1 Mosebog 15
1 Nogen Tid efter kom HERRENS Ord til Abram i et Syn således: "Frygt ikke, Abram, jeg er dit Skjold; din Løn skal blive såre stor!"
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.”
2 Men Abram svarede: "Herre", HERRE, hvad kan du give mig, når jeg dog går barnløs bort, og en Mand fra Damaskus, Eliezer, skal arve mit Hus."
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!”
3 Og Abram sagde: "Du har jo intet Afkom givet mig, og se, min Hustræl kommer til at arve mig!"
Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
4 Og se, HERRENs Ord kom til ham således: "Han kommer ikke til at arve dig, men den, der udgår af dit Liv, han skal arve dig."
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.”
5 Derpå førte han ham ud i det fri og sagde: "Se op mod Himmelen og prøv, om du kan tælle Stjernerne!" Og han sagde til ham: "Således skal dit Afkom blive!"
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.”
6 Da troede Abram HERREN, og han regnede ham det til Retfærdighed.
Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
7 Derpå sagde han til ham: "Jeg er HERREN, som førte dig bort fra Ur Kasdim for at give dig dette Land i Eje!"
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.”
8 Men han svarede: "Herre, HERRE, hvorpå kan jeg kende, at jeg skal få det i Eje?"
But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
9 Da sagde han til ham: "Tag mig en treårs Kvie, en treårs Ged og en treårs Væder, en Turteldue og en Småfugl!"
God said to him, “Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.”
10 Så tog han alle disse Dyr skar dem midt over og lagde Halvdelene over for hinanden; dog skar han ikke Fuglene over.
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.
11 Da slog der Rovfugle ned på de døde Kroppe, men Abram skræmmede dem bort.
Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
12 Da Solen så var ved at gå ned, faldt der Dvale over Abram, og se, Rædsel faldt over ham, et stort Mørke.
As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
13 Og han sagde til Abram: "Vide skal du, at dit Afkom skal bo som fremmede i et Land, der ikke er deres eget; de skal trælle for dem og mishandles af dem i 400 År.
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.
14 Dog vil jeg også dømme det Folk, de kommer til at trælle for, og siden skal de vandre ud med meget Gods.
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.
15 Men du skal fare til dine Fædre i Fred og blive jordet i en god Alderdom.
But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
16 I fjerde Slægtled skal de vende tilbage hertil; thi endnu er Amoriternes Syndeskyld ikke fuldmoden."
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.”
17 Da Solen var gået ned og Mørket faldet på, viste der sig en rygende Ovn med en flammende Ildslue, der skred frem mellem de sønderskårne Kroppe.
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.
18 På den Dag sluttede HERREN Pagt med Abram, idet han sagde: "Dit Afkom giver jeg dette Land fra Ægyptens Bæk til den store Flod, Eufratfloden,
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.
19 det er Keniterne, Henizziterne, Kadmoniterne,
That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
20 Hetiterne, Perizziterne, Refaiterne,
the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
21 Amoriterne, Kana'anæerne, Girgasjiterne, Hivviterne og Jebusiterne."
the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
