Genesis 20
1 Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
| آنگاه ابراهیم به سوی سرزمین نِگِب در جنوب کوچ کرد و مدتی بین قادش و شور ساکن شد، و بعد به جرار رفت. وقتی ابراهیم در جرار بود، |
2 While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.
| سارا را خواهر خود معرفی کرد. پس اَبیمِلِک، پادشاه جرار، کسانی فرستاد تا سارا را به قصر وی ببرند. |
3 But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
| اما همان شب خدا در خواب بر ابیملک ظاهر شده، گفت: «تو خواهی مُرد، زیرا زن شوهرداری را گرفته‌ای.» |
4 But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?
| اَبیمِلِک هنوز با او همبستر نشده بود، پس عرض کرد: «خداوندا، من بی‌تقصیرم. آیا تو مرا و قوم بی‌گناهم را خواهی کشت؟ |
5 He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
| خودِ ابراهیم به من گفت که او خواهرش است و سارا هم سخن او را تصدیق کرد و گفت که او برادرش می‌باشد. من هیچگونه قصد بدی نداشتم.» |
6 God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.
| خدا گفت: «بله، می‌دانم؛ به همین سبب بود که تو را از گناه باز داشتم و نگذاشتم به او دست بزنی. |
7 Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”
| اکنون این زن را به شوهرش بازگردان. او یک نبی است و برای تو دعا خواهد کرد و تو زنده خواهی ماند. ولی اگر زن او را بازنگردانی، تو و اهل خانه‌ات خواهید مُرد.» |
8 Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].
| روز بعد، اَبیمِلِک صبح زود از خواب برخاسته، با عجله تمامی خادمانش را فرا خواند و خوابی را که دیده بود برای آنها تعریف کرد و همگی بسیار ترسیدند. |
9 Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”
| آنگاه پادشاه، ابراهیم را به حضور خوانده، گفت: «این چه کاری بود که با ما کردی؟ مگر من به تو چه کرده بودم که مرا و مملکتم را به چنین گناه عظیمی دچار ساختی؟ هیچ‌کس چنین کاری نمی‌کرد که تو کردی. |
10 Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
| چه دیدی که به من این بدی را کردی؟» |
11 Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’
| ابراهیم در جواب گفت: «فکر کردم مردم این شهر ترسی از خدا ندارند و برای این که همسرم را تصاحب کنند، مرا خواهند کشت. |
12 Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.
| درضمن، او خواهر ناتنی من نیز هست. هر دو از یک پدر هستیم و من او را به زنی گرفتم. |
13 Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”
| هنگامی که خداوند مرا از زادگاهم به سرزمینهای دور و بیگانه فرستاد، از سارا خواستم این خوبی را در حق من بکند که هر جا برویم بگوید خواهر من است.» |
14 So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
| پس اَبیمِلِک گوسفندان و گاوان و غلامان و کنیزان به ابراهیم بخشید و همسرش سارا را به وی بازگردانید، |
15 And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
| و به او گفت: «تمامی سرزمین مرا بگرد و هر جا را که پسندیدی برای سکونت خود انتخاب کن.» |
16 And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
| سپس رو به سارا نموده، گفت: «هزار مثقال نقره به برادرت می‌دهم تا بی‌گناهی تو بر آنانی که با تو هستند ثابت شود و مردم بدانند که نسبت به تو به انصاف رفتار شده است.» |
17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
| آنگاه ابراهیم نزد خدا دعا کرد و خدا پادشاه و همسر و کنیزان او را شفا بخشید تا بتوانند صاحب اولاد شوند؛ |
18 This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.
| زیرا خداوند به این دلیل که ابیملک، سارا زن ابراهیم را گرفته بود، همهٔ زنانش را نازا ساخته بود. |
