Genesis 13
1 And Abram went up out of Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the wilderness.
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。
2 And Abram was very rich in cattle, and silver, and gold.
亞巴郎有許多牲畜和金銀。
3 And he went [to the place] whence he came, into the wilderness as far as Baethel, as far as the place where his tent was before, between Baethel and Aggai,
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，
4 to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
亦即他先前築了祭壇，呼求上主之名的地方。
5 And Lot who went out with Abram had sheep, and oxen, and tents.
與亞巴郎同行的羅特，也有羊群、牛群和帳幕，
6 And the land was not large enough for them to live together, because their possessions were great; and the land was not large enough for them to live together.
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。
7 And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.
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。
8 And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and you, and between my herdmen and your herdmen, for we are brethren.
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。
9 Behold! is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me; if you [go] to the left, I will go to the right, and if you go to the right, I will go to the left.
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。」
10 And Lot having lifted up his eyes, observed all the country round about Jordan, that it was all watered, before God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrha, as the garden of the Lord, and as the land of Egypt, until you come to Zogora.
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。
11 And Lot chose for himself all the country round Jordan, and Lot went from the east, and they were separated each from his brother. And Abram lived in the land of Chanaan.
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：
12 And Lot lived in a city of the neighbouring people, and pitched his tent in Sodom.
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。
13 But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.
索多瑪人在上主面前罪大惡極。
14 And God said to Abram after Lot was separated from him, Look up with your eyes, and behold from the place where you now are northward and southward, and eastward and seaward;
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；
15 for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your seed for ever.
凡你看見的地方，我都要永遠賜給你和你的後裔。
16 And I will make your seed like the dust of the earth; if any one is able to number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed be numbered.
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。
17 Arise and traverse the land, both in the length of it and in the breadth; for to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever.
你起來，縱橫走遍這地，因為我要將這地賜給你。」
18 And Abram having removed his tent, came and lived by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.
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。
