Genesis 12
1 Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you:
TUHAN berkata kepada Abram, "Tinggalkanlah negerimu, kaum keluargamu dan rumah ayahmu, lalu pergilah ke negeri yang akan Kutunjukkan kepadamu.
2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing:
Aku akan memberikan kepadamu keturunan yang banyak dan mereka akan menjadi bangsa yang besar. Aku akan memberkati engkau dan membuat namamu masyhur, sehingga engkau akan menjadi berkat.
3 And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Aku akan memberkati orang-orang yang memberkati engkau dan mengutuk orang-orang yang mengutuk engkau. Dan karena engkau Aku akan memberkati semua bangsa di bumi."
4 So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.
Abram berusia tujuh puluh lima tahun ketika ia meninggalkan Haran, sesuai dengan perintah TUHAN kepadanya. Abram berangkat ke tanah Kanaan bersama-sama dengan Sarai istrinya, dan Lot kemanakannya, dan segala harta benda serta hamba-hamba yang mereka peroleh di Haran. Setelah mereka tiba di Kanaan,
5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother’s son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
6 And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land.
Abram menjelajahi tanah itu sampai ia tiba di pohon keramat di More, yaitu tempat ibadat di Sikhem. (Pada masa itu orang Kanaan masih mendiami tanah itu.)
7 And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.
TUHAN menampakkan diri kepada Abram dan berkata kepadanya, "Inilah negeri yang akan Kuberikan kepada keturunanmu." Lalu Abram mendirikan sebuah mezbah di situ untuk TUHAN yang telah menampakkan diri kepadanya.
8 And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD.
Setelah itu ia meneruskan perjalanannya ke selatan, ke daerah berbukit di sebelah timur kota Betel, dan berkemah di antara Betel dan kota Ai: Betel di sebelah barat dan Ai di sebelah timur. Juga di situ ia mendirikan mezbah dan menyembah TUHAN.
9 And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south.
Kemudian ia meneruskan lagi perjalanannya dari satu tempat ke tempat berikutnya, menuju ke bagian selatan tanah Kanaan.
10 And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
Tetapi di Kanaan sedang ada kelaparan yang sangat hebat, sehingga Abram pergi lebih jauh lagi ke selatan, ke negeri Mesir untuk tinggal di sana sampai bencana itu lewat.
11 And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look on:
Pada waktu ia hendak melintasi perbatasan dan masuk ke negeri Mesir, berkatalah ia kepada Sarai istrinya, "Engkau cantik, istriku.
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive.
Kalau orang Mesir melihatmu, mereka akan menduga bahwa engkau istriku lalu saya pasti dibunuh dan engkau dibiarkan hidup.
13 Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you.
Jadi sebaiknya kaukatakan saja bahwa engkau adik saya supaya saya dibiarkan hidup dan diperlakukan dengan baik karena engkau."
14 And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
Dan benarlah, setelah Abram melintasi perbatasan dan sampai di negeri Mesir, orang Mesir melihat bahwa Sarai cantik sekali.
15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.
Beberapa orang pegawai istana melihat dia dan memberitahukan kepada raja betapa cantiknya wanita itu; sebab itu dia dibawa ke istana raja.
16 And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
Demi Sarai, raja memperlakukan Abram dengan baik dan memberikan kepadanya hamba-hamba, kawanan domba dan kambing, sapi, keledai dan unta.
17 And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.
Tetapi karena raja mengambil Sarai, TUHAN mendatangkan penyakit-penyakit yang mengerikan atas raja dan orang-orang di dalam istananya.
18 And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife?
Lalu raja memanggil Abram dan bertanya kepadanya, "Apa yang telah kaulakukan terhadap aku ini? Mengapa tidak kauberitahukan bahwa ia istrimu?
19 Why said you, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way.
Mengapa kaukatakan bahwa dia adikmu dan membiarkan aku mengambilnya menjadi istriku? Ini dia, istrimu; ambillah dan pergilah!"
20 And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
Raja memberi perintah kepada beberapa pegawainya, dan mereka mengeluarkan Abram dari negeri itu bersama-sama dengan istrinya dan segala miliknya.
