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Baada ya mambo hayo neno la Bwana likamjia Abramu katika njozi, likinena, Usiogope, Abramu, Mimi ni ngao yako, na thawabu yako kubwa sana.
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.”
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Abramu akasema, Ee Bwana MUNGU, utanipa nini, nami naenda zangu hali sina mtoto, na atakayeimiliki nyumba yangu ni huyu Eliezeri, Mdameski?
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?”
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Abramu akasema, Tazama, hukunipa uzao, na mtu aliyezaliwa nyumbani mwangu ndiye mrithi wangu.
Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
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Nalo neno la Bwana likamjia likinena, Huyu hatakurithi, bali atakayetoka katika viuno vyako ndiye atakayekurithi.
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.”
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Akamleta nje, akasema, Tazama sasa mbinguni, kazihesabu nyota, kama ukiweza kuzihesabu. Akamwambia, Ndivyo utakavyokuwa uzao wako.
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.”
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Akamwamini Bwana, naye akamhesabia jambo hili kuwa haki.
Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
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Kisha akamwambia, Mimi ni Bwana, niliyekuleta kutoka Uru wa Wakaldayo nikupe nchi hii ili uirithi.
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.”
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Akasema, Ee Bwana MUNGU, nipateje kujua ya kwamba nitairithi?
But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
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Akamwambia, Unipatie ndama wa miaka mitatu, na mbuzi mke wa miaka mitatu, na kondoo mume wa miaka mitatu, na hua, na mwana njiwa.
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.”
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Akampatia hao wote, akawapasua vipande viwili, akaweka kila kipande kuelekea mwenzake, ila ndege hakuwapasua.
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.
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Hata tai walipotua juu ya mizoga Abramu akawafukuza.
And the birds of prey descended on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
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Na jua lilipokuwa likichwa usingizi mzito ulimshika Abramu, hofu ya giza kuu ikamwangukia.
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
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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.
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.
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Hata na taifa lile, watakaowatumikia, nitawahukumu; baadaye watatoka na mali mengi.
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
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Lakini wewe utakwenda kwa baba zako kwa amani, utazikwa katika uzee mwema.
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
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Na kizazi cha nne kitarudi hapa, maana haujatimia uovu wa Waamori bado.
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
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Ikawa, jua lilipokuchwa likawa giza, tazama, tanuru ya moshi na mwenge unaowaka ulipita kati ya vile vipande vya nyama.
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.
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Siku ile Bwana akafanya agano na Abramu, akasema, Uzao wako nimewapa nchi hii, kutoka mto wa Misri mpaka huo mto mkubwa, mto Frati,
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—
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Mkeni, na Mkenizi, na Mkadmoni,
the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites,
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na Mhiti, na Mperizi, na Mrefai,
Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites,
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na Mwamori, na Mkanaani, na Mgirgashi, na Myebusi. </p>
Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites.”