Genesis 13
1 Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.
アブラムは妻とすべての持ち物を携え、エジプトを出て、ネゲブに上った。ロトも彼と共に上った。
2 But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.
アブラムは家畜と金銀に非常に富んでいた。
3 And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.
彼はネゲブから旅路を進めてベテルに向かい、ベテルとアイの間の、さきに天幕を張った所に行った。
4 There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.
すなわち彼が初めに築いた祭壇の所に行き、その所でアブラムは主の名を呼んだ。
5 But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.
アブラムと共に行ったロトも羊、牛および天幕を持っていた。
6 Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.
その地は彼らをささえて共に住ませることができなかった。彼らの財産が多かったため、共に住めなかったのである。
7 And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.
アブラムの家畜の牧者たちとロトの家畜の牧者たちの間に争いがあった。そのころカナンびととペリジびとがその地に住んでいた。
8 Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.
アブラムはロトに言った、「わたしたちは身内の者です。わたしとあなたの間にも、わたしの牧者たちとあなたの牧者たちの間にも争いがないようにしましょう。
9 Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left.”
全地はあなたの前にあるではありませんか。どうかわたしと別れてください。あなたが左に行けばわたしは右に行きます。あなたが右に行けばわたしは左に行きましょう」。
10 And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.
ロトが目を上げてヨルダンの低地をあまねく見わたすと、主がソドムとゴモラを滅ぼされる前であったから、ゾアルまで主の園のように、またエジプトの地のように、すみずみまでよく潤っていた。
11 And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.
そこでロトはヨルダンの低地をことごとく選びとって東に移った。こうして彼らは互に別れた。
12 Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.
アブラムはカナンの地に住んだが、ロトは低地の町々に住み、天幕をソドムに移した。
13 But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.
ソドムの人々はわるく、主に対して、はなはだしい罪びとであった。
14 And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.
ロトがアブラムに別れた後に、主はアブラムに言われた、「目をあげてあなたのいる所から北、南、東、西を見わたしなさい。
15 All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.
すべてあなたが見わたす地は、永久にあなたとあなたの子孫に与えます。
16 And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.
わたしはあなたの子孫を地のちりのように多くします。もし人が地のちりを数えることができるなら、あなたの子孫も数えられることができましょう。
17 Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”
あなたは立って、その地をたてよこに行き巡りなさい。わたしはそれをあなたに与えます」。
18 Therefore, moving his tent, Abram went and dwelt by the steep valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar there to the Lord.
アブラムは天幕を移してヘブロンにあるマムレのテレビンの木のかたわらに住み、その所で主に祭壇を築いた。
