Genesis 15
1 Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, “Do not be afraid of (anything/your enemies). I will protect you [MTY], and I will give a great reward.”
Thuutha wa maũndũ macio, ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩgĩkinyĩra Aburamu na kĩoneki, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Aburamu, ndũgetigĩre. Niĩ nĩ niĩ ngo yaku, na nĩ niĩ kĩheo gĩaku kĩnene.”
2 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can you give me what I truly want, because I have no children, and the one who will be like a son and inherit all my possessions is my servant Eliezer from Damascus!”
No Aburamu akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Mwathani Jehova, hihi nĩ kĩĩ ũkũũhe, kuona atĩ ndirĩ mwana, na ũrĩa ũkaagaya mũciĩ ũyũ wakwa nĩ Eliezeri wa Dameski?”
3 Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
Ningĩ Aburamu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩwagĩte kũũhe ciana; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndungata ya mũciĩ wakwa nĩyo ĩkaangaya.”
4 Yahweh replied, “No! He will not be the one who will inherit it. Instead, you yourself will be the father of the one who will inherit everything you own.”
Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩgĩkinyĩra Aburamu, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ, “Aca, Eliezeri tiwe ũgaakũgaya, no mũrũguo ũrĩa ũkoima mũthiimo waku nĩwe ũgaakũgaya.”
5 Then Yahweh took Abram outside [of his tent] and said, “Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.”
Akiumia Aburamu nja, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ta tiira maitho ũrore igũrũ na ũtare njata, angĩkorwo ti-itherũ no ũcitare.” Ningĩ akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ũguo nĩguo rũciaro rwaku rũkaigana.”
6 Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
Aburamu agĩĩtĩkia Jehova. Nake Jehova agĩkenio nĩ wĩtĩkio ũcio, akĩmũtua mũthingu.
7 Yahweh also said to him, “I am Yahweh. I am the one who brought you from Ur in Chaldea land. I brought you here to give you this land to possess.”
Ningĩ akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩ niĩ Jehova ũrĩa wakũrutire bũrũri wa Uri-kwa-Akalidei, nĩgeetha ngũhe bũrũri ũyũ ũtuĩke igai rĩaku.”
8 But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
No Aburamu akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Mwathani Jehova, ũngĩĩmenyithia nakĩ atĩ nĩũgatuĩka igai rĩakwa?”
9 God said to him, “Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.”
Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Jehova akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Ta ndeehera moori, na mbũri, na ndũrũme, na o ĩmwe yacio ĩkorwo ĩrĩ na mĩaka ĩtatũ, o hamwe na ndutura, na gĩcui kĩa ndirahũgĩ.”
10 So Abram brought all of them and killed them and cut each of the animals in half. He arranged the halves of each one, side by side. But he did not cut the pigeon and dove in half.
Aburamu akĩrehera Jehova indo icio ciothe, agĩciatũrania njatũ igĩrĩ, na agĩciara mũhari, o rwatũ rũkaringana na rwatũ rũrĩa rũngĩ; no nyoni-rĩ, aaciũraga ndaaciatũranirie.
11 Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
Nacio nderi ikĩharũrũkĩra nyama icio, no Aburamu agĩcingata, agĩciũmbũra.
12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
Riũa rĩgĩthũa-rĩ, Aburamu agĩkoma toro mũnene, nayo nduma nene na ya kũmakania ĩkĩmũnyiita.
13 Then God said to Abram, “I want you to know that your descendants will become foreigners living in a land that does not belong to them. They will become slaves of the owners of that land. The owners of the land will mistreat them for 400 years.
Ningĩ Jehova akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Menya na ma atĩ njiaro ciaku nĩigatũũra irĩ ageni bũrũri ũtarĩ wacio, na nĩigatuuo ngombo na inyariirwo mĩaka magana mana.
14 But then I will punish the people of that country that made them become slaves, and then your descendants will leave that country, taking many possessions with them.
No nĩngaherithia rũrĩrĩ rũu igatungata irĩ ngombo, na thuutha ũcio nĩikoima kuo irĩ na ũtonga mũingĩ.
15 But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
No wee-rĩ, ũgaakua na thayũ, na ũgaathikwo ũrĩ na ũkũrũ mwega.
16 After your descendants have been slaves for 400 years, they will return here, and take control of this land and defeat the Amor people-group. Those people will, because those people have not yet sinned enough to deserve to be punished now.”
Rũciaro-inĩ rwa kana-rĩ, njiaro ciaku nĩigacooka gũkũ, nĩgũkorwo mehia ma Aamori matikinyĩte harĩa ho.”
17 When the sun had set and it had become dark, [unexpectedly] a blazing torch and a clay pot containing burning coals from which smoke was rising appeared and went between the halves of the animals.
Na rĩrĩ, riũa rĩathũa na kwagĩa nduma-rĩ, hakĩoneka nyũngũ ya mwaki yatoogaga ĩrĩ na kĩmũrĩ gĩkĩrĩrĩmbũka gĩgĩtuĩkanĩria gatagatĩ ka njatũ icio.
18 And on that day Yahweh made an agreement with Abram. Yahweh told him, “I will give to your descendants all the land between the river that is on the eastern border of Egypt to the south, and north to the huge Euphrates River.
Mũthenya ũcio, Jehova akĩrĩĩkanĩra na Aburamu kĩrĩkanĩro, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩndahe njiaro ciaku bũrũri ũyũ, kuuma rũũĩ rwa Misiri nginya rũũĩ rũrĩa rũnene rwa Farati:
19 That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
bũrũri wa Akeni, na wa Akenizi, na wa Akadimoni,
20 the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
na wa Ahiti, na wa Aperizi, na wa Arefai,
21 the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
na wa Aamori, na wa Akaanani, na wa Agirigashi, na wa Ajebusi.”
