Genesis 15
1 After all this had happened, God spoke to Abram in a vision, telling him, “Don't be afraid, Abram! I am your protector, and your truly great reward!”
Apre bagay sa yo, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote Abram nan yon vizyon. Li te di: “Pa pè, Abram, Mwen se yon pwotèj pou ou. Rekonpans ou va gran.”
2 But Abram replied, “Lord God, what good is whatever you give me? I don't have any children, and the heir to all that I have is Eliezer of Damascus.”
Abram te di: “O Senyè BONDYE, kisa ou va ban mwen, akoz ke m san pitit, e eritye lakay mwen se Eliézer a Danmas?”
3 Abram went on to complain, “Look! You haven't given me any children, so a servant from my household has to be my heir!”
Epi Abram te di: “Akoz ke ou pa t ban m pitit pou swiv mwen, pitit ki fèt nan kay mwen an se eritye mwen.”
4 But then the Lord told him, “This man won't be your heir. Your heir will be your very own son.”
Alò, gade byen, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote li. Li te di l: “Se pa nonm sa k ap eritye ou, men youn ki va sòti nan pwòp kò ou, se li ki va eritye ou.”
5 The Lord took Abram outside and said to him, “Look up at the sky. See if you can count the stars! That's how many descendants you will have!”
Konsa, li te mennen li deyò, e te di: “Koulye a, gade vè syèl yo, e kontwole zetwal yo, si ou kapab kontwole yo.” Epi Li te di li: “Se konsa desandan w ap ye.”
6 Abram trusted what the Lord said, and so the Lord counted Abram as being in a right relationship with him.
Li te kwè nan SENYÈ a, e SENYÈ a konsa, te konsidere sa kòm ladwati li.
7 The Lord also told him, “I am the Lord, who led you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land for you to own.”
Li te di Abram: “Mwen se SENYÈ a ki te mennen ou sòti nan Ur a Kaldeyen yo, pou bay ou peyi sa a pou posede li.”
8 “But Lord God, how can I be certain that I will own it?” Abram asked.
Abram te di: “O Senyè BONDYE, kijan mwen kapab konnen ke m ap genyen l vrè?”
9 The Lord told him, “Bring me a cow, a goat, and a ram, all of them three years old, together with a dove and a young pigeon.”
Alò li te di li: “Pote ban mwen yon gazèl twazan, yon femèl kabrit twzan, yon mal mouton nan twzan, yon toutrèl, avèk yon jenn pijon.”
10 So Abram took and killed the three animals. Then he cut them in half, and placed each half opposite the other. However, he didn't cut the birds in half.
Li te pote bay li tout sa yo, e li te koupe yo an de moso. Li te poze mwatye yo chak fasafas ak lòt, men li pa t koupe zwazo yo.
11 When vultures flew down on the carcasses, Abram frightened them off.
Zwazo ki manje vyann yo te desann sou kò bèt yo, e Abram te chase yo ale.
12 As the sun went down, a deep sleep came over Abram, and at the same time a dense and terrifying darkness fell on him.
Alò, lè solèy la t ap desann, yon gran rèv te tonbe sou Abram. Epi gade byen, yon gwo tenèb ak gran perèz te vin tonbe sou li.
13 The Lord explained to Abram, “You can be absolutely sure that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign land, where they will be slaves and mistreated for 400 years.
Bondye te di Abram: “Konnen byen si ke desandan ou yo va etranje nan yon peyi ki pa pou yo, kote yo va vin esklav, e va oprime pandan kat-san ane.
14 However, I will punish the nation that makes them slaves, and later on they will leave, taking many valuable possessions with them.
Men mwen va osi jije nasyon ke yo va sèvi a, e apre yo va sòti deyò avèk anpil byen.
15 But as for you, you will die in peace and be buried, having lived a good long life.
Men pou ou menm, ou va ale vè zansèt ou yo anpè. Ou va antere nan yon laj byen avanse.
16 Four generations later your descendants will come back here to live, because right now the sins of the Amorites have not reached their full extent.”
Alò, nan katriyèm jenerasyon yo va retounen isit la, paske inikite Amoreyen yo poko fini.”
17 After the sun set and it grew dark, suddenly a smoking furnace and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the animal carcasses.
Li vin rive ke lè solèy la te fin desann, ke li te fènwa anpil, e gade byen, te parèt yon tòch k ap fè lafimen avèk yon flanbo te pase antre mòso sa yo.
18 This is how the Lord made an agreement with Abram that day and promised him, “I'm giving this land to your descendants. It extends from the Wadi of Egypt to the great Euphrates River,
Nan jou sa a, SENYÈ a te fè yon akò avèk Abram. Li te di: “A desandan ou yo, Mwen va bay peyi sa a, depi nan larivyè Égypte la, jis rive nan gran rivyè a, larivyè Euphrate,
19 and includes the territory of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
peyi a Kenyen yo, Kenizyen yo, Kadmonyen yo,
20 Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
Itit yo, Ferezyen yo, Rephaïm yo,
21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”
Amoreyen yo, Kanaaneyen yo, Gigachyen yo, avèk Jebisyen yo.”
