Genesis 15

1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

1 这些事以后，耶和华在异象中对亚伯兰说：“亚伯兰，你不要害怕，我是你的盾牌，我要大大赏赐你。”

2 But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

2 亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，你要赐我什么呢？我没有儿子，继承我家业的人是大马士革人以利以谢。”

3 Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

3 亚伯兰又说：“你没有赐我后裔，我家中的仆人将继承我的产业。”

4 Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

4 耶和华对他说：“这人不会成为你的继承人，你亲生的儿子才是你的继承人。”

5 And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

5 耶和华把亚伯兰带到外面，对他说：“你抬头看看天空，数数繁星，你能数得尽吗？”接着又对他说：“你的后裔必这么多。”

6 Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

6 亚伯兰信耶和华，耶和华便算他为义人。

7 The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

7 耶和华又对他说：“我是耶和华，我带你离开了迦勒底的吾珥，为要把这片土地赐给你作产业。”

8 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

8 亚伯兰说：“主耶和华啊，我怎么知道我会得到这片土地呢？”

9 And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

9 耶和华说：“你要给我预备三岁的母牛、母山羊和公绵羊各一头，斑鸠和雏鸽各一只。”

10 So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

10 亚伯兰一一照办，把牲畜都劈成两半，一半对着一半地摆列，但没有劈开鸟。

11 And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

11 有鸷鸟飞到那些尸体上，亚伯兰赶走了它们。

12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

12 太阳下山的时候，亚伯兰睡得很沉，忽然有可怕的黑暗笼罩着他。

13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

13 耶和华对他说：“你要清楚知道，你的后裔必流落异乡，被奴役和虐待四百年。

14 But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

14 但我必惩罚那奴役他们的国家，之后他们必带着大量财物离开那里。

15 You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

15 而你必享长寿，得到安葬，归到列祖那里。

16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

16 到了第四代 ，你的子孙必重回此地，因为亚摩利人现在还没有恶贯满盈。”

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

17 太阳下山，夜幕降临，突然有冒烟的火炉和点着的火炬在肉块中经过。

18 On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

18 就在那天，耶和华跟亚伯兰立约，说：“我必将这片土地赐给你的后裔，从埃及河一直延伸到幼发拉底大河，

19 the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

19 就是基尼人、基尼洗人、甲摩尼人、

20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

20 赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人、

21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

21 亚摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人和耶布斯人的土地。”