Genesis 16

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

1 وَأَمَّا سَارَايُ زَوْجَةُ أَبْرَامَ فَقَدْ كَانَتْ عَاقِراً، وَكَانَتْ لَهَا جَارِيَةٌ مِصْرِيَّةٌ تُدْعَى هَاجَرَ.

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 فَقَالَتْ سَارَايُ لأَبْرَامَ: «هُوَذَا الرَّبُّ قَدْ حَرَمَنِي مِنَ الْوِلادَةِ، فَادْخُلْ عَلَيْهَا لَعَلَّنِي أُرْزَقُ مِنْهَا بَنِينَ». فَسَمِعَ أَبْرَامُ لِكَلامِ زَوْجَتِهِ.

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 وَهَكَذَا بَعْدَ إِقَامَةِ عَشْرِ سَنَوَاتٍ فِي أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، أَخَذَتْ سَارَايُ جَارِيَتَهَا الْمِصْرِيَّةَ هَاجَرَ وَأَعْطَتْهَا لِرَجُلِهَا أَبْرَامَ لِتَكُونَ زَوْجَةً لَهُ.

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

4 فَعَاشَرَ هَاجَرَ فَحَبِلَتْ مِنْهُ. وَلَمَّا أَدْرَكَتْ أَنَّهَا حَامِلٌ هَانَتْ مَوْلاتُهَا فِي عَيْنَيْهَا،

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 فَقَالَتْ سَارَايُ لأَبْرَامَ: «لِيَقَعْ ظُلْمِي عَلَيْكَ، فَأَنَا قَدْ زَوَّجْتُكَ مِنْ جَارِيَتِي وَحِينَ أَدْرَكَتْ أَنَّهَا حَامِلٌ هِنْتُ فِي عَيْنَيْهَا. لِيَقْضِ الرَّبُّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ».

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 فَأَجَابَهَا أَبْرَامُ: «هَا هِيَ جَارِيَتُكِ تَحْتَ تَصَرُّفِكِ، فَافْعَلِي بِها مَا يَحْلُو لَكِ». فَأَذَلَّتْهَا سَارَايُ حَتَّى هَرَبَتْ مِنْهَا.

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 فَوَجَدَهَا مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ بِالْقُرْبِ مِنْ عَيْنِ الْمَاءِ فِي الطَّرِيقِ الْمُؤَدِّيَةِ إِلَى شُورٍ.

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 فَقَالَ: «يَا هَاجَرُ جَارِيَةَ سَارَايَ، مِنْ أَيْنَ جِئْتِ؟ وَإِلَى أَيْنَ تَذْهَبِينَ؟». فَأَجَابَتْ: «إِنَّنِي هَارِبَةٌ مِنْ وَجْهِ سَيِّدَتِي سَارَايَ».

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

9 فَقَالَ لَهَا مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ: «عُودِي إِلَى مَوْلاتِكِ وَاخْضَعِي لَهَا».

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

10 وَقَالَ لَهَا مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ: «لأُكَثِّرَنَّ نَسْلَكِ فَلا يَعُودُ يُحْصَى»،

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 وَأَضَافَ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ: «هُوَذَا أَنْتِ حَامِلٌ، وَسَتَلِدِينَ ابْناً تَدْعِينَهُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ: اللهُ يَسْمَعُ) لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ قَدْ سَمِعَ صَوْتَ شَقَائِكِ.

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 وَيَكُونُ إِنْسَاناً وَحْشِيًّا يُعَادِي الْجَمِيعَ وَالْجَمِيعُ يُعَادُونَهُ، وَيَعِيشُ مُسْتَوْحِشاً مُتَحَدِّياً كُلَّ إِخْوَتِهِ».

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 فَدَعَتِ اسْمَ الرَّبِّ الَّذِي خَاطَبَهَا: «أَنْتَ اللهُ الَّذِي رَآنِي» لأَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: «حَقّاً رَأَيْتُ الآنَ الَّذِي يَرَانِي»

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

14 لِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتِ الْبِئْرُ «بِئْرَ لَحَيْ رُئِي» (وَمَعْنَاهُ بِئْرُ الْحَيِّ الَّذِي يَرَانِي) وَهِيَ وَاقِعَةٌ بَيْنَ قَادَشَ وَبَارَدَ.

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

15 ثُمَّ وَلَدَتْ هَاجَرُ لأَبْرَامَ ابْناً، فَدَعَا أَبْرَامُ ابْنَهُ الَّذِي أَنْجَبَتْهُ لَهُ هَاجَرُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ.

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

16 وَكَانَ أَبْرَامُ فِي السَّادِسَةِ وَالثَّمَانِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا وَلَدَتْ لَهُ هَاجَرُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ.