उत्पत्ति 20
1 अब्राहाम त्यहाँबाट नेगेवको भूमितर्फ गए, र कादेश र शूरको बिचमा बसे । उनी गरारमा बसोबास गर्ने एक परदेशी थिए ।
Abraham traveled towards the Negev, staying between Kadesh and Shur. After that he moved on to live in Gerar.
2 अब्राहामले आफ्नी पत्नी साराको बारेमा यस्तो भनेका थिए, “यिनी मेरी बहिनी हुन् ।” यसैकारण गरारका राजा अबीमेलेकले सारालाई मानिसहरू पठाई आफूकहाँ ल्याए ।
During his time there, when Abraham told people about his wife Sarah, he said, “She's my sister.” So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her to become one of his wives.
3 तर परमप्रभु राती अबीमेलेकको सपनामा आउनुभयो, र तिनलाई भन्नुभयो, “सुन्, तैँले आफ्नो साथमा ल्याएको स्त्रीको कारण तँ श्रापित भएको छस्, किनभने त्यो अरू कसैकी पत्नी हो ।”
But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “Listen! You're going to die because the woman you've taken is already married—she has a husband.”
4 अबीमेलेक तिनको नजिक गएका थिएनन् र उनले भने, “परमप्रभु के तपाईंले धार्मिक जातिलाई पनि मार्नुहुन्छ र?
Abimelech hadn't touched Sarah, and he asked, “Lord, do you kill good people?
5 के त्यो आफैँले मलाई ‘यिनी मेरी बहिनी हुन्’ भनेर भनेको थिएन र? त्यस स्त्रीले पनि, ‘तिनी मेरा दाजु हुन्’ भनेर भनेकी थिई । मेरो हृदयको इमान्दारी र मेरा निर्दोष हातद्वारा मैले यो गेरको हुँ ।”
Didn't Abraham tell me himself, ‘She's my sister,’ and didn't Sarah also say, ‘He's my brother’? I did this in all innocence—my conscience is clear!”
6 त्यसपछि परमप्रभुले तिनलाई सपनामा भन्नुभयो, “हो, यो मलाई पनि थाहा छ, कि तैँले आफ्नो हृदयको इमान्दारीमा यो गरिस्, र मैले नै तँलाई मेरो विरूद्ध पाप गर्नबाट बचाएँ । यसैकारण मैले तँलाई त्यस स्त्रीलाई छुन दिइनँ ।
God told him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this in all innocence, so I prevented you from sinning against me. That's why I didn't let you touch her.
7 यसैकारण, त्यस मानिसकी पत्नीलाई फर्काइदे, किनभने त्यो एउटा अगमवक्ता हो । त्यसले तेरो निम्ति प्रार्थना गर्नेछ, र तँ बाँच्नेछस् । तर यदि तैँले त्यसलाई फर्काइनस् भने, यो थाहा गर्, कि तँ र तेरा सबै निश्चय नै मर्नेछन् ।”
Send the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet. He will pray for you, and you will live. But if you don't send her back to him, you should know for sure that you and all your family will die.”
8 अबीमेलेक बिहानै उठे र आफ्ना सबै नोकरहरूलाई बोलाए । तिनले यी सबै कुरा ती मानिसहरूलाई बताए, र तिनीहरू धेरै डराए ।
Abimelech got up early in the morning and called all his servants together. He explained everything that had happened, and they were all terrified.
9 त्यसपछि अबीमेलेकले अब्राहामलाई बोलाएर भने, “तिमीले यो हामीलाई के गर्यौ? मैले तिम्रो विरुद्धमा के पाप गरेको थिएँ जसको कारण तिमीले ममाथि र मेरो राज्यमाथि यति ठुलो पाप ल्यायौ? तिमीले मसित गर्न नहुने काम गर्यौ ।”
Then Abimelech summoned Abraham and asked him “What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you should treat me like this, bringing this terrible sin on me and my kingdom? You've done things to me that no one should ever do!”
10 अबीमेलेकले अब्राहामलाई भने, “के कुराले तिमीलाई यस्तो काम गर्न लगायो?”
Then Abimelech asked Abraham “What were you thinking when you did this?”
11 अब्राहामले भने, “किनभने यस ठाउँमा निश्चय नै परमप्रभुको कुनै भय छैन र तिनीहरूले मलाई मेरी पत्नीको कारणले मार्नेछन् भनी मैले विचार गरेँ ।
“Well, I thought to myself, ‘Nobody respects God in this place. They'll kill me just to get my wife,’” Abraham replied.
12 हुन त यिनी मेरो बुबाकी छोरी मेरी बहिनी हुन्, तर यिनी मेरी आमाकी छोरी होइनन्, र यिनी मेरी पत्नी भइन् ।
“Anyway, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father but not my mother, and I married her.
13 जब परमप्रभुले मलाई मेरो बुबाको घर त्यागेर एक ठाउँदेखि अर्को ठाउँ यात्रा गर्न लगाउनुभयो, मैले तिनलाई भनेँ, ‘तिमी मेरी पत्नी भएकी कारणले हामी जाने हरेक ठाउँमा, मेरो विषयमा “उनी मेरा दाजु हुन्” भन्ने बताएर तिमीले मेरो निम्ति विश्वसनीयता देखाउनू ।’”
Since my God made me move far away from my family home, I told her, ‘If you really love me, then wherever you go with me you must tell people: He's my brother.’”
14 त्यसपछि अबीमेलेकले अब्राहामलाई भेडाहरू, गोरुहरू, र कमारा-कमारीहरू दिए । तिनले अब्राहामकी पत्नी सारालाई पनि उनीकहाँ फर्काइदिए ।
Then Abimelech gave Abraham gifts of sheep, cattle, and male and female slaves, and returned his wife Sarah to him.
15 अबीमेलेकले भने, “हेर, मेरो भूमि तिम्रै अगि छ । जहाँ तिमीलाई मनपर्छ त्यहीँ बस ।”
Abimelech told him, “Look over my land. You can choose to live anywhere you like.”
16 सारालाई तिनले भने, “हेर, मैले तिम्रो दाजुलाई चाँदीका हजार सिक्काहरू दिएको छु । तिमीसँग भएका सबैका आँखामा तिम्रो विरुद्धमा भएका सबै दोष ढाक्न मैले यो गरेको हुँ, र सबैको अगि तिमीलाई पूर्ण रूपमा सही ठहराएको छु ।”
Abimelech also told Sarah, “Notice that I'm giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. This is to compensate you for the wrong done to you in the eyes of everyone with you, and to make sure that your name is publicly cleared.”
17 त्यसपछि अब्राहामले परमप्रभुसँग प्रार्थना गरे, र उहाँले अबीमेलेक, तिनकी पत्नी, र तिनका कमारीहरूलाई निको पार्नुभयो र तिनीहरूले छोरीछोरी जन्माउन सके ।
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves, so that they could have children again.
18 किनभने अब्राहामकी पत्नी साराको कारण अबीमेलेकको घरानाका सबै स्त्रीलाई परमप्रभुले बाँझी बनाउनुभएको थियो ।
For the Lord had made all the women unable to have children because Abraham's wife, Sarah, had been taken.
