Бытие 24
1 Авраам же бяше стар, заматеревший во днех: и Господь благослови Авраама во всех.
Now Abraham was very old and Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.
2 И рече Авраам рабу своему старейшему дому своего, обладающему всеми его: положи руку твою под стегно мое,
Abraham said to his servant, the one who was the oldest of his household and who was in charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh
3 и заклену тя Господем Богом небесе и Богом земли, да не поймеши сыну моему Исааку жены от дщерей Хананейских, с нимиже аз живу в них:
and I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I make my home.
4 но токмо на землю мою, идеже родихся, пойдеши, и ко племени моему, и поймеши жену сыну моему Исааку оттуду.
But you will go to my country, and to my relatives, and get a wife for my son Isaac.”
5 Рече же к нему раб: еда убо не восхощет ити жена вслед со мною на землю сию, возвращу ли сына твоего в землю, от неяже изшел еси?
The servant said to him, “What if the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land? Must I take your son back to the land from which you came?”
6 Рече же к нему Авраам: внемли себе, да не возвратиши сына моего онамо.
Abraham said to him, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there!
7 Господь Бог небесе и Бог земли, Иже поя мя из дому отца моего и от земли, в нейже родихся, Иже глагола мне и Иже кляся мне, глаголя: тебе дам землю сию и семени твоему, Той послет Ангела Своего пред тобою, и поймеши жену сыну моему Исааку оттуду:
Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my relatives, and who promised me with a solemn oath saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land,' he will send his angel before you, and you will get a wife for my son from there.
8 аще же не восхощет жена поити с тобою в землю сию, чист будеши от заклятия моего: точию сына моего не возврати тамо.
But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine. Only you are not to take my son back there.”
9 И положи раб руку свою под стегно Авраама господина своего, и кляся ему о словеси сем.
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.
10 И взя раб десять велблюд от велблюд господина своего, и от всех благ господина своего с собою, и востав иде в Месопотамию во град Нахоров:
The servant took ten of his master's camels and departed. He also took with him all kinds of gifts from his master. He departed and went to the region of Aram Naharaim, to the city of Nahor.
11 и постави велблюды вне града у кладязя воднаго под вечер, егда исходят (жены) почерпати воды,
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water. It was evening, the time that women go out to draw water.
12 и рече: Господи, Боже господина моего Авраама, благоустрой предо мною днесь, и сотвори милость с господином моим Авраамом:
Then he said, “Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, grant me success today and show covenant faithfulness to my master Abraham.
13 се, аз стах у кладязя воднаго, дщери же живущих во граде исходят почерпати воды:
Look, here I am standing by the spring of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.
14 и будет девица, ейже аз реку: преклони водонос твой, да пию, и речет ми: пий ты, и велблюды твоя напою, дондеже напиются: сию уготовал еси рабу Твоему Исааку: и по сему увем, яко сотворил еси милость с господином моим Авраамом.
Let it happen like this. When I say to a young woman, 'Please lower your pitcher so that I may drink,' and she says to me, 'Drink, and I will water your camels too,' then let her be the one that you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown covenant faithfulness to my master.”
15 И бысть прежде неже скончати ему глаголющу во уме своем, и се, Ревекка исхождаше, яже родися Вафуилу, сыну Мелхи жены Нахора, брата же Авраамля, держащи водонос на рамех своих:
It came about that even before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah came out with her water pitcher on her shoulder. Rebekah was born to Bethuel son of Milkah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother.
16 девица же бяше доброзрачна зело: дева бе, муж не позна ея. Сошедши же на кладязь, наполни водонос свой и взыде.
The young woman was very beautiful and a virgin. No man had slept with her. She went down to the spring and filled her pitcher, and came up.
17 Тече же раб во сретение ей и рече: напой мя мало водою от водоноса твоего.
Then the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please give me a little drink of water from your pitcher.”
18 Сия же рече: пий, господине. И потщася, и сня водонос на мышца своя, и напои его, дондеже напися.
She said, “Drink, my master,” and she quickly let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him a drink.
19 И рече: и велблюдом твоим налию, дондеже вси напиются.
When she had finished giving him a drink, she said, “I will draw water for your camels also, until they have finished drinking.”
20 И потщася, и испраздни водонос в поило: и тече паки на кладязь почерпнути воды, и влия велблюдом всем.
So she hurried and emptied her pitcher into the trough, then ran again to the well to draw water, and drew water for all his camels.
21 Человек же выразумеваше ю и помолчеваше, да уразумеет, аще благоустрои Бог путь ему, или ни.
The man watched her in silence to see whether Yahweh had prospered his journey or not.
22 Бысть же егда престаша вси велблюды пиюще, взя человек усерязи златы весом по драхме и два запястия на руки ея: десять златниц вес их.
As the camels finished drinking, the man brought out a gold nose ring weighing half a shekel, and two gold bracelets for her arms weighing ten shekels,
23 И вопроси ю и рече: чия еси дщерь? Повеждь ми, аще есть у отца твоего место нам витати?
and asked, “Whose daughter are you? Tell me please, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?”
24 Она же рече ему: дщерь Вафуилева есмь (сына) Мелхина, егоже роди Нахору.
She said to him, “I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milkah, whom she bore to Nahor.”
25 И рече ему: и плевы и сена много у нас, и место витати.
She also said to him, “We have plenty of both straw and feed, and also room for you to spend the night.”
26 И благословив человек, поклонися Господу
Then the man bowed down and worshiped Yahweh.
27 и рече: благословен Господь Бог господина моего Авраама, Иже не остави правды Своея и истины от господина моего: и мене благоустрои Господь в дом брата господина моего.
He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his covenant faithfulness and his trustworthiness toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me directly to the house of my master's relatives.”
28 И текши девица в дом матере своея, поведа по глаголом сим.
Then the young woman ran and told her mother's household about all of these things.
29 Ревекце же бяше брат, емуже имя Лаван: и тече Лаван к человеку вон на кладязь.
Now Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran to the man who was out at the road by the spring.
30 И бысть егда виде усерязи, и запястия на руку сестры своея, и егда слыша словеса Ревекки сестры своея, глаголющия: сице глагола мне человек: и прииде к человеку, стоящу ему у велблюд у кладязя,
When he had seen the nose ring and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and when he had heard the words of Rebekah his sister, “This is what the man said to me,” he went to the man, and, behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.
31 и рече ему: гряди, вниди благословенный от Господа, почто стоиши вне? Аз же уготовах храмину и место велблюдом.
Then Laban said, “Come, you blessed of Yahweh. Why are you standing outside? I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels.”
32 И вниде человек в дом, и разседла велблюды, и даде плевы и сено велблюдом, и воду умыти нозе его, и ноги мужем, иже бяху с ним:
So the man came to the house and he unloaded the camels. The camels were given straw and feed, and water was provided to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
33 и предложи им хлебы ясти, и рече: не ям, дондеже возглаголю словеса моя. И рече: глаголи.
They set food before him to eat, but he said, “I will not eat until I have said what I have to say.” So Laban said, “Speak on.”
34 И рече: раб Авраамль есмь аз:
He said, “I am Abraham's servant.
35 Господь же благослови господина моего зело, и возвысися: и даде ему овцы и телцы, сребро и злато, рабы и рабыни, и велблюды и ослы:
Yahweh has blessed my master very much and he has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
36 и роди Сарра, жена господина моего, сына единаго господину моему, состаревшемуся ему, и даде ему елика имяше:
Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old, and he has given everything that he owns to him.
37 и закля мя господин мой, глаголя: не поймеши жены сыну моему от дщерей Хананейских, в нихже аз обитаю в земли их:
My master made me swear, saying, 'You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I make my home.
38 но в дом отца моего пойдеши, и в племя мое, и поймеши жену сыну моему оттуду:
Instead, you must go to my father's family, and to my relatives, and get a wife for my son.'
39 рех же (аз) господину моему: а егда не восхощет жена со мною ити?
I said to my master, 'Perhaps the woman will not follow me.'
40 И рече ми: Господь Бог, Емуже благоугодих пред ним, он послет Ангела Своего с тобою и благоустроит путь твой, и поймеши жену сыну моему от племене моего и от дому отца моего:
But he said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you and he will prosper your way, so that you will get a wife for my son from among my relatives and from my father's family line.
41 тогда будеши чист от заклинания моего: егда бо дойдеши в племя мое, и не дадят ти, и будеши чист от заклинания моего:
But you will be free from my oath if you come to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from my oath.'
42 и пришед днесь на кладязь, рекох: Господи, Боже господина моего Авраама, аще Ты благоустрояеши путь мой, в оньже ныне аз иду:
So I arrived today at the spring, and said, 'O Yahweh, God of my master Abraham, please, if you do indeed intend to make my journey successful—
43 се, аз стах у кладязя воднаго, и дщери граждан исходят почерпати воды: и будет девица, ейже аще аз реку: напой мя от водоноса твоего мало водою:
here I am, standing by the spring of water—let the young woman who comes out to draw water, the woman to whom I say, “Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,”
44 и речет ми: и ты пий, и велблюдом твоим влию: сия (будет) жена, юже уготова Господь рабу Своему Исааку: и по сему уразумею, яко сотворил еси милость господину моему Аврааму.
the woman who says to me, “Drink, and I will also draw water for your camels”—let her be the woman whom you, Yahweh, have chosen for my master's son.'
