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

¹Šel pa je Abraham odondod v južno pokrajino, da bi prebival med Kadesom in Surom; in bival je kot tujec v Gerarju.

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

²In Abraham je rekel za Saro, ženo svojo: Sestra je moja. In Abimelek, kralj gerarski, pošlje ter vzame Saro.

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.”

³Ali pride Bog k Abimeleku v nočnih sanjah in mu reče: Glej, takoj umreš zaradi te žene, ki si jo vzel, ker je možu poročena.

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

⁴Abimelek pa se ji ni bil približal, zato reče: Gospod, ali bi pomoril tudi narod pravičen?

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.”

⁵Ni li mi rekel sam: Sestra je moja? pa tudi ona je rekla: Brat je moj. V nedolžnosti srca svojega in v čistosti rok svojih sem storil to.

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.

⁶In mu reče Bog v sanjah: Saj jaz vem, da si storil to v nedolžnosti srca svojega, in tudi ubranil sem ti jaz, da nisi grešil zoper mene, zato ti nisem pustil dotekniti se je.

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.”

⁷Zdaj torej vrni ženo onemu možu; prorok namreč je, in bo prosil zate, in živel boš; ako pa je ne vrneš, vedi, da vsekakor umreš, ti in vsi tvoji.

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

⁸Zjutraj torej vstane Abimelek prav zgodaj, in ko je poklical vse hlapce svoje, jim pove vse te besede, da so slišali; in silno so se bali tisti možje.

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!”

⁹Nato pokliče Abimelek Abrahama ter mu reče: Kaj si nam storil? Ali kaj sem grešil zoper tebe, da si pripravil nadme in nad kraljestvo moje veliko pregreho? Dela, katerih ni storiti, si storil zoper mene.

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

¹⁰Še reče Abimelek Abrahamu: Kaj se ti je zdelo, ko si storil to reč?

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 pa reče: Ker sem dejal, da gotovo ni strahu Božjega v tem kraju, zato me bodo umorili zaradi žene moje.

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

¹²Ali tudi v resnici je sestra moja, očeta mojega hči, a ne hči matere moje; in vzel sem si jo za ženo.

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.”’”

¹³Bilo pa je, ko mi je velel Bog potovati iz hiše očeta mojega v daljavo, da sem ji rekel: Ta bodi prijaznost, ki mi jo izkazuj, v kateri kraj koli pridemo, da rečeš zame: Brat je moj.

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

¹⁴Tedaj vzame Abimelek ovce in goveda in hlapce in dekle, ter jih da Abrahamu in mu vrne Saro, ženo njegovo.

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

¹⁵In mu veli Abimelek: Glej, dežela moja ti je na voljo; kjerkoli se ti poljubi, bivaj!

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.”

¹⁶Sari pa reče: Glej, dal sem tisoč srebrnikov bratu tvojemu, glej, to ti bodi v pregrinjalo oči pri vseh, ki so s teboj, in pred vsemi si opravičena.

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

¹⁷In Abraham je molil k Bogu, in Bog ozdravi Abimeleka in ženo njegovo in dekle njegove, da so rodile.Bil je namreč dočista zaprl GOSPOD vsako maternico v hiši Abimelekovi zaradi Sare, žene Abrahamove.

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

¹⁸Bil je namreč dočista zaprl GOSPOD vsako maternico v hiši Abimelekovi zaradi Sare, žene Abrahamove.