Génesis 16

BIBLIA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Saray, mujer de Abram, no le daba hijos. Pero tenía una esclava egipcia, que se llamaba Agar,	1 Abram's wife Sarai had borne him no children. She had, however, an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.
2 y dijo Saray a Abram: «Mira, Yahveh me ha hecho estéril. Llégate, pues, te ruego, a mi esclava. Quizá podré tener hijos de ella.» Y escuchó Abram la voz de Saray.	2 Sarai said to Abram: "The LORD has kept me from bearing children. Have intercourse, then, with my maid; perhaps I shall have sons through her." Abram heeded Sarai's request.
3 Así, al cabo de diez años de habitar Abram en Canaán, tomó Saray, la mujer de Abram, a su esclava Agar la egipcia, y diósela por mujer a su marido Abram.	3 Thus, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, his wife Sarai took her maid, Hagar the Egyptian, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his concubine.
4 Llegóse, pues, él a Agar, la cual concibió. Pero luego, al verse ella encinta, miraba a su señora con desprecio.	4 He had intercourse with her, and she became pregnant. When she became aware of her pregnancy, she looked on her mistress with disdain.
5 Dijo entonces Saray a Abram: «Mi agravio recaiga sobre ti. Yo puse mi esclava en tu seno, pero al verse ella encinta me mira con desprecio. Juzgue Yahveh entre nosotros dos.»	5 So Sarai said to Abram: "You are responsible for this outrage against me. I myself gave my maid to your embrace; but ever since she became aware of her pregnancy, she has been looking on me with disdain. May the LORD decide between you and me!"
6 Respondió Abram a Saray: «Ahí tienes a tu esclava en tus manos. Haz con ella como mejor te parezca.» Saray dio en maltratarla y ella huyó de su presencia.	6 Abram told Sarai: "Your maid is in your power. Do to her whatever you please." Sarai then abused her so much that Hagar ran away from her.
7 La encontró el Ángel de Yahveh junto a una fuente de agua en el desierto - la fuente que hay en el camino de Sur -	7 The LORD'S messenger found her by a spring in the wilderness, the spring on the road to Shur,
8 y dijo: «Agar, esclava de Saray, ¿de dónde vienes y a dónde vas?» Contestó ella: «Voy huyendo de la presencia de mi señora Saray.»	8 and he asked, "Hagar, maid of Sarai, where have you come from and where are you going?" She answered, "I am running away from my mistress, Sarai."
9 «Vuelve a tu señora, le dijo el Ángel de Yahveh, y sométete a ella.»	9 But the LORD'S messenger told her: "Go back to your mistress and submit to her abusive treatment.
10 Y dijo el Ángel de Yahveh: «Multiplicaré de tal modo tu descendencia, que por su gran multitud no podrá contarse.»	10 I will make your descendants so numerous," added the LORD'S messenger, "that they will be too many to count.
11 Y díjole el Ángel de Yahveh: Mira que has concebido, y darás a luz un hijo, al que llamarás Ismael, porque Yahveh ha oído tu aflicción.	11 Besides," the LORD'S messenger said to her: "You are now pregnant and shall bear a son; you shall name him Ishmael, For the LORD has heard you, God has answered you.
12 Será un onagro humano. Su mano contra todos, y la mano de todos contra él; y enfrente de todos sus hermanos plantará su tienda.»	12 He shall be a wild ass of a man, his hand against everyone, and everyone's hand against him; In opposition to all his kin shall he encamp."
13 Dio Agar a Yahveh, que le había hablado, el nombre de «Tú eres El Roí», pues dijo: «¿Si será que he llegado a ver aquí las espaldas de aquel que me ve?»	13 To the LORD who spoke to her she gave a name, saying, "You are the God of Vision"; she meant, "Have I really seen God and remained alive after my vision?"
14 Por eso se llamó aquel pozo «Pozo de Lajay Roí». Está entre Cadés y Béred.	14 That is why the well is called Beer-lahai-roi. It is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 Agar dio a luz un hijo a Abram, y Abram llamó al hijo que Agar le había dado Ismael.	15 Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram named the son whom Hagar bore him Ishmael.
16 Tenía Abram 86 años cuando Agar le dio su hijo Ismael.	16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore him Ishmael.