1 Mosebok 16

1 Saraj, kona hans Abram, fekk ikkje born. Men ho hadde ei terna som var frå Egyptarland og heitte Hagar.

Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

2 Og Saraj sagde med Abram: «Du ser, Herren hev meinka meg born. Kjære deg, gakk inn til terna mi! Kann henda ho fær ein son åt meg.» Og Abram lydde rådi hennar Saraj.

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.

3 So tok Saraj, kona hans Abram, og let Abram, mannen sin, få Hagar frå Egyptarland, som var terna hennar, til kona. Då var det ti år sidan Abram hadde slege seg ned i Kana’ans-land.

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.

4 Og han gjekk inn til Hagar, og ho vart med barn. Men då ho såg at ho var med barn, vanvyrde ho matmor si.

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.

5 Då sagde Saraj med Abram: «Du skal svara for den urett eg lid. Eg bad deg sjølv taka terna mi i fang, men no ho ser at ho er med barn, vanvyrder ho meg. Herren skal døma millom meg og deg!»

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.

6 Då sagde Abram med Saraj: «Terna di råder du sjølv yver. Gjer med henne som du synest!» Sidan var Saraj hard med henne, og ho rømde sin veg.

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.

7 Men Herrens engel fann henne innmed ei vatskjelda i øydemarki, den kjelda som er frammed vegen til Sur.

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.

8 Og han sagde: «Du Hagar, terna hennar Saraj, kvar kjem du frå, og kvar etlar du deg?» Og ho sagde: «Eg laut røma frå Saraj, matmor mi.»

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.

9 Då sagde Herrens engel til henne: «Gakk heim att til matmor di, og bøyg deg under handi hennar!»

And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority.

10 Og Herrens engel sagde til henne: «Eg vil gjeva deg ei ætt som er endelaus: reint uteljande skal ho vera!»

And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered.

11 Og Herrens engel sagde til henne: «Sjå, du er med barn, og du skal eiga ein son. Honom skal du kalla Ismael, av di Herren høyrde deg i naudi di.

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.

12 Det vert eit villasen til kar. Hans hand skal vera lyft mot alle, og alle hender mot honom. Og midt for augo på alle brørne sine skal han slå seg ned.»

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.

13 Og ho nemnde Herren, som hadde tala med henne, og sagde: «Du er Gud, den som ser alt!» Og ho sagde: «Kann det vera råd at eg her hev set skimten av den som all tid ser meg!»

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?

14 Difor kallar dei den kjelda «Kjelda åt den som liver, og ser meg»; ho er millom Kades og Bered.

So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered.

15 Og Hagar fekk ein son, og Abram kalla son sin, som Hagar hadde fenge, Ismael.

And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

16 Abram var seks og åtteti år gamall, då han fekk Ismael med Hagar.

Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.