Genesis 22
1 Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
Dopo queste cose, Dio mise alla prova Abramo e gli disse: «Abramo, Abramo!». Rispose: «Eccomi!».
2 God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
Riprese: «Prendi tuo figlio, il tuo unico figlio che ami, Isacco, và nel territorio di Moria e offrilo in olocausto su di un monte che io ti indicherò».
3 So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
Abramo si alzò di buon mattino, sellò l'asino, prese con sé due servi e il figlio Isacco, spaccò la legna per l'olocausto e si mise in viaggio verso il luogo che Dio gli aveva indicato.
4 On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
Il terzo giorno Abramo alzò gli occhi e da lontano vide quel luogo.
5 Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
Allora Abramo disse ai suoi servi: «Fermatevi qui con l'asino; io e il ragazzo andremo fin lassù, ci prostreremo e poi ritorneremo da voi».
6 Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
Abramo prese la legna dell'olocausto e la caricò sul figlio Isacco, prese in mano il fuoco e il coltello, poi proseguirono tutt'e due insieme.
7 Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
Isacco si rivolse al padre Abramo e disse: «Padre mio!». Rispose: «Eccomi, figlio mio». Riprese: «Ecco qui il fuoco e la legna, ma dov'è l'agnello per l'olocausto?».
8 Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
Abramo rispose: «Dio stesso provvederà l'agnello per l'olocausto, figlio mio!». Proseguirono tutt'e due insieme;
9 They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
così arrivarono al luogo che Dio gli aveva indicato; qui Abramo costruì l'altare, collocò la legna, legò il figlio Isacco e lo depose sull'altare, sopra la legna.
10 Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
Poi Abramo stese la mano e prese il coltello per immolare suo figlio.
11 But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
Ma l'angelo del Signore lo chiamò dal cielo e gli disse: «Abramo, Abramo!». Rispose: «Eccomi!».
12 The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
L'angelo disse: «Non stendere la mano contro il ragazzo e non fargli alcun male! Ora so che tu temi Dio e non mi hai rifiutato tuo figlio, il tuo unico figlio».
13 Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
Allora Abramo alzò gli occhi e vide un ariete impigliato con le corna in un cespuglio. Abramo andò a prendere l'ariete e lo offrì in olocausto invece del figlio.
14 Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
Abramo chiamò quel luogo: «Il Signore provvede», perciò oggi si dice: «Sul monte il Signore provvede».
15 The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
Poi l'angelo del Signore chiamò dal cielo Abramo per la seconda volta
16 He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
e disse: «Giuro per me stesso, oracolo del Signore: perché tu hai fatto questo e non mi hai rifiutato tuo figlio, il tuo unico figlio,
17 that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
io ti benedirò con ogni benedizione e renderò molto numerosa la tua discendenza, come le stelle del cielo e come la sabbia che è sul lido del mare; la tua discendenza si impadronirà delle città dei nemici.
18 You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
Saranno benedette per la tua discendenza tutte le nazioni della terra, perché tu hai obbedito alla mia voce».
19 Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
Poi Abramo tornò dai suoi servi; insieme si misero in cammino verso Bersabea e Abramo abitò a Bersabea.
20 After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
Dopo queste cose, ad Abramo fu portata questa notizia: «Ecco Milca ha partorito figli a Nacor tuo fratello»:
21 The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
Uz, il primogenito, e suo fratello Buz e Kamuèl il padre di Aram
22 After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
e Chesed, Azo, Pildas, Idlaf e Betuèl;
23 who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
Betuèl generò Rebecca: questi otto figli partorì Milca a Nacor, fratello di Abramo.
24 Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
Anche la sua concubina, chiamata Reuma, partorì figli: Tebach, Gacam, Tacas e Maaca.
