創世記 15
1 這事以後，耶和華在異象中有話對亞伯蘭說：「亞伯蘭，你不要懼怕！我是你的盾牌，必大大地賞賜你。」
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'
2 亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我既無子，你還賜我甚麼呢？並且要承受我家業的是大馬士革人以利以謝。」
And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'
3 亞伯蘭又說：「你沒有給我兒子；那生在我家中的人就是我的後嗣。」
And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'
4 耶和華又有話對他說：「這人必不成為你的後嗣；你本身所生的才成為你的後嗣。」
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'
5 於是領他走到外邊，說：「你向天觀看，數算眾星，能數得過來嗎？」又對他說：「你的後裔將要如此。」
And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.'
6 亞伯蘭信耶和華，耶和華就以此為他的義。
And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
7 耶和華又對他說：「我是耶和華，曾領你出了迦勒底的吾珥，為要將這地賜你為業。」
And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.'
8 亞伯蘭說：「主耶和華啊，我怎能知道必得這地為業呢？」
And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'
9 他說：「你為我取一隻三年的母牛，一隻三年的母山羊，一隻三年的公綿羊，一隻斑鳩，一隻雛鴿。」
And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'
10 亞伯蘭就取了這些來，每樣劈開，分成兩半，一半對着一半地擺列，只有鳥沒有劈開。
And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.
11 有鷙鳥下來，落在那死畜的肉上，亞伯蘭就把牠嚇飛了。
And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 日頭正落的時候，亞伯蘭沉沉地睡了；忽然有驚人的大黑暗落在他身上。
And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
13 耶和華對亞伯蘭說：「你要的確知道，你的後裔必寄居別人的地，又服事那地的人；那地的人要苦待他們四百年。
And He said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 並且他們所要服事的那國，我要懲罰，後來他們必帶着許多財物從那裏出來。
and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 但你要享大壽數，平平安安地歸到你列祖那裏，被人埋葬。
But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 到了第四代，他們必回到此地，因為亞摩利人的罪孽還沒有滿盈。」
And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
17 日落天黑，不料有冒煙的爐並燒着的火把從那些肉塊中經過。
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
18 當那日，耶和華與亞伯蘭立約，說：「我已賜給你的後裔，從埃及河直到幼發拉底大河之地，
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
19 就是基尼人、基尼洗人、甲摩尼人、
the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20 赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人、
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
21 亞摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人、耶布斯人之地。」
and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'
