創世記 13
1 亞巴郎帶了妻子和他所有的一切，與羅特一同由埃及上來，往乃革布去。
And Abram goes up from Egypt (he and his wife, and all that he has, and Lot with him) toward the south;
2 亞巴郎有許多牲畜和金銀。
and Abram [is] exceedingly wealthy in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
3 他由乃革布逐漸往貝特耳移動帳幕，到了先前他在貝特耳與哈依之間，支搭帳幕的地方，
And he goes on his journeys from the south, even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the commencement, between Bethel and Hai—
4 亦即他先前築了祭壇，呼求上主之名的地方。
to the place of the altar which he made there at the first, and there Abram preaches in the Name of YHWH.
5 與亞巴郎同行的羅特，也有羊群、牛群和帳幕，
And also to Lot, who is going with Abram, there has been sheep and oxen and tents;
6 那地方容不下他們住在一起，因為他們的產業太多，無法住在一起。
and the land has not permitted them to dwell together, for their substance has been much, and they have not been able to dwell together;
7 牧放亞巴郎牲畜的人與牧放羅特牲畜的人，時常發生口角－－當時客納罕人和培黎齊人尚住在那裏。
and there is a strife between those feeding Abram’s livestock and those feeding Lot’s livestock; and the Canaanite and the Perizzite [are] then dwelling in the land.
8 亞巴郎遂對羅特說：「在我與你，我的牧人與你的牧人之間，請不要發生口角，因為我們是至親。
And Abram says to Lot, “Please let there not be strife between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds, for we [are] men—brothers.
9 所有的地方不是都在你面前嗎﹖請你與我分開。你若往左，我就往右；你若往右，我就往左。」
Is not all the land before you? Please be parted from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left.”
10 羅特舉目看見約但河整個平原，直到左哈爾一帶全有水灌溉，－－這是在上主消滅索多瑪和哈摩辣以前的事，－－有如上主的樂園，有如埃及地。
And Lot lifts up his eyes, and sees the whole circuit of the Jordan that it [is] all a watered country (before YHWH’s destroying Sodom and Gomorrah, as YHWH’s garden, as the land of Egypt), in your coming toward Zoar,
11 羅特選了約但河的整個平原，遂興東方遷移；這樣，他們就彼此分開了：
and Lot chooses for himself the whole circuit of the Jordan; and Lot journeys from the east, and they are parted—a man from his companion;
12 亞巴郎住在客納罕地；羅特住在平原的城市中，漸漸移動帳幕，直到索多瑪。
Abram has dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot has dwelt in the cities of the circuit, and moves [his] tent to Sodom;
13 索多瑪人在上主面前罪大惡極。
and the men of Sodom [are] evil, and sinners before YHWH exceedingly.
14 羅特與亞巴郎分離以後，上主對亞巴郎說：「請你舉起眼來，由你所在的地方，向東西南北觀看；
And YHWH said to Abram, after Lot’s being parted from him, “Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you [are], northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;
15 凡你看見的地方，我都要永遠賜給你和你的後裔。
for the whole of the land which you are seeing, I give it to you and to your Seed for all time.
16 我要使你的後裔有如地上的灰塵；如果人能數清地上的灰塵，也能數清你的後裔。
And I have set your seed as dust of the earth, so that, if one is able to number the dust of the earth, even your seed is numbered;
17 你起來，縱橫走遍這地，因為我要將這地賜給你。」
rise, go up and down through the land, to its length, and to its breadth, for to you I give it.”
18 於是亞巴郎移動了帳幕，來到赫貝龍的瑪默勒橡樹區居住，在那裏給上主築了一座祭壇。
And Abram moves [his] tent, and comes, and dwells among the oaks of Mamre, which [are] in Hebron, and builds there an altar to YHWH.
