Genesis 20
1 Abraham traveled towards the Negev, staying between Kadesh and Shur. After that he moved on to live in Gerar.
| وَارْتَحَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى أَرْضِ النَّقَبِ، وَأَقَامَ بَيْنَ قَادَشَ وَشُورَ، وَتَغَرَّبَ فِي جَرَارَ. | ١ |
2 During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, “She's my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.
| وَهُنَاكَ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ سَارَةَ زَوْجَتِهِ: «هِيَ أُخْتِي». فَأَرْسَلَ أَبِيمَالِكُ مَلِكُ جَرَارَ وَأَحْضَرَ سَارَةَ إِلَيْهِ. | ٢ |
3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “Listen! You're going to die because the woman you've taken is already married—she has a husband.”
| وَلِكَنَّ اللهَ تَجَلَّى لأَبِيمَالِكَ فِي حُلْمٍ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّكَ سَتَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَخَذْتَهَا، فَإِنَّهَا مُتَزَوِّجَةٌ». | ٣ |
4 Abimelech hadn't touched Sarah, and he asked, “Lord, do you kill good people?
| وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَبِيمَالِكُ قَدْ مَسَّهَا بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ لِلرَّبِّ: «أَتُمِيتُ أُمَّةً بَرِيئَةً؟ | ٤ |
5 Didn't Abraham tell me himself, ‘She's my sister,’ and didn't Sarah also say, ‘He's my brother’? I did this in all innocence—my conscience is clear!”
| أَلَمْ يَقُلْ لِي إِنَّهَا أُخْتِي وَهِيَ نَفْسُهَا ادَّعَتْ أَنَّهُ أَخُوهَا؟ مَا فَعَلْتُ هَذَا إِلّا بِسَلامَةِ قَلْبِي وَطَهَارَةِ يَدَيَّ». | ٥ |
6 God told him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in all innocence, so I prevented you from sinning against me. That's why I didn't let you touch her.
| فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ: «أَنَا أَيْضاً عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ بِسَلامَةِ قَلْبِكَ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا، وَأَنَا أَيْضاً مَنَعْتُكَ مِنْ أَنْ تُخْطِئَ إِلَيَّ وَلَمْ أَدَعْكَ تَمَسُّهَا. | ٦ |
7 Send the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don't send her back to him, you should know for sure that you and all your family will die.”
| وَالآنَ، رُدَّ لِلرَّجُلِ زَوْجَتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، فَيُصَلِّيَ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ فَتَحْيَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ تَرُدَّهَا فَإِنَّك وَكُلَّ مَنْ لَكَ حَتْماً تَمُوتُونَ». | ٧ |
8 Abimelech got up early in the morning and called all his servants together. He explained everything that had happened, and they were all terrified.
| فَبَكَّرَ أَبِيمَالِكُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَاسْتَدْعَى جَمِيعَ عَبِيدِهِ، وَأَطْلَعَهُمْ عَلَى جَلِيَّةِ الأَمْرِ، فَاعْتَرَاهُمْ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ. | ٨ |
9 Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and asked him “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you should treat me like this, bringing this terrible sin on me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that no one should ever do!”
| ثُمَّ دَعَا أَبِيمَالِكُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِنَا؟ أَيُّ خَطَأٍ ارْتَكَبْتُهُ فِي حَقِّكَ حَتَّى جَلَبْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَتِي هَذَا الذَّنْبَ الْعَظِيمَ؟ لَقَدِ اقْتَرَفْتَ فِي حَقِّي أُمُوراً مَا كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَقْتَرِفَهَا». | ٩ |
10 Then Abimelech asked Abraham “What were you thinking when you did this?”
| وَسَأَلَ أَبِيمَالِكُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: «مَاذَا بَدَا لَكَ حَتَّى ارْتَكَبْتَ هَذَا الْفِعْلَ؟» | ١٠ |
11 “Well, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody respects God in this place. They'll kill me just to get my wife,’” Abraham replied.
| فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «لَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ هَذَا لأَنَّنِي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ بِأَسْرِهِ خَوْفُ اللهِ فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَقْتُلُونِي مِنْ أَجْلِ زَوْجَتِي. | ١١ |
12 “Anyway, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father but not my mother, and I married her.
| وَهِيَ بِالْحَقِيقَةِ أُخْتِي، ابْنَةُ أَبِي، غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ ابْنَةَ أُمِّي فَاتَّخَذْتُهَا زَوْجَةً لِي. | ١٢ |
13 Since my God made me move far away from my family home, I told her, ‘If you really love me, then wherever you go with me you must tell people: He's my brother.’”
| وَعِنْدَمَا دَعَانِي اللهُ لأَتَغَرَّبَ بَعِيداً عَنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي قُلْتُ لَهَا: حَيْثُمَا نَذْهَبُ قُولِي إِنِّي أَخُوكِ فَهَذَا هُوَ الْمَعْرُوفُ الَّذِي تَصْنَعِينَهُ لِي». | ١٣ |
14 Then Abimelech gave Abraham gifts of sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves, and returned his wife Sarah to him.
| فَأَخَذَ أَبِيمَالِكُ غَنَماً وَبَقَراً وَعَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً وَقَدَّمَهَا لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَأَرْجَعَ إِلَيْهِ سَارَةَ زَوْجَتَهُ. | ١٤ |
15 Abimelech told him, “Look over my land. You can choose to live anywhere you like.”
| وَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ: «هَا هِيَ أَرْضِي أَمَامَكَ فَأَقِمْ حَيْثُ طَابَ لَكَ». | ١٥ |
16 Abimelech also told Sarah, “Notice that I'm giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. This is to compensate you for the wrong done to you in the eyes of everyone with you, and to make sure that your name is publicly cleared.”
| وَقَالَ لِسَارَةَ: «هَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُ أَخَاكِ أَلْفَ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، تَبْرِئَةً لَكِ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسَاءَةٍ أَمَامَ الَّذِينَ مَعَكِ، فَأَنْتِ بَرِيئَةٌ أَمَامَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ، وَهَكَذَا تَكُونِينَ قَدْ أُنْصِفْتِ». | ١٦ |
17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves, so that they could have children again.
| فَابْتَهَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى اللهِ، فَشَفَى أَبِيمَالِكَ وَزَوْجَتَهُ وَجَوَارِيَهُ فَوَلَدْنَ. | ١٧ |
18 For the Lord had made all the women unable to have children because Abraham's wife, Sarah, had been taken.
| لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ قَدْ أَصَابَ نِسَاءَ بَيْتِ أَبِيمَالِكَ بِالْعُقْمِ مِنْ أَجْلِ سَارَةَ زَوْجَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. | ١٨ |
