1 Mosebog 15

1 Nogen Tid efter kom HERRENS Ord til Abram i et Syn saaledes: »Frygt ikke, Abram, jeg er dit Skjold; din Løn skal blive saare stor!«

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 Men Abram svarede: »Herre, HERRE, hvad kan du give mig, naar jeg dog gaar barnløs bort, og en Mand fra Damaskus, Eliezer, skal arve mit Hus.«

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 Og Abram sagde: »Du har jo intet Afkom givet mig, og se, min Hustræl kommer til at arve mig!«

And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir.

4 Og se, HERRENS Ord kom til ham saaledes: »Han kommer ikke til at arve dig, men den, der udgaar af dit Liv, han skal arve dig.«

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 Derpaa førte han ham ud i det fri og sagde: »Se op mod Himmelen og prøv, om du kan tælle Stjernerne!« Og han sagde til ham: »Saaledes skal dit Afkom blive!«

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 Da troede Abram HERREN, og han regnede ham det til Retfærdighed.

Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.

7 Derpaa sagde han til ham: »Jeg er HERREN, som førte dig bort fra Ur-Kasdim for at give dig dette Land i Eje!«

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 Men han svarede: »Herre, HERRE, hvorpaa kan jeg kende, at jeg skal faa det i Eje?«

But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it?

9 Da sagde han til ham: »Tag mig en treaars Kvie, en treaars Ged og en treaars Væder, en Turteldue og en Smaafugl!«

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 Saa tog han alle disse Dyr skar dem midt over og lagde Halvdelene over for hinanden; dog skar han ikke Fuglene over.

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 Da slog der Rovfugle ned paa de døde Kroppe, men Abram skræmmede dem bort.

And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

12 Da Solen saa var ved at gaa ned, faldt der Dvale over Abram, og se, Rædsel faldt over ham, et stort Mørke.

And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

13 Og han sagde til Abram: »Vide skal du, at dit Afkom skal bo som fremmede i et Land, der ikke er deres eget; de skal trælle for dem og mishandles af dem i 400 Aar.

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 Dog vil jeg ogsaa dømme det Folk, de kommer til at trælle for, og siden skal de vandre ud med meget Gods.

But I will judge the nation which they shall serve, and after this they shall come out with great substance.

15 Men du skal fare til dine Fædre i Fred og blive jordet i en god Alderdom.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace, and be buried in a good old age.

16 I fjerde Slægtled skal de vende tilbage hertil; thi endnu er Amoriternes Syndeskyld ikke fuldmoden.«

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 Da Solen var gaaet ned og Mørket faldet paa, viste der sig en rygende Ovn med en flammende Ildslue, der skred frem mellem de sønderskaarne Kroppe.

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 Paa den Dag sluttede HERREN Pagt med Abram, idet han sagde: »Dit Afkom giver jeg dette Land fra Ægyptens Bæk til den store Flod, Eufratfloden,

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 det er Keniterne, Kenizziterne, Kadmoniterne,

The Cineans and Cenezites, the Cedmonites,

20 Hetiterne, Perizziterne, Refaiterne,

And the Hethites, and the Pherezites, the Raphaim also,

21 Amoriterne, Kana'anæerne, Girgasjiterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne.«

And the Amorrhites, and the Chanaanites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.