< उत्पत्ति 12 >

1 परमप्रभुले अब्रामलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “तेरो देश, तेरा नातेदारहरू र तेरो पिताको घरानाबाट मैले तँलाई देखाउने मुलुकतिर जा ।
Now Yahweh said to Abram, “Go from your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's household, to the land that I will show you.
2 म तँलाई ठुलो जाति बनाउनेछु, म तँलाई आशिष् दिनेछु, तेरो नाउँ महान् हुनेछ र तँ आशिष् हुनेछस् ।
I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
3 तँलाई आशिष् दिनेलाई म आशिष् दिनेछु, तर तँलाई अनादर गर्नेलाई म सराप दिनेछु । तँद्वारा नै पृथ्वीका सबै परिवारहरूले आशिष् पाउनेछन् ।
I will bless those who bless you, but whoever dishonors you I will curse. Through you will all the families of the earth be blessed.”
4 यसैले परमप्रभुले भन्‍नुभएबमोजिम अब्राम गए र लोत पनि तिनीसँगै गए । हारान छोडेर जाँदा अब्राम पचहत्तर वर्षका थिए ।
So Abram went, as Yahweh had told him to do, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
5 अब्रामले तिनकी पत्‍नी साराई, तिनका भतिजा लोत, तिनीहरूले हारानमा जम्‍मा गरेका सम्पत्ति र प्राप्‍त गरेका मानिसहरू सबै लगे । तिनीहरू कनानको भूमिमा जानलाई हिँडे र कनानको भूमिमा आइपुगे ।
Abram took Sarai, his wife, Lot, his brother's son, all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Haran. They left to go into the land of Canaan, and came to the land of Canaan.
6 अब्राम त्यो भूमि हुँदै शकेममा भएको मोरेको फलाँटको रुखसम्म गए । त्यस बेला त्यो भूमिमा कनानीहरू बस्थे ।
Abram passed through the land as far as Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. At that time the Canaanites lived in the land.
7 परमप्रभु अब्रामकहाँ देखा पर्नुभयो र भन्‍नुभयो, “यो भूमि म तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई दिनेछु ।” यसैले अब्रामले तिनीकहाँ देखा पर्नुहुने परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी बनाए ।
Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said, “To your descendants I will give this land.” So there Abram built an altar to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
8 त्यहाँबाट तिनी बेथेलको पूर्वतिरको देशतिर गए, जहाँ तिनले बेथेललाई पश्‍चिमतिर र ऐलाई पूर्वतिर पारेर तिनको पाल टाँगे । त्यहाँ तिनले एउटा वेदी बनाए र परमप्रभुको नाउँको पुकारा गरे ।
From there he moved to the hill country to the east of Bethel, where he pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.
9 अनि अब्राम यात्रा गर्दै नेगेवतिर गए ।
Then Abram continued journeying, going toward the Negev.
10 त्यो भूमिमा अनिकाल लागेको थियो, यसैले अब्राम बस्‍नलाई मिश्रतिर झरे (गए), किनकि त्यो भूमिमा निकै अनिकाल लागेको थियो ।
There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down into Egypt to stay, for the famine was severe in the land.
11 तिनी मिश्र प्रवेश गर्न लाग्दा, तिनले आफ्‍नी पत्‍नी साराईलाई भने, “हेर, तिमी कति सुन्दरी स्‍त्री छौ भनी म जान्दछु ।
When he was about to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, “See here, I know that you are a beautiful woman.
12 मिश्रीहरूले तिमीलाई देख्‍दा 'यो यसकी पत्‍नी हो' भन्‍ने छन् र तिनीहरूले मलाई मार्ने छन्, तर तिनीहरूले तिमीलाईचाहिँ जीवितै राख्‍नेछन् ।
When the Egyptians see you they will say, 'This is his wife,' and they will kill me, but they will keep you alive.
13 यसैले तिमी मेरी बहिनी हौ भनी तिमीले भन, ताकि तिम्रो खातिर मेरो भलो होस् र तिम्रो खातिर मेरो जीवन बाँचोस् ।
Say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my life will be spared because of you.”
14 मिश्र प्रवेश गर्न लग्दा साराई अति सुन्दरी थिइन् भनी मिश्रीहरूले देखे ।
It came about that when Abram entered into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that Sarai was very beautiful.
15 फारोका अधिकारीहरूले तिनलाई देखे र फारोको सामु तिनको प्रशंसा गरे र ती स्‍त्रीलाई फारोको घरानामा लगियो ।
The princes of Pharaoh saw her, and praised her to Pharaoh, and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's household.
16 फारोले तिनको खातिर अब्रामलाई राम्रो व्यवहार गरे र तिनलाई गोरु, गधाहरू, नोकरीहरू, गधैनीहरू र ऊँटहरू दिए ।
Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake, and gave him sheep, oxen, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.
17 अनि परमप्रभुले अब्रामकी पत्‍नी साराईको कारण फारो र तिनको परिवारमाथि ठुलो विपत्ति ल्याउनुभयो ।
Then Yahweh afflicted Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 फारोले अब्रामलाई बोलाए र भने, “तिमीले मलाई यो के गरेको? तिनी तिम्रो पत्‍नी थिइन् भनी मलाई किन बताएनौ?
Pharaoh summoned Abram, and said, “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
19 'तिनी मेरी बहिनी हुन्' भनी तिमीले किन मलाई भन्यौ? त्यसैले मैले तिनलाई मेरी पत्‍नी बनाउन मैले लगेँ । यसकारण, तिम्रो पत्‍नी यहीँ छिन् । तिनलाई लेऊ र आफ्‍नो बाटो लाग ।
Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Now therefore, here is your wife. Take her, and go your way.”
20 अनि फारोले तिनको बारेमा आफ्‍ना मानिसहरूलाई आदेश दिए र तिनीहरूले तिनलाई तिनकी पत्‍नी र तिनीसँग भएका सबै थोकसहित पठाए ।
Then Pharaoh gave orders to his men concerning him, and they sent him away, along with his wife and all that he had.

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