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 faits, la parole du Seigneur se fit entendre à Abram, dans une vision, en ces termes: "Ne crains point, Abram: je suis un bouclier pour toi; ta récompense sera très grande"
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 répondit: "Dieu-Éternel, que me donnerais-tu, alors que je m’en vais sans postérité et que le fils adoptif de ma maison est un Damascénien, Eliézer?"
3 Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
"Certes, disait Abram, tu ne m’as pas donné de postérité, et l’enfant de ma maison sera 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.”
Mais voici que la parole de l’Éternel vint à lui, disant: "Celui-ci n’héritera pas de toi; c’est bien un homme issu de tes entrailles qui 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.”
Il le fit sortir en plein air, et dit: "Regarde le ciel et compte les étoiles: peux-tu en supputer le nombre? Ainsi reprit-il, sera ta descendance."
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Et il eut foi en l’Éternel, et l’Éternel lui en fit un mérite.
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: "Je suis l’Éternel, qui t’ai tiré d’Our-Kasdim, pour te donner ce pays en possession."
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
Il répondit: "Dieu-Éternel, comment saurai-je que j’en suis possesseur?"
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: "Prépare-moi une génisse âgée de trois ans, une chèvre de trois ans, un bélier de trois ans, une tourterelle et une jeune colombe."
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.
Abram prit tous ces animaux, divisa chacun par le milieu, et disposa chaque moitié en regard de l’autre; mais il ne divisa point 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 corps; Abram les mit en fuite.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Le soleil étant sur son déclin, une torpeur s’empara d’Abram: tandis qu’une angoisse sombre profonde pesait 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.
Dieu dit à Abram: "Sache-le bien, ta postérité séjournera sur une terre étrangère, où elle sera asservie et opprimée, durant 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.
Mais, à son tour, la nation qu’ils serviront sera jugée par moi; et alors ils la quitteront avec de grandes richesses.
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
Pour toi, tu rejoindras paisiblement tes pères; tu seras enterré après une vieillesse heureuse.
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.”
Mais la quatrième génération reviendra ici, parce qu’alors seulement la perversité de l’Amorréen sera 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.
Cependant le soleil s’était couché, et l’obscurité régnait: voici qu’un tourbillon de fumée et un sillon de feu passèrent entre ces chairs dépecées.
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.
Ce jour-là, l’Éternel conclut avec Abram un pacte, en disant: "J’Ai octroyé à ta race ce territoire, depuis le torrent d’Egypte jusqu’au grand fleuve, le fleuve d’Euphrate:
19 That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
le Kénéen, le Kenizzéen, le Kadmonéen;
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
le Héthéen, le Phérézéen, les Rephaim;
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
l’Amorréen, le Cananéen, le Ghirgachéen et le Jébuséeen."
