: “What if na 40?” God say, “I no go destroy am.”
30. “What of 30?” God say, “I go still spare am.”
31. “What of 20?” God say, “I go still no destroy am.”
32. Abraham say, “What of 10?” God say, “Even for 10 good people, I go spare di city.”
33. When God finish to talk with Abraham, e comot. Abraham return back to him place.
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