Genesis 20 – NIVUK & NASV

New International Version – UK

Genesis 20:1-18

Abraham and Abimelek

1Now Abraham moved on from there into the region of the Negev and lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar, 2and there Abraham said of his wife Sarah, ‘She is my sister.’ Then Abimelek king of Gerar sent for Sarah and took her.

3But God came to Abimelek in a dream one night and said to him, ‘You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken; she is a married woman.’

4Now Abimelek had not gone near her, so he said, ‘Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation? 5Did he not say to me, “She is my sister,” and didn’t she also say, “He is my brother”? I have done this with a clear conscience and clean hands.’

6Then God said to him in the dream, ‘Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her. 7Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not return her, you may be sure that you and all who belong to you will die.’

8Early the next morning Abimelek summoned all his officials, and when he told them all that had happened, they were very much afraid. 9Then Abimelek called Abraham in and said, ‘What have you done to us? How have I wronged you that you have brought such great guilt upon me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should never be done.’ 10And Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What was your reason for doing this?’

11Abraham replied, ‘I said to myself, “There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.” 12Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not of my mother; and she became my wife. 13And when God caused me to wander from my father’s household, I said to her, “This is how you can show your love to me: everywhere we go, say of me, ‘He is my brother.’ ” ’

14Then Abimelek brought sheep and cattle and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham, and he returned Sarah his wife to him. 15And Abimelek said, ‘My land is before you; live wherever you like.’

16To Sarah he said, ‘I am giving your brother a thousand shekels20:16 That is, about 12 kilograms of silver. This is to cover the offence against you before all who are with you; you are completely vindicated.’

17Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelek, his wife and his female slaves so they could have children again, 18for the Lord had kept all the women in Abimelek’s household from conceiving because of Abraham’s wife Sarah.

New Amharic Standard Version

ዘፍጥረት 20:1-18

አብርሃምና አቤሜሌክ

20፥1-18 ተጓ ምብ – ዘፍ 12፥10-2026፥1-11

1አብርሃም ከዚያ ተነሥቶ ወደ ኔጌብ አካባቢ ሄዶ በቃዴስና በሱር መካከል ሰፈረ፤ ለጥቂት ጊዜም በጌራራ ተቀመጠ። 2በዚያም አብርሃም ሚስቱን ሣራን፣ “እኅቴ ናት” ይል ነበር። ስለዚህ የጌራራ ንጉሥ አቢሜሌክ መልእክተኛ ልኮ ሣራን ወሰዳት።

3እግዚአብሔርም (ኤሎሂም) በአንድ ሌሊት በሕልም ወደ አቢሜሌክ መጥቶ፣ “እነሆ፤ በወሰድሃት ሴት ምክንያት ምዉት ነህ፤ እርሷ ባለ ባል ናት” አለው።

4አቢሜሌክም ገና አልደረሰባትም ነበርና እንዲህ አለ፤ “ጌታ ሆይ፤ በደል ያልፈጸመውን ሕዝብ ታጠፋለህን? 5‘እኅቴ ናት’ ያለኝ ራሱ አይደለምን? ደግሞስ ራሷም ብትሆን፣ ‘ወንድሜ ነው’ አላለችምን? እኔ ይህን ያደረግሁት በቅን ልቦናና በንጹሕ እጅ ነው።”

6እግዚአብሔርም (ኤሎሂም) በሕልሙ እንዲህ አለው፤ “አንተ ይህን ያደረግኸው በቅን ልቦና መሆኑን ዐውቄአለሁ፤ በእኔም ላይ ኀጢአት እንዳትሠራ የጠበቅሁህና እንዳትነካትም ያደረግሁት ለዚሁ ነው። 7አሁንም ሚስቱን ለሰውየው መልስለት፤ ነቢይ ነውና ይጸልይልሃል፤ አንተም ትድናለህ፤ ባትመልስለት ግን አንተም ሆንህ የአንተ የሆነ ሁሉ እንደምትሞቱ ዕወቅ።”

8በማግስቱም ማለዳ፣ አቢሜሌክ ሹማምቱን ሁሉ ጠርቶ፣ የሆነውን ሁሉ ነገራቸው፤ እነርሱም ታላቅ ፍርሀት ዐደረባቸው። 9ከዚያም አቢሜሌክ አብርሃምን አስጠርቶ እንዲህ አለው፤ “ይህ ያደረግህብን ነገር ምንድን ነው? ምን በደልሁህና ነው በእኔና በግዛቴ ላይ እንዲህ ያለውን ታላቅ የጥፋት መዘዝ ያመጣህብን? በእውነቱ መደረግ የማይገባውን ነው ያደረግህብን።” 10ከዚያም አቢሜሌክ፣ “ለመሆኑ ይህን ያደረግህበት ምክንያት ምንድን ነው?” ሲል አብርሃምን ጠየቀው።

11አብርሃምም አቢሜሌክን እንዲህ አለው፤ “እዚህ ቦታ ፈሪሀ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) አለመኖሩን ተገነዘብሁ፤ ሰዎቹም ለሚስቴ ሲሉ ይገድሉኛል ብዬ ሠጋሁ፤ 12ደግሞም እኮ በርግጥ እኅቴ ናት፤ ከአንድ እናት ባንወለድም በአባት አንድ ነን፤ ኋላም አገባኋት። 13እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) አዝዞኝ ከአባቴ ቤት ወጥቼ በየአገሩ ስዞር፣ ‘ለእኔ ያለሽን ፍቅር በዚህ ግለጭልኝ፤ በየደረስንበት ስፍራ ሁሉ “እርሱ ወንድሜ ነው” በዪ’ ብያት ነበር።”

14ከዚያም አቢሜሌክ፣ በጎችና የቀንድ ከብቶች፣ ወንድና ሴት አገልጋዮችን ለአብርሃም ሰጠው፤ ሚስቱን ሣራንም መለሰለት። 15አቢሜሌክም አብርሃምን፣ “እነሆ፤ አገሬ አገርህ ናት፤ በፈቀድህበት ስፍራ መኖር ትችላለህ” አለው።

16ሣራንም፣ “እነሆ፤ ለወንድምሽ ለአብርሃም አንድ ሺሕ ጥሬ ብር20፥16 11.5 ኪሎ ግራም ገደማ ይሆናል። እሰጠዋለሁ፤ ይህም በአንቺ ላይ ለተፈጸመው በደል ካሣ እንዲሆንና አብረውሽ ያሉ ሁሉ እንዲያውቁት ነው፤ በዚህም ንጽሕናሽ ይረጋገጣል” አላት።

17ከዚያም አብርሃም ወደ እግዚአብሔር (ኤሎሂም) ጸለየ፤ እግዚአብሔርም (ኤሎሂም) አቢሜሌክን፣ ሚስቱንና ሴት አገልጋዮቹን ፈወሳቸው፤ እንደ ገናም ልጅ ለመውለድ በቁ። 18እግዚአብሔር (ያህዌ) በአብርሃም ሚስት በሣራ ምክንያት፣ በአቢሜሌክ ቤት የሚገኙትን ሴቶች ማሕፀናቸውን ሁሉ ዘግቶ ነበርና።