创世记-Genesis第24章

乐园李老师

创24:1  亚伯拉罕年纪老迈，向来在一切事上耶和华都赐福给他。
Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.

创24:2  亚伯拉罕对管理他全业最老的仆人说，请你把手放在我大腿底下。
He said to the chief servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, 'Put your hand under my thigh.

创24:3  我要叫你指着耶和华天地的主起誓，不要为我儿子娶这迦南地中的女子为妻。
I want you to swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

创24:4  你要往我本地本族去，为我的儿子以撒娶一个妻子。
but will go to my country and my own relatives and get a wife for my son Isaac.'

创24:5  仆人对他说，倘若女子不肯跟我到这地方来，我必须将你的儿子带回你原出之地吗？
The servant asked him, 'What if the woman is unwilling to come back with me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the country you came from?'

创24:6  亚伯拉罕对他说，你要谨慎，不要带我的儿子回那里去。
'Make sure that you do not take my son back there,' Abraham said.

创24:7  耶和华天上的主曾带领我离开父家和本族的地，对我说话，向我起誓说，我要将这地赐给你的后裔。他必差遣使者在你面前，你就可以从那里为我儿子娶一个妻子。
'The Lord , the God of heaven, who brought me out of my father's household and my native land and who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, 'To your offspring I will give this land'-he will send his angel before you so that you can get a wife for my son from there.

创24:8  倘若女子不肯跟你来，我使你起的誓就与你无干了，只是不可带我的儿子回那里去。
If the woman is unwilling to come back with you, then you will be released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.'

创24:9  仆人就把手放在他主人亚伯拉罕的大腿底下，为这事向他起誓。
So the servant put his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

创24:10 那仆人从他主人的骆驼里取了十匹骆驼，并带些他主人各样的财物，起身往米所波大米去，到了拿鹤的城。
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.


创24:11 天将晚，众女子出来打水的时候，他便叫骆驼跪在城外的水井那里。
He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.

创24:12 他说，耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的神阿，求你施恩给我主人亚伯拉罕，使我今日遇见好机会。
Then he prayed, 'O Lord , God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

创24:13 我现今站在井旁，城内居民的女子们正出来打水。
See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

创24:14 我向哪一个女子说，请你拿下水瓶来，给我水喝，她若说，请喝，我也给你的骆驼喝，愿那女子就作你所预定给你仆人以撒的妻。这样，我便知道你施恩给我主人了。
May it be that when I say to a girl, 'Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too'-let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master.'

创24:15 话还没有说完，不料，利百加肩头上扛着水瓶出来。利百加是彼土利所生的。彼土利是亚伯拉罕兄弟拿鹤妻子密迦的儿子。
Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

创24:16 那女子容貌极其俊美，还是处女，也未曾有人亲近她。她下到井旁，打满了瓶，又上来。
The girl was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever lain with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

创24:17 仆人跑上前去迎着她，说，求你将瓶里的水给我一点喝。
The servant hurried to meet her and said, 'Please give me a little water from your jar.'

创24:18 女子说，我主请喝，就急忙拿下瓶来，托在手上给他喝。
'Drink, my lord,' she said, and quickly lowered the jar to her hands and gave him a drink.


创24:19 女子给他喝了，就说，我再为你的骆驼打水，叫骆驼也喝足。
After she had given him a drink, she said, 'I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have finished drinking.'

创24:20 她就急忙把瓶里的水倒在槽里，又跑到井旁打水，就为所有的骆驼打上水来。
So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, ran back to the well to draw more water, and drew enough for all his camels.

创24:21 那人定睛看她，一句话也不说，要晓得耶和华赐他通达的道路没有。
Without saying a word, the man watched her closely to learn whether or not the Lord had made his journey successful.

创24:22 骆驼喝足了，那人就拿一个金环，重半舍客勒，两个金镯，重十舍客勒，给了那女子，
When the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels.

创24:23 说，请告诉我，你是谁的女儿，你父亲家里有我们住宿的地方没有。
Then he asked, 'Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?'

创24:24 女子说，我是密迦与拿鹤之子彼土利的女儿。
She answered him, 'I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son that Milcah bore to Nahor.'

