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Sabato, 4 maggio 2024 - San Ciriaco ( Letture di oggi)

Genesi 12


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1 - E disse il Signore ad Abramo: «Esci dalla tua terra, dalla tua gente, dalla casa del padre tuo, e vieni nella terra che ti additerò.1 Then the Lord said to Abram: “Depart from your land, and from your kindred, and from your father’s house, and come into the land that I will show you.
2 Farò uscire da te una grande nazione, ti benedirò, farò grande il tuo nome, e sarai benedetto.2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you will be blessed.
3 Benedirò chi ti benedirà, maledirò chi ti maledirà, ed in te saranno benedette tutte le genti della terra».3 I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you, and in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”
4 Partì dunque Abramo, secondo il comando fattogli dal Signore, e Lot andò con lui. Abramo era di settantacinque anni quando uscì da Haran.4 And so Abram departed just as the Lord had instructed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran.
5 Prese con sè Sarai sua moglie, Lot figlio del suo fratello, tutti gli averi che possedevano, e le creature nate a loro in Haran, ed uscirono, diretti alla terra di Canaan. Giunti in quella,5 And he took his wife Sarai, and Lot, the son of his brother, and all the substance which they had come to possess, and the lives which they had acquired in Haran, and they departed in order to go to the land of Canaan. And when they arrived in it,
6 Abramo la traversò sino al luogo detto Sichem, alla valle detta Famosa. Quella terra era allora de' Cananei.6 Abram passed through the land even to the place of Shechem, as far as the famous steep valley. Now at that time, the Canaanite was in the land.
7 Allora apparve il Signore ad Abramo, e gli disse: «Darò questa terra alla tua discendenza». Ed egli edificò quivi un altare al Signore che gli era apparso.7 Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and he said to him, “To your offspring, I will give this land.” And there he built an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
8 Di lì trasferitosi verso il monte che era ad oriente di Betel, vi tese le tende, avendo Betel ad occidente ed Hai all'oriente. Anche lì alzò un altare al Signore, ed invocò il nome suo.8 And passing on from there to a mountain, which was opposite the east of Bethel, he pitched his tent there, having Bethel to the west, and Hai on the east. He also built an altar there to the Lord, and he called upon his name.
9 Poi ripartì, andando e proseguendo oltre, verso mezzogiorno.9 And Abram traveled, going out and continuing further on, toward the south.
10 Fu poi carestia in quella regione; ed Abramo si diresse verso l'Egitto per ripararvisi, perchè grande era la fame nel paese.10 But a famine occurred in the land. And Abram descended to Egypt, to sojourn there. For famine prevailed over the land.
11 Essendo vicino a entrar nell'Egitto, disse a Sarai sua moglie: «So che sei una bella donna;11 And when he was close to entering Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai: “I know you to be a beautiful woman.
12 quando gli Egiziani ti avranno visto, diranno: - È sua moglie. - Ed uccideranno me per ritenersi te.12 And when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘She is his wife.’ And they will put me to death, and retain you.
13 Di' dunque, ti prego, che sei mia sorella, acciò ch'io sia ben trattato per cagion tua, e ch'io sia lasciato in vita per grazia tua».13 Therefore, I beg you to say that you are my sister, so that it may be well with me because of you, and so that my soul may live by your favor.”
14 Entrato dunque che fu Abramo in Egitto, videro gli Egiziani quella donna bellissima,14 And so, when Abram had arrived in Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was exceedingly beautiful.
15 ed i magnati lo raccontarono al Faraone, e la celebrarono a lui; ed essa fu portata via, in casa del Faraone.15 And the princes reported it to Pharaoh, and they praised her to him. And the woman was inducted into the house of Pharaoh.
16 Trattarono bene Abramo in grazia di lei, ed ebbe pecore, bovi, asini, servi e serve, asine e cammelli.16 In truth, they treated Abram well because of her. And he had sheep and oxen and male donkeys, and men servants, and women servants, and female donkeys, and camels.
17 Ma il Signore, a causa di Sarai moglie di Abramo, flagellò con castighi grandissimi il Faraone e la sua casa.17 But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his house with great wounds because of Sarai, the wife of Abram.
18 Laonde il Faraone chiamò Abramo, e gli disse: «Che cosa m'hai fatto? Perchè non mi dicesti che era tua moglie?18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and he said to him: “What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?
19 Per qual motivo dicesti che era tua sorella, così che la prendessi io per moglie? Ora dunque, ecco la moglie tua. Prendila, e vattene».19 For what reason did you claim her to be your sister, so that I would take her to me as a wife? Now therefore, behold your mate, receive her and go.”
20 Il Faraone dette ordine a' suoi uomini riguardo ad Abramo, e questi rimandarono lui, la moglie, e tutto quel che aveva.20 And Pharaoh instructed his men about Abram. And they led him away with his wife and all that he had.