Genesis 16
1 Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.
Or Sarai, moglie d’Abramo, non gli avea dato figliuoli. Essa aveva una serva egiziana per nome Agar.
2 And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.
E Sarai disse ad Abramo: “Ecco, l’Eterno m’ha fatta sterile; deh, va’ dalla mia serva; forse avrò progenie da lei”. E Abramo dette ascolto alla voce di Sarai.
3 So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.
Sarai dunque, moglie d’Abramo, dopo che Abramo ebbe dimorato dieci anni nel paese di Canaan, prese la sua serva Agar, l’Egiziana, e la diede per moglie ad Abramo suo marito.
4 And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife.
Ed egli andò da Agar, che rimase incinta; e quando s’accorse ch’era incinta, guardò la sua padrona con disprezzo.
5 And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.
E Sarai disse ad Abramo: “L’ingiuria fatta a me, ricade su te. Io t’ho dato la mia serva in seno; e da che ella s’è accorta ch’era incinta, mi guarda con disprezzo. L’Eterno sia giudice fra me e te”.
6 And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.
E Abramo rispose a Sarai: “Ecco, la tua serva è in tuo potere; fa’ con lei come ti piacerà”. Sarai la trattò duramente, ed ella se ne fuggì da lei.
7 And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
E l’angelo dell’Eterno la trovò presso una sorgente d’acqua, nel deserto, presso la sorgente ch’è sulla via di Shur,
8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.
e le disse: “Agar, serva di Sarai, donde vieni? e dove vai?” Ed ella rispose: “Me ne fuggo dal cospetto di Sarai mia padrona”.
9 And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.
E l’angelo dell’Eterno le disse: “Torna alla tua padrona, e umiliati sotto la sua mano”.
10 And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.
L’angelo dell’Eterno soggiunse: “Io moltiplicherò grandemente la tua progenie, e non la si potrà contare, tanto sarà numerosa”.
11 And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.
E l’angelo dell’Eterno le disse ancora: “Ecco, tu sei incinta, e partorirai un figliuolo, al quale porrai nome Ismaele, perché l’Eterno t’ha ascoltata nella tua afflizione;
12 And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.
esso sarà tra gli uomini come un asino selvatico; la sua mano sarà contro tutti, e la mano di tutti contro di lui; e abiterà in faccia a tutti i suoi fratelli”.
13 And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living?
Allora Agar chiamò il nome dell’Eterno che le avea parlato, Atta-El-Roi, perché disse: “Ho io, proprio qui, veduto andarsene colui che m’ha vista?”
14 So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.
Perciò quel pozzo fu chiamato “il pozzo di Lachai-Roi”. Ecco, esso è fra Kades e Bered.
15 And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.
E Agar partorì un figliuolo ad Abramo; e Abramo, al figliuolo che Agar gli avea partorito, pose nome Ismaele.
16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.
Abramo aveva ottantasei anni quando Agar gli partorì Ismaele.
