Génesis 22
1 Después de esto aconteció que ʼElohim probó a Abraham, y le dijo: ¡Abraham! Él respondió: Aquí estoy.
Several years later, God tested Abraham [to find out] whether Abraham [really trusted in him and would obey him]. He called out to Abraham, and Abraham replied, “I’m here.”
2 [ʼElohim] le dijo: Toma ahora a tu único hijo Isaac y vé a la tierra de Moriah. Y tú mismo sacrifícalo allí en holocausto sobre una de las montañas que Yo te diré.
God said, “Your son, Isaac, whom you love very much, is the only son [who is still here with you]. But take him and go together to the Moriah region. Offer him as a sacrifice like a burnt offering, on a hill that I will show you.”
3 Abraham se levantó temprano por la mañana, enalbardó su asno y tomó consigo a dos de sus esclavos jóvenes y a su hijo Isaac. Luego cortó leña para el holocausto, se levantó, y fue al lugar que ʼElohim le dijo.
So Abraham got up early the next morning, put a saddle on his donkey, and took with him two of his servants along with his son, Isaac. He also chopped some wood to kindle a fire for a burnt offering. Then they started traveling to the place God told him about.
4 Al tercer día Abraham levantó sus ojos y divisó el lugar desde lejos.
On the third day of their travels, Abraham looked up and saw in the distance the place where God wanted him to go.
5 Y Abraham dijo a sus esclavos jóvenes: Permanezcan aquí con el asno. Yo y el muchacho iremos hasta allá y nos postraremos. Después regresaremos a ustedes.
Abraham said to his servants, “You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go over there. We will worship God there, and then we will come back to you.”
6 Entonces Abraham tomó la leña para el holocausto y la cargó sobre su hijo Isaac. Luego tomó en su mano el fuego y el cuchillo, y ambos caminaban juntos.
Then Abraham took the wood to kindle a fire for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac, for him to carry. Abraham carried in his hand a [pan containing burning coals to start a] fire, and a knife, and the two of them walked along together.
7 Isaac habló a su padre Abraham: Padre mío. Y él respondió: Aquí estoy, hijo mío. Y le dijo: Mira, está el fuego y la leña, pero ¿dónde está el cordero para el holocausto?
Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham, saying, “My father!” Abraham replied, “Yes, my son, I’m here!” Isaac said, “Look, we have wood and [coals to light] a fire, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”
8 Abraham respondió: ʼElohim se proveerá el cordero para el holocausto, hijo mío. Y ambos caminaban juntos.
Abraham replied, “My son, God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.” So the two of them continued walking along together.
9 Cuando llegaron al lugar que ʼElohim le dijo, Abraham construyó allí el altar y preparó la leña. Luego ató a su hijo Isaac y lo puso sobre el altar, encima de la leña.
They arrived at the place God had told him about. There, Abraham built a stone altar and arranged the wood on top of it. Then he tied his son Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.
10 Extendió Abraham su mano y tomó el cuchillo para degollar a su hijo.
Then Abraham took the knife and reached out to kill his son.
11 Pero el Ángel de Yavé lo llamó desde el cielo: ¡Abraham! ¡Abraham! Y él respondió: ¡Aquí estoy!
But an angel [who was really Yahweh] called to him from heaven and said, “Abraham! Abraham!” Abraham replied, “I’m here!”
12 El Ángel le dijo: No extiendas tu mano sobre el muchacho. Nada le hagas, pues ya entiendo que eres temeroso de ʼElohim por cuanto no me rehusaste a tu único hijo.
The angel said, “Do not harm the boy or do anything to injure him, because now I know that you respect and obey God. I know that because you have not refused to sacrifice your son, the only son [who is still with you].”
13 Entonces Abraham levantó los ojos, y ahí mismo detrás, vio en el zarzal un carnero trabado por los cuernos. Abraham fue y tomó el carnero, y lo sacrificó en holocausto en lugar de su hijo.
Then Abraham looked up and saw that a ram was nearby, whose horns had been caught in a (thicket/clump of bushes). So Abraham went over and grabbed the ram [and killed it], and sacrificed it on the altar as a burnt offering, instead of his son.
14 Abraham llamó a aquel lugar Yavé Yireh. Por eso se dice hoy: En la Montaña de Yavé será provisto.
Abraham named that place ‘Yahweh will provide’. And to the present day, people say, “On Yahweh’s mountain, he will provide.”
15 El Ángel de Yavé llamó a Abraham por segunda vez desde el cielo
The angel [who was really Yahweh] called out to Abraham from heaven a second time.
16 y le habló: Yavé dice: Por Mí mismo juré que porque hiciste esto y no me rehusaste a tu único hijo,
He said, “I, Yahweh your Lord, am telling you that you did what I told you, and you have not refused to sacrifice your only son [that is with you]. So I say, ‘I solemnly swear, with myself as my witness,
17 ciertamente te bendeciré. Multiplicaré muchísimo tu descendencia, como las estrellas del cielo y como la arena que está en la orilla del mar. Tu descendencia poseerá la puerta de sus enemigos,
that some day your descendants will be as numerous as the stars in the sky and the grains of sand on the seashore. And your descendants will defeat their enemies and capture their cities [SYN].’
18 y en tu descendencia serán bendecidas todas las naciones de la tierra, por cuanto obedeciste mi voz.
You obeyed me, so by means of your descendants the people of all the nations on the earth will be blessed.”
19 Abraham regresó a sus jóvenes esclavos. Luego se levantaron y fueron juntos hacia Beerseba. Y vivió Abraham en Beerseba.
Then Abraham and Isaac returned to where his servants were waiting, and they went back home together to Beersheba, and Abraham stayed there.
20 Después de estas cosas ocurrió que se informó a Abraham: Mira, también Milca ha dado hijos a Nacor tu hermano:
After these things happened, someone told Abraham, “Your brother Nahor’s wife, Milcah, has also given birth to children. She has eight sons.”
21 a Uz su primogénito, a Buz, hermano de éste, a Kemuel, padre de Aram,
The oldest son was Uz. The next was Buz. After him was Kemuel, the father of Aram.
22 y a Quesed, a Hazo, a Pildas, a Jidlaf y a Betuel.
After Kemuel was Kesad, then Hazo, then Pildash, then Jidlaph, then Bethuel,
23 Betuel engendró a Rebeca. Milca dio a luz estos ocho a Nacor, hermano de Abraham.
who was the father of Rebekah, [who later became Isaac’s wife]. Those were the eight sons of Milcah, wife of Abraham’s brother, Nahor.
24 Su concubina, cuyo nombre era Reúma, también dio a luz a Tebah, a Gaham, a Tahas y a Maaca.
Nahor also had a (concubine/female slave whom he took as a wife), whose name was Beumah. She gave birth to four sons: Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.
