< Genesis 20 >

1 And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar.
亞伯拉罕從那裏向南地遷去,寄居在加低斯和書珥中間的基拉耳。
2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister; and Abimelech the king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.
亞伯拉罕稱他的妻撒拉為妹子,基拉耳王亞比米勒差人把撒拉取了去。
3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou shalt die for the sake of the woman whom thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife.
但夜間,上帝來,在夢中對亞比米勒說:「你是個死人哪!因為你取了那女人來;她原是別人的妻子。」
4 But Abimelech had not come near to her; and he said, Lord, wilt thou then slay also a righteous nation?
亞比米勒卻還沒有親近撒拉;他說:「主啊,連有義的國,你也要毀滅嗎?
5 Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself, said, He is my brother; in the integrity of my heart and the innocency of my hands have I done this.
那人豈不是自己對我說『她是我的妹子』嗎?就是女人也自己說:『他是我的哥哥。』我做這事是心正手潔的。」
6 And God said unto him in the dream, Yea, I also well know that thou hast done this in the integrity of thy heart; therefore did I also withhold thee from sinning against me; for this cause I suffered thee not to touch her.
上帝在夢中對他說:「我知道你做這事是心中正直;我也攔阻了你,免得你得罪我,所以我不容你沾着她。
7 And now restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for thee, that thou mayest live; and if thou restore her not, know thou, that thou shalt surety die, thou and all that are thine.
現在你把這人的妻子歸還他;因為他是先知,他要為你禱告,使你存活。你若不歸還他,你當知道,你和你所有的人都必要死。」
8 And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly afraid.
亞比米勒清早起來,召了眾臣僕來,將這些事都說給他們聽,他們都甚懼怕。
9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and in what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? deeds that ought not to be done thou hast done unto me.
亞比米勒召了亞伯拉罕來,對他說:「你怎麼向我這樣行呢?我在甚麼事上得罪了你,你竟使我和我國裏的人陷在大罪裏?你向我行不當行的事了!」
10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou didst this thing?
亞比米勒又對亞伯拉罕說:「你見了甚麼才做這事呢?」
11 And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will slay me for the sake of my wife.
亞伯拉罕說:「我以為這地方的人總不懼怕上帝,必為我妻子的緣故殺我。
12 And yet indeed she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
況且她也實在是我的妹子;她與我是同父異母,後來作了我的妻子。
13 And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.
當上帝叫我離開父家、飄流在外的時候,我對她說:『我們無論走到甚麼地方,你可以對人說:他是我的哥哥;這就是你待我的恩典了。』」
14 And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and men-servants, and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored to him Sarah his wife.
亞比米勒把牛、羊、僕婢賜給亞伯拉罕,又把他的妻子撒拉歸還他。
15 And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it is pleasing in thy eyes.
亞比米勒又說:「看哪,我的地都在你面前,你可以隨意居住」;
16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, this is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee; and with all others thou canst thus justify thyself.
又對撒拉說:「我給你哥哥一千銀子,作為你在閤家人面前遮羞的,你就在眾人面前沒有不是了。」
17 And Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, so that they could bear children.
亞伯拉罕禱告上帝,上帝就醫好了亞比米勒和他的妻子,並他的眾女僕,她們便能生育。
18 For the Lord had fast closed up every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
因耶和華為亞伯拉罕的妻子撒拉的緣故,已經使亞比米勒家中的婦人不能生育。

< Genesis 20 >