Genesis 16

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

1 亚伯兰的妻子撒莱不给他生儿女。撒莱有一个使女，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 。」亚伯兰听从了撒莱的话。

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 于是亚伯兰的妻子撒莱将使女埃及人夏甲给了丈夫为妾；那时亚伯兰在迦南已经住了十年。

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，夏甲就怀了孕；她见自己有孕，就小看她的主母。

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：「我因你受屈。我将我的使女放在你怀中，她见自己有了孕，就小看我。愿耶和华在你我中间判断。」

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：「使女在你手下，你可以随意待她。」撒莱苦待她，她就从撒莱面前逃走了。

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 耶和华的使者在旷野书珥路上的水泉旁遇见她，

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 对她说：「撒莱的使女夏甲，你从哪里来？要往哪里去？」夏甲说：「我从我的主母撒莱面前逃出来。」

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

9 耶和华的使者对她说：「你回到你主母那里，服在她手下」；

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

10 又说：「我必使你的后裔极其繁多，甚至不可胜数」；

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 并说：「你如今怀孕要生一个儿子，可以给他起名叫以实玛利 ，因为耶和华听见了你的苦情。

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 他为人必像野驴。他的手要攻打人，人的手也要攻打他；他必住在众弟兄的东边。」

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 夏甲就称那对她说话的耶和华为「看顾人的 神」。因而说：「在这里我也看见那看顾我的吗？」

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

14 所以这井名叫庇耳·拉海·莱。这井正在加低斯和巴列中间。

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

15 后来夏甲给亚伯兰生了一个儿子；亚伯兰给他起名叫以实玛利。

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

16 夏甲给亚伯兰生以实玛利的时候，亚伯兰年八十六岁。