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.”
Depois destas coisas a palavra de Javé veio a Abram em uma visão, dizendo: “Não tenha medo, Abram”. Eu sou seu escudo, sua recompensa excessivamente 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 disse: “Senhor Javé, o que o Senhor me dará, já que eu fico sem filhos, e aquele que herdará meus bens é Eliézer de Damasco”?
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 disse: “Eis que não me deste filhos; e eis que um nascido em minha casa é meu herdeiro”.
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.”
Eis que a palavra de Javé veio a ele, dizendo: “Este homem não será seu herdeiro, mas aquele que sairá de seu próprio corpo será seu herdeiro”.
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.”
Yahweh o levou para fora, e disse: “Olhe agora em direção ao céu, e conte as estrelas, se você for capaz de contá-las”. Ele disse a Abram: “Assim será a sua descendência”.
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Ele acreditou em Yahweh, que lhe creditou isso por justiça.
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.”
Ele disse a Abram: “Eu sou Yahweh, que te tirei de Ur dos Caldeus, para te dar esta terra para herdá-la”.
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
Ele disse: “Senhor Yahweh, como saberei que vou herdá-lo?”
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.”
Ele lhe disse: “Traga-me uma novilha de três anos, uma cabra de três anos, um carneiro de três anos, uma rola e um pombo jovem”.
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.
Ele lhe trouxe todas estas, e as dividiu no meio, e as colocou uma à outra; mas ele não dividiu as aves.
11 Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
As aves de rapina desceram sobre as carcaças, e Abram as expulsou.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Quando o sol estava se pondo, um sono profundo caiu sobre Abram. Agora o terror e a grande escuridão caíram sobre ele.
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.
Ele disse a Abram: “Saiba com certeza que seus descendentes viverão como estrangeiros em uma terra que não é deles, e os servirão”. Eles os afligirão por quatrocentos anos”.
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.
Eu também julgarei aquela nação, a quem eles servirão. Depois, eles sairão com grande riqueza;
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
mas vocês irão em paz para seus pais. Vocês serão enterrados numa boa velhice.
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.”
Na quarta geração eles virão aqui novamente, pois a iniqüidade do amorreu ainda não está cheia”.
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.
Aconteceu que, quando o sol se pôs, e estava escuro, eis que um forno fumegante e uma tocha ardente passaram entre estas peças.
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.
Naquele dia Javé fez um pacto com Abrão, dizendo: “Eu dei esta terra à sua prole, desde o rio do Egito até o grande rio, o rio Eufrates”:
19 That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
a terra dos quenitas, dos quenizitas, dos kadmonitas,
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
os hititas, os perizitas, os refaim,
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
os amoritas, os cananeus, os girgashitas, e os jebusitas”.
