उत्पत्ति 13

1 अब्राम, तिनकी पत्‍नी र तिनीसँग भएका सबै थोक लिएर मिश्रबाट माथि नेगेवतिर गए । लोत पनि तिनीसँगै गए ।

And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south.

2 अब्राम पशुहरू, चाँदी र सुनमा धेरै धनाढ्य थिए ।

And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold.

3 तिनी नेगेवबाट बेथेतिर गइरहे, जहाँ पहिले तिनको पाल थियो, त्यो बेथेल र ऐको बिचमा थियो ।

And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai;

4 तिनी आफूले पहिले नै बनाएका वेदी भएको ठाउँमा गए । यहाँ तिनले परमप्रभुको नाउँको पुकारा गरे ।

To the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

5 अब्रामसँगै यात्रा गरिरहेका लोतका पनि भेडाबाख्रा र गाईवस्तुहरूका बथान र पालहरू थिए ।

And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.

6 तिनीहरू दुवै नजिकै रहनलाई जमिनले धान्‍न सकेन, किनभने तिनीहरूका सम्पत्ति अत्यधिक थियो, यसैले तिनीहरू सँगै बस्‍न सकेनन् ।

And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.

7 अब्राम र लोतका गाईवस्‍तुहरू र भेडाबाख्राका गोठालाहरूबिच झगडा भयो । त्यस बेला त्यहाँ कनानीहरू र परिज्‍जीहरू बस्दथे ।

And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

8 यसैले अब्रामले लोतलाई भने, “तिम्रो र मेरा गोठालाहरूबिच झगडा नहोस्, आखिर हामी त परिवार नै हौँ ।

And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we be brothers.

9 के सारा भूमि तिम्रो सामु नै छैन र? तिमी जाऊ र मबाट अलग होऊ । यदि तिमी बायाँतरि गयौ भने म दायाँतिर जानेछु । वा यदि तिमी दाहिनेतिर गयौ भनौ म देब्रेतिर जानेछु ।”

Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

10 यसैले, लोतले वरिपरि हेरे, र यर्दनको बेँसीचाहिँ परमप्रभुको बगैँचाजस्तै, मिश्रदेशजस्तै सोअरसम्म नै सबैतिर पानीले राम्ररी भिजेको थियो । यो परमप्रभुले सदोम र गमोरा सर्वनाश गर्न अघिको कुरा थियो ।)

And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar.

11 यसैले लोतले आफ्‍नो निम्ति यर्दनको बेँसी चुने र पूर्वतिर लागे अनि नातेदारहरू आपसमा छुटे ।

Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

12 अब्राम कनानको भूमिमा नै बसे, र लोत मैदानका सहरहरूमा बसे । तिनले आफ्‍ना पालहरू सदोमसम्‍म नै टाँगेर बसे ।

Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13 सदोमका मानिसहरू परमप्रभु विरुद्धमा दुष्‍ट पापीहरू थिए ।

But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.

14 लोत तिनीबाट अलग भएपछि परमप्रभुले अब्रामलाई भन्‍नुभयो, “तँ उभिएको ठाउँदेखि उत्तर, दक्षिण, पूर्व र पश्‍चिमतिर हेर् ।

And the LORD said to Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

15 तैँले देखेका यी सबै भूमि, म तँलाई र तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई सदाको निम्ति दिनेछु ।

For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever.

16 म तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई पृथ्वीका धुलो जत्तिकै प्रशस्‍त बनाउनेछु, यसैले कसैले पृथ्वीको धूलोलाई गन्‍न सक्छ भने मात्र तेरा सन्तानहरूलाई गन्‍न सक्‍नेछ ।

And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be numbered.

17 उठ्, भूमिको चारैतिर हिँड्, किनकि यो म तँलाई दिनेछु ।”

Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you.

18 यसैले अब्रामले आफ्नो पाल उठाए र मम्रेका फलाँटका रूखहरू नजिकै बसोबास गरे, जुन हेब्रोन थियो र त्यहाँ परमप्रभुको निम्ति एउटा वेदी निर्माण गरे ।

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD.