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.”
Sedan detta så skedt var, begaf sig, att Herrans ord i en syn kom till Abram, sägandes: Frukta dig intet, Abram, jag är ditt beskärm och din ganska stora lön.
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!”
Men Abram sade: Herre, Herre, hvad vill du mig gifva? Jag går barnlös, och min redesven, denne Eleasar af Damasco, hafver en son.
3 Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
Och Abram sade ytterligare: Men mig hafver du ingen säd gifvit. Och si, mins tjenares son skall vara min arfvinge.
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.”
Och si, Herrans ord kom till honom, sägandes: Han skall icke vara din arfvinge, utan den, som utaf ditt lif komma skall, han skall vara din arfvinge.
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.”
Och han hade honom ut, och sade: Se upp till himmelen, och räkna stjernorna, om du kan räkna dem. Och sade till honom: Så skall din säd vara.
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Abram trodde Herranom, och han räknade honom det till rättfärdighet.
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.”
Och han sade till honom: Jag är Herren, som dig utfört hafver ifrån Ur utu Chaldeen, att jag dig detta land gifva skall till besittning.
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
Abram sade: Herre, Herre, hvaruppå skall jag märka, att jag skall besitta det?
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.”
Och han sade till honom: Tag mig ena treåra ko, och ena treåra get, och en treåra vädur, och ena turturdufvo, och ena unga dufvo.
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.
Och han tog allt detta, och delade det midt i tu ifrå hvart annat, och lade hvar delen tvärt emot den andra; men foglarne delade han intet.
11 Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
Och foglarne kommo neder på kropparna, och Abram dref bort dem.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Då solen nedergången var, föll en svår sömn på Abram, och si, en förskräckelse och ett stort mörker kom öfver honom.
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.
Då sade han till Abram: Detta skall du veta, att din säd skall varda främmande uti ett land, det dem icke tillhörer, och man skall der göra dem till trälar och fara illa med dem i fyrahundrade år.
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.
Men öfver det folk, som de tjenande varda, skall jag domare vara; sedan skola de draga ut med stora håfvor.
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
Och du skall fara till dina fäder med frid, och i en god ålder begrafven varda.
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.”
Men de skola i fjerde mans ålder komma hit igen; förty de Amoreers ondska är icke ännu all fullkomnad.
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.
Då nu solen var nedergången, och mörker vordet, si, då rök en ugn, och en eld for emellan stycken.
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.
På den dagen gjorde Herren ett förbund med Abram, och sade: Dine säd skall jag gifva detta landet, ifrå den älfvene i Egypten, allt intill den stora älfven Phrath:
19 That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
De Keneer, de Keniseer, de Kadmoneer,
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
De Hetheer, de Phereseer, de Reser,
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
De Amoreer, de Cananeer, de Girgaseer, de Jebuseer.
