< Genesis 13 >
1 And Abram went up out of Egypt with his wife and all he had, and Lot with him, and they came in to the South.
अब्राम, तिनकी पत्नी र तिनीसँग भएका सबै थोक लिएर मिश्रबाट माथि नेगेवतिर गए । लोत पनि तिनीसँगै गए ।
2 Now Abram had great wealth of cattle and silver and gold.
अब्राम पशुहरू, चाँदी र सुनमा धेरै धनाढ्य थिए ।
3 And travelling on from the South, he came to Beth-el, to the place where his tent had been before, between Beth-el and Ai;
तिनी नेगेवबाट बेथेतिर गइरहे, जहाँ पहिले तिनको पाल थियो, त्यो बेथेल र ऐको बिचमा थियो ।
4 To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.
तिनी आफूले पहिले नै बनाएका वेदी भएको ठाउँमा गए । यहाँ तिनले परमप्रभुको नाउँको पुकारा गरे ।
5 And Lot, who went with him, had flocks and herds and tents;
अब्रामसँगै यात्रा गरिरहेका लोतका पनि भेडाबाख्रा र गाईवस्तुहरूका बथान र पालहरू थिए ।
6 So that the land was not wide enough for the two of them: their property was so great that there was not room for them together.
तिनीहरू दुवै नजिकै रहनलाई जमिनले धान्न सकेन, किनभने तिनीहरूका सम्पत्ति अत्यधिक थियो, यसैले तिनीहरू सँगै बस्न सकेनन् ।
7 And there was an argument between the keepers of Abram's cattle and the keepers of Lot's cattle: at that time the Canaanites and Perizzites were still living in the land.
अब्राम र लोतका गाईवस्तुहरू र भेडाबाख्राका गोठालाहरूबिच झगडा भयो । त्यस बेला त्यहाँ कनानीहरू र परिज्जीहरू बस्दथे ।
8 Then Abram said to Lot, Let there be no argument between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brothers.
यसैले अब्रामले लोतलाई भने, “तिम्रो र मेरा गोठालाहरूबिच झगडा नहोस्, आखिर हामी त परिवार नै हौँ ।
9 Is not all the land before you? then let us go our separate ways: if you go to the left, I will go to the right; or if you take the right, I will go to the left.
के सारा भूमि तिम्रो सामु नै छैन र? तिमी जाऊ र मबाट अलग होऊ । यदि तिमी बायाँतरि गयौ भने म दायाँतिर जानेछु । वा यदि तिमी दाहिनेतिर गयौ भनौ म देब्रेतिर जानेछु ।”
10 And Lot, lifting up his eyes and looking an the valley of Jordan, saw that it was well watered everywhere, before the Lord had sent destruction on Sodom and Gomorrah; it was like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, on the way to Zoar.
यसैले, लोतले वरिपरि हेरे, र यर्दनको बेँसीचाहिँ परमप्रभुको बगैँचाजस्तै, मिश्रदेशजस्तै सोअरसम्म नै सबैतिर पानीले राम्ररी भिजेको थियो । यो परमप्रभुले सदोम र गमोरा सर्वनाश गर्न अघिको कुरा थियो ।)
11 So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.
यसैले लोतले आफ्नो निम्ति यर्दनको बेँसी चुने र पूर्वतिर लागे अनि नातेदारहरू आपसमा छुटे ।
12 Abram went on living in the land of Canaan, and Lot went to the lowland towns, moving his tent as far as Sodom.
अब्राम कनानको भूमिमा नै बसे, र लोत मैदानका सहरहरूमा बसे । तिनले आफ्ना पालहरू सदोमसम्म नै टाँगेर बसे ।
13 Now the men of Sodom were evil, and great sinners before the Lord.
सदोमका मानिसहरू परमप्रभु विरुद्धमा दुष्ट पापीहरू थिए ।
14 And the Lord had said to Abram, after Lot was parted from him, From this place where you are take a look to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west:
लोत तिनीबाट अलग भएपछि परमप्रभुले अब्रामलाई भन्नुभयो, “तँ उभिएको ठाउँदेखि उत्तर, दक्षिण, पूर्व र पश्चिमतिर हेर् ।
15 For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your seed for ever.
तैँले देखेका यी सबै भूमि, म तँलाई र तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई सदाको निम्ति दिनेछु ।
16 And I will make your children like the dust of the earth, so that if the dust of the earth may be numbered, then will your children be numbered.
म तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई पृथ्वीका धुलो जत्तिकै प्रशस्त बनाउनेछु, यसैले कसैले पृथ्वीको धूलोलाई गन्न सक्छ भने मात्र तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई गन्न सक्नेछ ।
17 Come, go through all the land from one end to the other for I will give it to you.
उठ्, भूमिको चारैतिर हिँड्, किनकि यो म तँलाई दिनेछु ।”
18 And Abram, moving his tent, came and made his living-place by the holy tree of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and made an altar there to the Lord.
यसैले अब्रामले आफ्नो पाल उठाए र मम्रेका फलाँटका रूखहरू नजिकै बसोबास गरे, जुन हेब्रोन थियो र त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी निर्माण गरे ।