Genesis 20

1 Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

1 亚伯拉罕从那里迁往南地，住在加低斯和书珥之间。在基拉耳寄居期间，

2 Abraham said of his wife Sarah, “She is my sister.” So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.

2 他称妻子撒拉是自己的妹妹。基拉耳王亚比米勒派人带走了撒拉。

3 One night, however, God came to Abimelech in a dream and told him, “You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is a married woman.”

3 晚上，上帝在梦中对亚比米勒说：“你的死期到了，因为你带来的那个女人是有夫之妇。”

4 Now Abimelech had not gone near her, so he replied, “Lord, would You destroy a nation even though it is innocent?

4 亚比米勒还没有亲近撒拉，因此他说：“主啊，难道你要毁灭无辜的人民吗？

5 Didn’t Abraham tell me, ‘She is my sister’? And she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ I have done this in the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands.”

5 岂不是那人亲口对我说这女人是他妹妹吗？她也说那人是她哥哥。我这样做问心无愧，没有过错。”

6 Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, “Yes, I know that you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against Me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

6 上帝在梦中对他说：“我知道你问心无愧，所以我才阻止你，不让你亲近她，免得你得罪我。

7 Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”

7 现在你要把那人的妻子还给他，他是个先知，他会为你祷告，使你活命。要知道，如果你不这样做，你和你的人民都必死。”

8 Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.

8 亚比米勒清早起来召来他的臣仆，把整件事情告诉他们，他们听了都十分害怕。

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and asked, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought such tremendous guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done.”

9 亚比米勒召见亚伯拉罕，对他说：“你对我们做的是什么事？我什么地方得罪了你？你竟使我和我的人民陷入大罪！你对我们做了不该做的事。”

10 Abimelech also asked Abraham, “What prompted you to do such a thing?”

10 又说：“你为什么这样做？”

11 Abraham replied, “I thought to myself, ‘Surely there is no fear of God in this place. They will kill me on account of my wife.’

11 亚伯拉罕回答说：“我以为这里的人不敬畏上帝，他们必杀掉我，夺走我妻子。

12 Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.

12 况且，她真是我的妹妹，与我同父异母，后来做了我的妻子。

13 So when God had me journey from my father’s house, I said to Sarah, ‘This is how you can show your loyalty to me: Wherever we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

13 上帝吩咐我离开家乡到外面漂泊的时候，我对她说，‘无论我们到哪里，你都要说我是你哥哥，这就是你对我的恩情。’”

14 So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.

14 于是，亚比米勒带来牛、羊和仆婢送给亚伯拉罕，并把他妻子撒拉还给他，

15 And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”

15 又对他说：“我的土地就在你面前，你想住在哪里都可以。”

16 And he said to Sarah, “See, I am giving your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is your vindication before all who are with you; you are completely cleared.”

16 亚比米勒对撒拉说：“我给你哥哥二百二十两银子，在你家人面前证明你清白无过。”

17 Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

17 亚伯拉罕向上帝祷告，上帝就医治了亚比米勒和他妻子及众婢女，使她们能够生育。

18 for on account of Abraham’s wife Sarah, the LORD had completely closed all the wombs in Abimelech’s household.

18 原来耶和华因为亚伯拉罕的妻子撒拉这件事，使亚比米勒宫中所有的妇女都不能生育。