Postanak 15
1 Poslije tih događaja Jahve uputi Abramu riječ u ukazanju: “Ne boj se, Abrame, ja sam ti zaštita; a nagrada tvoja bit će vrlo velika!”
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 Abram odgovori: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, čemu mi tvoji darovi kad ostajem bez poroda; kad je mojoj kući nasljednik Eliezer Damaščanin?
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 Kako mi nisi dao potomstva - nastavi Abram - jedan će, eto, od mojih ukućana postati moj baštinik.”
Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
4 Ali mu Jahve opet uputi riječ: “Taj neće biti tvoj baštinik, nego će ti baštinik biti tvoj potomak.”
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 Izvede ga van i reče: “Pogledaj na nebo i zvijezde prebroj ako ih možeš prebrojiti.” A onda doda: “Toliko će biti tvoje potomstvo.”
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 Abram povjerova Jahvi, i on mu to uračuna u pravednost.
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
7 Tada mu on reče: “Ja sam Jahve koji sam te odveo iz Ura Kaldejskoga da ti predam ovu zemlju u posjed.”
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 A on odvrati: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, kako ću ja doznati da ću je zaposjesti?”
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
9 Odgovori mu: “Prinesi mi junicu od tri godine, kozu od tri godine, ovna od tri godine, jednu grlicu i jednog golubića.”
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 Sve mu to donese, rasiječe na pole i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ptica nije rasijecao.
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 Ptice grabežljivice obarale se na leševe, ali ih je Abram rastjerivao.
And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12 Kad je sunce bilo pri zalazu, dubok san obuzme Abrama, a onda se na nj spusti gust mrak pun jeze.
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
13 Tada Bog reče Abramu: “Dobro znaj da će tvoji potomci biti stranci u tuđoj zemlji; robovat će i biti tlačeni četiri stotine godina,
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 ali narodu kojem budu služili ja ću suditi; i konačno će izići s velikim blagom.
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
15 A ti ćeš k ocima svojim u miru poći, u sretnoj starosti bit ćeš sahranjen.
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
16 Oni će se ovamo vratiti za četvrtog naraštaja, jer mjera se zlodjela amorejskih još nije navršila.”
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
17 Kad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruća zublja te prođu između onih dijelova.
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 Toga je dana Jahve sklopio Savez s Abramom rekavši: “Potomstvu tvojemu dajem zemlju ovu od Rijeke u Egiptu do Velike rijeke, rijeke Eufrata:
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 Kenijce, Kenižane, Kadmonce,
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
20 Hetite, Perižane, Refaimce,
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
21 Amorejce, Kanaance, Girgašane, Jebusejce.”
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
