Jenèz 15
1 Apre bagay sa yo, Abram fè yon vizyon. Li wè Seyè a ki t'ap pale avè l'. Seyè a di l' konsa. Abram, ou pa bezwen pè anyen. Se mwen menm k'ap pwoteje ou. M' sere yon gwo gwo rekonpans pou ou.
And so, these things having been transacted, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”
2 Abram di. Seyè, Bondye, kisa ou vle ban mwen? Mwen tout fin mouri, mwen pa gen pitit. Sèl moun lakay mwen ki pral eritye m', se Elyezè, moun peyi Damas la.
And Abram said: “Lord God, what will you give to me? I may go without children. And the son of the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.”
3 Abram di ankò. Gade! Ou pa ban m' pitit. Se yonn nan domestik mwen yo ki pral eritye m'.
And Abram added: “Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir.”
4 Lè sa a, li tande Seyè a ki di l' konsa. Non, se pa li menm ki pral eritye ou. Se pwòp pitit zantray ou ki pral eritye ou.
And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: “This one will not be your heir. But he who will come from your loins, the same will you have for your heir.”
5 Seyè a fè Abram soti deyò, li di l' konsa Leve je ou, gade syèl la byen. Konte zetwal yo si ou kapab. Apre sa, li di. Pitit pitit ou yo va anpil tankou zetwal nan syèl la.
And he brought him outside, and he said to him, “Take in the heavens, and number the stars, if you can.” And he said to him, “So also will your offspring be.”
6 Abram mete konfyans li nan Seyè a, se konsa Seyè a fè l' gras.
Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
7 Seyè a di. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki te fè ou soti lavil Our nan peyi Kalde a, pou m' te ka ba ou peyi sa a pou ou.
And he said to him, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.”
8 Abram di. Seyè, Bondye, kijan pou m' fè konnen peyi sa a pou mwen vre?
But he said, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”
9 Seyè a di l'. Pran yon ti gazèl bèf twazan, yon fenmèl kabrit twazan, yon belye twazan, yon toutrèl ak yon jenn pijon.
And the Lord responded by saying: “Take for me a cow of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.”
10 Abram al pran tout bèt sa yo, li koupe yo mitan pou mitan, li mete moso yo yonn anfas lòt. Men, li pa koupe zwazo yo an de.
Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.
11 Chak fwa malfini karanklou vin pou desann sou vyann bèt yo, Abram pouse yo ale.
And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
12 Solèy tapral kouche lè dòmi vòlè Abram. Li dòmi nèt ale. Epi yon sèl lapèz pran l' nan dòmi an. Kote l' te ye a vin fè tout nwa.
And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.
13 Seyè a di l'. Konnen sa byen: Pitit pitit ou yo pral viv tankou etranje nan yon peyi ki pa pou yo. Y'ap fè yo tounen esklav, y'ap peze yo pandan katsanzan (400 an).
And it was said to him: “Know beforehand that your future offspring will be sojourners in a land not their own, and they will subjugate them in servitude and afflict them for four hundred years.
14 Men, apre sa, m'ap pini nasyon ki va pran yo fè esklav la. Konsa, lè lè a va rive pou yo kite peyi sa a, y'a soti avèk anpil anpil richès.
Yet truly, I will judge the nation that they will serve, and after this they will depart with great substance.
15 Kanta ou menm, ou pral mouri ak kè poze, ou pral jwenn zansèt ou yo ki mouri deja. Wi, anvan ou antre anba tè, wa viv lontan san ankenn pwoblèm.
But you will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a good old age.
16 Apre kat jenerasyon, pitit pitit ou yo va tounen isit la, paske se pou nou tann moun Amori yo rive nan dènye bout mechanste yo.
But in the fourth generation, they will return here. For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet completed, even to this present time.”
17 Apre solèy fin kouche, te fè nwa anpil. Epi men li, yon recho ki t'ap fè lafimen ansanm ak yon gwo bwa dife tout limen parèt. Yo pase nan mitan moso vyann bèt yo.
Then, when the sun had set, there came a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.
18 Se jou sa a Seyè a te pase kontra avèk Abram. Li di l' konsa M'ap bay pitit pitit ou yo tout peyi sa a, depi larivyè Lejip, rive jouk larivyè Lefrat la.
On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:
19 Sa vle di tout peyi kote moun Keni yo, moun Kenizi yo, moun Kadmon yo,
the land of the Kenites and the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites
20 moun Et yo, moun Ferezi yo, moun refayim yo,
and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, likewise the Rephaim,
21 moun Amori yo, moun Kanaran yo, moun Gigach yo ak moun Jebis yo rete.
and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
