Genesis 15
1 After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.
Yeinom akyiri no, Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Abram wɔ anisoadehunu mu sɛ, “Abram, nsuro. Meyɛ wo kyɛm. Meyɛ wo kyɛfa a ɛsom bo.”
2 And Abram said, Lord Jehovah, what wilt thou give me? seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.
Abram nso buaa sɛ, “Ao, Awurade Onyankopɔn, ɛdeɛn na wode bɛma me wɔ ɛberɛ a menni ɔba. Onipa a ɔbɛdi mʼadeɛ no yɛ Damaskoni Elieser?”
3 And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.
Na Abram toaa so sɛ, “Wommaa me mma enti, akoa a wɔwoo no wɔ me fie no na ɔbɛdi mʼadeɛ.”
4 And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body shall be thine heir.
Ɛnna Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Saa ɔbarima yi renni wʼadeɛ da, agye wʼankasa wo yafumma.”
5 And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!
Onyankopɔn de Abram kɔɔ afikyire, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Pagya wʼani hwɛ soro na hwɛ sɛ wobɛtumi akan ɔsoro nsoromma anaa.” Afei, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Saa ara na wʼasefoɔ bɛdɔɔso.”
6 And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness.
Abram gyee asɛm a Awurade kaeɛ no diiɛ. Ne saa enti, Awurade buu no onipa tenenee.
7 And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.
Awurade Onyankopɔn kyerɛɛ Abram bio sɛ, “Mene Awurade a mede wo firi Ur a ɛwɔ Kaldeafoɔ asase so baeɛ sɛ mede saa asase yi rema wo sɛ wʼagyapadeɛ.”
8 And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?
Nanso, Abram kaa sɛ, “Ao, Ɔsorosoro Awurade, ɛbɛyɛ sɛn na mɛhunu sɛ, asase no bɛyɛ me dea?”
9 And he said to him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Fa nantwie ba a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, abirekyibereɛ a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, odwennini a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, anyankuku ne aborɔnoma ba brɛ me.”
10 And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.
Abram de yeinom nyinaa brɛɛ Onyankopɔn, paapae wɔn mu mmienu, na ɔde afaafa no kyerɛkyerɛɛ animu, de guguu hɔ. Na nnomaa no deɛ, wampaapae wɔn mu.
11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.
Na apete bɛsisii mmoa no afunu so no, Abram pamoo wɔn.
12 And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.
Ɛberɛ a owia rekɔtɔ no, Abram daa hatee, na esum kabii a ɛyɛ hu tɔɔ ne so.
13 And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Gye di sɛ wʼasefoɔ bɛyɛ ahɔhoɔ wɔ asase a ɛnyɛ wɔn dea so. Wɔbɛyɛ nkoa wɔ ɔman no mu, asom, na wɔayɛ wɔn ayayadeɛ mfeɛ ahanan.
14 But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.
Nanso, mɛtwe saa ɔman a wʼasefoɔ bɛsom wɔn no aso, na ɛno akyiri no, wɔbɛfiri ɔman a wɔsom mu no mu aba sɛ adefoɔ.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Wo deɛ, wobɛwu asomdwoeɛ mu. Wobɛnyini akyɛre yie ansa na woawu.
16 And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Nanso, awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛtɔ so ɛnan no mu, wʼasefoɔ bɛsane aba saa ɔman yi mu bio. Ɛfiri sɛ, saa ɛberɛ yi, Amorifoɔ a wɔte saa asase yi so ɛnnɛ yi bɔne a wɔyɛ no nnya nnuruu deɛ wɔtwe wɔn aso ma ɛyɛ yie.”
17 And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.
Na ɛbaa sɛ owia kɔtɔeɛ, na esum duruiɛ no, Abram hunuu egyakukuo bi sɛ ɛrefiri wisie ne ogyatɛn a ɛrederɛ bɛfaa mmoa a wɔakum wɔn no afunu afaafa no ntam.
18 On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;
Saa ɛda no ara, Awurade ne Abram yɛɛ apam, kaa sɛ, “Mede saa asase a ɛfiri Misraim asubɔnten no ho, de kɔsi asubɔnten kɛseɛ Eufrate ho bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ.
19 the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Saa ara nso na mede Kenifoɔ, Kenesifoɔ, Kadmonifoɔ,
20 and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,
Hetifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Refaimfoɔ,
21 and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
Amorifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Girgasifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ nsase nyinaa bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ no.”
