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 وَارْتَحَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ هُنَاكَ إِلَى أَرْضِ النَّقَبِ، وَأَقَامَ بَيْنَ قَادَشَ وَشُورَ، وَتَغَرَّبَ فِي جَرَارَ.

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

2 وَهُنَاكَ قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ سَارَةَ زَوْجَتِهِ: «هِيَ أُخْتِي». فَأَرْسَلَ أَبِيمَالِكُ مَلِكُ جَرَارَ وَأَحْضَرَ سَارَةَ إِلَيْهِ.

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 وَلِكَنَّ اللهَ تَجَلَّى لأَبِيمَالِكَ فِي حُلْمٍ فِي اللَّيْلِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «إِنَّكَ سَتَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِ الْمَرْأَةِ الَّتِي أَخَذْتَهَا، فَإِنَّهَا مُتَزَوِّجَةٌ».

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

4 وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَبِيمَالِكُ قَدْ مَسَّهَا بَعْدُ، فَقَالَ لِلرَّبِّ: «أَتُمِيتُ أُمَّةً بَرِيئَةً؟

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 أَلَمْ يَقُلْ لِي إِنَّهَا أُخْتِي وَهِيَ نَفْسُهَا ادَّعَتْ أَنَّهُ أَخُوهَا؟ مَا فَعَلْتُ هَذَا إِلّا بِسَلامَةِ قَلْبِي وَطَهَارَةِ يَدَيَّ».

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 فَأَجَابَهُ الرَّبُّ: «أَنَا أَيْضاً عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ بِسَلامَةِ قَلْبِكَ قَدْ فَعَلْتَ هَذَا، وَأَنَا أَيْضاً مَنَعْتُكَ مِنْ أَنْ تُخْطِئَ إِلَيَّ وَلَمْ أَدَعْكَ تَمَسُّهَا.

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 وَالآنَ، رُدَّ لِلرَّجُلِ زَوْجَتَهُ فَإِنَّهُ نَبِيٌّ، فَيُصَلِّيَ مِنْ أَجْلِكَ فَتَحْيَا. وَإِنْ لَمْ تَرُدَّهَا فَإِنَّك وَكُلَّ مَنْ لَكَ حَتْماً تَمُوتُونَ».

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 فَبَكَّرَ أَبِيمَالِكُ فِي الصَّبَاحِ وَاسْتَدْعَى جَمِيعَ عَبِيدِهِ، وَأَطْلَعَهُمْ عَلَى جَلِيَّةِ الأَمْرِ، فَاعْتَرَاهُمْ خَوْفٌ عَظِيمٌ.

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 ثُمَّ دَعَا أَبِيمَالِكُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «مَاذَا فَعَلْتَ بِنَا؟ أَيُّ خَطَأٍ ارْتَكَبْتُهُ فِي حَقِّكَ حَتَّى جَلَبْتَ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى مَمْلَكَتِي هَذَا الذَّنْبَ الْعَظِيمَ؟ لَقَدِ اقْتَرَفْتَ فِي حَقِّي أُمُوراً مَا كَانَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَقْتَرِفَهَا».

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

10 وَسَأَلَ أَبِيمَالِكُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ: «مَاذَا بَدَا لَكَ حَتَّى ارْتَكَبْتَ هَذَا الْفِعْلَ؟»

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 فَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: «لَقَدْ فَعَلْتُ هَذَا لأَنَّنِي ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي هَذَا الْمَوْضِعِ بِأَسْرِهِ خَوْفُ اللهِ فَخَشِيتُ أَنْ تَقْتُلُونِي مِنْ أَجْلِ زَوْجَتِي.

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 وَهِيَ بِالْحَقِيقَةِ أُخْتِي، ابْنَةُ أَبِي، غَيْرَ أَنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ ابْنَةَ أُمِّي فَاتَّخَذْتُهَا زَوْجَةً لِي.

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 وَعِنْدَمَا دَعَانِي اللهُ لأَتَغَرَّبَ بَعِيداً عَنْ بَيْتِ أَبِي قُلْتُ لَهَا: حَيْثُمَا نَذْهَبُ قُولِي إِنِّي أَخُوكِ فَهَذَا هُوَ الْمَعْرُوفُ الَّذِي تَصْنَعِينَهُ لِي».

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

14 فَأَخَذَ أَبِيمَالِكُ غَنَماً وَبَقَراً وَعَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً وَقَدَّمَهَا لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، وَأَرْجَعَ إِلَيْهِ سَارَةَ زَوْجَتَهُ.

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

15 وَقَالَ أَبِيمَالِكُ: «هَا هِيَ أَرْضِي أَمَامَكَ فَأَقِمْ حَيْثُ طَابَ لَكَ».

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 وَقَالَ لِسَارَةَ: «هَا قَدْ وَهَبْتُ أَخَاكِ أَلْفَ قِطْعَةٍ مِنَ الْفِضَّةِ، تَبْرِئَةً لَكِ مِنْ كُلِّ إِسَاءَةٍ أَمَامَ الَّذِينَ مَعَكِ، فَأَنْتِ بَرِيئَةٌ أَمَامَ كُلِّ وَاحِدٍ، وَهَكَذَا تَكُونِينَ قَدْ أُنْصِفْتِ».

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

17 فَابْتَهَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَى اللهِ، فَشَفَى أَبِيمَالِكَ وَزَوْجَتَهُ وَجَوَارِيَهُ فَوَلَدْنَ.

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

18 لأَنَّ الرَّبَّ كَانَ قَدْ أَصَابَ نِسَاءَ بَيْتِ أَبِيمَالِكَ بِالْعُقْمِ مِنْ أَجْلِ سَارَةَ زَوْجَةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.