1 Mose 15
1 Yeinom akyiri no, Awurade kasa kyerɛɛ Abram wɔ anisoadehunu mu sɛ, “Abram, nsuro. Meyɛ wo kyɛm. Meyɛ wo kyɛfa a ɛsom bo.”
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 Abram nso buaa sɛ, “Ao, Awurade Onyankopɔn, ɛdeɛn na wode bɛma me wɔ ɛberɛ a menni ɔba. Onipa a ɔbɛdi mʼadeɛ no yɛ Damaskoni Elieser?”
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 Na Abram toaa so sɛ, “Wommaa me mma enti, akoa a wɔwoo no wɔ me fie no na ɔbɛdi mʼadeɛ.”
Againe Abram saide, Beholde, to me thou hast giuen no seede: wherefore loe, a seruant of mine house shalbe mine heire.
4 Ɛnna Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Saa ɔbarima yi renni wʼadeɛ da, agye wʼankasa wo yafumma.”
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 Onyankopɔn de Abram kɔɔ afikyire, na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, “Pagya wʼani hwɛ soro na hwɛ sɛ wobɛtumi akan ɔsoro nsoromma anaa.” Afei, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Saa ara na wʼasefoɔ bɛdɔɔso.”
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 Abram gyee asɛm a Awurade kaeɛ no diiɛ. Ne saa enti, Awurade buu no onipa tenenee.
And Abram beleeued the Lord, and he counted that to him for righteousnesse.
7 Awurade Onyankopɔn kyerɛɛ Abram bio sɛ, “Mene Awurade a mede wo firi Ur a ɛwɔ Kaldeafoɔ asase so baeɛ sɛ mede saa asase yi rema wo sɛ wʼagyapadeɛ.”
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 Nanso, Abram kaa sɛ, “Ao, Ɔsorosoro Awurade, ɛbɛyɛ sɛn na mɛhunu sɛ, asase no bɛyɛ me dea?”
And he said, O Lord God, whereby shall I knowe that I shall inherite it?
9 Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Fa nantwie ba a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, abirekyibereɛ a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, odwennini a wadi mfeɛ mmiɛnsa, anyankuku ne aborɔnoma ba brɛ me.”
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 Abram de yeinom nyinaa brɛɛ Onyankopɔn, paapae wɔn mu mmienu, na ɔde afaafa no kyerɛkyerɛɛ animu, de guguu hɔ. Na nnomaa no deɛ, wampaapae wɔn mu.
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 Na apete bɛsisii mmoa no afunu so no, Abram pamoo wɔn.
Then foules fell on the carkases, and Abram droue them away.
12 Ɛberɛ a owia rekɔtɔ no, Abram daa hatee, na esum kabii a ɛyɛ hu tɔɔ ne so.
And when the sunne went downe, there fell an heauie sleepe vpon Abram: and loe, a very fearefull darkenes fell vpon him.
13 Afei, Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Abram sɛ, “Gye di sɛ wʼasefoɔ bɛyɛ ahɔhoɔ wɔ asase a ɛnyɛ wɔn dea so. Wɔbɛyɛ nkoa wɔ ɔman no mu, asom, na wɔayɛ wɔn ayayadeɛ mfeɛ ahanan.
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 Nanso, mɛtwe saa ɔman a wʼasefoɔ bɛsom wɔn no aso, na ɛno akyiri no, wɔbɛfiri ɔman a wɔsom mu no mu aba sɛ adefoɔ.
Notwithstanding the nation, whom they shall serue, will I iudge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
15 Wo deɛ, wobɛwu asomdwoeɛ mu. Wobɛnyini akyɛre yie ansa na woawu.
But thou shalt goe vnto thy fathers in peace, and shalt be buried in a good age.
16 Nanso, awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛtɔ so ɛnan no mu, wʼasefoɔ bɛsane aba saa ɔman yi mu bio. Ɛfiri sɛ, saa ɛberɛ yi, Amorifoɔ a wɔte saa asase yi so ɛnnɛ yi bɔne a wɔyɛ no nnya nnuruu deɛ wɔtwe wɔn aso ma ɛyɛ yie.”
And in the fourth generation they shall come hither againe: for the wickednes of the Amorites is not yet full.
17 Na ɛbaa sɛ owia kɔtɔeɛ, na esum duruiɛ no, Abram hunuu egyakukuo bi sɛ ɛrefiri wisie ne ogyatɛn a ɛrederɛ bɛfaa mmoa a wɔakum wɔn no afunu afaafa no ntam.
Also when the sunne went downe, there was a darkenes: and behold, a smoking fornace, and a firebrand, which went betweene those pieces.
18 Saa ɛda no ara, Awurade ne Abram yɛɛ apam, kaa sɛ, “Mede saa asase a ɛfiri Misraim asubɔnten no ho, de kɔsi asubɔnten kɛseɛ Eufrate ho bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ.
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 Saa ara nso na mede Kenifoɔ, Kenesifoɔ, Kadmonifoɔ,
The Kenites, and the Kenizites, and the Kadmonites,
20 Hetifoɔ, Perisifoɔ, Refaimfoɔ,
And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
21 Amorifoɔ, Kanaanfoɔ, Girgasifoɔ ne Yebusifoɔ nsase nyinaa bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ no.”
The Amorites also, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Iebusites.
