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!”
Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great.
2 Abram odgovori: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, čemu mi tvoji darovi kad ostajem bez poroda; kad je mojoj kući nasljednik Eliezer Damaščanin?
And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer.
3 Kako mi nisi dao potomstva - nastavi Abram - jedan će, eto, od mojih ukućana postati moj baštinik.”
And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.
4 Ali mu Jahve opet uputi riječ: “Taj neće biti tvoj baštinik, nego će ti baštinik biti tvoj potomak.”
And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy 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 he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be.
6 Abram povjerova Jahvi, i on mu to uračuna u pravednost.
Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
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 brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it.
8 A on odvrati: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, kako ću ja doznati da ću je zaposjesti?”
But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall 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 answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon.
10 Sve mu to donese, rasiječe na pole i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ptica nije rasijecao.
And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not.
11 Ptice grabežljivice obarale se na leševe, ali ih je Abram rastjerivao.
And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and 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.
And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon 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,
And it was said unto him: Know thou beforehand that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own, and they shall bring them under bondage, and afflict them 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 which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.
15 A ti ćeš k ocima svojim u miru poći, u sretnoj starosti bit ćeš sahranjen.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age.
16 Oni će se ovamo vratiti za četvrtog naraštaja, jer mjera se zlodjela amorejskih još nije navršila.”
But in the fourth generation they shall return hither: for as yet the iniquities of the Amorrhites are not at the full until this present time.
17 Kad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruća zublja te prođu između onih dijelova.
And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.
18 Toga je dana Jahve sklopio Savez s Abramom rekavši: “Potomstvu tvojemu dajem zemlju ovu od Rijeke u Egiptu do Velike rijeke, rijeke Eufrata:
That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.
19 Kenijce, Kenižane, Kadmonce,
The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,
20 Hetite, Perižane, Refaimce,
And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,
21 Amorejce, Kanaance, Girgašane, Jebusejce.”
And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
