Kĩambĩrĩria 15
1 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.”
After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I [am] thy shield, [and] thy exceeding great reward.
2 No Aburamu akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Mwathani Jehova, hihi nĩ kĩĩ ũkũũhe, kuona atĩ ndirĩ mwana, na ũrĩa ũkaagaya mũciĩ ũyũ wakwa nĩ Eliezeri wa Dameski?”
And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house [is] this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 Ningĩ Aburamu akiuga atĩrĩ, “Nĩwagĩte kũũhe ciana; nĩ ũndũ ũcio ndungata ya mũciĩ wakwa nĩyo ĩkaangaya.”
And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and lo, one born in my house is my heir.
4 Hĩndĩ ĩyo ndũmĩrĩri ya Jehova ĩgĩkinyĩra Aburamu, akĩĩrwo atĩrĩ, “Aca, Eliezeri tiwe ũgaakũgaya, no mũrũguo ũrĩa ũkoima mũthiimo waku nĩwe ũgaakũgaya.”
And behold, the word of the LORD [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.
5 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.”
And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars, if thou art able to number them: and he said to him, So shall thy seed be.
6 Aburamu agĩĩtĩkia Jehova. Nake Jehova agĩkenio nĩ wĩtĩkio ũcio, akĩmũtua mũthingu.
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
7 Ningĩ akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩ niĩ Jehova ũrĩa wakũrutire bũrũri wa Uri-kwa-Akalidei, nĩgeetha ngũhe bũrũri ũyũ ũtuĩke igai rĩaku.”
And he said to him, I [am] the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
8 No Aburamu akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Mwathani Jehova, ũngĩĩmenyithia nakĩ atĩ nĩũgatuĩka igai rĩakwa?”
And he said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it?
9 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.”
And he said to 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 Aburamu akĩrehera Jehova indo icio ciothe, agĩciatũrania njatũ igĩrĩ, na agĩciara mũhari, o rwatũ rũkaringana na rwatũ rũrĩa rũngĩ; no nyoni-rĩ, aaciũraga ndaaciatũranirie.
And he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds he did not divide.
11 Nacio nderi ikĩharũrũkĩra nyama icio, no Aburamu agĩcingata, agĩciũmbũra.
And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
12 Riũa rĩgĩthũa-rĩ, Aburamu agĩkoma toro mũnene, nayo nduma nene na ya kũmakania ĩkĩmũnyiita.
And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror of great darkness fell upon him.
13 Ningĩ Jehova akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Menya na ma atĩ njiaro ciaku nĩigatũũra irĩ ageni bũrũri ũtarĩ wacio, na nĩigatuuo ngombo na inyariirwo mĩaka magana mana.
And he said to Abram, Know certainly 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 No nĩngaherithia rũrĩrĩ rũu igatungata irĩ ngombo, na thuutha ũcio nĩikoima kuo irĩ na ũtonga mũingĩ.
And also that nation which they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 No wee-rĩ, ũgaakua na thayũ, na ũgaathikwo ũrĩ na ũkũrũ mwega.
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
16 Rũciaro-inĩ rwa kana-rĩ, njiaro ciaku nĩigacooka gũkũ, nĩgũkorwo mehia ma Aamori matikinyĩte harĩa ho.”
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites [is] not yet full.
17 Na rĩrĩ, riũa rĩathũa na kwagĩa nduma-rĩ, hakĩoneka nyũngũ ya mwaki yatoogaga ĩrĩ na kĩmũrĩ gĩkĩrĩrĩmbũka gĩgĩtuĩkanĩria gatagatĩ ka njatũ icio.
And it came to pass, that when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
18 Mũthenya ũcio, Jehova akĩrĩĩkanĩra na Aburamu kĩrĩkanĩro, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Nĩndahe njiaro ciaku bũrũri ũyũ, kuuma rũũĩ rwa Misiri nginya rũũĩ rũrĩa rũnene rwa Farati:
In that same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 bũrũri wa Akeni, na wa Akenizi, na wa Akadimoni,
The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
20 na wa Ahiti, na wa Aperizi, na wa Arefai,
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 na wa Aamori, na wa Akaanani, na wa Agirigashi, na wa Ajebusi.”
And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
