Genesi 21
1 L’Eterno visitò Sara come avea detto; e l’Eterno fece a Sara come aveva annunziato.
Adonai visited Sarah [Princess] as he had said, and Adonai did to Sarah [Princess] as he had spoken.
2 E Sara concepì e partorì un figliuolo ad Abrahamo, quand’egli era vecchio, al tempo che Dio gli avea fissato.
Sarah [Princess] conceived, and bore Abraham [Father of a multitude] a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
3 E Abrahamo pose nome Isacco al figliuolo che gli era nato, che Sara gli avea partorito.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] called his son who was born to him, whom Sarah [Princess] bore to him, Isaac [Laughter].
4 E Abrahamo circoncise il suo figliuolo Isacco all’età di otto giorni, come Dio gli avea comandato.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] circumcised his son, Isaac [Laughter], when he was eight days old, as God had enjoined him.
5 Or Abrahamo aveva cento anni, quando gli nacque il suo figliuolo Isacco.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] was one hundred years old when his son, Isaac [Laughter], was born to him.
6 E Sara disse: “Iddio m’ha dato di che ridere; chiunque l’udrà riderà con me”.
Sarah [Princess] said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who sh'ma ·hears obeys· will laugh with me.”
7 E aggiunse: “Chi avrebbe mai detto ad Abrahamo che Sara allatterebbe figliuoli? poiché io gli ho partorito un figliuolo nella sua vecchiaia”.
She said, “Who would have said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], that Sarah [Princess] would nurse children? For I have borne him a son in his old age.”
8 Il bambino dunque crebbe e fu divezzato; e nei giorno che Isacco fu divezzato, Abrahamo fece un gran convito.
The child grew, and was weaned. Abraham [Father of a multitude] made a great feast on the day that Isaac [Laughter] was weaned.
9 E Sara vide che il figliuolo partorito ad Abrahamo da Agar, l’egiziana, rideva;
Sarah [Princess] saw the son of Hagar [Flight] the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], whom she had borne to Abraham [Father of a multitude], metzahek ·lewd and irreverent jokes·.
10 allora ella disse ad Abrahamo: “Caccia via questa serva e il suo figliuolo; perché il figliuolo di questa serva non ha da essere erede col mio figliuolo, con Isacco”.
Therefore she said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Divorce and cast out this servant and her son! For the son of this servant will not be heir with my son, Isaac [Laughter].”
11 E la cosa dispiacque fortemente ad Abrahamo, a motivo del suo figliuolo.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham [Father of a multitude]’s sight on account of his son.
12 Ma Dio disse ad Abrahamo: “Questo non ti dispiaccia, a motivo del fanciullo della tua serva; acconsenti a tutto quello che Sara ti dirà; poiché da Isacco uscirà la progenie che porterà il tuo nome.
God said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “Don’t let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your servant. In all that Sarah [Princess] says to you, sh'ma ·hear obey· her voice. For your offspring will be accounted as from Isaac [Laughter].
13 Ma anche del figliuolo di questa serva io farò una nazione, perché e tua progenie”.
I will also make a nation of the son of the servant, because he is your child.”
14 Abrahamo dunque si levò la mattina di buon’ora, prese del pane e un otre d’acqua, e lo diede ad Agar, mettendoglielo sulle spalle; le diede anche il fanciullo, e la mandò via. Ed essa partì e andò errando per il deserto di Beer-Sceba.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar [Flight], putting it on her shoulder; and gave her the child, and sent her away. She departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath].
15 E quando l’acqua dell’otre venne meno, essa lasciò cadere il fanciullo sotto un arboscello.
The water in the bottle was spent, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs.
16 E se ne andò, e si pose a sedere dirimpetto, a distanza d’un tiro d’arco; perché diceva: “Ch’io non vegga morire il fanciullo!” E sedendo così dirimpetto, alzò la voce e pianse.
She went and sat down opposite him, a good way off, about a bow shot away. For she said, “Don’t let me see the death of the child.” She sat over against him, and lifted up her voice, and wept.
