Si Hagar at si Ishmael
1Si Sarai na asawa ni Abram ay hindi magkaanak. May alipin siyang babae na taga-Egipto na ang pangalan ay Hagar. 2Sinabi ni Sarai kay Abram, “Dahil hindi pinahintulutan ng Panginoon na magkaanak ako, mabuti pa sigurong sumiping ka sa alipin kong babae, baka sakaling magkaroon tayo ng anak sa pamamagitan niya.”
Pumayag si Abram sa sinabi ng kanyang asawa. 3Kaya ibinigay ni Sarai si Hagar kay Abram para maging asawa nito. (Nangyari ito matapos manirahan si Abram sa Canaan ng sampung taon.) 4At nagbuntis nga si Hagar.
Nang malaman ni Hagar na buntis siya, hinamak niya si Sarai. 5Dahil dito, sinabi ni Sarai kay Abram, “Ngayong buntis na si Hagar hinahamak na niya ako. Ikaw ang dapat sisihin. Ibinigay ko siya sa iyo at ikaw dapat ang sumaway sa kanya. Ang Panginoon na ang humatol kung sino sa atin ang tama.”
6Sumagot si Abram, “Kung ganoon, ibabalik ko siya sa iyo bilang alipin mo at bahala ka kung ano ang gusto mong gawin sa kanya.” Simula noon, hindi naging maganda ang pakikitungo ni Sarai kay Hagar, kaya lumayas na lamang ito.
7Nakita si Hagar ng anghel ng Panginoon doon sa bukal ng tubig sa ilang. Ang bukal na ito ay malapit sa daan na papuntang Shur. 8Tinanong siya ng anghel, “Hagar, alipin ni Sarai, saan ka ba nanggaling at saan ka pupunta?”
Sumagot siya, “Lumayas po ako sa amo kong si Sarai.”
9Sinabi ng anghel sa kanya, “Bumalik ka sa amo mo at magpakumbaba ka sa kanya.” 10Pagkatapos, sinabi pa ng anghel,
“Pararamihin ko ang lahi mo na ang dami nilaʼy hindi mabibilang.”
11At sinabi pa ng anghel ng Panginoon sa kanya,
“Buntis ka na at hindi magtatagal ay magkakaanak ka ng lalaki. Pangangalanan mo siyang Ishmael,16:11 Ishmael: Ang ibig sabihin, nakikinig ang Dios. dahil pinakinggan ng Panginoon ang pagtawag mo sa kanya dahil sa iyong pagtitiis.
12Pero ang anak mo ay mabubuhay na katulad ng isang asnong-gubat. Kakalabanin niya ang lahat, at ang lahat ay lalaban sa kanya. Kahit ang mga kamag-anak niya ay lalaban sa kanya.”
13Tinawag ni Hagar na “Dios na Nakakakita” ang pangalan ng Panginoon na nakipag-usap sa kanya, dahil sinabi niya, “Tunay bang nakita ko ang Dios na nakakakita sa akin sa lugar na ito?” 14Iyon ang bukal na naroon sa gitna ng Kadesh at Bered na tinatawag na Beer Lahai Roi.16:14 Beer Lahai Roi: Ang ibig sabihin, Balon ng buhay na Dios na nakakakita sa akin.
15Bumalik si Hagar kay Sarai, at dumating ang panahon na nanganak siya ng isang lalaki. Pinangalanan ni Abram ang bata na Ishmael. 16Nasa 86 na taong gulang si Abram nang ipinanganak si Ishmael.
Hagar and Ishmael
1Abram’s wife Sarai had never had any children by him. But she had a female slave from Egypt named Hagar. 2So she said to Abram, “The Lord has kept me from having children. Go and sleep with my slave. Maybe I can have a family through her.”
Abram agreed to what Sarai had said. 3His wife Sarai gave him her slave Hagar to be his wife. That was after he had been living in Canaan for ten years. 4Then he slept with Hagar, and she became pregnant.
When Hagar knew she was pregnant, she began to look down on the woman who owned her. 5Then Sarai said to Abram, “It’s your fault that I’m suffering like this. I put my slave in your arms. Now that she knows she’s pregnant, she looks down on me. May the Lord judge between you and me. May he decide which of us is right.”
6“Your slave belongs to you,” Abram said. “Do with her what you think is best.” Then Sarai treated Hagar badly. So Hagar ran away from her.
7The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert. The spring was beside the road to Shur. 8The angel said, “Hagar, you are Sarai’s slave. Where have you come from? Where are you going?”
“I’m running away from my owner Sarai,” she answered.
9Then the angel of the Lord told her, “Go back to the woman who owns you. Obey her.” 10The angel continued, “I will give you and your family many children. There will be more of them than anyone can count.”
11The angel of the Lord also said to her,
“You are now pregnant
and will have a son.
You will name him Ishmael,
because the Lord has heard about your suffering.
12He will be like a wild donkey.
He will use his power against everyone,
and everyone will be against him.
He will not get along with any of his family.”
13She gave a name to the Lord who spoke to her. She called him “You are the God who sees me.” That’s because she said, “I have now seen the One who sees me.” 14That’s why the well was named Beer Lahai Roi. It’s still there, between Kadesh and Bered.
15So Hagar had a son by Abram and Abram gave him the name Ishmael. 16Abram was 86 years old when Hagar had Ishmael by him.
