Genesis 12
1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, and your relatives, and your father’s house, and go to the land that I will show you.
TUHAN berkata kepada Abram, "Tinggalkanlah negerimu, kaum keluargamu dan rumah ayahmu, lalu pergilah ke negeri yang akan Kutunjukkan kepadamu.
2 I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
Aku akan memberikan kepadamu keturunan yang banyak dan mereka akan menjadi bangsa yang besar. Aku akan memberkati engkau dan membuat namamu masyhur, sehingga engkau akan menjadi berkat.
3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
Aku akan memberkati orang-orang yang memberkati engkau dan mengutuk orang-orang yang mengutuk engkau. Dan karena engkau Aku akan memberkati semua bangsa di bumi."
4 So Abram went, as the LORD had told him. Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
Abram berusia tujuh puluh lima tahun ketika ia meninggalkan Haran, sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN kepadanya. Abram berangkat ke tanah Kanaan bersama-sama dengan Sarai istrinya, dan Lot kemanakannya, dan segala harta benda serta hamba-hamba yang mereka peroleh di Haran. Setelah mereka tiba di Kanaan,
5 Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, all their possessions that they had gathered, and the people whom they had acquired in Haran, and they went to go into the land of Canaan. They entered into the land of Canaan.
6 Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time, Canaanites were in the land.
Abram menjelajahi tanah itu sampai ia tiba di pohon keramat di More, yaitu tempat ibadat di Sikhem. (Pada masa itu orang Kanaan masih mendiami tanah itu.)
7 The LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
TUHAN menampakkan diri kepada Abram dan berkata kepadanya, "Inilah negeri yang akan Kuberikan kepada keturunanmu." Lalu Abram mendirikan sebuah mezbah di situ untuk TUHAN yang telah menampakkan diri kepadanya.
8 He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the LORD and called on the LORD’s name.
Setelah itu ia meneruskan perjalanannya ke selatan, ke daerah berbukit di sebelah timur kota Betel, dan berkemah di antara Betel dan kota Ai: Betel di sebelah barat dan Ai di sebelah timur. Juga di situ ia mendirikan mezbah dan menyembah TUHAN.
9 Abram traveled, still going on toward the South.
Kemudian ia meneruskan lagi perjalanannya dari satu tempat ke tempat berikutnya, menuju ke bagian selatan tanah Kanaan.
10 There was a famine in the land. Abram went down into Egypt to live as a foreigner there, for the famine was severe in the land.
Tetapi di Kanaan sedang ada kelaparan yang sangat hebat, sehingga Abram pergi lebih jauh lagi ke selatan, ke negeri Mesir untuk tinggal di sana sampai bencana itu lewat.
11 When he had come near to enter Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman to look at.
Pada waktu ia hendak melintasi perbatasan dan masuk ke negeri Mesir, berkatalah ia kepada Sarai istrinya, "Engkau cantik, istriku.
12 It will happen that when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me, but they will save you alive.
Kalau orang Mesir melihatmu, mereka akan menduga bahwa engkau istriku lalu saya pasti dibunuh dan engkau dibiarkan hidup.
13 Please say that you are my sister, that it may be well with me for your sake, and that my soul may live because of you.”
Jadi sebaiknya kaukatakan saja bahwa engkau adik saya supaya saya dibiarkan hidup dan diperlakukan dengan baik karena engkau."
14 When Abram had come into Egypt, some Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.
Dan benarlah, setelah Abram melintasi perbatasan dan sampai di negeri Mesir, orang Mesir melihat bahwa Sarai cantik sekali.
15 The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Beberapa orang pegawai istana melihat dia dan memberitahukan kepada raja betapa cantiknya wanita itu; sebab itu dia dibawa ke istana raja.
16 He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
Demi Sarai, raja memperlakukan Abram dengan baik dan memberikan kepadanya hamba-hamba, kawanan domba dan kambing, sapi, keledai dan unta.
17 The LORD afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram’s wife.
Tetapi karena raja mengambil Sarai, TUHAN mendatangkan penyakit-penyakit yang mengerikan atas raja dan orang-orang di dalam istananya.
18 Pharaoh called Abram and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why didn’t you tell me that she was your wife?
Lalu raja memanggil Abram dan bertanya kepadanya, "Apa yang telah kaulakukan terhadap aku ini? Mengapa tidak kauberitahukan bahwa ia istrimu?
19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, see your wife, take her, and go your way.”
Mengapa kaukatakan bahwa dia adikmu dan membiarkan aku mengambilnya menjadi istriku? Ini dia, istrimu; ambillah dan pergilah!"
20 Pharaoh commanded men concerning him, and they escorted him away with his wife and all that he had.
Raja memberi perintah kepada beberapa pegawainya, dan mereka mengeluarkan Abram dari negeri itu bersama-sama dengan istrinya dan segala miliknya.
