< उत्पत्ति 13 >

1 अब्राम, तिनकी पत्‍नी र तिनीसँग भएका सबै थोक लिएर मिश्रबाट माथि नेगेवतिर गए । लोत पनि तिनीसँगै गए ।
And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South.
2 अब्राम पशुहरू, चाँदी र सुनमा धेरै धनाढ्य थिए ।
And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.
3 तिनी नेगेवबाट बेथेतिर गइरहे, जहाँ पहिले तिनको पाल थियो, त्यो बेथेल र ऐको बिचमा थियो ।
And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai;
4 तिनी आफूले पहिले नै बनाएका वेदी भएको ठाउँमा गए । यहाँ तिनले परमप्रभुको नाउँको पुकारा गरे ।
unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first; and Abram called there on the name of the LORD.
5 अब्रामसँगै यात्रा गरिरहेका लोतका पनि भेडाबाख्रा र गाईवस्तुहरूका बथान र पालहरू थिए ।
And Lot also, who went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
6 तिनीहरू दुवै नजिकै रहनलाई जमिनले धान्‍न सकेन, किनभने तिनीहरूका सम्पत्ति अत्यधिक थियो, यसैले तिनीहरू सँगै बस्‍न सकेनन् ।
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together; for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
7 अब्राम र लोतका गाईवस्‍तुहरू र भेडाबाख्राका गोठालाहरूबिच झगडा भयो । त्यस बेला त्यहाँ कनानीहरू र परिज्‍जीहरू बस्दथे ।
And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.
8 यसैले अब्रामले लोतलाई भने, “तिम्रो र मेरा गोठालाहरूबिच झगडा नहोस्, आखिर हामी त परिवार नै हौँ ।
And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.
9 के सारा भूमि तिम्रो सामु नै छैन र? तिमी जाऊ र मबाट अलग होऊ । यदि तिमी बायाँतरि गयौ भने म दायाँतिर जानेछु । वा यदि तिमी दाहिनेतिर गयौ भनौ म देब्रेतिर जानेछु ।”
Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me; if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou take the right hand, then I will go to the left.'
10 यसैले, लोतले वरिपरि हेरे, र यर्दनको बेँसीचाहिँ परमप्रभुको बगैँचाजस्तै, मिश्रदेशजस्तै सोअरसम्म नै सबैतिर पानीले राम्ररी भिजेको थियो । यो परमप्रभुले सदोम र गमोरा सर्वनाश गर्न अघिको कुरा थियो ।)
And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of the Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.
11 यसैले लोतले आफ्‍नो निम्ति यर्दनको बेँसी चुने र पूर्वतिर लागे अनि नातेदारहरू आपसमा छुटे ।
So Lot chose him all the plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east; and they separated themselves the one from the other.
12 अब्राम कनानको भूमिमा नै बसे, र लोत मैदानका सहरहरूमा बसे । तिनले आफ्‍ना पालहरू सदोमसम्‍म नै टाँगेर बसे ।
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
13 सदोमका मानिसहरू परमप्रभु विरुद्धमा दुष्‍ट पापीहरू थिए ।
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.
14 लोत तिनीबाट अलग भएपछि परमप्रभुले अब्रामलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “तँ उभिएको ठाउँदेखि उत्तर, दक्षिण, पूर्व र पश्‍चिमतिर हेर् ।
And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him: 'Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward;
15 तैँले देखेका यी सबै भूमि, म तँलाई र तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई सदाको निम्ति दिनेछु ।
for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
16 म तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई पृथ्वीका धुलो जत्तिकै प्रशस्‍त बनाउनेछु, यसैले कसैले पृथ्वीको धूलोलाई गन्‍न सक्छ भने मात्र तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई गन्‍न सक्‍नेछ ।
And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth; so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
17 उठ्, भूमिको चारैतिर हिँड्, किनकि यो म तँलाई दिनेछु ।”
Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.'
18 यसैले अब्रामले आफ्नो पाल उठाए र मम्रेका फलाँटका रूखहरू नजिकै बसोबास गरे, जुन हेब्रोन थियो र त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी निर्माण गरे ।
And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the terebinths of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

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