Genesis 15
1 Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, “Do not be afraid of (anything/your enemies). I will protect you [MTY], and I will give a great reward.”
Après cela, la parole de Yahvé fut adressée à Abram dans une vision, en disant: « N'aie pas peur, Abram. Je suis ton bouclier, ta très grande récompense. »
2 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can you give me what I truly want, because I have no children, and the one who will be like a son and inherit all my possessions is my servant Eliezer from Damascus!”
Abram dit: « Seigneur Yahvé, que me donneras-tu, puisque je vais sans enfants, et que celui qui héritera de mes biens est Eliezer de Damas? »
3 Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
Abram répondit: « Voici, tu ne m'as pas donné d'enfants; et voici, celui qui est né dans ma maison est mon héritier. »
4 Yahweh replied, “No! He will not be the one who will inherit it. Instead, you yourself will be the father of the one who will inherit everything you own.”
Voici que la parole de Yahvé lui fut adressée, en ces termes: « Cet homme ne sera pas ton héritier, mais celui qui sortira de ton propre corps sera ton héritier. »
5 Then Yahweh took Abram outside [of his tent] and said, “Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.”
Yahvé le fit sortir et dit: « Regarde maintenant vers le ciel, et compte les étoiles, si tu sais les compter. » Il dit à Abram: « Ta descendance sera ainsi. »
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Il crut en Yahvé, qui le lui attribua à juste titre.
7 Yahweh also said to him, “I am Yahweh. I am the one who brought you from Ur in Chaldea land. I brought you here to give you this land to possess.”
Il dit à Abram: « Je suis Yahvé, qui t'a fait sortir d'Ur des Chaldéens, pour te donner ce pays en héritage. »
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
Il dit: « Seigneur Yahvé, comment saurai-je que j'en hériterai? »
9 God said to him, “Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.”
Il lui dit: « Apporte-moi une génisse de trois ans, une chèvre de trois ans, un bélier de trois ans, une tourterelle et un jeune pigeon. »
10 So Abram brought all of them and killed them and cut each of the animals in half. He arranged the halves of each one, side by side. But he did not cut the pigeon and dove in half.
Il lui apporta tout cela, les divisa par le milieu et posa chaque moitié en face de l'autre, mais il ne divisa pas les oiseaux.
11 Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
Les oiseaux de proie s'abattirent sur les carcasses, et Abram les chassa.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Comme le soleil se couchait, un profond sommeil tomba sur Abram. Une terreur et de grandes ténèbres s'abattirent sur lui.
13 Then God said to Abram, “I want you to know that your descendants will become foreigners living in a land that does not belong to them. They will become slaves of the owners of that land. The owners of the land will mistreat them for 400 years.
Il dit à Abram: « Sache que tes descendants vivront comme des étrangers dans un pays qui n'est pas le leur, et qu'ils les serviront. Ils les affligeront pendant quatre cents ans.
14 But then I will punish the people of that country that made them become slaves, and then your descendants will leave that country, taking many possessions with them.
Je jugerai aussi cette nation, qu'ils serviront. Ensuite, ils sortiront avec de grandes richesses;
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
mais toi, tu iras en paix chez tes pères. Vous serez enterrés à un âge avancé.
16 After your descendants have been slaves for 400 years, they will return here, and take control of this land and defeat the Amor people-group. Those people will, because those people have not yet sinned enough to deserve to be punished now.”
A la quatrième génération, ils reviendront ici, car l'iniquité des Amorites n'est pas encore complète. »
17 When the sun had set and it had become dark, [unexpectedly] a blazing torch and a clay pot containing burning coals from which smoke was rising appeared and went between the halves of the animals.
Lorsque le soleil se coucha et qu'il fit nuit, voici qu'une fournaise fumante et une torche enflammée passèrent entre ces pièces.
18 And on that day Yahweh made an agreement with Abram. Yahweh told him, “I will give to your descendants all the land between the river that is on the eastern border of Egypt to the south, and north to the huge Euphrates River.
En ce jour-là, Yahvé fit alliance avec Abram, en disant: « Je donne ce pays à ta postérité, depuis le fleuve d'Égypte jusqu'au grand fleuve, le fleuve Euphrate:
19 That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
le pays des Kenites, des Kenizzites, des Kadmonites,
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
des Hittites, des Perizzites, des Rephaïms,
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
des Amorites, des Cananéens, des Girgashites et des Jébusites. »
