創世記

第15章

1 這些[these]事以後,耶和華在異象中有話對亞伯蘭說:「亞伯蘭,你不要懼怕。我是你的盾牌,也是你大大的賞賜[and thy exceeding great reward]。」

2 亞伯蘭說:「主─耶和華啊,我既無子,你還賜我甚麼呢?並且我家宰[steward of my house]是大馬士革人以利以謝。」

3 亞伯蘭又說:「看哪[Behold],你沒有給我兒子;那生在我家中的人就是我的後嗣。」

4 誰知[behold]耶和華又有話對他說:「這人必不成為你的後嗣;你本身所生的才成為你的後嗣。」

5 於是領他走到外邊,說:「你向天觀看,數算眾星,能數得過來嗎?」又對他說:「你的後裔將要如此。」

6 亞伯蘭信耶和華,[he]就以此為他的義。

7 [he]又對他說:「我是耶和華,曾領你出了迦勒底的吾珥,為要將這地賜你為業。」

8 亞伯蘭說:「主耶和華啊,我怎能知道必得這地為業呢?」

9 他說:「你為我取一隻三年的母牛犢[heifer],一隻三年的母山羊,一隻三年的公綿羊,一隻斑鳩,一隻雛鴿。」

10 亞伯蘭就取了這些來,每樣劈開,分成兩半,一半對著一半地擺列,只有鳥沒有劈開。

11 有鷙鳥下來,落在那死畜的肉上,亞伯蘭就把牠嚇飛了。

12 日頭正落的時候,亞伯蘭沉沉地睡了;忽然有驚人的大黑暗落在他身上。

13 耶和華對亞伯蘭說:「你要確實[surety]知道,你的後裔必[in]別人的地為客旅[stranger],又服事那地的人;那地的人要苦待他們四百年;

14 並且他們所要服事的那國,我要懲罰,後來他們必帶著許多財物從那裏出來。

15 但你要享大壽數,平平安安地歸到你列祖那裏,被人埋葬。

16 [But]到了第四代,他們必回到此地;因為亞摩利人的罪孽還沒有滿盈。」

17 日落天黑,不料有冒煙的爐並燃著的燈[burning lamp]從那些肉塊中經過。

18 當日[In the same day],耶和華與亞伯蘭立約,說:「我已賜給你的後裔,從埃及河直到幼發拉底大河之地:

19 就是基尼人、基尼洗人、甲摩尼人、

20 赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人、

21 亞摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人、耶布斯人之地。」

Genesis

Chapter 15

1 AFTER these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am your shield, and your reward is exceedingly great.

2 And Abram said, O LORD God, what will thou give me, for I will die childless, and Eliezer of Damascus, one of my household, will be my heir?

3 And Abram said, Behold, thou hast given me no son; and, behold, one of the members of my household will be my heir.

4 Then the LORD said to him, This man shall not be your heir; but your own son that shall come out of your own loins shall be your heir.

5 And he brought him outside, and said to him, Look now toward heaven and number the stars, if you are able to number them; and he said to him, So shall your descendants be.

6 And Abram believed in the LORD; and it was counted to him for righteousness.

7 And he said to him, I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.

8 And Abram said, O LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 And he said to him, Take for yourself a heifer, three years old, a three year old ram, a three year old she-goat, a pigeon, and a young dove.

10 And he took to himself all these, and cut them in two, and laid each piece against another; but the birds he did not divide.

11 And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

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

13 And the LORD said to Abram, Know of a surety that your descendants shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall be in servitude: and they shall afflict them for four hundred years;

14 But I will judge the nation which they shall serve; and afterward they shall come out with great wealth.

15 And you shall depart from this life and go to your fathers in peace; and you shall be buried at a good old age.

16 And after four centuries, they shall return here; for the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet full.

17 And it came to pass that when the sun had set and it was dark, behold there appeared a smoking furnace and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.

