Jenèz 15
1 Apre bagay sa yo, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote Abram nan yon vizyon. Li te di: “Pa pè, Abram, Mwen se yon pwotèj pou ou. Rekonpans ou va gran.”
After these things the word of YHWH has been to Abram in a vision, saying, “Do not fear, Abram, I [am] a shield to you, your reward [is] exceedingly great.”
2 Abram te di: “O Senyè BONDYE, kisa ou va ban mwen, akoz ke m san pitit, e eritye lakay mwen se Eliézer a Danmas?”
And Abram says, “Lord YHWH, what do You give to me, and I am going childless? And an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.”
3 Epi Abram te di: “Akoz ke ou pa t ban m pitit pou swiv mwen, pitit ki fèt nan kay mwen an se eritye mwen.”
And Abram says, “Behold, to me You have not given seed, and behold, a servant will be my heir.”
4 Alò, gade byen, pawòl SENYÈ a te vin kote li. Li te di l: “Se pa nonm sa k ap eritye ou, men youn ki va sòti nan pwòp kò ou, se li ki va eritye ou.”
And behold, the word of YHWH [is] to him, saying, “This [one] will not be your heir; but he who comes out from your bowels, he will be your heir”;
5 Konsa, li te mennen li deyò, e te di: “Koulye a, gade vè syèl yo, e kontwole zetwal yo, si ou kapab kontwole yo.” Epi Li te di li: “Se konsa desandan w ap ye.”
and He brings him out outside and says, “Now look attentively toward the heavens and count the stars, if you are able to count them”; and He says to him, “Thus is your seed.”
6 Li te kwè nan SENYÈ a, e SENYÈ a konsa, te konsidere sa kòm ladwati li.
And he has believed in YHWH, and He reckons it to him—righteousness.
7 Li te di Abram: “Mwen se SENYÈ a ki te mennen ou sòti nan Ur a Kaldeyen yo, pou bay ou peyi sa a pou posede li.”
And He says to him, “I [am] YHWH who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to you this land to possess it”;
8 Abram te di: “O Senyè BONDYE, kijan mwen kapab konnen ke m ap genyen l vrè?”
and he says, “Lord YHWH, whereby do I know that I possess it?”
9 Alò li te di li: “Pote ban mwen yon gazèl twazan, yon femèl kabrit twzan, yon mal mouton nan twzan, yon toutrèl, avèk yon jenn pijon.”
And He says to him, “Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a female goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird”;
10 Li te pote bay li tout sa yo, e li te koupe yo an de moso. Li te poze mwatye yo chak fasafas ak lòt, men li pa t koupe zwazo yo.
and he takes all these to Him, and separates them in the midst, and puts each piece opposite its fellow, but the bird he has not divided;
11 Zwazo ki manje vyann yo te desann sou kò bèt yo, e Abram te chase yo ale.
and the ravenous birds come down on the carcasses, and Abram causes them to turn back.
12 Alò, lè solèy la t ap desann, yon gran rèv te tonbe sou Abram. Epi gade byen, yon gwo tenèb ak gran perèz te vin tonbe sou li.
And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep has fallen on Abram, and behold, a terror of great darkness is falling on him;
13 Bondye te di Abram: “Konnen byen si ke desandan ou yo va etranje nan yon peyi ki pa pou yo, kote yo va vin esklav, e va oprime pandan kat-san ane.
and He says to Abram, “knowing—know that your seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,
14 Men mwen va osi jije nasyon ke yo va sèvi a, e apre yo va sòti deyò avèk anpil byen.
and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;
15 Men pou ou menm, ou va ale vè zansèt ou yo anpè. Ou va antere nan yon laj byen avanse.
and you come to your fathers in peace; you are buried in a good old age;
16 Alò, nan katriyèm jenerasyon yo va retounen isit la, paske inikite Amoreyen yo poko fini.”
and the fourth generation turns back here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.”
17 Li vin rive ke lè solèy la te fin desann, ke li te fènwa anpil, e gade byen, te parèt yon tòch k ap fè lafimen avèk yon flanbo te pase antre mòso sa yo.
And it comes to pass—the sun has gone in, and thick darkness has been and behold, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which has passed over between those pieces.
18 Nan jou sa a, SENYÈ a te fè yon akò avèk Abram. Li te di: “A desandan ou yo, Mwen va bay peyi sa a, depi nan larivyè Égypte la, jis rive nan gran rivyè a, larivyè Euphrate,
In that day has YHWH made with Abram a covenant, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the River of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River,
19 peyi a Kenyen yo, Kenizyen yo, Kadmonyen yo,
with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
20 Itit yo, Ferezyen yo, Rephaïm yo,
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
21 Amoreyen yo, Kanaaneyen yo, Gigachyen yo, avèk Jebisyen yo.”
and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.”
