Ine Ndine Chishango Chako
Abramu ayankha lonjezolo ndi dandaulo lake lenileni: alibe mwana. Atate wathu amutulutsa panja kuti aone nyenyezi, ndipo Abramu amkhulupirira. Kenako mantha akuda agwa, ndipo lonjezolo likhala lovuta kwambiri — zaka mazana anayi za ukapolo dzikolo lisanakhale lawo.
15 1Zitatha zinthu izi, mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa Abramu m'masomphenya, nati: “Usaope, Abramu. Ine ndine chishango chako, mphotho yako yaikulu kwambiri.”
2Koma Abramu anati, “Atate wanga Ambuye, kodi mudzandipatsa chiyani, popeza ndilibe mwana, ndipo wolowa m'malo mwanga ndi Eliezere wa ku Damasiko?” 3Abramu anati, “Inu simunandipatse mbewu; wantchito wobadwa m'nyumba mwanga ndiye adzalandira cholowa changa.”
4Mau a Atate wathu anadza kwa iye, nati: “Munthu uyu sadzakhala wolowa m'malo mwako; mwana wochokera m'thupi mwako ndiye adzakhala wolowa m'malo mwako.” 5Anamtulutsa iye kunja, nati: “Yang'ana kumwamba ndipo uwerenge nyenyezi, ngati ungathe.” Ndipo anati: “Momwemo adzakhalira zidzukulu zako.”
6Abramu anakhulupirira Atate wathu, ndipo Atate wathu anamuwerengera ichi kukhala chilungamo.
7Anati kwa iye: “Ine ndine Atate wako, amene ndinakutulutsa ku Uri wa Akaldeya, kuti ndikupatse dziko ili kuti ulitenge.”
8Koma Abramu anati, “Atate wanga Ambuye, kodi ndingadziwe bwanji kuti ndidzalitenga?”
9Anati kwa iye: “Unditengere ng'ombe yaikazi ya zaka zitatu, mbuzi, ndi nkhosa yaimphongo, njiwa, ndi mwana wa nkhunda.”
10Abramu anabweretsa zonsezi kwa iye, nazidula pakati, ndipo anaika chidutswa chilichonse moyang'anana ndi chinzake; koma mbalame sanazidule. a a v10 M'njira yakale yotsimikizira pangano, anthu ogwirizanawo ankadula nyama pakati ndi kudutsa pakati pa zidutswazo, akulonjeza miyoyo yawo kuti asunge mau awo. 11Pamene mbalame zodya nyama zinatsikira pa mitembo, Abramu anazipirikitsa. 12Dzuwa likulowa, tulo tofa nato tinagwera Abramu, ndipo mantha aakulu ndi mdima zinamugwera.
13Ndipo Atate wathu anauza Abramu, nati: “Udziwe ndithu: zidzukulu zako zidzakhala alendo m'dziko losati lawo, ndipo zidzasanduka akapolo ndi kuzunzidwa kwa zaka 400. 14Ndidzaweruzanso mtundu umene zidzawutumikira, ndipo pambuyo pake zidzatuluka ndi chuma chambiri. 15Iwe udzapita kwa makolo ako mu mtendere, niudzaikidwa m'manda utakalamba bwino. 16M'badwo wachinayi adzabwerera kuno, pakuti machimo a Aamori sanakwanebe.”
17Dzuwa litalowa, mu mdima, panaoneka mbiya ya moto yautsi ndi sakali woyaka, ndipo zinadutsa pakati pa zidutswazo. b b v17 M'miyambo yakale ya mapangano, mbali zonse ziwiri zinkayenda pakati pa zidutswa zogawanika za nyama — lumbiro lotanthauza, “Ndigawanike ngati izi ngati ndaphwanya lonjezo langa.” Pano Atate wathu yekha anadutsa ngati kuwala koyaka, nasenza kulemera konse kwa pangano pa Iye yekha.
18Tsiku limenelo Atate wathu anachita pangano ndi Abramu, nati: “Ndikupatsa zidzukulu zako dziko ili, kuchokera ku mtsinje wa Igupto mpaka ku mtsinje waukulu, mtsinje wa Yufurate, 19dziko la Akeni, Akenizi, Akadimoni, 20Ahiti, Aperizi, Arefai, 21Aamori, Akanaani, Agirigasi, ndi Ayebusi.”