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

19 The land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Giants,

21 The Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

創世記

第15章

Genesis

Chapter 15

1 這些[these]事以後,耶和華在異象中有話對亞伯蘭說:「亞伯蘭,你不要懼怕。我是你的盾牌,也是你大大的賞賜[and thy exceeding great reward]。」

1 AFTER these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am your shield, and your reward is exceedingly great.

2 亞伯蘭說:「主─耶和華啊,我既無子,你還賜我甚麼呢?並且我家宰[steward of my house]是大馬士革人以利以謝。」

2 And Abram said, O LORD God, what will thou give me, for I will die childless, and Eliezer of Damascus, one of my household, will be my heir?

3 亞伯蘭又說:「看哪[Behold],你沒有給我兒子;那生在我家中的人就是我的後嗣。」

3 And Abram said, Behold, thou hast given me no son; and, behold, one of the members of my household will be my heir.

4 誰知[behold]耶和華又有話對他說:「這人必不成為你的後嗣;你本身所生的才成為你的後嗣。」

4 Then the LORD said to him, This man shall not be your heir; but your own son that shall come out of your own loins shall be your heir.

5 於是領他走到外邊,說:「你向天觀看,數算眾星,能數得過來嗎?」又對他說:「你的後裔將要如此。」

5 And he brought him outside, and said to him, Look now toward heaven and number the stars, if you are able to number them; and he said to him, So shall your descendants be.

6 亞伯蘭信耶和華,[he]就以此為他的義。

6 And Abram believed in the LORD; and it was counted to him for righteousness.

7 [he]又對他說:「我是耶和華,曾領你出了迦勒底的吾珥,為要將這地賜你為業。」

7 And he said to him, I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.

8 亞伯蘭說:「主耶和華啊,我怎能知道必得這地為業呢?」

8 And Abram said, O LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 他說:「你為我取一隻三年的母牛犢[heifer],一隻三年的母山羊,一隻三年的公綿羊,一隻斑鳩,一隻雛鴿。」

9 And he said to him, Take for yourself a heifer, three years old, a three year old ram, a three year old she-goat, a pigeon, and a young dove.

10 亞伯蘭就取了這些來,每樣劈開,分成兩半,一半對著一半地擺列,只有鳥沒有劈開。

10 And he took to himself all these, and cut them in two, and laid each piece against another; but the birds he did not divide.

11 有鷙鳥下來,落在那死畜的肉上,亞伯蘭就把牠嚇飛了。

11 And when the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

12 日頭正落的時候,亞伯蘭沉沉地睡了;忽然有驚人的大黑暗落在他身上。

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

13 耶和華對亞伯蘭說:「你要確實[surety]知道,你的後裔必[in]別人的地為客旅[stranger],又服事那地的人;那地的人要苦待他們四百年;

13 And the LORD said to Abram, Know of a surety that your descendants shall be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and shall be in servitude: and they shall afflict them for four hundred years;

14 並且他們所要服事的那國,我要懲罰,後來他們必帶著許多財物從那裏出來。

14 But I will judge the nation which they shall serve; and afterward they shall come out with great wealth.

15 但你要享大壽數,平平安安地歸到你列祖那裏,被人埋葬。

15 And you shall depart from this life and go to your fathers in peace; and you shall be buried at a good old age.

16 [But]到了第四代,他們必回到此地;因為亞摩利人的罪孽還沒有滿盈。」

16 And after four centuries, they shall return here; for the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet full.

17 日落天黑,不料有冒煙的爐並燃著的燈[burning lamp]從那些肉塊中經過。

17 And it came to pass that when the sun had set and it was dark, behold there appeared a smoking furnace and a burning torch that passed between those pieces.

18 當日[In the same day],耶和華與亞伯蘭立約,說:「我已賜給你的後裔,從埃及河直到幼發拉底大河之地:

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

19 就是基尼人、基尼洗人、甲摩尼人、

19 The land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 赫人、比利洗人、利乏音人、

20 The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Giants,

21 亞摩利人、迦南人、革迦撒人、耶布斯人之地。」

21 The Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.