Genesis 12
1 Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Leave this country where you are now living. Leave your father’s clan and his family. Go to a land that I will show you.
Då sagde Herren til Abram: «Far no du ut or landet ditt, burt ifrå folket og farshuset ditt, og til det landet som eg vil syna deg.
2 I will cause your descendants to become a large nation. I will bless you and cause you to become (famous/highly esteemed). What I do for you will be a blessing to others.
Og eg vil gjera deg til eit stort folk, og velsigna deg, og gjera namnet ditt stort. Du skal verta ei velsigning!
3 I will bless those who (bless/ask God to do good things for) you, and I will (curse/ask God to punish) those who do evil things to you. And because of what you do, groups of people all over the earth will receive blessings (OR, people will wish that God will bless others as much as he has blessed you).”
Og eg vil velsigna deim som velsignar deg, og den som bannar deg, vil eg forbanna; og i deg skal alle folk på jordi velsignast.»
4 So Abram left Haran [town], as Yahweh told him to do. Abram was 75 years old when he left there along with his wife, Sarai, and his nephew, Lot.
So tok Abram ut, som Herren hadde sagt honom fyre, og Lot var med honom. Og Abram var fem og sytti år gamall, då han flutte frå Kharan.
5 Abram also took along all the possessions and slaves that they had accumulated/acquired in Haran [town], and they left there and went to Canaan land.
Og Abram tok med seg Saraj, kona si, og Lot, brorson sin, og alt godset dei hadde vunne, og det folket dei hadde fenge i Kharan, og dei tok ut og vilde fara til Kana’ans-land, og dei kom til Kana’ans-land.
6 In Canaan they traveled as far as Shechem [town] and camped by a huge tree called the tree of Moreh. The Canaan people-group were still living in that land.
Og Abram for framigjenom landet, alt til Sikemsbygdi, til Spåmannseiki. Og kananitarne budde då der i landet.
7 Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I will give this land to your descendants.” Then Abram built a stone altar to offer a sacrifice to Yahweh because Yahweh had appeared to him.
Då synte Herren seg for Abram og sagde: «Dette landet vil eg gjeva ætti di!» Og Abram bygde der eit altar for Herren, som hadde synt seg for honom.
8 From Shechem, Abram and his family traveled to the hills that were east of Bethel [town]. Bethel [town] was to the west of where they set up their tent, and Ai [town] was further to the east. There he built another stone altar and offered a sacrifice and worshiped Yahweh there.
Derifrå flutte han til fjelli austanfor Betel, og sette upp tjeldbudi si so han hadde Betel i vest og Aj i aust. Og der bygde han Herren eit altar, og kalla på Herren.
9 Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
Sidan muna Abram seg etter kvart framigjenom til sudlandet.
10 There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
So vart det uår i landet. Då for Abram ned til Egyptarland, og vilde halda til der; for naudi var stor i landet.
11 Just as they were about to enter Egypt, Abram said to his wife Sarai, “Listen, I know that you are a very beautiful woman.
Då det leid so langt at dei mest var komne til Egyptarland, sagde han til Saraj, kona si: «Høyr no her du! Eg veit at du er ei fager kona.
12 When the people in Egypt see you, they will say, ‘This woman is his wife!’ and they will kill me in order to get you, but they will not kill you.
Og det kjem til å ganga so, at når egyptarane fær sjå deg, so segjer dei: «Dette er kona hans, » og so slær dei meg i hel, men deg let dei liva.
13 So I ask you to tell them that you are my sister, so that because of you telling them that, they will (spare my life/not kill me).”
Kjære deg, seg du er syster mi, so det kann ganga meg vel for di skuld, og eg ikkje skal missa livet!»
14 And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
Då so Abram kom fram til Egyptarland, såg egyptarane kona, og tykte ho var ovfager.
15 When the king’s officials saw her, they told the king how beautiful she was. And they took her to the king’s palace.
Og hovdingarne åt Farao såg henne, og rosa henne for Farao. So vart kona henta til huset åt Farao.
16 The king treated Abram kindly because of Sarai, and he gave Abram many sheep and cattle and donkeys and male and female slaves and camels.
Og Abram gjorde han vel imot for hennar skuld, og han fekk både sauer og naut og asen og drengjer og gjentor og asenfyljor og kamelar.
17 But because the king had taken Sarai, Abram’s wife, Yahweh caused the king and the others in his household to be inflicted with terrible diseases.
Men Herren søkte Farao og huset hans med svære plågor for Saraj skuld, kona hans Abram.
18 When the king realized why that was happening, he summoned Abram and said to him, “Why did you do this to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Og Farao kalla Abram til seg og sagde: «Kva er det du hev gjort imot meg! Kvi let du meg ikkje vita at ho var kona di?
19 Why did you lie, saying she is your sister, with the result that I took her to be my wife? You should not have done that! So now take your wife, leave here and go!”
Kvi sagde du at ho var syster di, so eg tok henne og vilde havt henne til kona? Sjå der hev du kona di! Tak henne og far din veg!»
20 Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
Og Farao sette nokre menner til å fylgja honom ut or landet med kona hans og alt det han åtte.
