撒莱对亚伯兰说：“我因你受屈。”
Then Sarai said to Abram, "You are responsible for the wrong I am suffering."
撒莱苦待她，她就从撒莱面前逃走了。
撒莱在自己解决神的问题。
夏甲说，我从我的主母撒莱面前逃出来。
And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.
等待是最艰难的部分，而撒莱已经厌倦等待。
The waiting is the hardest part, and Sarai was tired of the wait.
但是，我们刚学了第11章说撒莱不能生育。
But, we have just learned in chapter 11 that Sarai is barren.
这样，撒莱就虐待起夏甲来，夏甲就逃跑了。
撒莱是一长排不育女性的第一个，她们很想要孩子。
Sarai is the first of a long line of barren women who were desperate for children.
她曾用名撒莱，希伯来语是“扎是王子”的意思。
夏甲怀了孕，在比较和竞争之下，撒莱开始感到受屈。
Hagar becomes pregnant, and Sarai begins to suffer from comparison and competition.
第二，亚伯兰害怕，他不想成为撒莱突然丧命的丈夫。
Second, Abram is fearful. He doesn't want to become Sarai's suddenly deceased husband.
将近埃及，就对他妻子撒莱说，我知道你是容貌俊美的妇人。
And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon.
所以撒莱决定自己实现神的应许，不再相信神可以做这样的工作。
And so Sarai took it upon herself to fulfill the promise, no longer trusting God to do his job.
或许——就像你我一样——撒莱质疑神是否真的知道他正在做什么。
Perhaps — like you, like me — Sarai questioned whether God really knew what he was doing.
神又对亚伯拉罕说，你的妻子撒莱，不可再叫撒莱，她的名要叫撒拉。
And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
即使撒莱承认神有实现应许的能力——“耶和华使我不能生育……”。
Even as Sarai acknowledged God's ability to fulfill the promise — "the LORD has kept me from having any children."..
可是，此时发生了一件事：神因撒莱的缘故，咒诅法老和他的家人。
But then something happened: the curse of God came upon Pharaoh and his household because of Sarai.
当亚伯兰和撒莱来到埃及后，是否以为他们已在神的保护范围以外呢？
Did Abram believe he and Sarai were somehow outside God's protection when they entered the land of Egypt?
当别人看撒莱时，亚伯兰也能「沾光」 ——或者至少得到特别照顾。
When people looked at Sarai, Abram would receive some "reflected" glory—or at least some preferential treatment.
法老表示，如果他知道撒莱是亚伯兰的妻子，他一定不会招她进宫的。
Pharaoh said he would never have taken Sarai into his palace if he had known she was Abram's wife.
“我们往往记住的不是某一天，而是某个时刻。”——切撒莱•帕维塞。
"We do not remember days, we remember moments." - Cesare Pavese.
上帝又对亚伯拉罕说：“你的妻子撒莱不可再叫撒莱，她的名要叫撒拉。”
God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife; you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah."
如果我们接着问撒莱，“神会这样做吗？”她可能会坦率的回答“不会”。
If we then asked Sarai, "Will God?" her honest answer may have been "No."
他拉带着亚伯兰、撒莱和罗德离开吾珥，沿肥沃的幼发拉底河向迦南前进。
Haran Terah, Lot, Abram, and Sarai left Urand following the fertile crescent of the Euphrates River, headed toward the land of Canaan.
创12：17耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故，降大灾与法老和他的全家。
Gen 12:17 and the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
创12：17耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故，降大灾与法老和他的全家。
Gen 12:17 and the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife.
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