創世記 13
1 アブラムは妻とすべての持ち物を携え、エジプトを出て、ネゲブに上った。ロトも彼と共に上った。
So Abram and Sarai left Egypt, and they took along all his possessions, and Lot went with them to the Negev [Desert].
2 アブラムは家畜と金銀に非常に富んでいた。
Abram was very rich. He owned a lot of livestock, silver and gold.
3 彼はネゲブから旅路を進めてベテルに向かい、ベテルとアイの間の、さきに天幕を張った所に行った。
They continued traveling from place to place from the Negev [Desert] toward Bethel [town] to the place between Bethel and Ai where they had previously set up their tents,
4 すなわち彼が初めに築いた祭壇の所に行き、その所でアブラムは主の名を呼んだ。
and where Abram had made a stone altar and worshiped Yahweh.
5 アブラムと共に行ったロトも羊、牛および天幕を持っていた。
Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks of sheep and goats and herds of cattle, and tents.
6 その地は彼らをささえて共に住ませることができなかった。彼らの財産が多かったため、共に住めなかったのである。
But they had so many animals that they could not all stay in the same area. There was not enough land to provide water and food for all their animals.
7 アブラムの家畜の牧者たちとロトの家畜の牧者たちの間に争いがあった。そのころカナンびととペリジびとがその地に住んでいた。
Furthermore, the descendants of Canaan and Perizzi were also living in that area, and the land really belonged to them. And the men who took care of Abram’s animals started quarreling with the men who took care of Lot’s animals.
8 アブラムはロトに言った、「わたしたちは身内の者です。わたしとあなたの間にも、わたしの牧者たちとあなたの牧者たちの間にも争いがないようにしましょう。
So Abram said to Lot, “Since we are close relatives, it is not good for us two to quarrel, or for the men who take care of your animals to quarrel with the men who take care of my animals.
9 全地はあなたの前にあるではありませんか。どうかわたしと別れてください。あなたが左に行けばわたしは右に行きます。あなたが右に行けばわたしは左に行きましょう」。
There is plenty of land for both of us. So we should separate. You can choose whatever part you want [RHQ]. If you want the area over there, I will stay here. If you want the area here, I will go over there.”
10 ロトが目を上げてヨルダンの低地をあまねく見わたすと、主がソドムとゴモラを滅ぼされる前であったから、ゾアルまで主の園のように、またエジプトの地のように、すみずみまでよく潤っていた。
Lot looked around toward Zoar [town], and saw that there was plenty of water all over the plain near the Jordan [River]. It was like the park/garden in Eden, and like the land in Egypt. [That was before Yahweh destroyed [the cities of] Sodom and Gomorrah which were on that plain.]
11 そこでロトはヨルダンの低地をことごとく選びとって東に移った。こうして彼らは互に別れた。
So Lot chose the land in the plain of the Jordan [River]. He left his uncle, Abram, and moved east.
12 アブラムはカナンの地に住んだが、ロトは低地の町々に住み、天幕をソドムに移した。
Abram stayed in the Canaan area, and Lot started to live near the cities in the plain of the Jordan [River], and he set up his tents near Sodom [city].
13 ソドムの人々はわるく、主に対して、はなはだしい罪びとであった。
[You need to know that] people who lived there were extremely wicked.
14 ロトがアブラムに別れた後に、主はアブラムに言われた、「目をあげてあなたのいる所から北、南、東、西を見わたしなさい。
After Abram and Lot separated, Yahweh said to Abram, “Look around at this whole area where you are. Look north and south, look east and west.
15 すべてあなたが見わたす地は、永久にあなたとあなたの子孫に与えます。
I will give to you and your descendants all the land that you see; I will give it to you forever.
16 わたしはあなたの子孫を地のちりのように多くします。もし人が地のちりを数えることができるなら、あなたの子孫も数えられることができましょう。
I will cause your descendants to be as numerous as particles of dust! [It will be easier] to count the particles of dust than it will be to count your descendants [HYP].
17 あなたは立って、その地をたてよこに行き巡りなさい。わたしはそれをあなたに与えます」。
Walk through the land in every direction, because I am going to give it all to you.”
18 アブラムは天幕を移してヘブロンにあるマムレのテレビンの木のかたわらに住み、その所で主に祭壇を築いた。
So Abram [and his men] took down their tents and moved to Hebron and started to live by the huge trees [at the town] Mamre. He placed a stone altar there to [make sacrifices to] Yahweh.
