| 1 | 這事以後ã€è€¶å’Œè¯åœ¨ç•°è±¡ä¸æœ‰è©±å°äºžä¼¯è˜èªªã€äºžä¼¯è˜ä½ ä¸è¦æ‡¼æ€•ã€æˆ‘æ˜¯ä½ çš„ç›¾ç‰Œã€å¿…å¤§å¤§çš„è³žè³œä½ ã€‚
After this, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."
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| 2 | 亞伯è˜èªªã€ä¸»è€¶å’Œè¯é˜¿ã€æˆ‘既無åã€ä½ 還賜我甚麼呢.並且è¦æ‰¿å—我家æ¥çš„ã€æ˜¯å¤§é¦¬è‰²äººä»¥åˆ©ä»¥è¬ã€‚
But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, what can you give me since I remain childless and the one who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
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| 3 | 亞伯è˜åˆèªªã€ä½ 沒有給我兒åã€é‚£ç”Ÿåœ¨æˆ‘家ä¸çš„人ã€å°±æ˜¯æˆ‘的後嗣。
And Abram said, "You have given me no children; so a servant in my household will be my heir."
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| 4 | 耶和è¯åˆæœ‰è©±å°ä»–說ã€é€™äººå¿…ä¸æˆç‚ºä½ 的後嗣ã€ä½ 本身所生的ã€çº”æˆç‚ºä½ 的後嗣。
Then the word of the LORD came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but a son coming from your own body will be your heir."
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| 5 | æ–¼æ˜¯é ˜ä»–èµ°åˆ°å¤–é‚Šã€èªªã€ä½ å‘天觀看ã€æ•¸ç®—眾星ã€èƒ½æ•¸å¾—éŽä¾†éº¼ï¼Žåˆå°ä»–說ã€ä½ 的後裔將è¦å¦‚æ¤ã€‚
He took him outside and said, "Look up at the heavens and count the stars--if indeed you can count them." Then he said to him, "So shall your offspring be."
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| 6 | 亞伯è˜ä¿¡è€¶å’Œè¯ã€è€¶å’Œè¯å°±ä»¥æ¤ç‚ºä»–的義。
Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
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| 7 | 耶和è¯åˆå°ä»–說ã€æˆ‘是耶和è¯ã€æ›¾é ˜ä½ 出了迦勒底的å¾ç¥ã€ç‚ºè¦å°‡é€™åœ°è³œä½ 為æ¥ã€‚
He also said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to take possession of it."
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| 8 | 亞伯è˜èªªã€ä¸»è€¶å’Œè¯é˜¿ã€æˆ‘怎能知é“必得這地為æ¥å‘¢ã€‚
But Abram said, "O Sovereign LORD, how can I know that I will gain possession of it?"
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| 9 | 他說ã€ä½ 為我å–一隻三年的æ¯ç‰›ã€ä¸€éš»ä¸‰å¹´çš„æ¯å±±ç¾Šã€ä¸€éš»ä¸‰å¹´çš„公綿羊ã€ä¸€éš»æ–‘鳩ã€ä¸€éš»é››é´¿ã€‚
So the LORD said to him, "Bring me a heifer, a goat and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
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| 10 | 亞伯è˜å°±å–了這些來ã€æ¯æ¨£åŠˆé–‹åˆ†æˆå…©åŠã€ä¸€åŠå°è‘—一åŠçš„擺列ã€åªæœ‰é³¥æ²’有劈開。
Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other; the birds, however, he did not cut in half.
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| 11 | 有鷙鳥下來è½åœ¨é‚£æ»ç•œçš„肉上ã€äºžä¼¯è˜å°±æŠŠä»–嚇飛了。
Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
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| 12 | æ—¥é æ£è½çš„時候ã€äºžä¼¯è˜æ²‰æ²‰çš„ç¡äº†ï¼Žå¿½ç„¶æœ‰é©šäººçš„大黑暗è½åœ¨ä»–身上。
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him.
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| 13 | 耶和è¯å°äºžä¼¯è˜èªªã€ä½ è¦çš„確知é“ã€ä½ 的後裔必寄居別人的地ã€åˆæœäº‹é‚£åœ°çš„人.那地的人è¦è‹¦å¾…他們四百年.
Then the LORD said to him, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
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| 14 | 並且他們所è¦æœäº‹çš„那國ã€æˆ‘è¦æ‡²ç½°å¾Œä¾†ä»–們必帶著許多財物ã€å¾žé‚£è£¡å‡ºä¾†ã€‚
But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out with great possessions.
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| 15 | ä½†ä½ è¦äº«å¤§å£½æ•¸ã€å¹³å¹³å®‰å®‰çš„æ¸åˆ°ä½ 列祖那裡ã€è¢«äººåŸ‹è‘¬ã€‚
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
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| 16 | 到了第四代ã€ä»–們必回到æ¤åœ°ã€å› 為亞摩利人的罪å½ã€é‚„沒有滿盈。
In the fourth generation your descendants will come back here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its full measure."
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| 17 | æ—¥è½å¤©é»‘ã€ä¸æ–™æœ‰å†’煙的çˆã€ä¸¦ç‡’è‘—çš„ç«æŠŠã€å¾žé‚£äº›è‚‰å¡Šä¸ç¶“éŽã€‚
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch appeared and passed between the pieces.
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| 18 | 當那日耶和è¯èˆ‡äºžä¼¯è˜ç«‹ç´„ã€èªªã€æˆ‘å·²è³œçµ¦ä½ çš„å¾Œè£”ã€å¾žåŸƒåŠæ²³ç›´åˆ°ä¼¯æ‹‰å¤§æ²³ä¹‹åœ°ï¼Ž
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram and said, "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates--
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| 19 | 就是基尼人ã€åŸºå°¼æ´—人ã€ç”²æ‘©å°¼äººã€
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
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| 20 | 赫人ã€æ¯”利洗人ã€åˆ©ä¹éŸ³äººã€
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
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| 21 | 亞摩利人ã€è¿¦å—人ã€é©è¿¦æ’’人ã€è€¶å¸ƒæ–¯äººã€ä¹‹åœ°ã€‚
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites."
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