Ebandeli 15
1 Sima na makambo oyo, Yawe alobaki na Abrami na nzela ya emoniseli: — Kobanga te, Abrami! Nazali nguba na yo, lifuti na yo ekozala monene.
After these things, the worde of the Lord came vnto Abram in a vision, saying, Feare not, Abram, I am thy buckler, and thine exceeding great reward.
2 Kasi Abrami azongisaki: — Oh Nkolo Yawe, okopesa ngai nini? Nazali na mwana te, mpe ezali Eliezeri ya Damasi nde akokitana na libula na ngai.
And Abram said, O Lord God, what wilt thou giue me, seeing I goe childlesse, and the steward of mine house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
3 Abrami alobaki lisusu: — Opesi ngai mwana te; yango wana mosali moko kati na ndako na ngai akozala mokitani ya libula na ngai!
Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.
4 Yawe alobaki na ye: — Moto wana akozala mokitani ya libula na yo te. Kasi mwana oyo akobima na mokongo na yo nde akozala mokitani ya libula na yo.
Then beholde, the worde of the Lord came vnto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heire, but one that shall come out of thine owne bowels, he shalbe thine heire.
5 Yawe amemaki Abrami na libanda mpe alobaki na ye: — Tala na likolo mpe tanga minzoto soki okokoka kotanga yango. Alobaki na ye lisusu: — Ezali boye nde bakitani na yo bakozala.
Moreouer he brought him forth and said, Looke vp nowe vnto heauen, and tell ye starres, if thou be able to number them: and he said vnto him, So shall thy seede be.
6 Abrami azalaki na kondima epai ya Yawe, yango wana Yawe atangaki ye lokola moto ya sembo.
And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.
7 Alobaki na ye lisusu: — Nazali Yawe oyo nabimisaki yo wuta na Uri, mokili ya bato ya Chalide, mpo na kopesa yo mokili oyo.
Againe he saide vnto him, I am the Lord, that brought thee out of Vr of the Caldees, to giue thee this land to inherite it.
8 Kasi Abrami alobaki: — Ah Nkolo Yawe, nakoyeba ndenge nini ete mokili oyo epesameli ngai?
And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?
9 Yawe alobaki na ye: — Memela Ngai mwana ngombe moko ya mwasi ya mibu misato, ntaba ya mwasi ya mibu misato, meme ya mobali ya mibu misato, ebenga moko ya zamba mpe ebenga moko ya mboka.
Then he said vnto him, Take me an heifer of three yeeres olde, and a shee goate of three yeeres olde, and a ramme of three yeeres olde, a turtle doue also and a pigeon.
10 Abrami amemelaki Ye banyama oyo nyonso, akataki yango na biteni mibale mpe atiaki yango etalana eteni moko na eteni mosusu; kasi akataki bandeke te.
So he tooke all these vnto him, and deuided them into the middes, and laid euery piece one against an other: but the birdes deuided he not.
11 Bandeke oyo eliaka misuni ekitaki mpo na kolia misuni yango, kasi Abrami abenganaki yango.
Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.
12 Tango moyi ekitaki, Abrami alalaki pongi makasi. Na kati ya molili makasi, somo ekangaki ye.
And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.
13 Boye, Yawe alobaki na Abrami: — Yeba solo ete bakitani na yo bakozala bapaya kati na mokili ya bapaya epai wapi bakozala bawumbu; mpe bakonyokola bango kuna mibu nkama minei.
Then he saide to Abram, Knowe for a suretie, that thy seede shalbe a stranger in a land, that is not theirs, foure hundreth yeeres, and shall serue them: and they shall intreate them euill.
14 Kasi nakopesa etumbu na ekolo oyo ekokomisa bango bawumbu; mpe na sima, bakobima longwa na mokili yango elongo na bozwi ebele.
Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 Bongo yo, okokufa na kimia mpe okokundama sima na kimobange ya esengo.
But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.
16 Na molongo ya minei, bakitani na yo bakozonga awa, pamba te masumu ya bato ya Amori ekomi nanu ebele te.
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 Tango moyi elalaki mpe molili eyaki makasi, mbabola ya milinga mpe koni ya moto elekaki kati ya biteni ya banyama.
Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.
18 Na mokolo yango, Yawe asalaki boyokani elongo na Abrami mpe alobaki: « Nakopesa mokili oyo na bakitani na yo wuta na moluka ya Ejipito kino na ebale Efrate:
In that same day the Lord made a couenant with Abram, saying, Vnto thy seede haue I giuen this lande, from the riuer of Egypt vnto the great riuer, the riuer Euphrates.
19 mokili ya bato ya Keni, ya bato ya Kenizi, ya bato ya Kadimoni,
The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,
20 ya bato ya Iti, ya bato ya Perizi, ya bato ya Refayimi,
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 ya bato ya Amori, ya bato ya Kanana, ya bato ya Girigazi mpe ya bato ya Yebusi. »
The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.
