Genesis 15
1 After these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.
Le nya siawo megbe la, Yehowa ƒo nu na Abram le ŋutega me gblɔ nɛ be, “Mègavɔ̃ o, Abram, elabena nyee nye wò akpoxɔnu, maʋli tawò, eye makɔ yayra geɖewo ɖe dziwò.”
2 And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Ke Abram gblɔ be, “O, Aƒetɔ Yehowa, nu ka nàte ŋu anam esi vi mele asinye o, eye ame si anyi nye domee nye Eliezer tso Damasko?”
3 Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.
Eye Abram gblɔ be, “Mèna vi aɖekem o, eya ta nye subɔlae anyi nye dome.”
4 Then beholde, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.
Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Ao, ame bubu aɖeke manyi wò dome o, elabena àdzi ŋutsuvi, ame si anyi wò dome.”
5 Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.
Yehowa kplɔ Abram va xexe le ɣletiɖiɖi nu, eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Kpɔ dziƒo ɖa, eye nàxlẽ ɣletiviawo, ne àte ŋu axlẽ wo ko. Nenema tututue wò dzidzimeviwo anɔ; ame aɖeke mate ŋu axlẽ wo o!”
6 And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.
Abram xɔ Yehowa dzi se, eye Yehowa bui dzɔdzɔenyenye nɛ.
7 Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.
Eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nyee nye Yehowa, ame si kplɔ wò tso Ur le Kaldea be matsɔ anyigba sia ana wò tegbetegbe.”
8 And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?
Ke Abram biae be, “O, Aƒetɔ Yehowa, aleke mawɔ aka ɖe edzi be àtsɔe nam?”
9 Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon.
Eɖo eŋu nɛ gblɔ be, “Tsɔ nyinɔ si xɔ ƒe etɔ̃, gbɔ̃nɔ si xɔ ƒe etɔ̃, agbo si xɔ ƒe etɔ̃, akpakpa kple ahɔnɛ siwo metsi o la vɛ.”
10 So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, and laid euery piece one against an other: but the birdes deuided he not.
Abram tsɔ lãawo kple xeawo vɛ nɛ. Efe lãawo me ɖe akpa eve, eye wòtsɔ lãawo ƒe afãwo ɖo ɖe wo nɔewo ŋu le fli ene me, gake mefe xeviawo yame o.
11 Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.
Esi akagawo va lãawo ɖu ge la, Abram nya wo.
12 And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.
Esi ɣe nɔ to ɖom la, Abram dɔ alɔ̃ yi eme ʋĩi, eye wòkpɔ ŋutega dziŋɔ aɖe.
13 Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: and they shall intreate them euill.
Le ŋutega me la, Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Medi be nànyae kɔtɛe be, woate wò dzidzimeviwo ɖe to abe amedzroviwo ene eye woasubɔ ame mawo le dzronyigba dzi ƒe alafa ene sɔŋ.
14 Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Ke mahe to na dukɔ ma si awɔ wo kluviwoe. Emegbe la, woado le dukɔ ma te kple kesinɔnu geɖewo.
15 But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.
Wò la, àku le ŋutifafa me, ne ètsi xɔ ƒe geɖe.
16 And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
Le dzidzime ene megbe la, wò dzidzimeviwo agbɔ ava anyigba sia dzi, elabena ɣe ma ɣi koe Amoritɔwo, ame siwo le anyigba sia dzi fifia la ƒe nu vɔ̃wo asɔ gbɔ na tohehe.”
17 Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.
Esi ɣe ɖo to, eye viviti do la, Abram kpɔ ze aɖe si me dzudzɔ nɔ dodom tso kɔlikɔli kple akakati aɖe si nɔ lã kuku fefeawo dome tom.
18 In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.
Ale Yehowa wɔ nubabla sia kple Abram gbe ma gbe gblɔ be, “Metsɔ anyigba sia si le Egipte tɔsisi la kple Frat tɔsisi gã la dome la na wò dzidzimeviwo.
19 The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,
Metsɔ dukɔ siawo hã na wò: Kenitɔwo, Kenizitɔwo, Kadmonitɔwo,
20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
Hititɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Refaimtɔwo,
21 The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.
Amoritɔwo, Kanaantɔwo, Girgasitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo.”
