< UGenesisi 16 >
1 USarayi umka-Abhrama wayengamzalelanga bantwana. Kodwa wayelencekukazi yomGibhithe eyayithiwa nguHagari;
亚伯兰的妻子撒莱不给他生儿女。撒莱有一个使女,名叫夏甲,是埃及人。
2 ngakho uSarayi wathi ku-Abhrama, “UThixo ungincitshile abantwana. Hamba, wembathe lencekukazi yami; mhlawumbe lami ngingaba lendlu ngaye.” U-Abhrama wavuma kulokho okwakutshiwo nguSarayi.
撒莱对亚伯兰说:“耶和华使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房,或者我可以因她得孩子。”亚伯兰听从了撒莱的话。
3 Ngakho kwathi u-Abhrama esehlale eKhenani okweminyaka elitshumi, uSarayi umkakhe wathatha incekukazi yakhe yomGibhithe uHagari wamupha indoda yakhe ukuba ngumkayo.
于是亚伯兰的妻子撒莱将使女埃及人夏甲给了丈夫为妾;那时亚伯兰在迦南已经住了十年。
4 U-Abhrama wambatha loHagari, wazithwala. Wathi esezibona esezithwele, waseqalisa ukweyisa inkosikazi yakhe.
亚伯兰与夏甲同房,夏甲就怀了孕;她见自己有孕,就小看她的主母。
5 USarayi wasesithi ku-Abhrama, “Ngumlandu wakho ukuze ngihlupheke kangaka. Incekukazi yami ngayethula ezandleni zakho, kodwa ithi ngoba isisazi ukuthi isizithwele isingeyisa. Sengathi uThixo angahlulela phakathi kwami lawe.”
撒莱对亚伯兰说:“我因你受屈。我将我的使女放在你怀中,她见自己有了孕,就小看我。愿耶和华在你我中间判断。”
6 U-Abhrama wathi, “Incekukazi yakho isezandleni zakho. Yenza lokho obona kufanele ngayo.” USarayi wasemphatha kubi uHagari; wacina embalekela.
亚伯兰对撒莱说:“使女在你手下,你可以随意待她。”撒莱苦待她,她就从撒莱面前逃走了。
7 Ingilosi kaThixo yamfumana uHagari eduze komthombo enkangala; kwakungumthombo oseceleni kwendlela eya eShuri.
耶和华的使者在旷野书珥路上的水泉旁遇见她,
8 Yathi, “Hagari, ncekukazi kaSarayi, uvela ngaphi njalo uya ngaphi?” Waphendula wathi, “Ngibalekela inkosikazi yami, uSarayi.”
对她说:“撒莱的使女夏甲,你从哪里来?要往哪里去?”夏甲说:“我从我的主母撒莱面前逃出来。”
9 Ngakho ingilosi kaThixo yamtshela yathi, “Buyela enkosikazini yakho ufike uyilalele.”
耶和华的使者对她说:“你回到你主母那里,服在她手下”;
10 Ingilosi kaThixo yengeza yathi, “Ngizakwandisa izizukulwane zakho zibe zinengi okungelakubalwa.”
又说:“我必使你的后裔极其繁多,甚至不可胜数”;
11 Ingilosi kaThixo yaphinda yathi kuye: “Khathesi usuzithwele njalo uzabusiswa ngendodana. Kumele uyethe uthi ngu-Ishumayeli, ngoba uThixo usekuzwile ukukhala kwakho.
并说:“你如今怀孕要生一个儿子,可以给他起名叫以实玛利,因为耶和华听见了你的苦情。
12 Uzakuba yindoda engubabhemi weganga; isandla sakhe sizaxabana labantu bonke lesandla somuntu wonke sixabane laye, njalo uzaphila ngenzondano labafowabo bonke.”
他为人必像野驴。他的手要攻打人,人的手也要攻打他;他必住在众弟兄的东边。”
13 UThixo owakhuluma laye wamutha lelibizo elithi: “UnguNkulunkulu ongibonayo,” ngoba wathi, “Manje sengimbonile lowo ongibonayo.”
夏甲就称那对她说话的耶和华为“看顾人的 神”。因而说:“在这里我也看见那看顾我的吗?”
14 Yikho-nje umthombo lowo wabizwa ngokuthi yiBheri-Lahayi-Royi; ulokhu usekhona, phakathi kweKhadeshi leBheredi.
所以这井名叫庇耳·拉海·莱。这井正在加低斯和巴列中间。
15 Ngakho uHagari wazalela u-Abhrama indodana, u-Abhrama wamutha ibizo lokuthi ngu-Ishumayeli.
后来夏甲给亚伯兰生了一个儿子;亚伯兰给他起名叫以实玛利。
16 U-Abhrama wayeleminyaka yokuzalwa engamatshumi ayisificaminwembili lesithupha lapho uHagari emzalela u-Ishumayeli.
夏甲给亚伯兰生以实玛利的时候,亚伯兰年八十六岁。