Genesis 16

1 Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.

1 亚伯兰的妻子撒莱没有给他生孩子。撒莱有个婢女名叫夏甲，是埃及人。

2 So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

2 撒莱对亚伯兰说：“耶和华不让我生育，请你与我的婢女同房，也许我可以借着她得子立后。”亚伯兰同意了撒莱的话。

3 So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.

3 于是，撒莱把埃及婢女夏甲给亚伯兰做妾。那时亚伯兰已经在迦南住了十年。

4 And he slept with Hagar, and she conceived. But when Hagar realized that she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

4 亚伯兰与夏甲同房，她就怀了孕。夏甲知道自己怀了孕，就轻视女主人撒莱。

5 Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”

5 撒莱对亚伯兰说：“我受气都是因为你。我把婢女放在你怀里，她仗着自己怀了孕就轻视我，愿耶和华在你我之间主持公道。”

6 “Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.

6 亚伯兰对撒莱说：“婢女在你手中，随你处置。”于是，撒莱苦待夏甲，夏甲就逃走了。

7 Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

7 耶和华的天使在旷野中，通往书珥之路的水泉旁找到了夏甲，

8 “Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.

8 便问她：“撒莱的婢女夏甲，你从哪里来？要到哪里去？”她回答说：“我是从女主人撒莱那里逃出来的。”

9 So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”

9 耶和华的天使对她说：“你要回到女主人那里顺服她。”

10 Then the angel added, “I will greatly multiply your offspring so that they will be too numerous to count.”

10 又说：“我必使你的后裔多得不可胜数。”

11 The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.

11 接着又说：“你现在怀了孕，将来会生一个男孩，你要给他取名叫以实玛利 ，因为耶和华已经听见你痛苦的哀声。

12 He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

12 这孩子性情必像野驴，他要跟人作对，人也要跟他作对。他必与他所有的弟兄为敌。”

13 So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”

13 夏甲称对她说话的耶和华为“看顾人的上帝”，她说：“我竟然在这里看见了那位看顾我的。”

14 Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.

14 因此，那口井被称为庇耳·拉海·莱 ，位于加低斯和巴列之间。

15 And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.

15 后来夏甲为亚伯兰生了一个儿子，亚伯兰给他取名叫以实玛利。

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

16 夏甲生以实玛利时，亚伯兰八十六岁。