Genesis 15
1 After all this had happened, God spoke to Abram in a vision, telling him, “Don't be afraid, Abram! I am your protector, and your truly great reward!”
Poslije tih događaja Jahve uputi Abramu riječ u ukazanju: “Ne boj se, Abrame, ja sam ti zaštita; a nagrada tvoja bit će vrlo velika!”
2 But Abram replied, “Lord God, what good is whatever you give me? I don't have any children, and the heir to all that I have is Eliezer of Damascus.”
Abram odgovori: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, čemu mi tvoji darovi kad ostajem bez poroda; kad je mojoj kući nasljednik Eliezer Damaščanin?
3 Abram went on to complain, “Look! You haven't given me any children, so a servant from my household has to be my heir!”
Kako mi nisi dao potomstva - nastavi Abram - jedan će, eto, od mojih ukućana postati moj baštinik.”
4 But then the Lord told him, “This man won't be your heir. Your heir will be your very own son.”
Ali mu Jahve opet uputi riječ: “Taj neće biti tvoj baštinik, nego će ti baštinik biti tvoj potomak.”
5 The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”
Izvede ga van i reče: “Pogledaj na nebo i zvijezde prebroj ako ih možeš prebrojiti.” A onda doda: “Toliko će biti tvoje potomstvo.”
6 Abram trusted what the Lord said, and so the Lord counted Abram as being in a right relationship with him.
Abram povjerova Jahvi, i on mu to uračuna u pravednost.
7 The Lord also told him, “I am the Lord, who led you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land for you to own.”
Tada mu on reče: “Ja sam Jahve koji sam te odveo iz Ura Kaldejskoga da ti predam ovu zemlju u posjed.”
8 “But Lord God, how can I be certain that I will own it?” Abram asked.
A on odvrati: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, kako ću ja doznati da ću je zaposjesti?”
9 The Lord told him, “Bring me a cow, a goat, and a ram, all of them three years old, together with a dove and a young pigeon.”
Odgovori mu: “Prinesi mi junicu od tri godine, kozu od tri godine, ovna od tri godine, jednu grlicu i jednog golubića.”
10 So Abram took and killed the three animals. Then he cut them in half, and placed each half opposite the other. However, he didn't cut the birds in half.
Sve mu to donese, rasiječe na pole i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ptica nije rasijecao.
11 When vultures flew down on the carcasses, Abram frightened them off.
Ptice grabežljivice obarale se na leševe, ali ih je Abram rastjerivao.
12 As the sun went down, a deep sleep came over Abram, and at the same time a dense and terrifying darkness fell on him.
Kad je sunce bilo pri zalazu, dubok san obuzme Abrama, a onda se na nj spusti gust mrak pun jeze.
13 The Lord explained to Abram, “You can be absolutely sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be slaves and mistreated for 400 years.
Tada Bog reče Abramu: “Dobro znaj da će tvoji potomci biti stranci u tuđoj zemlji; robovat će i biti tlačeni četiri stotine godina,
14 However, I will punish the nation that makes them slaves, and later on they will leave, taking many valuable possessions with them.
ali narodu kojem budu služili ja ću suditi; i konačno će izići s velikim blagom.
15 But as for you, you will die in peace and be buried, having lived a good long life.
A ti ćeš k ocima svojim u miru poći, u sretnoj starosti bit ćeš sahranjen.
16 Four generations later your descendants will come back here to live, because right now the sins of the Amorites have not reached their full extent.”
Oni će se ovamo vratiti za četvrtog naraštaja, jer mjera se zlodjela amorejskih još nije navršila.”
17 After the sun set and it grew dark, suddenly a smoking furnace and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the animal carcasses.
Kad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruća zublja te prođu između onih dijelova.
18 This is how the Lord made an agreement with Abram that day and promised him, “I'm giving this land to your descendants. It extends from the Wadi of Egypt to the great Euphrates River,
Toga je dana Jahve sklopio Savez s Abramom rekavši: “Potomstvu tvojemu dajem zemlju ovu od Rijeke u Egiptu do Velike rijeke, rijeke Eufrata:
19 and includes the territory of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
Kenijce, Kenižane, Kadmonce,
20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Hetite, Perižane, Refaimce,
21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
Amorejce, Kanaance, Girgašane, Jebusejce.”
