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 things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
2 Abram odgovori: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, čemu mi tvoji darovi kad ostajem bez poroda; kad je mojoj kući nasljednik Eliezer Damaščanin?
And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
3 Kako mi nisi dao potomstva - nastavi Abram - jedan će, eto, od mojih ukućana postati moj baštinik.”
And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
4 Ali mu Jahve opet uputi riječ: “Taj neće biti tvoj baštinik, nego će ti baštinik biti tvoj potomak.”
Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.
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 he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
6 Abram povjerova Jahvi, i on mu to uračuna u pravednost.
And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
7 Tada mu on reče: “Ja sam Jahve koji sam te odveo iz Ura Kaldejskoga da ti predam ovu zemlju u posjed.”
And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.
8 A on odvrati: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, kako ću ja doznati da ću je zaposjesti?”
And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
9 Odgovori mu: “Prinesi mi junicu od tri godine, kozu od tri godine, ovna od tri godine, jednu grlicu i jednog golubića.”
And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.
10 Sve mu to donese, rasiječe na pole i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ptica nije rasijecao.
All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.
11 Ptice grabežljivice obarale se na leševe, ali ih je Abram rastjerivao.
And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
12 Kad je sunce bilo pri zalazu, dubok san obuzme Abrama, a onda se na nj spusti gust mrak pun jeze.
Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
13 Tada Bog reče Abramu: “Dobro znaj da će tvoji potomci biti stranci u tuđoj zemlji; robovat će i biti tlačeni četiri stotine godina,
And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
14 ali narodu kojem budu služili ja ću suditi; i konačno će izići s velikim blagom.
But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
15 A ti ćeš k ocima svojim u miru poći, u sretnoj starosti bit ćeš sahranjen.
As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.
16 Oni će se ovamo vratiti za četvrtog naraštaja, jer mjera se zlodjela amorejskih još nije navršila.”
And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
17 Kad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruća zublja te prođu između onih dijelova.
Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
18 Toga je dana Jahve sklopio Savez s Abramom rekavši: “Potomstvu tvojemu dajem zemlju ovu od Rijeke u Egiptu do Velike rijeke, rijeke Eufrata:
In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 Kenijce, Kenižane, Kadmonce,
The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20 Hetite, Perižane, Refaimce,
And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
21 Amorejce, Kanaance, Girgašane, Jebusejce.”
And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
