Genesis 15
1 After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
Yeinom akyiri no, Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Abram wɔ anisoadehunu mu sɛ, “Abram, nsuro. Meyɛ wo kyɛm. Meyɛ wo kyɛfa a ɛsom bo.”
2 Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Abram nso buaa sɛ, “Ao, Awurade Onyankopɔn, ɛdeɛn na wode bɛma me wɔ ɛberɛ a menni ɔba. Onipa a ɔbɛdi mʼadeɛ no yɛ Damaskoni Elieser?”
3 Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
Na Abram toaa so sɛ, “Wommaa me mma enti, akoa a wɔwoo no wɔ me fie no na ɔbɛdi mʼadeɛ.”
4 Behold, the LORD’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”
Ɛnna Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Saa ɔbarima yi renni wʼadeɛ da, agye wʼankasa wo yafumma.”
5 The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
Onyankopɔn de Abram kɔɔ afikyire, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Pagya wʼani hwɛ soro na hwɛ sɛ wobɛtumi akan ɔsoro nsoromma anaa.” Afei, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Saa ara na wʼasefoɔ bɛdɔɔso.”
6 He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
Abram gyee asɛm a Awurade kaeɛ no diiɛ. Ne saa enti, Awurade buu no onipa tenenee.
7 He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
Awurade Onyankopɔn kyerɛɛ Abram bio sɛ, “Mene Awurade a mede wo firi Ur a ɛwɔ Kaldeafoɔ asase so baeɛ sɛ mede saa asase yi rema wo sɛ wʼagyapadeɛ.”
8 He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
Nanso, Abram kaa sɛ, “Ao, Ɔsorosoro Awurade, ɛbɛyɛ sɛn na mɛhunu sɛ, asase no bɛyɛ me dea?”
9 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.”
Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Fa nantwie ba a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, abirekyibereɛ a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, odwennini a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, anyankuku ne aborɔnoma ba brɛ me.”
10 He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
Abram de yeinom nyinaa brɛɛ Onyankopɔn, paapae wɔn mu mmienu, na ɔde afaafa no kyerɛkyerɛɛ animu, de guguu hɔ. Na nnomaa no deɛ, wampaapae wɔn mu.
11 The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
Na apete bɛsisii mmoa no afunu so no, Abram pamoo wɔn.
12 When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
Ɛberɛ a owia rekɔtɔ no, Abram daa hatee, na esum kabii a ɛyɛ hu tɔɔ ne so.
13 He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Gye di sɛ wʼasefoɔ bɛyɛ ahɔhoɔ wɔ asase a ɛnyɛ wɔn dea so. Wɔbɛyɛ nkoa wɔ ɔman no mu, asom, na wɔayɛ wɔn ayayadeɛ mfeɛ ahanan.
14 I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
Nanso, mɛtwe saa ɔman a wʼasefoɔ bɛsom wɔn no aso, na ɛno akyiri no, wɔbɛfiri ɔman a wɔsom mu no mu aba sɛ adefoɔ.
15 but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
Wo deɛ, wobɛwu asomdwoeɛ mu. Wobɛnyini akyɛre yie ansa na woawu.
16 In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
Nanso, awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛtɔ so ɛnan no mu, wʼasefoɔ bɛsane aba saa ɔman yi mu bio. Ɛfiri sɛ, saa ɛberɛ yi, Amorifoɔ a wɔte saa asase yi so ɛnnɛ yi bɔne a wɔyɛ no nnya nnuruu deɛ wɔtwe wɔn aso ma ɛyɛ yie.”
17 It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
Na ɛbaa sɛ owia kɔtɔeɛ, na esum duruiɛ no, Abram hunuu egyakukuo bi sɛ ɛrefiri wisie ne ogyatɛn a ɛrederɛ bɛfaa mmoa a wɔakum wɔn no afunu afaafa no ntam.
18 In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
Saa ɛda no ara, Awurade ne Abram yɛɛ apam, kaa sɛ, “Mede saa asase a ɛfiri Misraim asubɔnten no ho, de kɔsi asubɔnten kɛseɛ Eufrate ho bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ.
19 the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
Saa ara nso na mede Kenifoɔ, Kenesifoɔ, Kadmonifoɔ,
20 the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
Hetifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Refaimfoɔ,
21 the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
Amorifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Girgasifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ nsase nyinaa bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ no.”
