創世記 15
1 這些事以後，有上主的話在神視中對亞巴郎說：「亞巴郎，你不要怕，我是你的盾牌；你得的報酬必很豐厚! 」
After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
2 亞巴郎說：「我主上主! 你能給我什麼﹖我一直沒有兒子；繼承我家業的是大馬士革人厄里則爾。」
But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 亞巴郎又說：「你既沒有賜給我後裔，那麼只有一個家僕來作我的承繼人。」
Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
4 有上主的話答覆他說：「這人決不會是你的承繼人，而是你親生的要做你的承繼人。」
Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
5 上主遂領他到外面說：「請你仰觀蒼天，數點星辰，你能夠數清嗎﹖」繼而對他說：「你的後裔也將這樣。」
And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”
6 亞巴郎相信了上主，上主就以此算為他的正義。
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
7 上主又對他說：「我是上主，我從加色丁人的烏爾領你出來，是為將這地賜給你作為產業。」
The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
8 亞巴郎說：「我主上主! 我如何知道我要佔有此地為產業﹖」
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
9 上主對他說：「你給我拿來一隻三歲的母牛，一隻三歲的母山羊，一隻三歲的公綿羊，一隻斑鳩和一隻雛鴿。」
And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
10 亞巴郎便把這一切拿了來，每樣從中剖開，將一半與另一半相對排列，只有飛鳥沒有剖開。
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
11 有鷙鳥落在獸屍上，亞巴郎就把牠們趕走。
And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12 太陽快要西落時，亞巴郎昏沉地睡去，忽覺陰森萬分，遂害怕起來。
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
13 上主對亞巴郎說：「你當知道，你的後裔必要寄居在異邦，受人奴役虐待四百年之久。
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
14 但是，我要親自懲罰他們所要服事的民族；如此你的後裔必要帶著豐富的財物由那裏出來。
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
15 至於你，你要享受高壽，以後平安回到你列祖那裏，被人埋葬。
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
16 到了第四代，他們必要回到這裏，因為阿摩黎人的罪惡至今尚未滿貫。」
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 當日落天黑的時候，看，有冒煙的火爐和燃著的火炬，由那些肉塊間經過。
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
18 在這一天，上主與亞巴郎立約說：「我要賜給你後裔的這土地，是從埃及河直到幼發拉的河，
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
19 就是刻尼人、刻納次人、卡德摩尼人、
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20 赫特人、培黎齊人、勒法因人、
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21 阿摩黎人、客納罕人、基爾加士人和耶步斯人的土地。」
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
