¹Pärast neid lugusid tuli Aabramile nägemuses Issanda sõna, kes ütles: 'Ära karda, Aabram! Mina olen sulle kilbiks. Sinu tasu on väga suur!'

¹After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

²Aga Aabram ütles: 'Issand Jumal! Mida sa mulle saad anda? Mina ju lähen ära lastetuna ja mu koja valitsejaks on Elieser Damaskusest!'

²Abram said, “Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”

³Ja Aabram ütles: 'Vaata, mulle sa ei ole ihuvilja andnud, aga näe, minu kojas sündinu saab mu pärijaks.'

³Abram said, “Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”

⁴Ja vaata, temale tuli Issanda sõna, kes ütles: 'Tema ei ole sinu pärija, vaid see, kes tuleb välja su oma ihust, on su pärija.'

⁴Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”

⁵Ja ta viis tema õue ning ütles: 'Vaata nüüd taeva poole ja loe tähti, kui sa suudad neid lugeda!' Ja ta ütles temale: 'Nõnda saab olema sinu sugu!'

⁵Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So shall your seed be.”

⁶Ja ta uskus Issandat ning see arvati temale õiguseks.

⁶He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

⁷Ja ta ütles temale: 'Mina olen Issand, kes tõi sind Kaldea Uurist, et anda sulle päranduseks see maa!'

⁷He said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”

⁸Aga ta küsis: 'Issand Jumal, millest ma ära tunnen, et ma selle pärin?'

⁸He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

⁹Siis ta vastas temale: 'Too mulle kolmeaastane mullikas, kolmeaastane kits, kolmeaastane jäär ja turteltuvi koos lennuvõimelise pojaga.'

⁹He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

¹⁰Ja ta tõi temale kõik need, lõikas need keskelt lõhki ja pani vastavad pooled vastakuti; aga lindusid ta ei lõiganud lõhki.

¹⁰He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.

¹¹Kui röövlinnud laskusid korjuste peale, siis peletas Aabram need minema.

¹¹The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

¹²Aga kui päike loojus, vajus Aabram sügavasse unne, ja vaata, suur ja pime hirm haaras teda.

¹²When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

¹³Ja Issand ütles Aabramile: 'Sa pead teadma, et su järglased on võõrastena maal, mis ei ole nende oma; nad tehakse orjadeks ja neid vaevatakse nelisada aastat.

¹³He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

¹⁴Aga ka rahvast, keda nad orjavad, ma karistan, ja selle järel nad tulevad ära suure varandusega.

¹⁴I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,

¹⁵Sina ise aga lähed rahuga oma vanemate juurde, sind maetakse heas vanuses.

¹⁵but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

¹⁶Alles neljas põlv tuleb siia tagasi, sest emorlaste süü ei ole tänini veel küllaldane.'

¹⁶In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”

¹⁷Ja kui päike oli loojunud ja kui oli pime, siis nähti suitsevat küpsetusahju ja tuleleeki, mis nende lõigatud tükkide vahelt läbi käis.

¹⁷It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

¹⁸Selsamal päeval tegi Issand Aabramiga lepingu ja ütles: 'Sinu soole ma annan selle maa Egiptuseojast suure jõeni, Frati jõeni,

¹⁸In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

¹⁹keenlased, kenislased, kadmonlased,

¹⁹the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

²⁰hetid, perislased, refalased,

²⁰the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

²¹emorlased, kaananlased, girgaaslased ja jebuuslased.'

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