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創世記

創世記 第 16 章

1

亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊不給他生兒女。撒萊有一個使女，名叫夏甲，是埃及人。

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had a female Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

2

撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「耶和華使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因她得孩子〔「得孩子」原文作「被建立」〕。」亞伯蘭聽從了撒萊的話。

And Sarai said to Abram, “Behold now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Go in to my servant; it may be that I shall obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3

於是亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊將使女埃及人夏甲給了丈夫為妾；那時亞伯蘭在迦南已經住了十年。

So, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, and gave her to Abram her husband as a wife.

4

亞伯蘭與夏甲同房，夏甲就懷了孕；她見自己有孕，就小看她的主母。

And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived. And when she saw that she had conceived, she looked with contempt on her mistress.

5

撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「我因你受屈。我將我的使女放在你懷中，她見自己有了孕，就小看我。願耶和華在你我中間判斷。」

And Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be on you! I gave my servant to your embrace, and when she saw that she had conceived, she looked on me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me!”

6

亞伯蘭對撒萊說：「使女在你手下，你可以隨意待她。」撒萊苦待她，她就從撒萊面前逃走了。

But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your servant is in your power; do to her as you please.” Then Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her.

7

耶和華的使者在曠野書珥路上的水泉旁遇見她，

The angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.

8

對她說：「撒萊的使女夏甲，你從哪裏來？要往哪裏去？」夏甲說：「我從我的主母撒萊面前逃出來。」

And he said, “Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from my mistress Sarai.”

9

耶和華的使者對她說：「你回到你主母那裏，服在她手下」；

The angel of the LORD said to her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her.”

10

又說：「我必使你的後裔極其繁多，甚至不可勝數」；

The angel of the LORD also said to her, “I will surely multiply your offspring so that they cannot be numbered for multitude.”

11

並說：「你如今懷孕要生一個兒子，可以給他起名叫以實瑪利，因為耶和華聽見了你的苦情。〔「以實瑪利」就是「神聽見」的意思〕

And the angel of the LORD said to her, “Behold, you are pregnant and shall bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael, because the LORD has listened to your affliction.

12

他為人必像野驢。他的手要攻打人，人的手也要攻打他；他必住在眾弟兄的東邊。」

He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen.”

13

夏甲就稱那對她說話的耶和華為「看顧人的神」。因而說：「在這裏我也看見那看顧我的嗎？」

So she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, “You are a God of seeing,” for she said, “Truly here I have seen him who looks after me.”

14

所以這井名叫庇耳‧拉海‧萊。這井正在加低斯和巴列中間。

Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; it lies between Kadesh and Bered.

15

後來夏甲給亞伯蘭生了一個兒子；亞伯蘭給他起名叫以實瑪利。

And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16

夏甲給亞伯蘭生以實瑪利的時候，亞伯蘭年八十六歲。

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.