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 exceedingly 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, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward 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 will be my 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 one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy 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 the 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 accounted 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 unto 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, 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 unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.
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; but 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 when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, 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 which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will 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 go 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 come 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。」
Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.
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, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those 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，
On the same 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 Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人、
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,
21 亞摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人、耶布斯人之地。」
And the Emorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
