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。
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:
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。
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
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。」
And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
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 departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram [was] seventy and five years old when he departed out of 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。
And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
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。
And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite [was] then in the land.
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。
And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto 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。
And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, [having] Beth-el on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.
9 以後亞巴郎漸漸移往乃革布區。
And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
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。
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine [was] grievous in the land.
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；
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou [art] a fair woman to look upon:
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。
Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This [is] his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.
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。」
Say, I pray thee, thou [art] my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee.
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。
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she [was] very fair.
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。
The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
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。
And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, 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。
And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues 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﹖
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she [was] thy 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 saidst thou, She [is] my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take [her], and go thy way.
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。
And Pharaoh commanded [his] men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
