Genesis 13
1 Abram went up out of Egypt: he, his wife, and all his possessions, and Lot with him, into the Negev.
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 Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver, and in gold.
亞巴郎有許多牲畜和金銀。
3 He went on his journeys from the Negev even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
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 where he had first built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of God.
亦即他先前築了祭壇，呼求上主之名的地方。
5 Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
與亞巴郎同行的羅特，也有羊群、牛群和帳幕，
6 The land was not able to support them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to remain 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 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time.
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 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives.
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 Isn't the whole land before you? Please separate yourself from me. If you go to the left hand, then I will go to the right. Or if you go to the right hand, then 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 Lot lifted up his eyes, and saw all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well-watered everywhere, like the garden of God, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
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 So Lot chose the Plain of the Jordan for himself. Lot traveled east, and they separated from each other.
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 Abram lived in the land of Canaan, and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, and moved his tent as far as 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 Now the people of Sodom were evil, sinning greatly against God.
索多瑪人在上主面前罪大惡極。
14 And God said to Abram after Lot had departed from him, "Now, lift up your eyes, and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward,
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 to you and to your offspring forever.
凡你看見的地方，我都要永遠賜給你和你的後裔。
16 I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, then your offspring also could be counted.
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, walk through the land in its length and in its breadth; for I will give it to you."
你起來，縱橫走遍這地，因為我要將這地賜給你。」
18 Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to God.
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。