17 E Dio udì la voce del ragazzo; e l’angelo dì Dio chiamò Agar dal cielo, e le disse: “Che hai, Agar? non temere, poiché Iddio ha udito la voce del fanciullo là dov’è.
God sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of the boy. Ha mal'ak Elohim [The Angel of God] called to Hagar [Flight] out of the sky, and said to her, “What ails you, Hagar [Flight]? Don’t be afraid. For God has sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of the boy where he is.
18 Lèvati, prendi il ragazzo e tienlo per la mano; perché io farò di lui una grande nazione”.
Get up, lift up the boy, and hold him in your hand. For I will make him a great nation.”
19 E Dio le aperse gli occhi, ed ella vide un pozzo d’acqua: e andò, empì d’acqua l’otre, e diè da bere al ragazzo.
God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, filled the bottle with water, and gave the boy drink.
20 E Dio fu con lui; ed egli crebbe, abitò nel deserto, e fu tirator d’arco;
God was with the boy, and he grew. He lived in the wilderness, and became, as he grew up, an archer.
21 dimorò nel deserto di Paran, e sua madre gli prese per moglie una donna del paese d’Egitto.
He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery].
22 Or avvenne in quel tempo che Abimelec, accompagnato da Picol, capo del suo esercito, parlò ad Abrahamo, dicendo: “Iddio è teco in tutto quello che fai;
At that time, Abimelech [My father king] and Phicol the captain of his army spoke to Abraham [Father of a multitude], saying, “God is with you in all that you do.
23 or dunque giurami qui, nel nome di Dio, che tu non ingannerai né me, né i miei figliuoli, né i miei nipoti; ma che userai verso di me e verso il paese dove hai dimorato come forestiero, la stessa benevolenza che io ho usata verso di te”.
Now, therefore, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son’s son. But according to the chesed ·loving-kindness· that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land in which you have lived as a foreigner.”
24 E Abrahamo rispose: “Lo giuro”.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] said, “I will swear.”
25 E Abrahamo fece delle rimostranze ad Abimelec per cagione di un pozzo d’acqua, di cui i servi di Abimelec s’erano impadroniti per forza.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] complained to Abimelech [My father king] because of a water well, which Abimelech [My father king]’s servants had violently taken away.
26 E Abimelec disse: “Io non so chi abbia fatto questo; tu stesso non me l’hai fatto sapere, e io non ne ho sentito parlare che oggi”.
Abimelech [My father king] said, “I don’t know who has done this thing. You didn’t tell me, and I didn’t sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it until today.”
27 E Abrahamo prese pecore e buoi e li diede ad Abimelec; e i due fecero alleanza.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] took sheep and cattle, and gave them to Abimelech [My father king]. Those two made a covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·.
28 Poi Abrahamo mise da parte sette agnelle del gregge.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves.
29 E Abimelec disse ad Abrahamo: “Che voglion dire queste sette agnelle che tu hai messe da parte?”
Abimelech [My father king] said to Abraham [Father of a multitude], “What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves mean?”
30 Abrahamo rispose: “Tu accetterai dalla mia mano queste sette agnelle, affinché questo mi serva di testimonianza che io ho scavato questo pozzo”.
He said, “You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand, that it may be a witness to me, that I have dug this well.”
31 Perciò egli chiamò quel luogo Beer-Sceba, perché ambedue vi avean fatto giuramento.
Therefore he called that place Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], because they both swore there.
32 Così fecero alleanza a Beer-Sceba. Poi Abimelec, con Picol, capo del suo esercito, si levò, e se ne tornarono nel paese dei Filistei.
So they made a covenant at Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath]. Abimelech [My father king] rose up with Phicol, the captain of his army, and they returned into the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)].
33 E Abrahamo piantò un tamarindo a Beer-Sceba, e invocò quivi il nome dell’Eterno, l’Iddio della eternità.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] planted a tamarisk tree in Be'er-Sheva [Well of Seven, Well of an Oath], and called there on the name of Adonai, the El 'Olam [God Everlasting].
34 E Abrahamo dimorò come forestiero molto tempo nel paese de’ Filistei.
Abraham [Father of a multitude] lived as a foreigner in the land of the Philistines [To roll in dust (As an insult)] many days.
