Genesi 20

1 ED Abrahamo se ne andò di là verso il paese del Mezzodì, e dimorò fra Cades e Sur; ed abitò come forestiere in Gherar.

Abraham left Mamre and moved southwest to the Negev desert and lived in a place named Gerar, between Kadesh and Shur.

2 Ed Abrahamo disse della sua moglie Sara: Ell'[è] mia sorella. Ed Abimelecco, re di Gherar, mandò a torla.

While he was there, he told people that Sarah was his sister, not his wife. Then King Abimelech of Gerar sent some of his men to Sarah, and they brought her to him to be his wife.

3 Ma Iddio venne ad Abimelecco in sogno di notte, e gli disse: Ecco, tu [sei] morto, per cagion della donna che tu hai tolta, essendo ella maritata ad un marito.

But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream during the night and said to him, “Listen to me! You are going to die because the woman you took is another man’s wife.”

4 (Or Abimelecco non se l'era accostato.) Ed egli disse: Signore, uccideresti tu tutta una nazione, [ed] anche giusta?

But Abimelech had not had sex [EUP] with her, so he said, “God, since the people of my nation and I am innocent; will you kill me?

5 Non mi ha egli detto: Ell'[è] mia sorella? ed essa ancora ha detto: Egli [è] mio fratello; io ho fatto questo con integrità del mio cuore, e con innocenza delle mie mani.

He told me, ‘She is my sister,’ and she also said, ‘He is my brother.’ I did this with pure motives and I [SYN] have not done anything wrong yet.”

6 E Iddio gli disse in sogno: Anch'io so che tu hai fatto questo con integrità del tuo cuore; onde io ancora ti ho impedito di peccar contro a me; perciò non ti ho permesso di toccarla.

God said to him in another dream, “Yes, I know that your motives were pure. That is why I truly prevented you from sinning against me. I did not allow you to have sex [EUP] with her.

7 Ora dunque restituisci la moglie a quest'uomo; perciocchè egli [è] profeta; ed egli pregherà per te, e tu viverai; ma, se tu non la restituisci, sappi che per certo morrai, tu e tutti i tuoi.

Now, return this man’s wife to her husband, because he is (a prophet/a man who receives messages from me). He will pray for you, and you will (remain alive/not die). But if you do not return her to him, you will certainly die, and all the members of your household will also certainly die.”

8 Ed Abimelecco, levatosi la mattina, chiamò tutti i suoi servitori, e raccontò in lor presenza tutte queste cose; e quegli uomini temettero grandemente.

Early the next morning, Abimelech summoned all his officials, and told them everything that had happened. When they heard that [MTY], his men were very afraid [that God would punish them].

9 Ed Abimelecco chiamò Abrahamo, e gli disse: Che cosa ci hai tu fatto? e di che ti ho io offeso, che tu abbi fatto venir sopra me, e sopra il mio regno, un gran peccato? Tu hai fatto inverso me cose che non si convengono fare.

Abimelech then summoned Abraham, and said to him, “You should not have done that to us [RHQ]! Did I do something wrong to you, with the result that you are causing me and the people in [MTY] my kingdom to be guilty of committing a great sin [RHQ]? You have done things to me that (should not be done/you should not have done)!”

10 Abimelecco disse ancora ad Abrahamo: A che hai tu riguardato, facendo questo?

Abimelech asked Abraham, “What was your reason for doing this?”

11 Ed Abrahamo disse: [Io l'ho fatto], perciocchè io diceva: E' non vi è pure alcun timor di Dio in questo luogo; e mi uccideranno per cagion della mia moglie.

Abraham replied, “I said that because I thought, ‘They certainly do not respect God in this place. If they don’t respect God, they will not respect relationships with others. [If I say she is my sister, they will try to pay me a bride price] to get her. But if I say she is my wife, they will kill me to get her.’

12 E pure anche certo ella [è] mia sorella, figliuola di mio padre, ma non già figliuola di mia madre; ed è divenuta mia moglie.

Besides, she really [can be considered] my sister, because she is the daughter of my father, although she is not the daughter of my mother. She is the daughter of another woman, and I married her.

13 Or facendomi Iddio andar qua e là, fuor della casa di mio padre, io le ho detto: Questo [è] il favor che tu mi farai: dovunque noi giungeremo, di' di me: Egli è mio fratello.

Later, when God told me to move away from my father’s household, I said to her, ‘This is the way you can show that you love me: Everywhere we go, say about me, “This is my brother.”’”

14 Ed Abimelecco prese pecore, buoi, servi e serve, e [le] diede ad Abrahamo, e gli restituì Sara sua moglie.

So Abimelech brought some sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham. And he returned his wife Sarah to him.

15 Ed Abimelecco disse: Ecco, il mio paese [è] davanti a te, dimora dovunque ti piacerà.

And Abimelech said to him, “Look! All my land is here in front of you. Live in whatever place you like!”

16 Ed a Sara disse: Ecco, io ho donati mille [sicli] d'argento al tuo fratello; ecco, egli ti [è] coperta d'occhi appo tutti coloro che [son] teco. E con tutto [ciò], ella fu ripresa.

And he said to Sarah, “Look here, I am giving 1,000 pieces of silver to your brother. This is to insure that no one will [bring up this matter again and] say that I have done something wrong. [EUP, IDM]”

17 Ed Abrahamo fece orazione a Dio; e Iddio guarì Abimelecco, e la sua moglie, e le sue serve; e poterono partorire.

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech’s wife and his slave girls so that they could become pregnant.

18 Perciocchè il Signore avea del tutto serrata ogni matrice alla casa di Abimelecco, per cagion di Sara moglie di Abrahamo.

This was because Yahweh had caused it to be impossible for any of the women in Abimelech’s household to bear children, because Abimelech had taken Abraham’s wife Sarah.