Postanak 15

1 Poslije ovijeh stvari doðe Avramu rijeè Gospodnja u utvari govoreæi: ne boj se, Avrame, ja sam ti štit, i plata je tvoja vrlo velika.

After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.

2 A Avram reèe: Gospode, Gospode, šta æeš mi dati kad živim bez djece, a na kom æe ostati moja kuæa to je Elijezer ovaj Damaštanin?

And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?

3 Još reèe Avram: eto meni nijesi dao poroda, pa æe sluga roðen u kuæi mojoj biti moj našljednik.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is my heir.

4 A gle, Gospod mu progovori: neæe taj biti našljednik tvoj, nego koji æe izaæi od tebe taj æe ti biti našljednik.

And behold, the word of the LORD [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.

5 Pa ga izvede napolje i reèe mu: pogledaj na nebo i prebroj zvijezde, ako ih možeš prebrojiti. I reèe mu: tako æe biti sjeme tvoje.

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou art able to number them: and he said to him, So shall thy seed be.

6 I povjerova Avram Bogu, a on mu primi to u pravdu.

And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

7 I reèe mu: ja sam Gospod, koji te izvedoh iz Ura Haldejskoga da ti dam zemlju ovu da bude tvoja.

And he said to him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

8 A on reèe: Gospode, Gospode, po èemu æu poznati da æe biti moja?

And he said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 I reèe mu: prinesi mi junicu od tri godine i kozu od tri godine i ovna od tri godine i grlicu i golupèe.

And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

10 I on uze sve to, i rasijeèe na pole, i metnu sve pole jednu prema drugoj; ali ne rasijeèe ptica.

And he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide.

11 A ptice slijetahu na te mrtve životinje; a Avram ih odgonjaše.

And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12 A kad sunce bješe na zahodu, uhvati Avrama tvrd san, i gle, strah i mrak velik obuze ga.

And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13 I Gospod reèe Avramu: znaj zacijelo da æe sjeme tvoje biti došljaci u zemlji tuðoj, pa æe joj služiti, i ona æe ih muèiti èetiri stotine godina.

And he said to Abram, Know certainly that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land [that is] not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14 Ali æu suditi i narodu kojemu æe služiti; a poslije æe oni izaæi s velikim blagom.

And also that nation which they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 A ti æeš otiæi k ocima svojim u miru, i biæeš pogreben u dobroj starosti.

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 A oni æe se u èetvrtom koljenu vratiti ovamo; jer grijesima Amorejskim još nije kraj.

But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.

17 A kad se sunce smiri i kad se smrèe, gle, peæ se dimljaše, i plamen ognjeni prolažaše izmeðu onijeh dijelova.

And it came to pass, that when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

18 Taj dan uèini Gospod zavjet s Avramom govoreæi: sjemenu tvojemu dadoh zemlju ovu od vode Misirske do velike vode, vode Efrata,

In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

19 Kenejsku, Kenezejsku i Kedmonejsku,

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 I Hetejsku i Ferezejsku i Rafajsku,

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 I Amorejsku i Hananejsku i Gergesejsku i Jevusejsku.

And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.