Genesis

18 After, Jehovah appear to Abraham for where the big trees of Mam′re dey when e sitdown for the domot of the tent for the time of the day when the sun really hot pass. 2 E raise im head and see three men wey stand, and where them stand no too far from the place wey e dey. When e see them, e run from the domot of the tent go meet them and e bow for ground. 3 Then e talk say: “Jehovah, if I don do wetin sweet you,* abeg make you no just pass your servant like that. 4 Abeg, make them bring small water to wash una leg, and make una rest under the tree. 5 As e be say una don come here to meet una servant, make I bring small bread for una, so that una power go come back again,* then una fit continue una journey.” With this one, them talk say: “Okay, you fit do as you don talk.”

6 So Abraham hurry go meet Sarah for the tent, and talk say: “Quick-quick! Take three containers* of better flour,* mix the flour and use-am make bread.” 7 Abraham come run go where the animals dey, and e choose one soft better young bull, e give-am to im servant wey hurry go prepare-am. 8 Then e take butter and milk, and the young bull wey e don prepare, and put the food for their front. Then e stand near them under the tree as them de chop.

9 Them tell-am say: “Where your wife Sarah?” E talk say: “E dey here for inside tent.” 10 So one of them continue to talk say: “This time next year, I go surely come back come meet you, and see! your wife Sarah go born boy.” Now Sarah de listen for the domot of the tent wey dey back of the man. 11 Abraham and Sarah don old, them don really old. Sarah don pass the age wey woman de born pikin.* 12 So Sarah start to laugh for inside im heart and de talk say: “After old age don finish me, and my lord don old, I go really get this joy?” 13 Then Jehovah tell Abraham say: “Why Sarah laugh and talk say, ‘I go really fit born pikin even as I don old?’ 14 Anything too big for Jehovah to do? This same time next year, I go come back come meet you, and Sarah go born boy.” 15 But Sarah deny-am and talk say, “I no laugh!” na because e de fear. So e talk say: “Yes! You laugh.”

16 When the men get up de comot, them look down for where Sod′om dey. That time, Abraham de waka with them to escort them. 17 Jehovah talk say: “Why I go hide wetin I want do from Abraham? 18 After all, for sure, Abraham go be big* and strong nation, and I go bless all the nations for the earth* because of-am. 19 Because I don know Abraham, I dey sure say e go fit command im sons, and im family wey go come after-am make them continue to follow the way of Jehovah and de do wetin good and correct, so that Jehovah fit do wetin e don promise Abraham.”

20 Then Jehovah talk say: “The complain against Sod′om and Go·mor′rah don really too much, and their sin really dey heavy. 21 I go go down go see whether them de do the things wey I don hear wey people de complain against them, and if them no de do-am, I go know.”

22 Then the men comot from there and de waka go the side wey Sod′om dey, but Jehovah dey there with Abraham. 23 Then Abraham go near God and talk say: “You go really destroy righteous people together with wicked people? 24 What if na 50 righteous people dey the city, you go still destroy them and no forgive the people for the place because of the 50 righteous people wey dey inside there? 25 You no go fit ever do this kind thing, to destroy righteous person together with wicked person, so that the righteous person and the wicked person go end for the same way! You no go fit ever do like that. The Judge of the whole earth no go do wetin correct?” 26 Then Jehovah talk say: “If I see 50 righteous people for the city of Sod′om, I go forgive the people for the whole place because of them.” 27 But Abraham still talk say: “Abeg Jehovah, allow me make I talk more, even though say I be nothing.* 28 What if 5 people reduce from the 50 righteous people, you go destroy the whole city because of the 5 people?” So e answer say: “I no go destroy-am if I see 45 people for there.”

29 But Abraham still tell-am again say: “What if na 40 people you see for there?” E answer say: “I no go do-am because of the 40 people.” 30 But e continue to talk say: “Jehovah, abeg, make you no vex, but allow me make I continue to talk: What if na only 30 people you see for there?” E answer say: “I no go do-am if I see 30 people for there.” 31 But e continue to talk say: “Abeg, Jehovah, allow me make I talk more. What if na only 20 people you see for there?” E answer say: “I no go destroy-am because of the 20 people.” 32 At last e talk say: “Abeg Jehovah, make you no vex, but allow me make I talk just one more time: What if na only ten people you see for there?” E answer say: “I no go destroy-am because of the ten people.” 33 When Jehovah talk with Abraham finish, e comot from there, and Abraham go back to im house.