The Covenant
1 After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
Baada ya mambo hayo neno la Bwana likamjia Abramu katika njozi, likinena, Usiogope, Abramu, Mimi ni ngao yako, na thawabu yako kubwa sana.
2 And Abram said, Lord GOD, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Abramu akasema, Ee Bwana MUNGU, utanipa nini, nami naenda zangu hali sina mtoto, na atakayeimiliki nyumba yangu ni huyu Eliezeri, Mdameski?
3 And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.
Abramu akasema, Tazama, hukunipa uzao, na mtu aliyezaliwa nyumbani mwangu ndiye mrithi wangu.
4 And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.
Nalo neno la Bwana likamjia likinena, Huyu hatakurithi, bali atakayetoka katika viuno vyako ndiye atakayekurithi.
5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Akamleta nje, akasema, Tazama sasa mbinguni, kazihesabu nyota, kama ukiweza kuzihesabu. Akamwambia, Ndivyo utakavyokuwa uzao wako.
6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Akamwamini Bwana, naye akamhesabia jambo hili kuwa haki.
7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Kisha akamwambia, Mimi ni Bwana, niliyekuleta kutoka Uru wa Wakaldayo nikupe nchi hii ili uirithi.
8 And he said, Lord GOD, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Akasema, Ee Bwana MUNGU, nipateje kujua ya kwamba nitairithi?
9 And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
Akamwambia, Unipatie ndama wa miaka mitatu, na mbuzi mke wa miaka mitatu, na kondoo mume wa miaka mitatu, na hua, na mwana njiwa.
10 And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
Akampatia hao wote, akawapasua vipande viwili, akaweka kila kipande kuelekea mwenzake, ila ndege hakuwapasua.
11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.
Hata tai walipotua juu ya mizoga Abramu akawafukuza.
12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.
Na jua lilipokuwa likichwa usingizi mzito ulimshika Abramu, hofu ya giza kuu ikamwangukia.
13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their's, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
Bwana akamwambia Abramu, Ujue hakika ya kwamba uzao wako utakuwa mgeni katika nchi isiyo yake, watawatumikia watu wale, nao watateswa muda wa miaka mia nne.
14 and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Hata na taifa lile, watakaowatumikia, nitawahukumu; baadaye watatoka na mali mengi.
15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
Lakini wewe utakwenda kwa baba zako kwa amani, utazikwa katika uzee mwema.
16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Na kizazi cha nne kitarudi hapa, maana haujatimia uovu wa Waamori bado.
17 And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.
Ikawa, jua lilipokuchwa likawa giza, tazama, tanuru ya moshi na mwenge unaowaka ulipita kati ya vile vipande vya nyama.
18 In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Siku ile Bwana akafanya agano na Abramu, akasema, Uzao wako nimewapa nchi hii, kutoka mto wa Misri mpaka huo mto mkubwa, mto Frati,
19 the Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,
Mkeni, na Mkenizi, na Mkadmoni,
20 and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,
na Mhiti, na Mperizi, na Mrefai,
21 and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.
na Mwamori, na Mkanaani, na Mgirgashi, na Myebusi.
