1 ¶ And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar.

وَارتَحَلَ إبْراهِيمُ مِنْ هُناكَ إلَى أرْضِ النَّقَبِ، وَاسْتَقَرَّ بَينَ قادِشَ وَشُورَ. فَأقامَ فِي جَرارَ.

2 A nd Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah.

وَقالَ إبْراهِيمُ لِلنّاسِ هُناكَ عَنْ زَوْجَتِهِ سارَةَ: «هَذِهِ أختِي.» فَسَمِعَ أبِيمالِكُ مَلِكُ جَرارَ عَنْ سارَةَ، فَأرْسَلَ فِي طَلَبِها، وَأخَذَها.

3 ¶ But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, Behold, thou art a dead man, for the woman whom thou hast taken, for she is a man’s wife.

فَجاءَ اللهُ إلَى أبِيمالِكَ لَيلاً فِي حُلْمٍ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «ها أنتَ سَتَمُوتُ بِسَبَبِ المَرأةِ الَّتِي أخَذْتَها. فَهِيَ زَوجَةٌ لِرَجُلٍ.»

4 B ut Abimelech had not come near her, and he said, Lord, wilt thou slay also a righteous person?

وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أبِيمالِكُ قَدْ نامَ مَعَها. فَقالَ: «يا رَبُّ، أتَقتُلُ إنْساناً بَرِيئاً؟

5 D id he not say unto me, She is my sister? And she, even she herself said, He is my brother; in the simplicity of my heart and cleanness of my hands I have done this.

ألَمْ يَقُلْ لِي: ‹هَذِهِ أُختِي›؟ وَسارَةُ نَفْسُها قالَتْ عَنْهُ: ‹هَذا أخِي.› أنا فَعَلْتُ هَذا بِنِيَّةٍ سَلِيمَةٍ وَقَصدٍ طاهِرٍ.»

6 A nd God said unto him in a dream, Yes, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me; therefore I did not allow thee to touch her.

فَقالَ لَهُ اللهُ فِي الحُلْمِ: «أنا أيضاً أعرِفُ أنَّكَ فَعَلْتَ هّذا بِنِيَّةٍ سَلِيمَةٍ، فَمَنَعْتُكَ مِنْ أنْ تَلْمَسَها وَتُخطِئَ إلَيَّ.

7 N ow therefore restore the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live. And if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou and all that are thine.

فَالآنَ رُدَّ الزَّوْجَةَ لِزَوْجِها. فَهُوَ نَبِيٌّ. وَهُوَ سَيُصَلِّي مِنْ أجلِكَ فَتَحيا. وَإنْ لَمْ تَرُدَّها، فاعلَمْ أنَّكَ وَعائِلَتَكَ لا بُدَّ أنْ تَمُوتُوا.»

8 ¶ Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his slaves and told all these things in their ears; and the men feared greatly.

فَبَكَّرَ أبِيمالِكُ فِي الصَّباحِ وَدَعا كُلَّ خُدّامِهِ، وَأخبَرَهُمْ بِكُلِّ ما سَمِعَ فِي الحُلْمِ. فَخافَ الرِّجالُ كَثِيراً.

9 T hen Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us and in what have I sinned against thee that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom such a great sin? Thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done.

ثُمَّ اسْتَدْعَى أبِيمالِكُ إبْراهِيمَ، وَقالَ لَهُ: «لِمَ فَعَلْتَ بِنا هَذا؟ هَلْ أسَأْتُ إلَيكَ لِكَي تُسيئَ إساءَةً عَظِيمَةً إلَيَّ وَإلَى مَملَكَتِي. قَدْ فَعَلْتَ بِي ما لا يَلِيقُ.»

10 A nd Abimelech said unto Abraham, What didst thou see that thou hast done this thing?

وَأضافَ أبِيمالِكُ: «ما الَّذِي وَاجَهْتَهُ هُنا حَتَّى اضطَرَّكَ إلَى فِعلِ ما فَعَلْتَ؟»

11 A nd Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they will slay me for my wife’s sake.

فَقالَ إبْراهِيمُ: «قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: ‹لا بُدَّ أنَّهُ لَيسَ هُناكَ فِي هَذا المَكانِ مَنْ يَتَّقِي اللهَ. وَلِهَذا فَإنَّهُمْ سَيَقْتُلُونَنِي لِأجلِ زَوْجَتِي.›

12 A nd yet indeed, she is also my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

كَما أنَّ سارَةَ هِيَ أُختِي حَقّاً، فَهِيَ ابْنَةُ أبِي، غَيرَ أنَّها لَيسَتِ ابْنَةَ أُمِّي. وَصارَتْ زَوْجَتِي.

13 A nd it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my father’s house that I said unto her, This is the mercy which thou shalt show unto me: at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother.

وَعِنْدَما أخرَجَنِي اللهُ لِأرْحَلَ مِنْ بَيتِ أبِي، قُلْتُ لَها: ‹اصْنَعِي مَعِي هَذا المَعرُوفَ: حَيثُما ذَهَبْنا، قُولِي عَنِّي: هَذا أخِي.›»

14 ¶ Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and menslaves and womenslaves and gave them unto Abraham and restored him Sarah his wife.

فَأخَذَ أبِيمالِكُ غَنَماً وَبَقَراً وَخَدَماً وَخادِماتٍ وَأعطاها لإبْراهِيمَ. كَما أعادَ إلَيهِ زَوْجَتَهُ سارَةَ.

15 A nd Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee; dwell where it pleases thee.

وَقالَ أبِيمالِكُ: «ها أرْضِي مَفتُوحَةٌ لَكَ. فاسْكُنْ حَيثُ تُرِيدُ.»

16 A nd unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that were with thee and with everyone: thus she was reproved.

ثُمَّ قالَ أبِيمالِكُ لِسارَةَ: «ها قَدْ أعطَيتُ أخاكِ ألفَ قِطْعَةٍ فِضِّيَّةٍ. فَهِيَ شَهادَةٌ عَلَى بَراءَتِكِ أمامَ كُلِّ الَّذِينَ مَعَكِ. فَأنْتِ بَرِيئَةٌ تَماماً.»

17 S o Abraham prayed unto God; and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants; and they bore children.

ثُمَّ صَلَّى إبْراهِيمُ إلَى اللهِ. فَشَفَى اللهُ أبِيمالِكَ وَزَوْجَتَهُ وَجَوارِيهِ، فَأنْجَبا أطْفالاً.

18 F or the LORD had completely closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

فَقَدْ كانَ اللهُ قَدْ مَنَعَ كُلَّ النِّساءِ فِي بَيتِ أبِيمالِكَ مِنَ الإنْجابِ بِسَبَبِ سارَةَ، زَوْجَةِ إبْراهِيمَ.