Genesis 13

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

亞巴郎帶了妻子和他所有的一切，與羅特一同由埃及上來，往乃革布去。

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

亞巴郎有許多牲畜和金銀。

3 And he went on his journeys from the South even to Beth-el, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Beth-el and Ai;

他由乃革布逐漸往貝特耳移動帳幕，到了先前他在貝特耳與哈依之間，支搭帳幕的地方，

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

亦即他先前築了祭壇，呼求上主之名的地方。

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

與亞巴郎同行的羅特，也有羊群、牛群和帳幕，

6 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.

那地方容不下他們住在一起，因為他們的產業太多，無法住在一起。

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

牧放亞巴郎牲畜的人與牧放羅特牲畜的人，時常發生口角－－當時客納罕人和培黎齊人尚住在那裏。

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren.

亞巴郎遂對羅特說：「在我與你，我的牧人與你的牧人之間，請不要發生口角，因為我們是至親。

9 Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if [thou wilt take] the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if [thou take] the right hand, then I will go to the left.

所有的地方不是都在你面前嗎﹖請你與我分開。你若往左，我就往右；你若往右，我就往左。」

10 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, like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou goest unto Zoar.

羅特舉目看見約但河整個平原，直到左哈爾一帶全有水灌溉，－－這是在上主消滅索多瑪和哈摩辣以前的事，－－有如上主的樂園，有如埃及地。

11 So Lot chose him all the Plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

羅特選了約但河的整個平原，遂興東方遷移；這樣，他們就彼此分開了：

12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.

亞巴郎住在客納罕地；羅特住在平原的城市中，漸漸移動帳幕，直到索多瑪。

13 Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against the LORD exceedingly.

索多瑪人在上主面前罪大惡極。

14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward and southward and eastward and westward:

羅特與亞巴郎分離以後，上主對亞巴郎說：「請你舉起眼來，由你所在的地方，向東西南北觀看；

15 for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

凡你看見的地方，我都要永遠賜給你和你的後裔。

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

我要使你的後裔有如地上的灰塵；如果人能數清地上的灰塵，也能數清你的後裔。

17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for unto thee will I give it.

你起來，縱橫走遍這地，因為我要將這地賜給你。」

18 And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

於是亞巴郎移動了帳幕，來到赫貝龍的瑪默勒橡樹區居住，在那裏給上主築了一座祭壇。