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Ang Kasugtanan sang Dios kag ni Abram

15 Pagkatapos sadto, naghambal ang Ginoo kay Abram paagi sa isa ka palanan-awon. Siling niya, “Abram, indi ka magkahadlok tungod kay apinan ko ikaw kag hatagan sang dako nga balos.” Pero nagsiling si Abram, “O Ginoong Dios, ano bala ang pulos sang imo balos sa akon kay hasta subong wala man ako sing bata. Ang manunubli ko amo gid lang si Eliezer nga taga-Damascus. Tungod kay wala mo ako paghatagi sang bata, si Eliezer nga isa sang akon mga suluguon amo na lang ang magapanubli sang akon mga pagkabutang.” Nagsiling ang Ginoo sa iya, “Indi si Eliezer ang magapanubli sang imo mga pagkabutang kundi ang imo gid mismo nga bata.” Dayon gindala siya sang Ginoo sa guwa kag ginsilingan, “Tan-awa bala ang mga bituon sa langit; isipa kon maisip mo. Pareho man sina kadamo ang imo mangin kaliwat.” Nagtuo si Abram sa Ginoo, kag tungod sang iya pagtuo ginpakamatarong siya.[a]

Nagsiling pa gid siya kay Abram, “Ako ang Ginoo nga nagsugo sa imo sa paghalin sa Ur nga sakop sang mga Kaldeanhon[b] agod ihatag sa imo ini nga duta nga mangin imo.” Pero nagsiling si Abram, “O Ginoong Dios, paano ko mahibaluan nga maangkon ko ini?” Nagsabat ang Ginoo, “Dal-i ako diri sang isa ka bakiya nga baka, isa ka babayi nga kanding, kag isa ka lalaki nga karnero, nga ang kada isa tatlo ka tuig ang edad. Kag magdala ka man sang isa ka pating kag isa ka tukmo.” 10 Gani gindala ini tanan ni Abram sa Ginoo. Dayon ginpamihak ini ni Abram kag ginplastar nga nagaatubangay ang kada pihak. Ang tukmo lang kag ang pating ang wala niya pagpihaka. 11 Naghapon sa pinihak nga mga sapat ang mga pispis nga nagapangaon sang patay, pero gintabog sila ni Abram.

12 Sang manugsalop na ang adlaw, natulugan sing mahamuok si Abram kag may dako nga kahadlok nga nag-abot sa iya. 13 Dayon nagsiling ang Ginoo sa iya, “Sigurado gid nga ang imo mga kaliwat mangin dumuluong sa iban nga nasyon. Mangin ulipon sila didto kag pintasan sa sulod sang 400 ka tuig. 14 Pero silutan ko ang nasyon nga magaulipon sa ila. Pagkatapos magahalin ang imo mga kaliwat sa sadto nga nasyon nga may dala nga madamo nga mga manggad. 15 Pero kon parte sa imo Abram, palawigon ko ang imo kabuhi kag mapatay ka sa katigulangon nga may kalinong. 16 Magaligad anay ang apat ka henerasyon antes makabalik ang imo mga kaliwat diri, tungod kay indi pa tuman ang pagpakasala sang mga Amornon para silutan sila kag pahalinon sa sini nga duta.”

17 Sang nakasalop na ang adlaw kag nagdulom na, hinali lang nga may nakita si Abram nga kolon nga nagaaso kag sulo nga nagadabdab, nga nagaagi sa tunga sang mga pinihak nga mga sapat. 18 Sa sina gid nga adlaw, naghimo ang Ginoo sang kasugtanan kay Abram. Siling niya, “Ihatag ko sa imo mga kaliwat ini nga duta nga halin sa suba nga dulunan sang Egipto pakadto sa dako nga suba nga amo ang Eufrates. 19 Ini nga duta amo subong ang ginaestaran sang mga Kenhanon, Keniznon, Kadmonhon, 20 Hithanon, Periznon, Refaimnon, 21 Amornon, Canaanhon, Girgashnon, kag mga Jebusnon.”

Footnotes

  1. 15:6 ginpakamatarong siya: ukon, ginkabig siya nga matarong.
  2. 15:7 Kaldeanhon: Mga katawhan nga nagaestar sang una sa bagatnan sang Babilonia. Sang ulihi nangin Kaldeanhon ang tawag sa mga taga-Babilonia.

The Lord’s Covenant With Abram

15 After this, the word of the Lord came to Abram(A) in a vision:(B)

“Do not be afraid,(C) Abram.
    I am your shield,[a](D)
    your very great reward.[b](E)

But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(F) what can you give me since I remain childless(G) and the one who will inherit[c] my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?(H) And Abram said, “You have given me no children; so a servant(I) in my household(J) will be my heir.”

Then the word of the Lord came to him: “This man will not be your heir, but a son who is your own flesh and blood will be your heir.(K) He took him outside and said, “Look up at the sky and count the stars(L)—if indeed you can count them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring[d] be.”(M)

Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.(N)

He also said to him, “I am the Lord, who brought you out(O) of Ur of the Chaldeans(P) to give you this land to take possession of it.”(Q)

But Abram said, “Sovereign Lord,(R) how can I know(S) that I will gain possession of it?”(T)

So the Lord said to him, “Bring me a heifer,(U) a goat and a ram, each three years old,(V) along with a dove and a young pigeon.(W)

10 Abram brought all these to him, cut them in two and arranged the halves opposite each other;(X) the birds, however, he did not cut in half.(Y) 11 Then birds of prey came down on the carcasses,(Z) but Abram drove them away.

12 As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep,(AA) and a thick and dreadful darkness came over him. 13 Then the Lord said to him, “Know for certain that for four hundred years(AB) your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own and that they will be enslaved(AC) and mistreated there. 14 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will come out(AD) with great possessions.(AE) 15 You, however, will go to your ancestors(AF) in peace and be buried at a good old age.(AG) 16 In the fourth generation(AH) your descendants will come back here,(AI) for the sin of the Amorites(AJ) has not yet reached its full measure.”

17 When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, a smoking firepot with a blazing torch(AK) appeared and passed between the pieces.(AL) 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram(AM) and said, “To your descendants I give this land,(AN) from the Wadi[e] of Egypt(AO) to the great river, the Euphrates(AP) 19 the land of the Kenites,(AQ) Kenizzites, Kadmonites, 20 Hittites,(AR) Perizzites,(AS) Rephaites,(AT) 21 Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”(AU)

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 15:1 Or sovereign
  2. Genesis 15:1 Or shield; / your reward will be very great
  3. Genesis 15:2 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  4. Genesis 15:5 Or seed
  5. Genesis 15:18 Or river

15 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.

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?

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

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.

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.

And he believed in the Lord; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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.

And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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.

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.

11 And when the fowls came down upon the carcases, Abram drove them away.

12 And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

14 And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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.

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:

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims,

21 And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.