Genesis 15
1 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 exceedingly great.
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 And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house 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 And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast given no seed; and lo, one born in my house will be my heir.
Kako mi nisi dao potomstva - nastavi Abram - jedan će, eto, od mojih ukućana postati moj baštinik.”
4 And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.
Ali mu Jahve opet uputi riječ: “Taj neće biti tvoj baštinik, nego će ti baštinik biti tvoj potomak.”
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Izvede ga van i reče: “Pogledaj na nebo i zvijezde prebroj ako ih možeš prebrojiti.” A onda doda: “Toliko će biti tvoje potomstvo.”
6 And he believed in the Lord; and he accounted it to him for righteousness.
Abram povjerova Jahvi, i on mu to uračuna u pravednost.
7 And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give unto thee this land, to inherit it.
Tada mu on reče: “Ja sam Jahve koji sam te odveo iz Ura Kaldejskoga da ti predam ovu zemlju u posjed.”
8 And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
A on odvrati: “Gospodine moj, Jahve, kako ću ja doznati da ću je zaposjesti?”
9 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.
Odgovori mu: “Prinesi mi junicu od tri godine, kozu od tri godine, ovna od tri godine, jednu grlicu i jednog golubića.”
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.
Sve mu to donese, rasiječe na pole i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ptica nije rasijecao.
11 And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses; but Abram drove them away.
Ptice grabežljivice obarale se na leševe, ali ih je Abram rastjerivao.
12 And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him.
Kad je sunce bilo pri zalazu, dubok san obuzme Abrama, a onda se na nj spusti gust mrak pun jeze.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict them four hundred 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 And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they go out with great substance.
ali narodu kojem budu služili ja ću suditi; i konačno će izići s velikim blagom.
15 But thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
A ti ćeš k ocima svojim u miru poći, u sretnoj starosti bit ćeš sahranjen.
16 Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.
Oni će se ovamo vratiti za četvrtog naraštaja, jer mjera se zlodjela amorejskih još nije navršila.”
17 And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those pieces.
Kad je sunce zašlo i pao gust mrak, pojavi se zadimljen žeravnjak i goruća zublja te prođu između onih dijelova.
18 On the same 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;
Toga je dana Jahve sklopio Savez s Abramom rekavši: “Potomstvu tvojemu dajem zemlju ovu od Rijeke u Egiptu do Velike rijeke, rijeke Eufrata:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Kenijce, Kenižane, Kadmonce,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,
Hetite, Perižane, Refaimce,
21 And the Emorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Amorejce, Kanaance, Girgašane, Jebusejce.”
