创世记-Genesis第20章

乐园李老师

创20:1  亚伯拉罕从那里向南地迁去，寄居在加低斯和书珥中间的基拉耳。
Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar,

创20:2  亚伯拉罕称他的妻撒拉为妹子，基拉耳王亚比米勒差人把撒拉取了去。
and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, 'She is my sister.' Then Abimelech king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

创20:3  但夜间神来在梦中对亚比米勒说，你是个死人哪，因为你取了那女人来。她原是别人的妻子。
But God came to Abimelech in a dream one night and said to him, 'You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.'

创20:4  亚比米勒却还没有亲近撒拉。他说，主阿，连有义的国，你也要毁灭吗？
Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he said, 'Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

创20:5  那人岂不是自己对我说，她是我的妹子吗？就是女人也自己说，他是我的哥哥。我作这事是心正手洁的。
Did he not say to me, 'She is my sister,' and didn't she also say, 'He is my brother'? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.'

创20:6  神在梦中对他说，我知道你作这事是心中正直。我也拦阻了你，免得你得罪我，所以我不容你沾着她。
Then God said to him in the dream, 'Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

创20:7  现在你把这人的妻子归还他。因为他是先知，他要为你祷告，使你存活。你若不归还他，你当知道，你和你所有的人都必要死。
Now return the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all yours will die.'

创20:8  亚比米勒清早起来，召了众臣仆来，将这些事都说给他们听，他们都甚惧怕。
Early the next morning Abimelech summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid.

创20:9  亚比米勒召了亚伯拉罕来，对他说，你怎么向我这样行呢？我在什么事上得罪了你，你竟使我和我国里的人陷在大罪里。你向我行不当行的事了。
Then Abimelech called Abraham in and said, 'What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.'

创20:10 亚比米勒又对亚伯拉罕说，你见了什么才作这事呢？
And Abimelech asked Abraham, 'What was your reason for doing this?'

创20:11 亚伯拉罕说，我以为这地方的人总不惧怕神，必为我妻子的缘故杀我。
Abraham replied, 'I said to myself, 'There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'

创20:12 况且她也实在是我的妹子。她与我是同父异母，后来作了我的妻子。
Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife.

创20:13 当神叫我离开父家，飘流在外的时候，我对她说，我们无论走到什么地方，你可以对人说，他是我的哥哥。这就是你待我的恩典了。
And when God had me wander from my father's household, I said to her, 'This is how you can show your love to me: Everywhere we go, say of me, 'He is my brother.' ' '

创20:14 亚比米勒把牛，羊，仆婢赐给亚伯拉罕，又把他的妻子撒拉归还他。
Then Abimelech brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him.

创20:15 亚比米勒又说，看哪，我的地都在你面前，你可以随意居住。
And Abimelech said, 'My land is before you; live wherever you like.'

创20:16 又对撒拉说，我给你哥哥一千银子，作为你在合家人面前遮羞的（羞原文作眼），你就在众人面前没有不是了。
To Sarah he said, 'I am giving your brother a thousand shekels of silver. This is to cover the offense against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.'

创20:17 亚伯拉罕祷告神，神就医好了亚比米勒和他的妻子，并他的众女仆，她们便能生育。
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his slave girls so they could have children again,

创20:18 因耶和华为亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉的缘故，已经使亚比米勒家中的妇人不能生育。
for the Lord had closed up every womb in Abimelech's household because of Abraham's wife Sarah.