創世記 12
1 上主對亞巴郎說：「離開你的故鄉、你的家族和父家，往我指給你的地方去。
The Lord told Abram, “Leave your country, your relatives, your family home, and travel to the country I'm going to show you.
2 我要使你成為一個大民族，我必祝福你，使你成名，成為一個福源。
I will make you the ancestor of a great nation and I will bless you. I will make sure you have a great reputation and that you are a blessing to others.
3 我要祝福那祝福你的人，咒罵那咒罵你的人；地上萬民都要因你獲得祝福。」
I will bless those who bless you; I will curse those who curse you. Everyone on earth will be blessed through you.”
4 亞巴郎遂照上主的吩咐起了身，羅特也同他一起走了。亞巴郎離開哈蘭時，已七十五歲。
So Abram left following the Lord's instructions, and Lot went with him. Abram was 75 when he left Haran.
5 他帶了妻子撒辣依、他兄弟的兒子羅特和他在哈蘭積蓄的財物，獲得的僕婢，一同往客納罕地去，終於到了客納罕地。
With him went his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, together with all the possessions they had collected and the people that had joined them in Harran. They left for the land of Canaan. When they arrived there,
6 亞巴郎經過那地，直到了舍根地摩勒橡樹區；當時客納罕人尚住在那地方。
Abram traveled on through the country as far as a place called Shechem, stopping at the oak tree of Moreh. At that time the country was occupied by Canaanites.
7 上主顯現給亞巴郎說：「我要將這地方賜給你的後裔。」亞巴郎就在那裏給顯現於他的上主，築了一座祭壇。
The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “I'm going to give this land to your descendants.” So Abram built an altar to the Lord there because that was where the Lord appeared to him.
8 從那裏又遷移到貝特耳東面山區，在那裏搭了帳幕，西有貝特耳，東有哈依；他在那裏又為上主築了一座祭壇，呼求上主的名。
Then he moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and set up camp there. Bethel was to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar to the Lord there and worshiped him.
9 以後亞巴郎漸漸移往乃革布區。
After that he went on his way, heading towards the Negev.
10 其時那地方起了饑荒，亞巴郎遂下到埃及，寄居在那裏，因為那地方飢荒十分嚴重。
But the land had been hit by famine. So Abram continued on to Egypt, planning to live there because the famine was so bad.
11 當他要進埃及時，對妻子撒辣依說：「我知道你是個貌美的女人；
As he approached Egypt and was about to cross the border, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know what a beautiful woman you are.
12 埃及人見了你，必要說：這是他的妻子；他們定要殺我，讓你活著。
When the Egyptians see you, they'll say, ‘She's his wife,’ and they'll kill me but not you!
13 所以請你說：你是我的妹妹，這樣我因了你而必獲優待，賴你的情面，保全我的生命。」
Tell them you're my sister so I'll be treated well because of you, and my life will be spared for your sake.”
14 果然，當亞巴郎一到了埃及，埃及人就注意了這女人實在美麗。
When Abram arrived in Egypt, the people there saw how beautiful Sarai was.
15 法郎的朝臣也看見了她，就在法郎前讚她美麗；這女人就被帶入法郎的宮中。
Pharaoh's officials also noticed and spoke positively about her to Pharaoh. So Sarai was taken to his palace to become one of his wives.
16 亞巴郎因了她果然蒙了優待，得了些牛羊、公驢、僕婢、母驢和駱駝。
Pharaoh treated Abram well because of her, giving him sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 但是，上主為了亞巴郎的妻子撒辣依的事，降下大難打擊了法郎和他全家。
But the Lord caused Pharaoh and the people in his palace to suffer from terrible diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 法郎遂叫亞巴郎來說：「你對我作的是什麼事﹖為什麼你沒有告訴我，她是你的妻子﹖
So Pharaoh ordered Abram brought to him and said, “What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?
19 為什麼你說：她是我的妹妹，以致我娶了她做我的妻子﹖現在你的妻子在這裏，你帶她去罷! 」
Why did you say, ‘She's my sister,’ and let me take her to become one of my wives? So here's your wife! Take her and leave!”
20 法郎於是吩咐人送走了亞巴郎和他的妻子以及他所有的一切。
Pharaoh ordered his guards to expel him and his wife from the country, along with everyone with them and all their possessions.
