Genesi 20
1 Abramo levò le tende di là, dirigendosi nel Negheb, e si stabilì tra Kades e Sur; poi soggiornò come straniero a Gerar.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Siccome Abramo aveva detto della moglie Sara: «E' mia sorella», Abimèlech, re di Gerar, mandò a prendere Sara.
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.
3 Ma Dio venne da Abimèlech di notte, in sogno, e gli disse: «Ecco stai per morire a causa della donna che tu hai presa; essa appartiene a suo marito».
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.”
4 Abimèlech, che non si era ancora accostato a lei, disse: «Mio Signore, vuoi far morire anche la gente innocente?
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?
5 Non mi ha forse detto: E' mia sorella? E anche lei ha detto: E' mio fratello. Con retta coscienza e mani innocenti ho fatto questo».
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.”
6 Gli rispose Dio nel sogno: «Anch'io so che con retta coscienza hai fatto questo e ti ho anche impedito di peccare contro di me: perciò non ho permesso che tu la toccassi.
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.
7 Ora restituisci la donna di quest'uomo: egli è un profeta: preghi egli per te e tu vivrai. Ma se tu non la restituisci, sappi che sarai degno di morte con tutti i tuoi».
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.”
8 Allora Abimèlech si alzò di mattina presto e chiamò tutti i suoi servi, ai quali riferì tutte queste cose, e quegli uomini si impaurirono molto.
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].
9 Poi Abimèlech chiamò Abramo e gli disse: «Che ci hai fatto? E che colpa ho commesso contro di te, perché tu abbia esposto me e il mio regno ad un peccato tanto grande? Tu hai fatto a mio riguardo azioni che non si fanno».
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)!”
10 Poi Abimèlech disse ad Abramo: «A che miravi agendo in tal modo?».
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Rispose Abramo: «Io mi sono detto: certo non vi sarà timor di Dio in questo luogo e mi uccideranno a causa di mia moglie.
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.’
12 Inoltre essa è veramente mia sorella, figlia di mio padre, ma non figlia di mia madre, ed è divenuta mia moglie.
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.
13 Allora, quando Dio mi ha fatto errare lungi dalla casa di mio padre, io le dissi: Questo è il favore che tu mi farai: in ogni luogo dove noi arriveremo dirai di me: è mio fratello».
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.”’”
14 Allora Abimèlech prese greggi e armenti, schiavi e schiave, li diede ad Abramo e gli restituì la moglie Sara.
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.
15 Inoltre Abimèlech disse: «Ecco davanti a te il mio territorio: và ad abitare dove ti piace!».
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
16 A Sara disse: «Ecco, ho dato mille pezzi d'argento a tuo fratello: sarà per te come un risarcimento di fronte a quanti sono con te. Così tu sei in tutto riabilitata».
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]”
17 Abramo pregò Dio e Dio guarì Abimèlech, sua moglie e le sue serve, sì che poterono ancora partorire.
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 Perché il Signore aveva reso sterili tutte le donne della casa di Abimèlech, per il fatto di Sara, moglie di Abramo.
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.
