1 Mosebok 12
1 Då sagde Herren til Abram: «Far no du ut or landet ditt, burt ifrå folket og farshuset ditt, og til det landet som eg vil syna deg.
Now the Lord said to Abram, Go out from your country and from your family and from your father's house, into the land to which I will be your guide:
2 Og eg vil gjera deg til eit stort folk, og velsigna deg, og gjera namnet ditt stort. Du skal verta ei velsigning!
And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:
3 Og eg vil velsigna deim som velsignar deg, og den som bannar deg, vil eg forbanna; og i deg skal alle folk på jordi velsignast.»
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.
4 So tok Abram ut, som Herren hadde sagt honom fyre, og Lot var med honom. Og Abram var fem og sytti år gamall, då han flutte frå Kharan.
So Abram went as the Lord had said to him, and Lot went with him: Abram was seventy-five years old when he went away from Haran.
5 Og Abram tok med seg Saraj, kona si, og Lot, brorson sin, og alt godset dei hadde vunne, og det folket dei hadde fenge i Kharan, og dei tok ut og vilde fara til Kana’ans-land, og dei kom til Kana’ans-land.
And Abram took Sarai, his wife, and Lot, his brother's son, and all their goods and the servants which they had got in Haran, and they went out to go to the land of Canaan.
6 Og Abram for framigjenom landet, alt til Sikemsbygdi, til Spåmannseiki. Og kananitarne budde då der i landet.
And Abram went through the land till he came to Shechem, to the holy tree of Moreh. At that time, the Canaanites were still living in the land.
7 Då synte Herren seg for Abram og sagde: «Dette landet vil eg gjeva ætti di!» Og Abram bygde der eit altar for Herren, som hadde synt seg for honom.
And the Lord came to Abram, and said, I will give all this land to your seed; then Abram made an altar there to the Lord who had let himself be seen by him.
8 Derifrå flutte han til fjelli austanfor Betel, og sette upp tjeldbudi si so han hadde Betel i vest og Aj i aust. Og der bygde han Herren eit altar, og kalla på Herren.
And moving on from there to the mountain on the east of Beth-el, he put up his tent, having Beth-el on the west and Ai on the east: and there he made an altar and gave worship to the name of the Lord.
9 Sidan muna Abram seg etter kvart framigjenom til sudlandet.
And he went on, journeying still to the South.
10 So vart det uår i landet. Då for Abram ned til Egyptarland, og vilde halda til der; for naudi var stor i landet.
And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.
11 Då det leid so langt at dei mest var komne til Egyptarland, sagde han til Saraj, kona si: «Høyr no her du! Eg veit at du er ei fager kona.
Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;
12 Og det kjem til å ganga so, at når egyptarane fær sjå deg, so segjer dei: «Dette er kona hans, » og so slær dei meg i hel, men deg let dei liva.
And I am certain that when the men of Egypt see you, they will say, This is his wife: and they will put me to death and keep you.
13 Kjære deg, seg du er syster mi, so det kann ganga meg vel for di skuld, og eg ikkje skal missa livet!»
Say, then, that you are my sister, and so it will be well with me because of you, and my life will be kept safe on your account.
14 Då so Abram kom fram til Egyptarland, såg egyptarane kona, og tykte ho var ovfager.
And so it was that when Abram came into Egypt, the men of Egypt, looking on the woman, saw that she was fair.
15 Og hovdingarne åt Farao såg henne, og rosa henne for Farao. So vart kona henta til huset åt Farao.
And Pharaoh's great men, having seen her, said words in praise of her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house.
16 Og Abram gjorde han vel imot for hennar skuld, og han fekk både sauer og naut og asen og drengjer og gjentor og asenfyljor og kamelar.
And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.
17 Men Herren søkte Farao og huset hans med svære plågor for Saraj skuld, kona hans Abram.
And the Lord sent great troubles on Pharaoh's house because of Sarai, Abram's wife.
18 Og Farao kalla Abram til seg og sagde: «Kva er det du hev gjort imot meg! Kvi let du meg ikkje vita at ho var kona di?
Then Pharaoh sent for Abram, and said, What have you done to me? why did you not say that she was your wife?
19 Kvi sagde du at ho var syster di, so eg tok henne og vilde havt henne til kona? Sjå der hev du kona di! Tak henne og far din veg!»
Why did you say that she was your sister? so that I took her for my wife: now, take your wife and go on your way.
20 Og Farao sette nokre menner til å fylgja honom ut or landet med kona hans og alt det han åtte.
And Pharaoh gave orders to his men, and they sent him on his way, with his wife and all he had.
