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 unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be 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: '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 Kako mi nisi dao potomstva - nastavi Abram - jedan će, eto, od mojih ukućana postati moj baštinik.”

And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'

4 Ali mu Jahve opet uputi riječ: “Taj neće biti tvoj baštinik, nego će ti baštinik biti tvoj potomak.”

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 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: '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 Abram povjerova Jahvi, i on mu to uračuna u pravednost.

And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for 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 unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.'

8 A on odvrati: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, kako ću ja doznati da ću je zaposjesti?”

And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'

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 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 Sve mu to donese, rasiječe na pole i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ptica nije rasijecao.

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 Ptice grabežljivice obarale se na leševe, ali ih je Abram rastjerivao.

And the birds of prey 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 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 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 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 ali narodu kojem budu služili ja ću suditi; i konačno će izići s velikim blagom.

and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 A ti ćeš k ocima svojim u miru poći, u sretnoj starosti bit ćeš sahranjen.

But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 Oni će se ovamo vratiti za četvrtog naraštaja, jer mjera se zlodjela amorejskih još nije navršila.”

And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'

17 Kad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruća zublja te prođu između onih dijelova.

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 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 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 Kenijce, Kenižane, Kadmonce,

the Kenite, and 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.'