創世記19:12-26

19:12 二人對羅得說：「你這裡還有甚麼人嗎？無論是女婿是兒女，和這城中一切屬你的人，你都要將他們從這地方帶出去。
19:13 我們要毀滅這地方；因為城內罪惡的聲音在耶和華面前甚大，耶和華差我們來，要毀滅這地方。」
19:14 羅得就出去，告訴娶了（或譯：將要娶）他女兒的女婿們說：「你們起來離開這地方，因為耶和華要毀滅這城。」他女婿們卻以為他說的是戲言。
19:15 天明了，天使催逼羅得說：「起來！帶著你的妻子和你在這裡的兩個女兒出去，免得你因這城裡的罪惡同被剿滅。」
19:16 但羅得遲延不走。二人因為耶和華憐恤羅得，就拉著他的手和他妻子的手，並他兩個女兒的手，把他們領出來，安置在城外；
19:17 領他們出來以後，就說：「逃命吧！不可回頭看，也不可在平原站住。要往山上逃跑，免得你被剿滅。」
19:18 羅得對他們說：「我主啊，不要如此！
19:19 你僕人已經在你眼前蒙恩；你又向我顯出莫大的慈愛，救我的性命。我不能逃到山上去，恐怕這災禍臨到我，我便死了。
19:20 看哪，這座城又小又近，容易逃到，這不是一個小的嗎？求你容我逃到那裡，我的性命就得存活。」
19:21 天使對他說：「這事我也應允你；我不傾覆你所說的這城。
19:22 你要速速地逃到那城；因為你還沒有到那裡，我不能做甚麼。」因此那城名叫瑣珥（就是小的意思）。
19:23 羅得到了瑣珥，日頭已經出來了。
19:24 當時，耶和華將硫磺與火從天上耶和華那裡降與所多瑪和蛾摩拉，
19:25 把那些城和全平原，並城裡所有的居民，連地上生長的，都毀滅了。
19:26 羅得的妻子在後邊回頭一看，就變成了一根鹽柱。

¹² The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law, sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here, ¹³ because we are going to destroy this place. The outcry to the Lord against its people is so great that he has sent us to destroy it.”
¹⁴ So Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry^[a] his daughters. He said, “Hurry and get out of this place, because the Lord is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.
¹⁵ With the coming of dawn, the angels urged Lot, saying, “Hurry! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away when the city is punished.”
¹⁶ When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the Lord was merciful to them. ¹⁷ As soon as they had brought them out, one of them said, “Flee for your lives! Don’t look back, and don’t stop anywhere in the plain! Flee to the mountains or you will be swept away!”
¹⁸ But Lot said to them, “No, my lords,^[b] please! ¹⁹ Your^[c] servant has found favor in your^[d] eyes, and you^[e] have shown great kindness to me in sparing my life. But I can’t flee to the mountains; this disaster will overtake me, and I’ll die. ²⁰ Look, here is a town near enough to run to, and it is small. Let me flee to it—it is very small, isn’t it? Then my life will be spared.”
²¹ He said to him, “Very well, I will grant this request too; I will not overthrow the town you speak of. ²² But flee there quickly, because I cannot do anything until you reach it.” (That is why the town was called Zoar.^[f])
²³ By the time Lot reached Zoar, the sun had risen over the land. ²⁴ Then the Lord rained down burning sulfur on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the Lord out of the heavens. ²⁵ Thus he overthrew those cities and the entire plain, destroying all those living in the cities—and also the vegetation in the land. ²⁶ But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

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    羅得和他的妻子居住在所多瑪久了，就忘記自己當初為何離開父家來到迦南地的目地，就是要敬拜耶和華，成為耶和華所喜悅的人。以致於，天使要救他們脫離所多瑪時，他們會依依不捨。而羅得的妻子，更是因為貪愛所多瑪的榮華，所以她回頭看，導致她被懲罰變成鹽柱！

    也因此路加福音17章31-32節記載主耶穌說：「當那日，人在房上，器具在屋裡，不要下來拿；人在田裡，也不要回家。你們要回想羅得的妻子」。這也提醒我們，不要讓次要的事情影響最重要的事情。對人而言，最重要的事，就是蒙上帝拯救得永生！

    然而人常常把最重要的事看成不重要，甚至不於理會，正如上帝的救恩有多少人理會與注意呢？殊不知上帝的毀滅是必定會施行的，絕對不是戲言，所以要準備好自己來面對！