1 A nd Abraham journeyed from there to the South, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur, and stayed in Gerar.

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

2 N ow 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 B ut God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, “Indeed you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have 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, will You slay a righteous nation also?

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

5 D id he not say to me, ‘She is my sister’? And she, even she herself said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and innocence 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 to him in a dream, “Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart. For I also withheld you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you 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’s wife; for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you shall live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours.”

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

8 S o Abimelech rose early in the morning, called all his servants, and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were very much afraid.

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

9 A nd Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to 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 T hen Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you have in view, that you have 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 kill me on account of my wife.

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

12 B ut indeed she is truly 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 to her, ‘This is your kindness that you should do for me: in every place, wherever we go, 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 T hen Abimelech took sheep, oxen, and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham; and he restored Sarah his wife to him.

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

15 A nd Abimelech said, “See, my land is before you; dwell where it pleases you.”

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

16 T hen to Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; indeed this vindicates you before all who are with you and before everybody.” Thus she was rebuked.

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 to God; and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants. Then they bore children;

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

18 f or the Lord had 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.