Genesis 15 (SHR)

1Enyuma ly’ebyo, akanwa ka Nyamubâho kanacirhindakwo Abramu omu cilôrho, kaderha ntya, erhi: «Orhayôbohaga Abramu, nie mpenzi yâwe, oluhembo lwâwe lwâbà lunene».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.”

2Abramu ashuza, erhi: «Waliha Nyamubâho bicigi wanshobôza? Niono nafà buzira mwâna, niono omu njira rhwêne Eliezeri w’e Damasko, ye wayîma omu byâni».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?”

3Abramu aderha, erhi: «Lolà oku orhampâga iburha na muguma omu bene wîrhu ye wayîsh’iyîma omu byâni».Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”

4Kandi aho, akanwa ka Nyamubâho kanacimurhindakwo, erhi: «Arhali wabene oyo wanayîme omu byâwe ci muguma warhenga omu mukò gwâwe».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.”

5Oku bundi amujâna embuga amubwîra, erhi: «Galamira emalunga, oganje enyenyêzi z’emalunga nk’oku onahashire», anacimubwîra, erhi: «Kwo iburha lyâwe lyabà ntyo».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.”

6Abramu ayêmêra Nyamubâho, naye Nyamubâho erhi abà amamuganjira birya, amuyêreka oku kwoshi kunali k’okuli.Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

7Ashub’ibwîra Abramu, erhi: «Nie Nyamubâho wakurhenzagya e Uru omu Kaldeya nti nkuhè eci cihugo cibè câwe».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.”

8Abramu ashuza, erhi: «Yâgirwa Nyamubâho, bici namanyirakwo oku nêci canabà câni?»But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”

9Anacimushuza, erhi: «Kanyagya ondêrhere endaku ya myâka isharhu, empene ya myâka isharhu, engandabuzi ya myâka isharhu, orhôle n’empingà n’ecananyunyi c’engûkù».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.”

10Ayisha amudwîrhîre ebyo bintu, abiberanga analambika ngasi luhande omu masù g’olwâbo, ebinyunyi byoki arhaberangaga.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.

11Bacigukuma mpu bacîrhunike kuli erya mirhumba, Abramu akazibahâhanya.And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.

12Erhi izûba libà likola lyazika, enjôli nnene yarhogerakwo Abramu, ecôbà cinene camugwârha.As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.

13Nyamubâho anacibwîra Abramu, erhi: «Omanye bwinjà oku abâna bâwe bâbà nka bigolo omu cihugo cirhali câbo. Babà bajà eyo munda banabalibuze myâka magana anni.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.

14Ci olubaga lwabarhindibuza ntyo niene nalutwira olubanja na buzinda bayagaluke erhi banadwîrhe birugu mwandu.But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

15Wêhe wakulikira basho n’omurhûla, wagishwa omu kushanja bwinjà.You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

16Oku iburha lya kani go mango banashubire eno, bulya obubî bw’abanya-Amoriti burhacihika oku muhiro».In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”

17Izûba lyabîrage lyamazika n’obudufu erhi bwamarumbâna, lolà oku ecibêye c’omugî n’ecimole n’omuliro byàgera ekarhî ka zirya nyama mberange.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.

18Olwo lusiku Nyamubâho àfundika endagâno boshi n’Abramu ederha, erhi: «Iburha lyâwe ndihîre eci cihugo, kurhenga oku lwîshi lw’e Mîsiri kuhika oku lwîshi lunene, lwo lwîshi lwa Efrata.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—

19Cihugo c’Abakeniti, Abakeniziti, Abakadimoniti,the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,

20abahititi, Abaperiziti, Abarefayimi,Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,

21Abamoriti, abanya-Kanâni, Abagirigashiti n’Abayebuseni».Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”

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