Genesis 12

1 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

1 耶和华对亚伯兰说：“你要离开家乡、亲族和父亲的家，到我要指示你的地方去。

2 I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

2 我必使你成为大国，我必赐福给你，使你声名远扬。你必成为别人的祝福。

3 I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

3 我必赐福给那些祝福你的人，咒诅那些咒诅你的人。世上万族必因你而蒙福。”

4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

4 亚伯兰就照耶和华的吩咐离开哈兰，侄儿罗得与他同行。那时亚伯兰七十五岁。

5 And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

5 亚伯兰带着妻子撒莱、侄儿罗得以及在哈兰积攒的财物和所得的奴仆，启程来到迦南。到了迦南以后，

6 Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

6 亚伯兰继续前行，来到示剑的摩利橡树 那里。当时迦南人住在那地方。

7 Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

7 耶和华向亚伯兰显现，对他说：“我要把这片土地赐给你的后裔。”亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座坛。

8 From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

8 然后，他们又启程前往伯特利东面的山区，在那里搭起帐篷。他们的西面是伯特利，东面是艾。亚伯兰又在那里筑了一座坛，求告耶和华的名。

9 And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

9 之后，亚伯兰继续前往南地。

10 Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

10 那地方遭遇饥荒，灾情非常严重，亚伯兰便下到埃及暂住。

11 As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

11 快要到埃及的时候，他对妻子撒莱说：“我知道你是个美貌的女子，

12 and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

12 埃及人看见你，一定会因为你是我的妻子而杀了我，让你活着。

13 Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

13 所以，请你说你是我的妹妹，这样他们会因为你而善待我，留我一命。”

14 So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

14 亚伯兰一行到了埃及，撒莱的美貌引起了埃及人的注意。

15 When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

15 法老的官员见了撒莱，就在法老面前称赞她的美貌，她便被带进法老的王宫。

16 He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

16 因为撒莱的缘故，法老厚待亚伯兰，赏给他许多牛、羊、驴、骆驼和仆婢。

17 The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

17 耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故，使法老和他全家患重病。

18 So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

18 法老便召见亚伯兰，说：“你对我做的是什么事？为什么不告诉我她是你妻子？

19 Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

19 为什么说她是你妹妹，以致我要娶她为妻呢？现在你妻子在这里，带她走吧！”

20 Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

20 法老就吩咐人把亚伯兰、他妻子以及他所有的一切都送走了。