¹Abraham traveled from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He lived as a foreigner in Gerar.

¹Abraham pindah dari Mamre ke bagian selatan tanah Kanaan, dan menetap di antara Kades dan Syur. Beberapa waktu kemudian, ketika ia tinggal di Gerar,

²Abraham said about Sarah his wife, “She is my sister.” Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

²ia mengatakan bahwa Sara istrinya adalah adiknya. Karena itu Raja Abimelekh dari Gerar menyuruh utusannya membawa Sara kepadanya.

³But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Behold, you are a dead man, because of the woman whom you have taken. For she is a man’s wife.”

³Pada suatu malam Allah menampakkan diri kepada raja itu di dalam mimpi, dan berkata, "Engkau akan mati, karena telah kauambil wanita itu; sebab ia sudah bersuami."

⁴Now Abimelech had not come near her. He said, “Lord, will you kill even a righteous nation?

⁴Tetapi Abimelekh belum sampai menjamah Sara, maka kata raja itu, "Tuhan, saya tidak bersalah! Apakah Tuhan akan membinasakan saya dan bangsaku?

⁵Didn’t he tell me, ‘She is my sister?’ She, even she herself, said, ‘He is my brother.’ In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands have I done this.”

⁵Abraham sendiri mengatakan bahwa wanita itu adiknya, dan wanita itu berkata demikian juga. Saya telah melakukan hal itu dengan hati nurani yang bersih, jadi aku tidak bersalah."

⁶God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also withheld you from sinning against me. Therefore I didn’t allow you to touch her.

⁶Maka Allah menjawab dalam mimpi itu, "Memang, Aku tahu bahwa engkau melakukannya dengan hati nurani yang bersih. Karena itu Aku telah mencegah engkau berbuat dosa terhadap Aku, dan tidak Kubiarkan engkau menjamah wanita itu.

⁷Now therefore, restore the man’s wife. For he is a prophet, and he will pray for you, and you will live. If you don’t restore her, know for sure that you will die, you, and all who are yours.”

⁷Tetapi sekarang, kembalikanlah dia kepada suaminya. Suaminya seorang nabi, dan ia akan berdoa untukmu supaya engkau tidak mati. Tetapi jika engkau tidak mengembalikannya, ingat, engkau dan seluruh rakyatmu akan mati!"

⁸Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were very scared.

⁸Keesokan harinya, pagi-pagi, Abimelekh memanggil semua pegawainya dan memberi tahu kepada mereka segala kejadian itu. Mereka menjadi sangat ketakutan.

⁹Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, “What have you done to us? How have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done deeds to me that ought not to be done!”

⁹Setelah itu Abimelekh memanggil Abraham dan bertanya, "Apa yang telah engkau perbuat terhadap kami? Apa salahku terhadapmu, sehingga engkau mendatangkan musibah ini atas diriku dan kerajaanku? Sungguh tidak patut engkau berbuat seperti itu kepadaku.

¹⁰Abimelech said to Abraham, “What did you see, that you have done this thing?”

¹⁰Mengapa engkau berbuat begitu?"

¹¹Abraham said, “Because I thought, ‘Surely the fear of God is not in this place. They will kill me for my wife’s sake.’

¹¹Abraham menjawab, "Pikir saya, di sini tak ada orang yang takut kepada Allah, sehingga saya akan dibunuh oleh orang yang menginginkan istri saya.

¹²Besides, she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.

¹²Lagipula dia itu memang adik saya. Kami satu ayah, tetapi berlainan ibu, dan kemudian kami kawin.

¹³It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father’s house, that I said to her, ‘This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, “He is my brother.”’”

¹³Maka ketika Allah menyuruh saya meninggalkan rumah ayah saya dan mengembara ke negeri-negeri asing, saya berkata kepada istri saya, 'Nyatakanlah kesetiaanmu kepada saya dengan mengatakan kepada setiap orang bahwa saya ini abangmu.'"

¹⁴Abimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.

¹⁴Setelah itu Abimelekh mengembalikan Sara kepada Abraham, dan pada waktu itu ia memberikan juga hamba-hamba, domba dan sapi.

¹⁵Abimelech said, “Behold, my land is before you. Dwell where it pleases you.”

¹⁵Kata raja itu kepada Abraham, "Inilah seluruh negeriku; menetaplah di mana engkau suka."

¹⁶To Sarah he said, “Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. Behold, it is for you a covering of the eyes to all that are with you. In front of all you are vindicated.”

¹⁶Lalu katanya kepada Sara, "Abangmu sudah kuberi seribu uang perak sebagai bukti kepada semua orang bahwa engkau benar-benar tidak bersalah."

¹⁷Abraham prayed to God. God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his female servants, and they bore children.

¹⁷TUHAN telah membuat mandul semua wanita di istana Abimelekh karena kejadian dengan Sara, istri Abraham itu. Lalu Abraham berdoa kepada Allah, dan Allah menyembuhkan Abimelekh, istrinya dan hamba-hambanya perempuan, sehingga wanita-wanita itu dapat melahirkan lagi.

¹⁸For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.

¹⁸(20:17)