Genesi 16
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Genesis 16
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Or Sarai, moglie d’Abramo, non gli avea dato figliuoli. Essa aveva una serva egiziana per nome Agar. | Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar. |
E Sarai disse ad Abramo: "Ecco, l’Eterno m’ha fatta sterile; deh, va’ dalla mia serva; forse avrò progenie da lei". E Abramo dette ascolto alla voce di Sarai. | And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said. |
Sarai dunque, moglie d’Abramo, dopo che Abramo ebbe dimorato dieci anni nel paese di Canaan, prese la sua serva Agar, l’Egiziana, e la diede per moglie ad Abramo suo marito. | So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife. |
Ed egli andò da Agar, che rimase incinta; e quando s’accorse ch’era incinta, guardò la sua padrona con disprezzo. | And he went in to Hagar and she became with child, and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for her master's wife. |
E Sarai disse ad Abramo: "L’ingiuria fatta a me, ricade su te. Io t’ho dato la mia serva in seno; e da che ella s’è accorta ch’era incinta, mi guarda con disprezzo. L’Eterno sia giudice fra me e te". | And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me. |
E Abramo rispose a Sarai: "Ecco, la tua serva è in tuo potere; fa’ con lei come ti piacerà". Sarai la trattò duramente, ed ella se ne fuggì da lei. | And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her. |
E l’angelo dell’Eterno la trovò presso una sorgente d’acqua, nel deserto, presso la sorgente ch’è sulla via di Shur, | And an angel of the Lord came to her by a fountain of water in the waste land, by the fountain on the way to Shur. |
e le disse: "Agar, serva di Sarai, donde vieni? e dove vai?" Ed ella rispose: "Me ne fuggo dal cospetto di Sarai mia padrona". | And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife. |
E l’angelo dell’Eterno le disse: "Torna alla tua padrona, e umiliati sotto la sua mano". | And the angel said to her, Go back, and put yourself under her authority. |
L’angelo dell’Eterno soggiunse: "Io moltiplicherò grandemente la tua progenie, e non la si potrà contare, tanto sarà numerosa". | And the angel of the Lord said, Your seed will be greatly increased so that it may not be numbered. |
E l’angelo dell’Eterno le disse ancora: "Ecco, tu sei incinta, e partorirai un figliuolo, al quale porrai nome Ismaele, perché l’Eterno t’ha ascoltata nella tua afflizione; | And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow. |
esso sarà tra gli uomini come un asino selvatico; la sua mano sarà contro tutti, e la mano di tutti contro di lui; e abiterà in faccia a tutti i suoi fratelli". | And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers. |
Allora Agar chiamò il nome dell’Eterno che le avea parlato, Atta-El-Roi, perché disse: "Ho io, proprio qui, veduto andarsene colui che m’ha vista?" | And to the Lord who was talking with her she gave this name, You are a God who is seen; for she said, Have I not even here in the waste land had a vision of God and am still living? |
Perciò quel pozzo fu chiamato "il pozzo di Lachai-Roi". Ecco, esso è fra Kades e Bered. | So that fountain was named, Fountain of Life and Vision: it is between Kadesh and Bered. |
E Agar partorì un figliuolo ad Abramo; e Abramo, al figliuolo che Agar gli avea partorito, pose nome Ismaele. | And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael. |
Abramo aveva ottantasei anni quando Agar gli partorì Ismaele. | Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael. |