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 Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and your very great reward.”
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?”
Abram said, “Lord Yahweh, what will you give me, since I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Eye Abram gblɔ be, “Mèna vi aɖekem o, eya ta nye subɔlae anyi nye dome.”
Abram said, “Since you have given me no descendant, see, the steward of my house is my heir.”
4 Yehowa gblɔ nɛ be, “Ao, ame bubu aɖeke manyi wò dome o, elabena àdzi ŋutsuvi, ame si anyi wò dome.”
Then, behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir; but rather the one who will come from your own body will be your 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!”
Then he brought him outside, and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So will your descendants be.”
6 Abram xɔ Yehowa dzi se, eye Yehowa bui dzɔdzɔenyenye nɛ.
He believed Yahweh, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
7 Eye wògblɔ nɛ be, “Nyee nye Yehowa, ame si kplɔ wò tso Ur le Kaldea be matsɔ anyigba sia ana wò tegbetegbe.”
He said to him, “I am Yahweh, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 Ke Abram biae be, “O, Aƒetɔ Yehowa, aleke mawɔ aka ɖe edzi be àtsɔe nam?”
He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will 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.”
Then he said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a 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.
He brought him all these, and cut them in two, and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not divide the birds.
11 Esi akagawo va lãawo ɖu ge la, Abram nya wo.
When the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.
12 Esi ɣe nɔ to ɖom la, Abram dɔ alɔ̃ yi eme ʋĩi, eye wòkpɔ ŋutega dziŋɔ aɖe.
Then when the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep and, behold, a deep and terrifying darkness overwhelmed 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.
Then Yahweh said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, and will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
14 Ke mahe to na dukɔ ma si awɔ wo kluviwoe. Emegbe la, woado le dukɔ ma te kple kesinɔnu geɖewo.
I will judge that nation that they will serve, and afterward they will come out with abundant possessions.
15 Wò la, àku le ŋutifafa me, ne ètsi xɔ ƒe geɖe.
But you will go to your fathers in peace, and you will 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.”
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit.”
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.
When the sun had gone down and it was dark, behold, a smoking fire pot and a flaming torch passed between the 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.
On that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I hereby give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates—
19 Metsɔ dukɔ siawo hã na wò: Kenitɔwo, Kenizitɔwo, Kadmonitɔwo,
the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 Hititɔwo, Perizitɔwo, Refaimtɔwo,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaites,
21 Amoritɔwo, Kanaantɔwo, Girgasitɔwo kple Yebusitɔwo.”
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
