創世記 16

1 亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊不給他生兒女。撒萊有一個使女，名叫夏甲，是埃及人。

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, bore him no children, but she had an Egyptian servant whose name was Hagar.

2 撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「耶和華使我不能生育。求你和我的使女同房，或者我可以因她得孩子。」亞伯蘭聽從了撒萊的話。

Sarai said to Abram, "Look now, God has prevented me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her." Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.

3 於是亞伯蘭的妻子撒萊將使女埃及人夏甲給了丈夫為妾；那時亞伯蘭在迦南已經住了十年。

So Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her servant, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.

4 亞伯蘭與夏甲同房，夏甲就懷了孕；她見自己有孕，就小看她的主母。

He slept with Hagar, and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

5 撒萊對亞伯蘭說：「我因你受屈。我將我的使女放在你懷中，她見自己有了孕，就小看我。願耶和華在你我中間判斷。」

Sarai said to Abram, "This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, she despised me. God judge between me and you."

6 亞伯蘭對撒萊說：「使女在你手下，你可以隨意待她。」撒萊苦待她，她就從撒萊面前逃走了。

But Abram said to Sarai, "Look, your servant is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your sight." Sarai dealt harshly with her, so she fled from her presence.

7 耶和華的使者在曠野書珥路上的水泉旁遇見她，

And the angel of God found her by a spring of water in the desert, by the spring on the way to Shur.

8 對她說：「撒萊的使女夏甲，你從哪裏來？要往哪裏去？」夏甲說：「我從我的主母撒萊面前逃出來。」

And he said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where did you come from, and where are you going?" And she said, "I am running away from the presence of my mistress Sarai."

9 耶和華的使者對她說：「你回到你主母那裏，服在她手下」；

The angel of Jehovah said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority."

10 又說：「我必使你的後裔極其繁多，甚至不可勝數」；

The angel of Jehovah said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants, so that they will be too numerous to count."

11 並說：「你如今懷孕要生一個兒子，可以給他起名叫以實瑪利，因為耶和華聽見了你的苦情。

Then the angel of God said to her, "Look, you are with child, and will bear a son. You are to name him Ishmael, because God has heard your affliction.

12 他為人必像野驢。他的手要攻打人，人的手也要攻打他；他必住在眾弟兄的東邊。」

He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him. And he will live away from all of his brothers."

13 夏甲就稱那對她說話的耶和華為「看顧人的上帝」。因而說：「在這裏我也看見那看顧我的嗎？」

And she called his name, the one who spoke to her, "You are El Roi," for she said, "Here I have seen the one who sees me."

14 所以這井名叫庇耳‧拉海‧萊。這井正在加低斯和巴列中間。

Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. Look, it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 後來夏甲給亞伯蘭生了一個兒子；亞伯蘭給他起名叫以實瑪利。

Hagar bore a son for Abram. Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

16 夏甲給亞伯蘭生以實瑪利的時候，亞伯蘭年八十六歲。

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