Genesis, 13

1. Therefore, Abram ascended from Egypt, he and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, toward the southern region.

1. Iz Egipta Abram ode gore u Negeb sa svojom ženom i sa svime što je imao. I Lot bješe s njim.

2. But he was very wealthy by the possession of gold and silver.

2. Abram je bio veoma bogat stokom, srebrom i zlatom.

3. And he returned by the way that he came, from the meridian into Bethel, all the way to the place where before he had pitched his tent, between Bethel and Hai.

3. Od postaje do postaje iz Negeba išao je do Betela,

4. There, at the place of the altar he had made before, he again called upon the name of the Lord.

4. do mjesta na kojem je bio postavio šator, izmeðu Betela i Aja, gdje je prije podigao žrtvenik. Tu je Abram zazivao ime Jahvino.

5. But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and cattle, and tents.

5. I Lot, koji iðaše s Abramom, imaše ovaca, goveda i šatora,

6. Neither was the land able to contain them, so that they might dwell together. Indeed, their substance was so great that they could not live in common.

6. tako da ih kraj ne bi izdržavao kad bi zajedno ostali. Njihovo je blago bilo veliko, te zajedno nisu mogli boraviti.

7. And then there also arose a conflict between the shepherds of Abram and of Lot. Now at that time the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in that land.

7. Svaða je nastajala izmeðu pastira stoke Abramove i pastira stoke Lotove. Tada su zemlju nastavali Kanaanci i Perižani.

8. Therefore, Abram said to Lot: “I ask you, let there be no quarrel between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds. For we are brothers.

8. Zato Abram reèe Lotu: "Neka ne bude svaðe izmeðu mene i tebe, izmeðu pastira mojih i tvojih - tÓa mi smo braæa!

9. Behold, the entire land is before your eyes. Withdraw from me, I beg you. If you will go to the left, I will take the right. If you choose the right, I will pass to the left.”

9. Nije li sva zemlja pred tobom? Odvoji se od mene! Kreneš li ti nalijevo, ja æu nadesno; ako æeš ti nadesno, ja æu nalijevo."

10. And so Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the region around the Jordan, which was thoroughly irrigated, before the Lord overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It was like the Paradise of the Lord, and it was like Egypt, approaching toward Zoar.

10. Lot podiže oèi i vidje kako je dobro posvuda natapana sva Jordanska dolina, kao kakav vrt Jahvin, kao zemlja egipatska prema Soaru. - Bilo je to prije nego što je Jahve uništio Sodomu i Gomoru. -

11. And Lot chose for himself the region around the Jordan, and he withdrew by way of the east. And they were divided, one brother from the other.

11. Lot izabere za se svu Jordansku dolinu i ode na istok. Tako se odijele jedan od drugoga.

12. Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan. In truth, Lot stayed in the towns that were around the Jordan, and he lived in Sodom.

12. Abram ostade u kanaanskoj zemlji, dok je Lot živio po mjestima u dolini i razapeo svoje šatore do Sodome.

13. But the men of Sodom were very wicked, and they were sinners before the Lord beyond measure.

13. A žitelji Sodome bijahu veoma opaki, sami grešnici protiv Jahve.

14. And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was divided from him: “Lift up your eyes, and gaze out from the place where you are now, to the north and to the meridian, to the east and to the west.

14. Jahve reèe Abramu, pošto se Lot od njega rastao: "Oèi svoje podigni i s mjesta na kojem si pogledaj prema sjeveru, jugu, istoku i zapadu;

15. All the land that you see, I will give to you, and to your offspring even forever.

15. jer svu zemlju što je možeš vidjeti dat æu tebi i tvome potomstvu zauvijek.

16. And I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth. If any man is able to number the dust of the earth, he will be able to number your offspring as well.

16. Potomstvo æu tvoje uèiniti kao prah na zemlji. Ako tko mogne prebrojiti prah zemlje, i tvoje æe potomstvo moæi prebrojiti.

17. Arise and walk through the land in its length, and breadth. For I will give it to you.”

17. Na noge! Proði zemljom uzduž i poprijeko jer æu je tebi predati."

18. Therefore, moving his tent, Abram went and dwelt by the steep valley of Mamre, which is in Hebron. And he built an altar there to the Lord.

18. Abram digne šatore i doðe pa se naseli kod hrasta Mamre, što je u Hebronu. Ondje podigne žrtvenik Jahvi.