Genesi 15
1 Dopo queste cose, la parola dell’Eterno fu rivolta in visione ad Abramo, dicendo: “Non temere, o Abramo, io sono il tuo scudo, e la tua ricompensa sarà grandissima”.
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 E Abramo disse: “Signore, Eterno, che mi darai tu? poiché io me ne vo senza figliuoli, e chi possederà la mia casa è Eliezer di Damasco”.
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 E Abramo soggiunse: “Tu non m’hai dato progenie; ed ecco, uno schiavo nato in casa mia sarà mio erede”.
Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
4 Allora la parola dell’Eterno gli fu rivolta, dicendo: “Questi non sarà tuo erede; ma colui che uscirà dalle tue viscere sarà erede tuo”.
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 E lo menò fuori, e gli disse: “Mira il cielo, e conta le stelle, se le puoi contare”. E gli disse: “Così sarà la tua progenie”.
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 Ed egli credette all’Eterno, che gli contò questo come giustizia.
Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
7 E l’Eterno gli disse: “Io sono l’Eterno che t’ho fatto uscire da Ur de’ Caldei per darti questo paese, perché tu lo possegga”.
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 E Abramo chiese: “Signore, Eterno, da che posso io conoscere che lo possederò?”
But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
9 E l’Eterno gli rispose: “Pigliami una giovenca di tre anni, una capra di tre anni, un montone di tre anni, una tortora e un piccione”.
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 Ed egli prese tutti questi animali, li divise per mezzo, e pose ciascuna metà dirimpetto all’altra; ma non divise gli uccelli.
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 Or degli uccelli rapaci calarono sulle bestie morte, ma Abramo li scacciò.
Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
12 E, sul tramontare del sole, un profondo sonno cadde sopra Abramo; ed ecco, uno spavento, una oscurità profonda, cadde su lui.
As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
13 E l’Eterno disse ad Abramo: “Sappi per certo che i tuoi discendenti dimoreranno come stranieri in un paese che non sarà loro, e vi saranno schiavi, e saranno oppressi per quattrocento anni;
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 ma io giudicherò la gente di cui saranno stati servi; e, dopo questo, se ne partiranno con grandi ricchezze.
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 E tu te n’andrai in pace ai tuoi padri, e sarai sepolto dopo una prospera vecchiezza.
But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
16 E alla quarta generazione essi torneranno qua; perché l’iniquità degli Amorei non e giunta finora al colmo”.
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 Or come il sole si fu coricato e venne la notte scura, ecco una fornace fumante ed una fiamma di fuoco passare in mezzo agli animali divisi.
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 In quel giorno l’Eterno fece patto con Abramo, dicendo: “Io do alla tua progenie questo paese, dal fiume d’Egitto al gran fiume, il fiume Eufrate;
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 i Kenei, i Kenizei, i Kadmonei,
That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
20 gli Hittei, i Ferezei, i Refei,
the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
21 gli Amorei, i Cananei, i Ghirgasei e i Gebusei”.
the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
