Genesis 15
1 And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield you, your reward shall be very great.
Sima na makambo oyo, Yawe alobaki na Abrami na nzela ya emoniseli: — Kobanga te, Abrami! Nazali nguba na yo, lifuti na yo ekozala monene.
2 And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what will you give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir.]
Kasi Abrami azongisaki: — Oh Nkolo Yawe, okopesa ngai nini? Nazali na mwana te, mpe ezali Eliezeri ya Damasi nde akokitana na libula na ngai.
3 And Abram said, [I am grieved] since you have given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
Abrami alobaki lisusu: — Opesi ngai mwana te; yango wana mosali moko kati na ndako na ngai akozala mokitani ya libula na ngai!
4 And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come out of you shall be your heir.
Yawe alobaki na ye: — Moto wana akozala mokitani ya libula na yo te. Kasi mwana oyo akobima na mokongo na yo nde akozala mokitani ya libula na yo.
5 And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if you shall be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall your seed be.
Yawe amemaki Abrami na libanda mpe alobaki na ye: — Tala na likolo mpe tanga minzoto soki okokoka kotanga yango. Alobaki na ye lisusu: — Ezali boye nde bakitani na yo bakozala.
6 And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
Abrami azalaki na kondima epai ya Yawe, yango wana Yawe atangaki ye lokola moto ya sembo.
7 And he said to him, I am God that brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land to inherit.
Alobaki na ye lisusu: — Nazali Yawe oyo nabimisaki yo wuta na Uri, mokili ya bato ya Chalide, mpo na kopesa yo mokili oyo.
8 And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Kasi Abrami alobaki: — Ah Nkolo Yawe, nakoyeba ndenge nini ete mokili oyo epesameli ngai?
9 And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
Yawe alobaki na ye: — Memela Ngai mwana ngombe moko ya mwasi ya mibu misato, ntaba ya mwasi ya mibu misato, meme ya mobali ya mibu misato, ebenga moko ya zamba mpe ebenga moko ya mboka.
10 So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.
Abrami amemelaki Ye banyama oyo nyonso, akataki yango na biteni mibale mpe atiaki yango etalana eteni moko na eteni mosusu; kasi akataki bandeke te.
11 And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
Bandeke oyo eliaka misuni ekitaki mpo na kolia misuni yango, kasi Abrami abenganaki yango.
12 And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and behold! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
Tango moyi ekitaki, Abrami alalaki pongi makasi. Na kati ya molili makasi, somo ekangaki ye.
13 And it was said to Abram, You shall surely know that your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
Boye, Yawe alobaki na Abrami: — Yeba solo ete bakitani na yo bakozala bapaya kati na mokili ya bapaya epai wapi bakozala bawumbu; mpe bakonyokola bango kuna mibu nkama minei.
14 And the nation whoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
Kasi nakopesa etumbu na ekolo oyo ekokomisa bango bawumbu; mpe na sima, bakobima longwa na mokili yango elongo na bozwi ebele.
15 But you shall depart to your fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
Bongo yo, okokufa na kimia mpe okokundama sima na kimobange ya esengo.
16 And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
Na molongo ya minei, bakitani na yo bakozonga awa, pamba te masumu ya bato ya Amori ekomi nanu ebele te.
17 And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
Tango moyi elalaki mpe molili eyaki makasi, mbabola ya milinga mpe koni ya moto elekaki kati ya biteni ya banyama.
18 In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
Na mokolo yango, Yawe asalaki boyokani elongo na Abrami mpe alobaki: « Nakopesa mokili oyo na bakitani na yo wuta na moluka ya Ejipito kino na ebale Efrate:
19 The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,
mokili ya bato ya Keni, ya bato ya Kenizi, ya bato ya Kadimoni,
20 and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,
ya bato ya Iti, ya bato ya Perizi, ya bato ya Refayimi,
21 and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
ya bato ya Amori, ya bato ya Kanana, ya bato ya Girigazi mpe ya bato ya Yebusi. »