45 И бысть прежде неже скончати мне глаголющу во уме своем, абие Ревекка исхождаше держащи водонос на раму, и сниде на кладязь, и почерпе воды: и рекох ей: напой мя.
Even before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her pitcher on her shoulder and she went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'
46 И потщавшися сня водонос с себе на мышцу свою и рече: пий ты, и велблюды твоя напою. И напихся, и велблюды моя напои.
She quickly lowered her pitcher from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I will give your camels water also.' So I drank, and she watered the camels also.
47 И вопросих ю и рекох: чия еси дщерь? Повеждь ми. Она же рече: дщерь Вафуилева есмь сына Нахорова, егоже роди ему Мелха. И дах ей усерязи, и запястия на руце ея,
I asked her and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milkah bore to him.' Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms.
48 и благоволив поклонихся Господу: и благослових Господа Бога господина моего Авраама, Иже благоустрои мя на пути истины пояти дщерь брата господина моего сыну его:
Then I bowed down and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me by the right way to find the daughter of my master's relative for his son.
49 аще убо сотворите вы милость и правду к господину моему: аще же ни, поведите ми: да обращуся или на десно, или на лево.
Now therefore, if you are prepared to show covenant faithfulness and trustworthiness to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me, so that I may turn to the right hand or to the left.”
50 Отвещавша же Лаван и Вафуил, рекоста: от Господа прииде дело сие: не возможем ти противу рещи зло или благо:
Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, “The thing has come from Yahweh; we cannot speak to you either bad or good.
51 се, Ревекка пред тобою: поемь ю, иди: и да будет жена сыну господина твоего, якоже глагола Господь.
Look, Rebekah is before you. Take her and go, so she may be the wife of your master's son, as Yahweh has spoken.”
52 Бысть же егда услыша раб Авраамль словеса сия, поклонися до земли Господу.
When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the ground to Yahweh.
53 И изнес раб сосуды златы и сребряны и ризы, даде Ревекце: и дары даде брату ея и матери ея.
The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and to her mother.
54 И ядоша и пиша и той и мужие, иже бяху с ним, и почиша. И востав заутра, рече: отпустите мя, да отиду к господину моему.
Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank. They stayed there overnight, and when they arose in the morning, he said, “Send me away to my master.”
55 Реша же братия ея и мати: да пребудет девица с нами яко десять дний, и посем пойдет.
Her brother and her mother said, “Let the young woman stay with us for a few more days, at least ten. After that she may go.”
56 Он же рече к ним: не держите мя, Господь бо благоустрои путь мой во мне: отпустите мя, да иду к господину моему.
But he said to them, “Do not hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me on my way so that I may go to my master.”
57 Они же реша: призовем девицу и вопросим ея изоуст.
They said, “We will call the young woman and ask her.”
58 И призваша Ревекку и реша ей: пойдеши ли с человеком сим? Она же рече: пойду.
So they called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” She replied, “I will go.”
59 И отпустиша Ревекку сестру свою, и имения ея, и раба Авраамля, и иже с ним быша.
So they sent their sister Rebekah, along with her female servant, on her journey with Abraham's servant and his men.
60 И благословиша Ревекку и реша ей: сестра наша еси, буди в тысящы тем, и да наследит семя твое грады супостат.
They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, “Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and may your descendants possess the gate of those who hate them.”
61 Воставши же Ревекка и рабыни ея, вседоша на велблюды и поидоша с человеком. И поим раб Ревекку, отиде.
Then Rebekah arose, and she and her servant girls mounted the camels, and followed the man. Thus the servant took Rebekah, and went his way.
62 Исаак же прехождаше сквозе пустыню у кладязя Видения: сам же живяше на земли на полудне.
Now Isaac was living in the Negev, and had just returned from Beer Lahai Roi.
63 И изыде Исаак поглумитися на поле к вечеру, и воззрев очима своима, виде велблюды идущыя.
Isaac went out to meditate in the field in the evening. When he looked up and saw, behold, there were camels coming!
64 И воззревши Ревекка очима своима, виде Исаака: и изскочи с велблюда.
Rebekah looked, and when she saw Isaac, she jumped down from the camel.
65 И рече рабу: кто есть человек оный, иже идет по полю во сретение нам? Рече же раб: сей есть господин мой. Она же вземши ризу летнюю, облечеся.
She said to the servant, “Who is that man who is walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my master.” So she took her veil, and covered herself.
66 И поведа раб Исааку вся словеса, яже сотвори.
The servant recounted to Isaac all the things that he had done.
67 Вниде же Исаак в дом матере своея, и поя Ревекку, и бысть ему жена: и возлюби ю, и утешися Исаак по Сарре матери своей.
Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent and took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
