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 ces choses, la parole de l’Éternel fut [adressée] à Abram dans une vision, disant: Abram, ne crains point; moi, je suis ton bouclier [et] 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!”
Et Abram dit: Seigneur Éternel, que me donneras-tu? Je m’en vais sans enfants, et l’héritier de ma maison, c’est Éliézer 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!”
Et Abram dit: Voici, tu ne m’as pas donné de postérité; 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.”
Et voici, la parole de l’Éternel [vint] à lui, disant: Celui-ci ne sera pas ton héritier; mais celui qui sortira de tes entrailles, lui, 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.”
Et il le fit sortir dehors, et dit: Regarde vers les cieux, et compte les étoiles, si tu peux les compter. Et il lui dit: Ainsi sera ta semence.
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Et il crut l’Éternel; et il lui compta cela à justice.
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.”
Et il lui dit: Moi, je suis l’Éternel, qui t’ai fait sortir d’Ur des Chaldéens, afin de te donner ce pays-ci pour le posséder.
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
Et il dit: Seigneur Éternel, à quoi connaîtrai-je que je le posséderai?
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.”
Et il lui dit: Prends une génisse de trois ans, et une chèvre de trois ans, et un bélier de trois ans, et 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.
Et il prit toutes ces choses, et les partagea par le milieu, et en mit les moitiés l’une vis-à-vis de l’autre; mais il ne partagea pas les oiseaux.
11 Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
Et les oiseaux de proie descendirent sur ces bêtes mortes; et Abram les écarta.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Et comme le soleil se couchait, un profond sommeil tomba sur Abram; et voici, une frayeur, une grande obscurité, tomba 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.
Et [l’Éternel] dit à Abram: Sache certainement que ta semence séjournera dans un pays qui n’est pas le sien, et ils l’asserviront, et l’opprimeront pendant 400 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.
Mais aussi je jugerai, moi, la nation qui les aura asservis; et après cela ils sortiront avec de grands biens.
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
Et toi, tu t’en iras vers tes pères en paix; tu seras enterré en bonne vieillesse.
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.”
Et en la quatrième génération ils reviendront ici, car l’iniquité des Amoréens n’est pas encore venue à son comble.
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.
Et il arriva que le soleil s’étant couché, il y eut une obscurité épaisse; et voici une fournaise fumante, et un brandon de feu qui passa entre les pièces des animaux.
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, l’Éternel fit une alliance avec Abram, disant: Je donne ce pays à ta semence, 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 Kénien, et le Kenizien, et le Kadmonien,
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
et le Héthien, et le Phérézien, et les Rephaïm,
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
et l’Amoréen, et le Cananéen, et le Guirgasien, et le Jébusien.