创24:25 又说，我们家里足有粮草，也有住宿的地方。
And she added, 'We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night.'

创24:26 那人就低头向耶和华下拜，
Then the man bowed down and worshiped the Lord ,


创24:27 说，耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的神是应当称颂的，因他不断地以慈爱诚实待我主人。至于我，耶和华在路上引领我，直走到我主人的兄弟家里。
saying, 'Praise be to the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his kindness and faithfulness to my master. As for me, the Lord has led me on the journey to the house of my master's relatives.'

创24:28 女子跑回去，照着这些话告诉她母亲和她家里的人。
The girl ran and told her mother's household about these things.

创24:29 利百加有一个哥哥，名叫拉班，看见金环，又看见金镯在他妹子的手上，并听见他妹子利百加的话，说那人对我如此如此说。拉班就跑出来往井旁去，到那人跟前，见他仍站在骆驼旁边的井旁那里。
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he hurried out to the man at the spring.
创24:30
As soon as he had seen the nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and had heard Rebekah tell what the man said to her, he went out to the man and found him standing by the camels near the spring.

创24:31 便对他说，你这蒙耶和华赐福的，请进来，为什么站在外边？我已经收拾了房屋，也为骆驼预备了地方。
'Come, you who are blessed by the Lord ,' he said. 'Why are you standing out here? I have prepared the house and a place for the camels.'

创24:32 那人就进了拉班的家。拉班卸了骆驼，用草料喂上，拿水给那人和跟随的人洗脚，
So the man went to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and fodder were brought for the camels, and water for him and his men to wash their feet.

创24:33 把饭摆在他面前，叫他吃，他却说，我不吃，等我说明白我的事情再吃。拉班说，请说。
Then food was set before him, but he said, 'I will not eat until I have told you what I have to say.' 'Then tell us,' Laban said.

创24:34 他说，我是亚伯拉罕的仆人。
So he said, 'I am Abraham's servant.

创24:35 耶和华大大地赐福给我主人，使他昌大，又赐给他羊群，牛群，金银，仆婢，骆驼，和驴。
The Lord has blessed my master abundantly, and he has become wealthy. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, and camels and donkeys.


创24:36 我主人的妻子撒拉年老的时候给我主人生了一个儿子。我主人也将一切所有的都给了这个儿子。
My master's wife Sarah has borne him a son in her old age, and he has given him everything he owns.

创24:37 我主人叫我起誓说，你不要为我儿子娶迦南地的女子为妻。
And my master made me swear an oath, and said, 'You must not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

创24:38 你要往我父家，我本族那里去，为我的儿子娶一个妻子。
but go to my father's family and to my own clan, and get a wife for my son.'

创24:39 我对我主人说，恐怕女子不肯跟我来。
'Then I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not come back with me?'

创24:40 他就说，我所事奉的耶和华必要差遣他的使者与你同去，叫你的道路通达，你就得以在我父家，我本族那里，给我的儿子娶一个妻子。
'He replied, 'The Lord , before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, so that you can get a wife for my son from my own clan and from my father's family.

创24:41 只要你到了我本族那里，我使你起的誓就与你无干。他们若不把女子交给你，我使你起的誓也与你无干。
Then, when you go to my clan, you will be released from my oath even if they refuse to give her to you-you will be released from my oath.'

创24:42 我今日到了井旁，便说，耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的神阿，愿你叫我所行的道路通达。
'When I came to the spring today, I said, 'O Lord , God of my master Abraham, if you will, please grant success to the journey on which I have come.

创24:43 我如今站在井旁，对那一个出来打水的女子说，请你把你瓶里的水给我一点喝。
See, I am standing beside this spring; if a maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, 'Please let me drink a little water from your jar,'


创24:44 她若说，你只管喝，我也为你的骆驼打水。愿那女子就作耶和华给我主人儿子所预定的妻。
and if she says to me, 'Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels too,' let her be the one the Lord has chosen for my master's son.'

创24:45 我心里的话还没有说完，利百加就出来，肩头上扛着水瓶，下到井旁打水。我便对她说，请你给我水喝。
'Before I finished praying in my heart, Rebekah came out, with her jar on her shoulder. She went down to the spring and drew water, and I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.'

