Jenèz 15
1 Apre bagay sa yo, Abram fè yon vizyon. Li wè Seyè a ki t'ap pale avè l'. Seyè a di l' konsa. Abram, ou pa bezwen pè anyen. Se mwen menm k'ap pwoteje ou. M' sere yon gwo gwo rekonpans pou ou.
After these things the LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
2 Abram di. Seyè, Bondye, kisa ou vle ban mwen? Mwen tout fin mouri, mwen pa gen pitit. Sèl moun lakay mwen ki pral eritye m', se Elyezè, moun peyi Damas la.
Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”
3 Abram di ankò. Gade! Ou pa ban m' pitit. Se yonn nan domestik mwen yo ki pral eritye m'.
Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
4 Lè sa a, li tande Seyè a ki di l' konsa. Non, se pa li menm ki pral eritye ou. Se pwòp pitit zantray ou ki pral eritye ou.
Behold, the LORD’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”
5 Seyè a fè Abram soti deyò, li di l' konsa Leve je ou, gade syèl la byen. Konte zetwal yo si ou kapab. Apre sa, li di. Pitit pitit ou yo va anpil tankou zetwal nan syèl la.
The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now towards the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
6 Abram mete konfyans li nan Seyè a, se konsa Seyè a fè l' gras.
He believed in the LORD, who credited it to him for righteousness.
7 Seyè a di. Se mwen menm, Seyè a, ki te fè ou soti lavil Our nan peyi Kalde a, pou m' te ka ba ou peyi sa a pou ou.
He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 Abram di. Seyè, Bondye, kijan pou m' fè konnen peyi sa a pou mwen vre?
He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will inherit it?”
9 Seyè a di l'. Pran yon ti gazèl bèf twazan, yon fenmèl kabrit twazan, yon belye twazan, yon toutrèl ak yon jenn pijon.
He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
10 Abram al pran tout bèt sa yo, li koupe yo mitan pou mitan, li mete moso yo yonn anfas lòt. Men, li pa koupe zwazo yo an de.
He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11 Chak fwa malfini karanklou vin pou desann sou vyann bèt yo, Abram pouse yo ale.
The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 Solèy tapral kouche lè dòmi vòlè Abram. Li dòmi nèt ale. Epi yon sèl lapèz pran l' nan dòmi an. Kote l' te ye a vin fè tout nwa.
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.
13 Seyè a di l'. Konnen sa byen: Pitit pitit ou yo pral viv tankou etranje nan yon peyi ki pa pou yo. Y'ap fè yo tounen esklav, y'ap peze yo pandan katsanzan (400 an).
He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.
14 Men, apre sa, m'ap pini nasyon ki va pran yo fè esklav la. Konsa, lè lè a va rive pou yo kite peyi sa a, y'a soti avèk anpil anpil richès.
I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
15 Kanta ou menm, ou pral mouri ak kè poze, ou pral jwenn zansèt ou yo ki mouri deja. Wi, anvan ou antre anba tè, wa viv lontan san ankenn pwoblèm.
but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
16 Apre kat jenerasyon, pitit pitit ou yo va tounen isit la, paske se pou nou tann moun Amori yo rive nan dènye bout mechanste yo.
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
17 Apre solèy fin kouche, te fè nwa anpil. Epi men li, yon recho ki t'ap fè lafimen ansanm ak yon gwo bwa dife tout limen parèt. Yo pase nan mitan moso vyann bèt yo.
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.
18 Se jou sa a Seyè a te pase kontra avèk Abram. Li di l' konsa M'ap bay pitit pitit ou yo tout peyi sa a, depi larivyè Lejip, rive jouk larivyè Lefrat la.
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 Sa vle di tout peyi kote moun Keni yo, moun Kenizi yo, moun Kadmon yo,
the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 moun Et yo, moun Ferezi yo, moun refayim yo,
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 moun Amori yo, moun Kanaran yo, moun Gigach yo ak moun Jebis yo rete.
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
