< Genesis 25 >

1 Nowe Abraham had taken him another wife called Keturah,
亞巴郎又續娶了一個妻子,名叫刻突辣。
2 Which bare him Zimran, and Iokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
刻突辣給他生了齊默郎、約刻商、默丹、米德楊、依市巴克和叔哈。
3 And Iokshan begate Sheba, and Dedan: And the sonnes of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim.
約刻商生了舍巴和德丹;德丹的子孫是阿叔陵人、肋突興人和肋烏明人。
4 Also the sonnes of Midian were Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah all these were the sonnes of Keturah.
米德楊的子孫是厄法、厄斐爾、哈諾客、阿彼達和厄耳達阿:以上都是刻突辣的子孫。
5 And Abraham gaue all his goods to Izhak,
亞巴郎將自己所有的財產都給了依撒格;
6 But vnto the sonnes of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gaue giftes, and sent them away from Izhak his sonne (while he yet liued) Eastward to the East countrey.
至於妾所生的兒子,亞巴郎給了他們一些禮物,在自己活著時,就叫他們離開自己的兒子依撒格,打發他們向東去,住在東方。
7 And this is the age of Abrahams life, which he liued, an hundreth seuentie and fiue yeere.
亞巴郎一生的歲月共是一百七十五歲。
8 Then Abraham yeelded the spirit, and died in a good age, an olde man, and of great yeeres, and was gathered to his people.
亞巴郎壽高年老,已享天年,遂斷氣而死,歸到他親族那裏去了。
9 And his sonnes, Izhak and Ishmael buryed him in the caue of Machpelah, in the fielde of Ephron sonne of Zohar the Hittite, before Mamre.
他的兒子依撒格和依市瑪耳,將他葬在面對瑪默勒,赫特人祚哈爾之子厄斐龍的田間瑪革培拉山洞內。
10 Which fielde Abraham bought of the Hittites, where Abraham was buryed with Sarah his wife.
這塊田地是亞巴郎由赫特人那裏買來的;亞巴郎和妻子撒辣都葬在那裏。
11 And after the death of Abraham God blessed Izhak his sonne, and Izhak dwelt by Beer-lahai-roi.
亞巴郎死後,天主祝福了他的兒子依撒格。依撒格定居在拉海洛依井附近。
12 Nowe these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whome Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayde bare vnto Abraham.
以下是撒辣的婢女,埃及人哈加爾給亞巴郎生的依市瑪耳的後裔。
13 And these are the names of the sonnes of Ishmael, name by name, according to their kinreds; the eldest sonne of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
依市瑪耳的子孫名單,依照出生的次第記載如下:依市瑪耳的長子是乃巴約特,其次是刻達爾、阿德貝耳、米貝散、
14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,
米市瑪、杜瑪、瑪薩、
15 Hadar, and Tema, Ietur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
哈達得、特瑪、耶突爾、納菲士和刻德瑪:
16 These are the sonnes of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their townes and by their castles: to wit, twelue princes of their nations.
以上都是依市瑪耳的兒子,這些人的名字也是他們的村莊和營地的名字,又是十二家族的族長。
17 (And these are the yeeres of the life of Ishmael, an hundreth thirtie and seuen yeere, and he yeelded the spirit, and dyed, and was gathered vnto his people)
依市瑪耳一生的歲月是一百三十七歲;然後斷氣而死,歸到他親族那裏去了。
18 And they dwelt from Hauilah vnto Shur, that is towardes Egypt, as thou goest to Asshur. Ishmael dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
他的子孫住在從哈威拉直到埃及東面的叔爾,往亞述道上,對著自己的眾兄弟支搭帳幕。
19 Likewise these are the generations of Izhak Abrahams sonne Abraham begate Izhak,
以下是亞巴郎的兒子依撒格的歷史:亞巴郎生依撒格。
20 And Izhak was fourtie yeere olde, when he tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramite of Padan Aram, and sister to Laban the Aramite.
依撒格四十歲時娶了帊丹阿蘭地阿蘭人貝突耳的女兒,阿蘭人拉班的妹妹黎貝加為妻。
21 And Izhak prayed vuto the Lord for his wife, because she was barren: and the Lord was intreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceiued,
依撒格因為自己的妻子不生育,便為她懇求上主;上主俯允了他的祈求,他的妻子黎貝加遂懷了孕,
22 But the children stroue together within her: therefore shee sayde, Seeing it is so, why am I thus? wherefore she went to aske the Lord.
雙胎在她腹內互相衝突,於是她說:「若是這樣,我可怎麼辦﹖」遂去求問上主。
23 And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.
上主答覆她說:「你一胎懷了兩個國家,你腹中所生的要分為兩個民族:一個民族強於另一民族,年長的要服事年幼的。」
24 Therefore when her time of deliuerance was fulfilled, behold, twinnes were in her wombe.
到了生產的時候,她腹內果然是一對雙生;
25 So he that came out first was red, and he was all ouer as a rough garment, and they called his name Esau.
首先產出的發紅,渾身是毛,如披毛裘,給他起名厄撒烏。
26 And afterward came his brother out, and his hande helde Esau by the heele: therefore his name was called Iaakob. Nowe Izhak was threescore yeere olde when Rebekah bare them.
他的弟弟隨後出生,一手握著厄撒烏的腳跟,為此給他起名叫雅各伯。他們誕生時,依撒格已是六十歲的人。
27 And the boyes grew, and Esau was a cunning hunter, and liued in the fields: but Iaakob was a plaine man, and dwelt in tentes.
兩個孩童漸漸長大,厄撒烏成了個好打獵的人,喜居戶外;雅各伯卻為人恬靜,深居幕內。
28 And Izhak loued Esau, for venison was his meate, but Rebekah loued Iaakob.
依撒格愛厄撒烏,因為他愛吃野味;黎貝加卻愛雅各伯。
29 Nowe Iaakob sod pottage, and Esau came from the fielde and was wearie.
有一天,雅各伯正煮好豆羹,厄撒烏由田間回來,饑餓疲乏,
30 Then Esau sayd to Iaakob, Let me eate, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am wearie. Therefore was his name called Edom.
便對雅各伯說:「請將這紅紅的東西給我點吃,因為我實在又餓又乏。」--因此他的名字又叫「厄東。」
31 And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.
雅各伯回答說:「你要將你長子的名分先賣給我。」
32 And Esau sayd, Lo, I am almost dead, what is then this birthright to me?
厄撒烏說:「我快要死了,這長子的名分為我還有什麼益處﹖」
33 Iaakob then said, Sweare to me euen now. And he sware to him, and solde his birthright vnto Iaakob.
雅各伯接著說:「你得立刻對我起誓。」厄撒烏遂對他起了誓,將自己長子的名分賣給了雅各伯。
34 Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.
雅各伯遂將餅和扁豆羹給了厄撒烏;他吃了喝了,起身走了。--厄撒烏竟如此輕視了長子的名分。

< Genesis 25 >