创24:46 她就急忙从肩头上拿下瓶来，说，请喝，我也给你的骆驼喝。我便喝了。她又给我的骆驼喝了。
'She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too.' So I drank, and she watered the camels also.

创24:47 我问她说，你是谁的女儿，她说，我是密迦与拿鹤之子彼土利的女儿。我就把环子戴在她鼻子上，把镯子戴在她两手上。
'I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?''She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to him.''Then I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her arms,

创24:48 随后我低头向耶和华下拜，称颂耶和华我主人亚伯拉罕的神。因为他引导我走合式的道路，使我得着我主人兄弟的孙女，给我主人的儿子为妻。
and I bowed down and worshiped the Lord . I praised the Lord , the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.

创24:49 现在你们若愿以慈爱诚实待我主人，就告诉我。若不然，也告诉我，使我可以或向左，或向右。
Now if you will show kindness and faithfulness to my master, tell me; and if not, tell me, so I may know which way to turn.'

创24:50 拉班和彼土利回答说，这事乃出于耶和华，我们不能向你说好说歹。
Laban and Bethuel answered, 'This is from the Lord ; we can say nothing to you one way or the other.

创24:51 看哪，利百加在你面前，可以将她带去，照着耶和华所说的，给你主人的儿子为妻。
Here is Rebekah; take her and go, and let her become the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has directed.'

创24:52 亚伯拉罕的仆人听见他们这话，就向耶和华俯伏在地。
When Abraham's servant heard what they said, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord .


创24:53 当下仆人拿出金器，银器，和衣服送给利百加，又将宝物送给她哥哥和她母亲。
Then the servant brought out gold and silver jewelry and articles of clothing and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave costly gifts to her brother and to her mother.

创24:54 仆人和跟从他的人吃了喝了，住了一夜。早晨起来，仆人就说，请打发我回我主人那里去吧。
Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night there. When they got up the next morning, he said, 'Send me on my way to my master.'

创24:55 利百加的哥哥和她母亲说，让女子同我们再住几天，至少十天，然后她可以去。
But her brother and her mother replied, 'Let the girl remain with us ten days or so; then you may go.'

创24:56 仆人说，耶和华既赐给我通达的道路，你们不要耽误我，请打发我走，回我主人那里去吧。
But he said to them, 'Do not detain me, now that the Lord has granted success to my journey. Send me on my way so I may go to my master.'

创24:57 他们说，我们把女子叫来问问她。
Then they said, 'Let's call the girl and ask her about it.'

创24:58 就叫了利百加来，问她说，你和这人同去吗？利百加说，我去。
So they called Rebekah and asked her, 'Will you go with this man?' 'I will go,' she said.

创24:59 于是他们打发妹子利百加和她的乳母，同亚伯拉罕的仆人，并跟从仆人的，都走了。
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham's servant and his men.

创24:60 他们就给利百加祝福说，我们的妹子阿，愿你作千万人的母。愿你的后裔得着仇敌的城门。
And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, 'Our sister, may you increase to thousands upon thousands; may your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.'

创24:61 利百加和她的使女们起来，骑上骆驼，跟着那仆人，仆人就带着利百加走了。
Then Rebekah and her maids got ready and mounted their camels and went back with the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.

创24:62 那时，以撒住在南地，刚从庇耳拉海莱回来。
Now Isaac had come from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.


创24:63 天将晚，以撒出来在田间默想，举目一看，见来了些骆驼。
He went out to the field one evening to meditate, and as he looked up, he saw camels approaching.

创24:64 利百加举目看见以撒，就急忙下了骆驼，
Rebekah also looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel

创24:65 问那仆人说，这田间走来迎接我们的是谁。仆人说，是我的主人。利百加就拿帕子蒙上脸。
and asked the servant, 'Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?' 'He is my master,' the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.

创24:66 仆人就将所办的一切事都告诉以撒。
Then the servant told Isaac all he had done.

创24:67 以撒便领利百加进了他母亲撒拉的帐棚，娶了她为妻，并且爱她。以撒自从他母亲不在了，这才得了安慰。
Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.