Genesis 15
1 After these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.
這些事以後，有上主的話在神視中對亞巴郎說：「亞巴郎，你不要怕，我是你的盾牌；你得的報酬必很豐厚! 」
2 And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
亞巴郎說：「我主上主! 你能給我什麼﹖我一直沒有兒子；繼承我家業的是大馬士革人厄里則爾。」
3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.
亞巴郎又說：「你既沒有賜給我後裔，那麼只有一個家僕來作我的承繼人。」
4 Then beholde, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.
有上主的話答覆他說：「這人決不會是你的承繼人，而是你親生的要做你的承繼人。」
5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.
上主遂領他到外面說：「請你仰觀蒼天，數點星辰，你能夠數清嗎﹖」繼而對他說：「你的後裔也將這樣。」
6 And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.
亞巴郎相信了上主，上主就以此算為他的正義。
7 Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.
上主又對他說：「我是上主，我從加色丁人的烏爾領你出來，是為將這地賜給你作為產業。」
8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?
亞巴郎說：「我主上主! 我如何知道我要佔有此地為產業﹖」
9 Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon.
上主對他說：「你給我拿來一隻三歲的母牛，一隻三歲的母山羊，一隻三歲的公綿羊，一隻斑鳩和一隻雛鴿。」
10 So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, and laid euery piece one against an other: but the birdes deuided he not.
亞巴郎便把這一切拿了來，每樣從中剖開，將一半與另一半相對排列，只有飛鳥沒有剖開。
11 Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.
有鷙鳥落在獸屍上，亞巴郎就把牠們趕走。
12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.
太陽快要西落時，亞巴郎昏沉地睡去，忽覺陰森萬分，遂害怕起來。
13 Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: and they shall intreate them euill.
上主對亞巴郎說：「你當知道，你的後裔必要寄居在異邦，受人奴役虐待四百年之久。
14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
但是，我要親自懲罰他們所要服事的民族；如此你的後裔必要帶著豐富的財物由那裏出來。
15 But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.
至於你，你要享受高壽，以後平安回到你列祖那裏，被人埋葬。
16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
到了第四代，他們必要回到這裏，因為阿摩黎人的罪惡至今尚未滿貫。」
17 Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.
當日落天黑的時候，看，有冒煙的火爐和燃著的火炬，由那些肉塊間經過。
18 In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.
在這一天，上主與亞巴郎立約說：「我要賜給你後裔的這土地，是從埃及河直到幼發拉的河，
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,
就是刻尼人、刻納次人、卡德摩尼人、
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
赫特人、培黎齊人、勒法因人、
21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.
阿摩黎人、客納罕人、基爾加士人和耶步斯人的土地。」
