Genesis
Chapter12
1TheLORDsaidtoAbram:＂Goforthfromthelandofyourkinsfolkandfromyourfather'shousetoalandthatIwillshowyou.
上主对亚巴郎说：＂离开你的故乡、你的家族和父家，往我指给你的地方去。
2＂Iwillmakeofyouagreatnation,andIwillblessyou;Iwillmakeyournamegreat,sothatyouwillbeablessing.
我要使你成为一个大民族，我必降福你，使你成名，成为一个福源。
31Iwillblessthosewhoblessyouandcursethosewhocurseyou.Allthecommunitiesoftheearthshallfindblessinginyou.＂
我要降福那祝福你的人，咒骂那咒骂你的人；地上万民都要因你获得祝福。＂
4AbramwentastheLORDdirectedhim,andLotwentwithhim.Abramwasseventy-fiveyearsoldwhenheleftHaran.
亚巴郎遂照上主的吩咐起了身，罗特也同他一起走了。亚巴郎离开哈兰时，已七十五岁。
52AbramtookhiswifeSarai,hisbrother'ssonLot,allthepossessionsthattheyhadaccumulated,andthepersonstheyhadacquiredinHaran,andtheysetoutforthelandofCanaan.WhentheycametothelandofCanaan,
他带了妻子撒辣依、他兄弟的儿子罗特和他在哈兰积蓄的财物，获得的仆婢，一同往客纳罕地去，终于到了客纳罕地。
6AbrampassedthroughthelandasfarasthesacredplaceatShechem,bytheterebinthofMoreh.(TheCanaaniteswerethenintheland.)
亚巴郎经过那地，直到了舍根地摩勒橡树区；当时客纳罕人尚住在那地方。
7TheLORDappearedtoAbramandsaid,＂ToyourdescendantsIwillgivethisland.＂SoAbrambuiltanaltartheretotheLORDwhohadappearedtohim.
上主显现给亚巴郎说：＂我要将这地方赐给你的后裔。＂亚巴郎就在那里给显现于他的上主，筑了一座祭坛。
8FromtherehemovedontothehillcountryeastofBethel,pitchinghistentwithBetheltothewestandAitotheeast.HebuiltanaltartheretotheLORDandinvokedtheLORDbyname.
从那里又迁移到贝特耳东面山区，在那里搭了帐幕，西有贝特耳，东有哈依；他在那里又为上主筑了一座祭坛，呼求上主的名。
93ThenAbramjourneyedonbystagestotheNegeb.
以后亚巴郎渐渐移往乃革布区。
10Therewasfamineintheland;soAbramwentdowntoEgypttosojournthere,sincethefamineinthelandwassevere.
其时那地方起了饥荒，亚巴郎遂下到埃及，寄居在那里，因为那地方饥荒十分严重。
11WhenhewasabouttoenterEgypt,hesaidtohiswifeSarai:＂Iknowwellhowbeautifulawomanyouare.
当他要进埃及时，对妻子撒辣依说：＂我知道你是个貌美的女人；
12WhentheEgyptiansseeyou,theywillsay,'Sheishiswife';thentheywillkillme,butletyoulive.
埃及人见了你，必要说：这是他的妻子；他们定要杀我，让你活着。
134Pleasesay,therefore,thatyouaremysister,sothatitmaygowellwithmeonyouraccountandmylifemaybesparedforyoursake.＂
所以请你说：你是我的妹妹，这样我因了你而必获优待，赖你的情面，保全我的生命。＂
14WhenAbramcametoEgypt,theEgyptianssawhowbeautifulthewomanwas;andwhenPharaoh'scourtierssawher,
果然，当亚巴郎一到了埃及，埃及人就注意了这女人实在美丽。
15theypraisedhertoPharaoh.SoshewastakenintoPharaoh'spalace.
法郎的朝臣也看见了她，就在法郎前赞她美丽；这女人就被带入法郎的宫中。
165OnheraccountitwentverywellwithAbram,andhereceivedflocksandherds,maleandfemaleslaves,maleandfemaleasses,andcamels.
亚巴郎因了她果然蒙了优待，得了些牛羊、公驴、仆婢、母驴和骆驼。
17ButtheLORDstruckPharaohandhishouseholdwithsevereplaguesbecauseofAbram'swifeSarai.
但是，上主为了亚巴郎的妻子撒辣依的事，降下大难打击了法郎和他全家。
18ThenPharaohsummonedAbramandsaidtohim:＂Howcouldyoudothistome!Whydidn'tyoutellmeshewasyourwife?
法郎遂叫亚巴郎来说：＂你对我作的是什么事？为什么你没有告诉我，她是你的妻子？
19Whydidyousay,'Sheismysister,'sothatItookherformywife?Here,then,isyourwife.Takeherandbegone!＂
为什么你说：她是我的妹妹，以致我娶了她做我的妻子？现在你的妻子在这里，你带她
20ThenPharaohgavemenordersconcerninghim,andtheysenthimonhisway,withhiswifeandallthatbelongedtohim.
去罢！＂
法郎于是吩咐人送走了亚巴郎和他的妻子以及他所有的一切。
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Footnotes(注解)
1[3]Shallfindblessinginyou:thesenseoftheHebrewexpressionisprobablyreflexive,＂shallblessthemselvesthroughyou＂(i.e.,ingivingablessingtheyshallsay,＂MayyoubeasblessedasAbraham＂),ratherthanpassive,＂shallbeblessedinyou.＂SincethetermisunderstoodinapassivesenseintheNewTestament(Acts3:25;Gal3:8),itisrenderedherebyaneutralexpressionthatadmitsofbothmeanings.SoalsointheblessingsgivenbyGodtoIsaac(Genesis26:4)andJacob(Genesis28:14).
2[5]Persons:slavesandretainersthatformedthesocialaggregateundertheleadershipofAbraham;cfGenesis14:14.
3[9]TheNegeb:thesemidesertlandofsouthernPalestine.
4[13]Youaremysister:althoughAbraham'sdeceitmaynotbefullydefensible,hisstatementwasatleastahalf-truth;Sarahwasindeedhisrelative,called＂asister＂inHebrew;cfGenesis20:12.Moreover,theancienttraditionsonwhichthisstoryandtheparallelonesinGenesis20:1-18;26:6-11arebased,probablycomefromtheHurriancustomofwife-sistermarriage.AmongtheHurrians,withwhomAbraham'sclanlivedinclosecontactatHaran,amancouldadopthiswifeashissisterandthusgiveherhigherstatus.
5[16]Camels:domesticatedcamelsprobablydidnotcomeintocommonuseintheancientNearEastuntiltheendofthemillenniumB.C.Thusthementionofcamelsatthetimeofthepatriarchs(Genesis24:11-64;30:43;31:17,34;32:8,16;37:25)isseeminglyananachronism.