Genesis 21
1 Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do.
主は、さきに言われたようにサラを顧み、告げられたようにサラに行われた。
2 She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old, at the time God promised it would happen.
サラはみごもり、神がアブラハムに告げられた時になって、年老いたアブラハムに男の子を産んだ。
3 Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
アブラハムは生れた子、サラが産んだ男の子の名をイサクと名づけた。
4 Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
アブラハムは神が命じられたように八日目にその子イサクに割礼を施した。
5 Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
アブラハムはその子イサクが生れた時百歳であった。
6 And Sarah said, “[Although I was sad before because I did not have any children], God has now enabled me to laugh, and everyone who hears about what God has done for me will laugh with me.”
そしてサラは言った、「神はわたしを笑わせてくださった。聞く者は皆わたしのことで笑うでしょう」。
7 Then she also said, “No one would have said to Abraham that some day Sarah would nurse a child, but I have given birth to a son when Abraham is very old.”
また言った、「サラが子に乳を飲ませるだろうと、だれがアブラハムに言い得たであろう。それなのに、わたしは彼が年とってから、子を産んだ」。
8 The baby grew and was weaned [when he was about three years old]. On that day, Abraham prepared a large feast to celebrate.
さて、おさなごは育って乳離れした。イサクが乳離れした日にアブラハムは盛んなふるまいを設けた。
9 ([One day/During the feast)] Sarah noticed that Hagar’s son Ishmael was (making fun of/playing with) Isaac.
サラはエジプトの女ハガルのアブラハムに産んだ子が、自分の子イサクと遊ぶのを見て、
10 So she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman from Egypt and her son! I do not want the son of that slave woman to be alone (OR, to be an heir along with) my son, Isaac!”
アブラハムに言った、「このはしためとその子を追い出してください。このはしための子はわたしの子イサクと共に、世継となるべき者ではありません」。
11 Abraham was very distressed about the matter, because he was concerned about his son [Ishmael].
この事で、アブラハムはその子のために非常に心配した。
12 But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about your son, Ishmael, and about your maidservant, Hagar. Do everything that Sarah tells you to do. Listen to her, because Isaac is the one who will be considered the ancestor of the descendants I promised to give you.
神はアブラハムに言われた、「あのわらべのため、またあなたのはしためのために心配することはない。サラがあなたに言うことはすべて聞きいれなさい。イサクに生れる者が、あなたの子孫と唱えられるからです。
13 But I will also cause the son of your maidservant to be the ancestor of the people of a great nation [MTY], because he is also your son.”
しかし、はしための子もあなたの子ですから、これをも、一つの国民とします」。
14 So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a container, and gave them to Hagar. He put them [in a bag] on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered in the desert near Beersheba [town].
そこでアブラハムは明くる朝はやく起きて、パンと水の皮袋とを取り、ハガルに与えて、肩に負わせ、その子を連れて去らせた。ハガルは去ってベエルシバの荒野にさまよった。
15 After they had drunk all the water in the container, she put her son under one of the bushes there.
やがて皮袋の水が尽きたので、彼女はその子を木の下におき、
16 Then she went and sat nearby, about (as far as someone can shoot an arrow/100 meters away), because she thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry [loudly] [MTY].
「わたしはこの子の死ぬのを見るに忍びない」と言って、矢の届くほど離れて行き、子供の方に向いてすわった。彼女が子供の方に向いてすわったとき、子供は声をあげて泣いた。
17 [The boy was crying too.] And God heard the boy crying. So he caused one of his angels to call out from heaven to Hagar, saying, “Hagar, are you worried about something? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the boy crying there.
神はわらべの声を聞かれ、神の使は天からハガルを呼んで言った、「ハガルよ、どうしたのか。恐れてはいけない。神はあそこにいるわらべの声を聞かれた。
18 Help your son up, and hold his hand as you leave, because I will cause his descendants to become a great nation.”
立って行き、わらべを取り上げてあなたの手に抱きなさい。わたしは彼を大いなる国民とするであろう」。
19 Then God showed her a well of water. So she went to the well and filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
神がハガルの目を開かれたので、彼女は水の井戸のあるのを見た。彼女は行って皮袋に水を満たし、わらべに飲ませた。
20 God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good (archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows).
神はわらべと共にいまし、わらべは成長した。彼は荒野に住んで弓を射る者となった。
21 He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
彼はパランの荒野に住んだ。母は彼のためにエジプトの国から妻を迎えた。
22 At that time, [King] Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “It is clear that God helps you with everything that you do.
そのころアビメレクとその軍勢の長ピコルはアブラハムに言った、「あなたが何事をなさっても、神はあなたと共におられる。
23 So now (solemnly promise/swear) to me here, as God is listening, that you will (not deceive/act fairly to) me and my children and my descendants, in return for my being kind to you. Be kind to me and to all the people here in the country where you are now living.”
それゆえ、今ここでわたしをも、わたしの子をも、孫をも欺かないと、神をさしてわたしに誓ってください。わたしがあなたに親切にしたように、あなたもわたしと、このあなたの寄留の地とに、しなければなりません」。
24 So Abraham promised to do that.
アブラハムは言った、「わたしは誓います」。
25 [Then] Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
アブラハムはアビメレクの家来たちが、水の井戸を奪い取ったことについてアビメルクを責めた。
26 But Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done that. You did not tell me previously, and I did not hear about it until today.”
しかしアビメレクは言った、「だれがこの事をしたかわたしは知りません。あなたもわたしに告げたことはなく、わたしもきょうまで聞きませんでした」。
27 So Abraham brought some sheep and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a (treaty/peace agreement).
そこでアブラハムは羊と牛とを取ってアビメレクに与え、ふたりは契約を結んだ。
28 Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock.
アブラハムが雌の小羊七頭を分けて置いたところ、
29 Abimelech asked Abraham, “What are these seven female lambs that you have separated from the rest of your flock?”
アビメレクはアブラハムに言った、「あなたがこれらの雌の小羊七頭を分けて置いたのは、なんのためですか」。
30 Abraham replied, “I want you truly to accept these female lambs from me [SYN], so that it may be a (public witness/proof) that this well belongs to me because I dug it.”
アブラハムは言った、「あなたはわたしの手からこれらの雌の小羊七頭を受け取って、わたしがこの井戸を掘ったことの証拠としてください」。
31 So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, ] because there the two of them made that agreement.
これによってその所をベエルシバと名づけた。彼らがふたりそこで誓いをしたからである。
32 After they made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and his army commander, Phicol, left, and returned to the land of the Philistine people-group.
このように彼らはベエルシバで契約を結び、アビメレクとその軍勢の長ピコルは立ってペリシテの地に帰った。
33 Abraham planted a (tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel) there, and he worshiped the eternal God there.
アブラハムはベエルシバに一本のぎょりゅうの木を植え、その所で永遠の神、主の名を呼んだ。
34 Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time.
こうしてアブラハムは長い間ペリシテびとの地にとどまった。
