¹[Ny nivahinian'i Abrahama tao Gerara] Dia nifindra niala teo Abrahama nankany amin'ny tany atsimo ka nitoetra teo anelanelan'i Kadesy sy Sora ary nivahiny tao Gerara izy.

¹And Abraham journeyeth from thence toward the land of the south, and dwelleth between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourneth in Gerar;

²Ary hoy ny filazan'i Abrahama an'i Saraha vadiny: Anabaviko izy; dia naniraka Abimeleka, mpanjakan'i Gerara, nampaka an'i Saraha.

²and Abraham saith concerning Sarah his wife, `She is my sister;` and Abimelech king of Gerar sendeth and taketh Sarah.

³Fa Andriamanitra nankeo amin'i Abimeleka, tamin'ny nofy nony alina, ka nanao taminy hoe: Indro, fa ho faty ianao noho ny vehivavy izay nalainao, fa vadin'olona izy.

³And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou [art] a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken — and she married to a husband.`

⁴Fa Abimeleka anefa tsy mbola nanakaiky azy, ka hoy izy: Tompo ô, hovonoinao koa va izay firenena marina?

⁴And Abimelech hath not drawn near unto her, and he saith, `Lord, also a righteous nation dost thou slay?

⁵Tsy ralehilahy va no nilaza tamiko hoe: Anabaviko izy? ary ravahivavy koa nanao hoe: Anadahiko izy; koa tamin'ny fahatsoran'ny foko sy ny fahadiovan'ny tanako no nanaovako izany.

⁵hath not he himself said to me, She [is] my sister! and she, even she herself, said, He [is] my brother; in the integrity of my heart, and in the innocency of my hands, I have done this.`

⁶Ary hoy Andriamanitra taminy tamin'ny nofy: Eny ary, fantatro ihany fa tamin'ny fahatsoran'ny fonao no nanaovanao izany; ary Izaho kosa dia niaro anao mba tsy hanota amiko; koa izany no tsy namelako anao hanendry azy.

⁶And God saith unto him in the dream, `Yea, I — I have known that in the integrity of thy heart thou hast done this, and I withhold thee, even I, from sinning against Me, therefore I have not suffered thee to come against her;

⁷Ary ankehitriny avereno ny vadin-dralehilahy, fa mpaminany izy ka hifona ho anao, dia ho velona ianao; fa raha tsy averinao izy, aoka ho fantatrao fa ho faty tokoa ianao, dia ianao mbamin'izay rehetra mety ho anao.

⁷and now send back the man`s wife, for he [is] inspired, and he doth pray for thee, and live thou; and if thou do not send back, know that dying thou dost die, thou, and all that thou hast.`

⁸Dia nifoha maraina koa Abimeleka ka niantso ny mpanompony rehetra ary nanambara izany rehetra izany teo anatrehany; ka dia raiki-tahotra indrindra ny olona.

⁸And Abimelech riseth early in the morning, and calleth for all his servants, and speaketh all these words in their ears; and the men fear exceedingly;

⁹Ary Abimeleka dia nampaka an'i Abrahama ka nanao taminy hoe: Inona izao nataonao taminay izao? ary inona izao ratsy nataoko taminao izao no dia nahatonga heloka lehibe tamiko sy tamin'ny fanjakako ianao? zavatra izay tsy tokony hatao no nataonao tamiko.

⁹and Abimelech calleth for Abraham, and saith to him, `What hast thou done to us? and what have I sinned against thee, that thou hast brought upon me, and upon my kingdom, a great sin? works which are not done thou hast done with me.`

¹⁰Ary hoy koa Abimeleka tamin'i Abrahama: Inona no hitanao, no nanao izany zavatra izany ianao?

¹⁰Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?`

¹¹Dia hoy Abrahama: Satria hoy izaho: Tsy misy fahatahorana an'Andriamanitra tokoa amin'ity tany ity, ka hovonoin'ny olona aho noho ny amin'ny vadiko.

¹¹And Abraham saith, `Because I said, `Surely the fear of God is not in this place, and they have slain me for the sake of my wife;

¹²Nefa anabaviko ihany tokoa izy, satria zanakavavin'ny raiko, fa tsy mba zanakavavin'ny reniko; ka dia nanambady azy aho.

¹²and also, truly she is my sister, daughter of my father, only not daughter of my mother, and she becometh my wife;

¹³Ary raha nampifindrafindra ahy hiala tamin'ny tranon'ny raiko Andriamanitra, dia hoy izaho tamin'ny vadiko: Izao no soa hataonao amiko any amin'izay tany rehetra halehantsika dia lazao aho hoe: Anadahiko izy.

¹³and it cometh to pass, when God hath caused me to wander from my father`s house, that I say to her, This [is] thy kindness which thou dost with me: at every place whither we come, say of me, He [is] my brother.`

¹⁴Ary Abimeleka naka ondry sy omby sy ankizilahy ary ankizivavy, ka nomeny an'i Abrahama ireny; ary Saraha vadiny dia naveriny teo aminy.

¹⁴And Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;

¹⁵Ary hoy Abimeleka: Indro, eo anoloanao ny taniko; mitoera eo amin'izay tianao.

¹⁵and Abimelech saith, `Lo, my land [is] before thee, where it is good in thine eyes, dwell;`

¹⁶Ary hoy kosa izy tamin'i Saraha: Indro, efa nomeko sekely volafotsy arivo ny anadahinao; indro, ho fanampena-maso aminao izany, dia amin'izay rehetra momba anao: ka dia efa nahazo ny rariny ianao ny amin'izany rehetra izany.

¹⁶and to Sarah he hath said, `Lo, I have given a thousand silverlings to thy brother; lo, it is to thee a covering of eyes, to all who are with thee;` and by all this she is reasoned with.

¹⁷Ary Abrahama dia nifona tamin'Andriamanitra; ary Andriamanitra nahasitrana an'i Abimeleka sy ny vadiny mbamin'ny mpanompovaviny; dia niteraka izy ireo.Fa Jehovah efa nahamomba tokoa ny vehivavy rehetra tamin'ny ankohonan'i Abimeleka noho ny amin'i Saraha, vadin'i Abrahama.

¹⁷And Abraham prayeth unto God, and God healeth Abimelech and his wife, and his handmaids, and they bear:

¹⁸Fa Jehovah efa nahamomba tokoa ny vehivavy rehetra tamin'ny ankohonan'i Abimeleka noho ny amin'i Saraha, vadin'i Abrahama.

¹⁸for Jehovah restraining had restrained every womb of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham`s wife.