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.
RAB Avram'a, “Ülkeni, akrabalarını, baba evini bırak, sana göstereceğim ülkeye git” dedi,
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.
“Seni büyük bir ulus yapacağım, Seni kutsayacak, sana ün kazandıracağım, Bereket kaynağı olacaksın.
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).”
Seni kutsayanları kutsayacak, Seni lanetleyeni lanetleyeceğim. Yeryüzündeki bütün halklar Senin aracılığınla kutsanacak.”
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.
Avram RAB'bin buyurduğu gibi yola çıktı. Lut da onunla birlikte gitti. Avram Harran'dan ayrıldığı zaman yetmiş beş yaşındaydı.
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.
Karısı Saray'ı, yeğeni Lut'u, Harran'da kazandıkları malları, edindikleri uşakları yanına alıp Kenan ülkesine doğru yola çıktı. Oraya vardılar.
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.
Avram ülke boyunca Şekem'deki More meşesine kadar ilerledi. O günlerde orada Kenanlılar yaşıyordu.
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.
RAB Avram'a görünerek, “Bu toprakları senin soyuna vereceğim” dedi. Avram kendisine görünen RAB'be orada bir sunak yaptı.
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.
Oradan Beytel'in doğusundaki dağlık bölgeye doğru gitti. Çadırını batıdaki Beytel'le doğudaki Ay Kenti'nin arasına kurdu. Orada RAB'be bir sunak yapıp RAB'bi adıyla çağırdı.
9 Then they left there and started traveling south to the Negev [Desert].
Sonra kona göçe Negev'e doğru ilerledi.
10 There was (a famine/very little food to eat) in Canaan, so they went south to live in Egypt for a while.
Ülkedeki şiddetli kıtlık yüzünden Avram geçici bir süre için Mısır'a gitti.
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.
Mısır'a yaklaştıklarında karısı Saray'a, “Güzel bir kadın olduğunu biliyorum” dedi,
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.
“Olur ki Mısırlılar seni görüp, ‘Bu onun karısı’ diyerek beni öldürür, seni sağ bırakırlar.
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).”
Lütfen, ‘Onun kızkardeşiyim’ de ki, senin hatırın için bana iyi davransınlar, canıma dokunmasınlar.”
14 And as soon as they arrived in Egypt, the people in Egypt saw that his wife was indeed very beautiful.
Avram Mısır'a girince, Mısırlılar karısının çok güzel olduğunu farkettiler.
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.
Kadını gören firavunun adamları, güzelliğini firavuna övdüler. Kadın saraya alındı.
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.
Onun hatırı için firavun Avram'a iyi davrandı. Avram davar, sığır, erkek ve dişi eşek, erkek ve kadın köle, deve sahibi oldu.
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.
RAB Avram'ın karısı Saray yüzünden firavunla ev halkının başına korkunç felaketler getirdi.
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?
Firavun Avram'ı çağırtarak, “Nedir bana bu yaptığın?” dedi, “Neden Saray'ın karın olduğunu söylemedin?
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!”
Niçin ‘Saray kızkardeşimdir’ diyerek onunla evlenmeme izin verdin? Al karını, git!”
20 Then the king told his officials/servants to take Abram and his wife and all his possessions out of Egypt.
Firavun Avram için adamlarına buyruk verdi. Böylece Avram'la karısını sahip olduğu her şeyle birlikte gönderdiler.
