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.”
Después de estos acontecimientos habló Yahvé a Abram en una visión, diciendo: “No temas, Abram; Yo soy tu escudo, tu recompensa sobremanera 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!”
Respondió Abram: “Adonai, Yahvé, ¿qué me vas a dar, si me voy sin hijo, y el heredero de mi casa será este damasceno Eliécer?”
3 Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
Y repitió Abram: “Aquí me tienes, no me has dado descendencia, y así es que un hombre de mi casa me ha de heredar.”
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.”
Mas he aquí que Yahvé le habló, diciendo: “No te heredará este, sino que uno que saldrá de tus entrañas, ese te ha de heredar.”
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.”
Y le sacó fuera, y dijo: “Mira el cielo, y cuenta las estrellas, si puedes contarlas”, y le agregó: “Así será tu descendencia.”
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Y creyó a Yahvé, el cual se lo reputó por justicia.
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.”
Díjole después: “Yo soy Yahvé que te saqué de Ur de los caldeos, a fin de darte esta tierra por herencia.”
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
Preguntó él: “Adonai, Yahvé, ¿en qué conoceré que he de heredarla?”
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.”
Y le respondió: “Escógeme una novilla de tres años, un tórtola y un pichón.”
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.
Tomó entonces (Abram) todos estos (animales) y partiéndolos por el medio puso cada mitad en frente de la otra, pero sin partir las aves.
11 Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
Sobre estos cuerpos muertos bajaron las aves de rapiña, mas Abram las espantaba.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Y sucedió que estando ya el sol para ponerse, cayó sobre Abram un profundo sueño, y he aquí que le sobrevino un terror, una tiniebla muy grande.
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.
Entonces dijo (Dios) a Abram: “Ten por cierto que tus descendientes vivirán como extranjeros en una tierra no suya, donde serán reducidos a servidumbre y oprimidos durante cuatrocientos años.
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.
Mas la nación a la cual han de servir, Yo la juzgaré; y después saldrán con grandes riquezas.
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
Tú (entretanto) irás a tus padres en paz, y serás sepultado en buena ancianidad.
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.”
Mas a la cuarta generación volverán aquí; porque hasta el presente la maldad de los amorreos no ha llegado a su colmo.”
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.
Y sucedió que, puesto ya el sol, apareció, en medio de densas tinieblas, un horno humeante y una antorcha de fuego que pasó por entre aquellos animales divididos.
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 aquel día hizo Yahvé alianza con Abram, diciendo: “A tu descendencia he dado esta tierra, desde el río de Egipto hasta el río grande, el río Éufrates:
19 That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
los cineos, los ceneceos, los cadmoneos,
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
los heteos, los fereceos, los refaítas,
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
los amorreos, los cananeos, los gergeseos y los jebuseos.”
