Бытие 20
1 И пойде оттуду Авраам на землю полуденную и вселися между Кадисом и между Суром: и обита в Герарех.
Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.
2 Рече же Авраам о Сарре жене своей, яко сестра ми есть: убояся бо рещи, яко жена ми есть, да не когда убиют его мужие градстии ея ради. Посла же Авимелех царь Герарский и взя Сарру.
While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.
3 И прииде Бог ко Авимелеху нощию во сне и рече ему: се, ты умираеши жены ради сея, юже поял еси: сия же есть сожителствующая мужу.
But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”
4 Авимелех же не прикоснуся ей и рече: Господи, язык неведущий и праведен погубиши ли?
But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?
5 Не сам ли ми рече: сестра ми есть? И сия ми рече: брат ми есть? Чистым сердцем и в правде рук сотворих сие.
He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”
6 Рече же ему Бог во сне: и Аз познах, яко чистым сердцем сотворил еси сие, и пощадех тя, да не согрешиши ко Мне: сего ради не попустих ти коснутися ея:
God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.
7 ныне же отдаждь жену мужу, яко пророк есть, и помолится о тебе, и жив будеши: аще же не отдаси, веждь, яко умреши ты и вся твоя.
Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”
8 И воста рано Авимелех, и призва вся отроки своя, и глагола словеса сия вся во ушы их: убояшася же вси человецы зело.
Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].
9 И призва Авимелех Авраама и рече ему: что сие сотворил еси нам? Еда что согрешихом тебе, яко навел еси на мя и на царство мое грех велик? Дело, еже никтоже сотвори, сотворил еси мне.
Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”
10 И рече Авимелех Аврааму: что умыслив, сотворил еси сие?
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”
11 Рече же Авраам: рекох бо: негли несть благочестия на месте сем: и убиют мя жены ради моея:
Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’
12 ибо истинно сестра ми есть по отцу, а не по матери: бысть же ми в жену:
Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.
13 и бысть егда изведе мя Бог от дому отца моего, и рех ей: правду сию сотвориши ми: во всяко место, идеже аще приидем, тамо рцы о мне, яко брат ми есть.
Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”
14 Взя же Авимелех тысящу дидрахм (сребра), и овцы, и телцы, и рабы, и рабыни, и даде Аврааму: и отдаде ему Сарру жену его.
So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.
15 И рече Авимелех Аврааму: се, земля моя пред тобою: идеже аще тебе угодно есть, вселися.
And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”
16 Сарре же рече: се, дах тысящу дидрахм брату твоему: сия будут тебе в честь лица твоего, и всем, яже суть с тобою, и во всем истинствуй.
And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”
17 Помолися же Авраам Богу, и исцели Бог Авимелеха и жену его и рабыни его, и начаша раждати:
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.
18 яко заключая заключи Господь от внеуду всяка ложесна в дому Авимелеха, Сарры ради жены Авраамли.
This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.
