Genesis 15
1 Pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito dumating kay Abram ang salita ni Yahweh sa isang pangitain, na nagsasabing, “Huwag kang matakot, Abram! Ako ang iyong panangga at iyong pinakadakilang gantimpala.”
Some time later, Abram had a vision in which Yahweh spoke to him and said, “Do not be afraid of (anything/your enemies). I will protect you [MTY], and I will give a great reward.”
2 Sinabi ni Abram, “Panginoong Yahweh, ano ang ibibigay mo sa akin, yamang nagpapatuloy akong walang anak, at ang tagapagmana ng aking bahay ay si Eliezer ng Damascus?”
But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can you give me what I truly want, because I have no children, and the one who will be like a son and inherit all my possessions is my servant Eliezer from Damascus!”
3 Sinabi ni Abram, “Dahil hindi mo ako binigyan ng anak, tingnan mo, ang katiwala ng aking bahay ay siyang aking tagapagmana.”
Abram added, “You have not given me any children, so think about this: A servant in my household will inherit all I own!”
4 Pagkatapos, narito, dumating ang salita ni Yahweh, nagsasabing “Ang taong ito ay hindi mo magiging tagapagmana; sa halip manggagaling sa inyong sariling katawan ang siyang magiging tagapagmana mo.”
Yahweh replied, “No! He will not be the one who will inherit it. Instead, you yourself will be the father of the one who will inherit everything you own.”
5 Pagkatapos siya ay dinala niya sa labas, at sinabing, “Tumingala ka sa langit, at bilangin mo ang mga bituin, kung kaya mo silang bilangin.” Pagkatapos sinabi niya sa kaniya,” Ganoon din karami ang iyong magiging mga kaapu-apuhan.”
Then Yahweh took Abram outside [of his tent] and said, “Look up at the sky! Can you count the stars? No, you cannot count them because there are so many of them, and your descendants will be as numerous as the stars.”
6 Naniwala siya kay Yahweh, at itinuring ito sa kaniya bilang pagiging matuwid.
Abram believed that what Yahweh said would happen. And because of that, Yahweh considered that Abram was righteous.
7 Sinabi niya sa kaniya, “Ako si Yahweh na nagdala sa iyo palabas ng Ur ng mga Caldeo, para ibigay sa iyo ang lupaing ito para manahin ito.”
Yahweh also said to him, “I am Yahweh. I am the one who brought you from Ur in Chaldea land. I brought you here to give you this land to possess.”
8 Sinabi niya, “Panginoong Yahweh, paano ko malalaman na mamanahin ko ito?”
But Abram replied, “Yahweh God, how can I know for sure that this land will belong to me?”
9 Pagkatapos sinabi niya sa kaniya, “Dalhan mo ako ng tatlong taong gulang na baka, tatlong taong gulang na babaeng kambing at tatlong taong gulang na lalaking tupa, isang kalapati at isang batang pitson.”
God said to him, “Bring a three-year-old heifer and a three-year-old goat to me, and a dove and a pigeon.”
10 Dinala niya sa kaniya lahat ng ito, at hinati ang ito sa dalawa, at nilapag sa magkabilang bahagi ang bawat kalahati, pero hindi niya hinati ang mga ibon.
So Abram brought all of them and killed them and cut each of the animals in half. He arranged the halves of each one, side by side. But he did not cut the pigeon and dove in half.
11 Nang bumaba ang mga ibong mandaragit para kainin ang mga patay na hayop, itinaboy sila ni Abram papalayo.
Birds that eat dead flesh came down to eat the carcasses, but Abram shooed them away.
12 Pagkatapos nang palubog na ang araw, nakatulog nang mahimbing si Abram, at masdan, siya ay nilukuban ng isang malalim at nakakapangilabot na kadiliman.
As the sun was going down, Abram fell sound asleep, and suddenly everything around him became dark and frightening.
13 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Yahweh kay Abram, “Alamin mong tiyak na ang iyong mga kaapu-apuhan ay magiging dayuhan sa lupaing hindi kanila, at sila ay gagawing alipin at aapihin sa loob ng apatnaraang taon.
Then God said to Abram, “I want you to know that your descendants will become foreigners living in a land that does not belong to them. They will become slaves of the owners of that land. The owners of the land will mistreat them for 400 years.
14 Hahatulan ko ang bansang iyon na paglilingkuran nila, at pagkatapos sila ay lalabas na may saganang mga ari-arian.
But then I will punish the people of that country that made them become slaves, and then your descendants will leave that country, taking many possessions with them.
15 Pero ikaw ay pupunta sa iyong mga ama nang payapa, at ikaw ay ililibing sa angkop na katandaan.
But as for you, you will die [EUP] peacefully when you are very old.
16 Sa ikaapat na salinlahi sila ay muling babalik dito, dahil ang mga kasalanan ng mga Amorito ay hindi pa nakaabot sa sukdulan nito.”
After your descendants have been slaves for 400 years, they will return here, and take control of this land and defeat the Amor people-group. Those people will, because those people have not yet sinned enough to deserve to be punished now.”
17 Nang lumubog na ang araw at dumilim, masdan, isang umuusok na banga at umaapoy na sulo ang dumaan sa pagitan ng mga piraso.
When the sun had set and it had become dark, [unexpectedly] a blazing torch and a clay pot containing burning coals from which smoke was rising appeared and went between the halves of the animals.
18 Sa araw na iyon gumawa si Yahweh ng tipan kay Abram, na nagsasabing, “Ibinibigay ko sa iyong kaapu-apuhan ang lupaing ito, mula sa ilog ng Ehipto patungo sa dakilang ilog ng Eufrates, ang Eufrates—
And on that day Yahweh made an agreement with Abram. Yahweh told him, “I will give to your descendants all the land between the river that is on the eastern border of Egypt to the south, and north to the huge Euphrates River.
19 ang mga Cenio, ang mga Cenizeo, ang mga Kadmoneo,
That is the land where the Ken, the Keniz, the Kidmon,
20 ang mga Heteo, ang mga Perezeo, ang mga Refiata,
the Heth, the Periz, the Repha,
21 ang mga Amoreo, ang mga Cananeo, ang mga Gergeseo at mga Jebuseo.”
the Amor, the Canaan, the Girgash, and the Tebus people-groups live.”
