Genesis 15 (EKA)

1Eji nsol nyia kpee ma mal, Jehova kehm bungu tong Ebram go elfoongo nlem, re, <<Ebram ka fahl, Me wo li ekum eba, eltuuru ena bahke sahb gbˈgbal.After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”

2Ebram kehm faange re, <<O Jehova, Ntubesi ewame, jenji a bahk-m kake, ga na me mmon n kpimm? Nne no bahk-m elkv li Eliesa wo ji lohng go Damaskus!>>But Abram replied, “O Lord GOD, what can You give me, since I remain childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”

3Ebram kehm bungu re, <<Abon m-e a ka ka, nlokeltum no li egama nlaaga wo bahke jolo nlehkelkv ewame.>>Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

4Owo Jehova kehm kpe bung tong-e re, <<Nne noa sang bahke jolo nlehkelkv ewa, mmon no a bahke jele, wo bahke jolo nlehkelkv ewa.>>Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”

5Á kehm lohngo elatahk a Ebram, kehm-e tongo re, <<Tab esamahr eba, wo seenge go elbung. Fange alonlo, lˈjol re a bahke ma fange.>> Owo Jehova kehm tongo Ebram re, <<Ano wo abon eba bahke ruru.And the LORD took him outside and said, “Now look to the heavens and count the stars, if you are able.” Then He told him, “So shall your offspring be.”

6Ebram bumu Jehova go etingitingi, owo wahnge Esowo kehm-e koko ana etingitingi nne.Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

7Á kpe bung re, <<Me wo li Jehova, ji lung-a yehke go ejahbe jio ji Ur go ndi nyio nyi anebe Kaldia, re me m ba ka-a ndi nyia, fere jol nyi nya.>>The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”

8Ebram kehm bungu re, <<O Jehova Ntubesi ewame, anv m bahke limi renan kehm kahne re ndi nyia bahke lohko jol nyˈnyame?>>But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

9Jehova kehm-e tongo re, <<Ko mmon a nfong ba, a mbul, go nkom, bo bahke jolo bo ji ma kang nnya era era, tob ko elbehl ba ani, a mmon etomtom.>>And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”

10Ebram kehm koko nsol nyia kpee ba ka-e. Á jo ba enyam bio, yang go ejang ebbal. Ano wo Ebram rodo ajang enyam nyao bum go edi ebbal, jol wane atem, sehngem re, nruk nyi á ki yang bo.So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.

11Nruk nyi kpo li atem enyam jo seb re bo ba li enyam bio, wo Ebram jo kame na bo.And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12Eji njul yahke lahm a, Ebram kehm gboko ellu, lal kpˈkpoodo kpˈkpoodo, emennge ejannge jia kehm tahle na tahl ba bul-e.As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

13Owo Jehova kehm bungu tong-e re, <<Loko kahn re etˈtohngo eja bahke jolo ajenne go njen ejahbe. Bo bahke rodo bo bum aju, fere jo nohk bo go nnya atahltahl.Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

14M bahke kake ejahbe jio ji bo bahke jo loko bo erem, owo bo bahke lohngo ejahbe jio tahm, a agburu afang.But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

15Wo bahke sahb kˈkul, kehm kpoko soom, bo kpa-a kak, a song kpiri babnso.You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

16Go eying ebni, etˈtohngo eja bahke feere ba a. Tibre abiafem nya anebe Amor ka rur ebtuku.In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

17Eji njul ma lahm, ejannge fere gbo Ebram kehm nyehne nkpangenyo nyi atˈtohk jo lohng, a enyaale ji jo lul, ma lohng ba sehng go elka elka ni enyam bio bi á bumu go edi ebbal.When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.

18Efung bio Jehova limi egbanngalung a Ebram re, <<Etˈtohngo eja ji m ma ka bo edi ndi jia, bomo go aya ma Ijib, tete rehng go agburu aya ma Yufrati.On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—

19Ndi nyio nyi anebe Ken, a nyi anebe Keniji, a anebe Kadmon,the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

20a anebe Hid, anebe Periji, a anebe Refa,Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

21a anebe Amor, a anebe Kenan, a anebe Girgasi, go anebe Jebusi.Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

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