Mose 1 15
1 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.”
After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying: 'Fear not, Abram, I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceeding great.'
2 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?”
And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?'
3 Eye Abram gblɔ be, “Mèna vi aɖekem o, eya ta nye subɔlae anyi nye dome.”
And Abram said: 'Behold, to me Thou hast given no seed, and, lo, one born in my house is to be mine heir.'
4 Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Ao, ame bubu aɖeke manyi wò dome o, elabena àdzi ŋutsuvi, ame si anyi wò dome.”
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying: 'This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.'
5 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!”
And He brought him forth abroad, and said: 'Look now toward heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them'; and He said unto him: 'So shall thy seed be.'
6 Abram xɔ Yehowa dzi se, eye Yehowa bui dzɔdzɔenyenye nɛ.
And he believed in the LORD; and He counted it to him for righteousness.
7 Eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nyee nye Yehowa, ame si kplɔ wò tso Ur le Kaldea be matsɔ anyigba sia ana wò tegbetegbe.”
And He said unto him: 'I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.'
8 Ke Abram biae be, “O, Aƒetɔ Yehowa, aleke mawɔ aka ɖe edzi be àtsɔe nam?”
And he said: 'O Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?'
9 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.”
And He said unto him: 'Take Me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.'
10 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.
And he took him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each half over against the other; but the birds divided he not.
11 Esi akagawo va lãawo ɖu ge la, Abram nya wo.
And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 Esi ɣe nɔ to ɖom la, Abram dɔ alɔ̃ yi eme ʋĩi, eye wòkpɔ ŋutega dziŋɔ aɖe.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, a dread, even a great darkness, fell upon him.
13 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.
And He said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
14 Ke mahe to na dukɔ ma si awɔ wo kluviwoe. Emegbe la, woado le dukɔ ma te kple kesinɔnu geɖewo.
and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 Wò la, àku le ŋutifafa me, ne ètsi xɔ ƒe geɖe.
But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 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.”
And in the fourth generation they shall come back hither; for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.'
17 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.
And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and there was thick darkness, behold a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch that passed between these pieces.
18 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.
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying: 'Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;
19 Metsɔ dukɔ siawo hã na wò: Kenitɔwo, Kenizitɔwo, Kadmonitɔwo,
the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20 Hititɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Refaimtɔwo,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
21 Amoritɔwo, Kanaantɔwo, Girgasitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo.”
and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'
