Genesis 15
1 After these things the word of YHWH came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield; your reward will be very great."
Mgbe nke a gasịrị, okwu Onyenwe anyị ruru Ebram site nʼọhụ, sị ya, “Atụla egwu, Ebram Abụ m ọta gị, ụgwọ ọrụ dị ukwu nke i nwere.”
2 Abram said, "Lord, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the heir of my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?"
Ma Ebram zara sị ya, “Gị, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị, gịnị bụ ihe ị ga-enye m ebe ọ bụ na m amụtaghị nwa? Lee, ọ bụ Elieza, onye Damaskọs, ga-eketa akụ m niile.”
3 Then Abram said, "Look, to me you have given no offspring, and look, one born in my house is my heir."
Ebram gara nʼihu kwuo sị, “Ebe ọ bụ na m amụtaghị ụmụ, ọ bụ ohu nọ nʼụlọ m ga-eketa akụ m.”
4 And look, the word of God came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir, but he who will come forth out of your own body will be your heir."
Ma okwu Onyenwe anyị rutere ya, “Nwoke a agaghị eketa ihe i nwere, kama nwa nwoke nke ga-esi nʼahụ gị pụta ga-eketa ihe i nwere.”
5 And he brought him outside, and said, "Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And he said to him, "So will your descendants be."
Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị kpọpụtara Ebram nʼezi sị ya, “Lelie anya gị elu na mbara eluigwe, gụọ kpakpando niile ị hụrụ ọnụ, ma ị ga-enwe ike ịgụta ha.” Ọ gwara ya sị, “Otu a ka mkpụrụ gị ga-adị. A gaghị agụta ha ọnụ.”
6 And he believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
Ebram kweere nʼihe Onyenwe anyị kwuru. Nʼihi nke a, a gụnyere ya okwukwe a dịka ezi omume.
7 And he said to him, "I am God, who brought you out of Ur Kasdim to give you this land to possess."
Onyenwe anyị gwakwara ya sị, “Mụ onwe m bụ Onyenwe anyị, onye si nʼala Ụọ nke ndị Kaldịa kpọpụta gị, inye gị ala a ka ọ bụrụ ihe nweta gị.”
8 But he said, "Lord, how can I know that I will possess it?"
Ma Ebram zara sị, “Biko, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu, bụ Onyenwe anyị olee otu m ga-esi mara na m ga-enweta ya?”
9 And he said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
Onyenwe anyị zara sị ya, “Wetara m nwa nne ehi gbara afọ atọ, na nne ewu gbara afọ atọ, na ebule gbara afọ atọ, na nduru, na nwa kpalakwukwu.”
10 He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and placed each half opposite the other; but he did not divide the birds.
Ebram wetaara ya ihe ndị a niile bọwaa ha ụzọ abụọ, doo ha nʼusoro ka otu akụkụ chee akụkụ nke ọzọ ihu. Ma ọ bọwaghị ụmụ nnụnụ ndị ahụ.
11 And the birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Mgbe anụ ufe fekwasịrị ozu anụ ndị ahụ, Ebram chụpụrụ ha.
12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And look, a terror of great darkness fell on him.
Mgbe anwụ bidoro ịda, Ebram dara nʼoke ụra, oke ụjọ na oke ọchịchịrị dakwasịrị ya.
13 And he said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs; and they will be enslaved there. And they will oppress them four hundred years.
Mgbe ahụ, Onyenwe anyị gwara ya sị, “Mata nke ọma na ụmụ ụmụ gị ga-anọ dịka ndị ọbịa nʼala na-abụghị nke ha. A ga-edo ha ọnọdụ dịka ndị ohu, mejọọ ha narị afọ anọ.
14 But I will also judge that nation whom they will serve. And afterward they will come out with many possessions.
Ma aga m ata mba ahụ ha na-efe dịka ohu ahụhụ. Nʼikpeazụ, ha ga-eji ọtụtụ akụ si nʼebe ahụ pụta.
15 But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.
Ma ị ga-anwụ nʼudo. A ga-eli gị mgbe ị kara ezi nka.
16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete."
Mgbe ọgbọ anọ gasịrị, ụmụ ụmụ gị ga-alọtakwa nʼala a. Nʼihi na mmehie ndị Amọrait erubeghị nʼuju ya.”
17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, look, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
Mgbe anwụ dara, mgbe ọchịchịrị gbachiri ebe niile, ite ọkụ na-akwụ anwụrụ ọkụ nke nwere ọwa na-enwu ọkụ si nʼetiti ibe anụ ndị ahụ gafee.
18 On that day God made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Perath:
Nʼụbọchị ahụ ka Onyenwe anyị na Ebram gbara ndụ. Ọ sị, “Ndị agbụrụ gị ka m ga-enye ala ndị a, malite nʼiyi ndị Ijipt ruo nʼiyi ukwu Yufretis.
19 the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
Ala ndị Ken, na nke ndị Keniz, na nke ndị Kadmọn,
20 the Hethites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
na ala ndị Het, na nke ndị Periz na nke ndị Refaim,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites."
na ala ndị Amọrait na nke ndị Kenan na nke ndị Gigash na nke ndị Jebus.”
