Genesis 15
1 After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Have no fear, Abram: I will keep you safe, and great will be your reward.
Muri iho i enei mea ka puta moemoea mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Aperama, ka mea, Kaua e wehi, e Aperama: ko ahau tou whakangungu rakau, tou utu nui whakaharahara.
2 And Abram said, What will you give me? for I have no child and this Eliezer of Damascus will have all my wealth after me.
Na ka mea a Aperama, E te Ariki, e Ihowa, ko te aha e homai e koe ki ahau, e haere urikore nei ahau, a ko te taunga o toku whare hei tenei Erietera o Ramahiku?
3 And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.
I mea ano a Aperama, Titiro hoki, kahore nei i homai e koe he uri ki ahau: a akuanei, kei tetahi tamaiti i whanau ki toku whare te mahuetanga iho o oku taonga.
4 Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.
Na, kua puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a ia, i mea ia, E kore e mahue iho ou taonga mo tena; engari ka mahue iho mo tetahi e puta mai i roto i ou whekau.
5 And he took him out into the open air, and said to him, Let your eyes be lifted to heaven, and see if the stars may be numbered; even so will your seed be.
Na ka kawea ia e ia ki waho, a ka mea mai, Tena tirohia atu te rangi, taua hoki nga whetu, ki te taea ena e koe te tatau: a ka mea ia ki a ia, Ka pera tou uri.
6 And he had faith in the Lord, and it was put to his account as righteousness.
I whakapono hoki ia ki a Ihowa, a ka whakairia ki a ia hei tika.
7 And he said to him, I am the Lord, who took you from Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land for your heritage.
I mea ano ia ki a ia, Ko Ihowa ahau, nana nei koe i kawe mai i Uru o nga Karari, kia hoatu ai ki a koe tenei whenua hei kainga pumau.
8 And he said, O Lord God, how may I be certain that it will be mine?
Ano ra ko ia, E te Ariki, e Ihowa, ma te aha ka mohio ai ahau ka riro mai tenei i ahau?
9 And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.
Na ka mea ia ki a ia, Tikina tetahi kau maku, hei te tau toru, me tetahi koati uha, hei te tau toru, me tetahi hipi toa, hei te tau toru, me tetahi kukupa, me tetahi pi kukupa.
10 All these he took, cutting them in two and putting one half opposite the other, but not cutting the birds in two.
Na tikina ana e ia aua mea katoa, a tapahia ana i waenganui, whakatakotoria ana nga wahi kia rite mai ki a raua whakawahi: ko nga manu ia kihai i tapahia e ia.
11 And evil birds came down on the bodies, but Abram sent them away.
A ka rere iho nga manu ki nga tinana, ka aia atu e Aperama.
12 Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep came on Abram, and a dark cloud of fear.
Na, i te rerenga o te ra, ka parangia a Aperama e te moe; na ko te whakawehi o te pouri kerekere e tau iho ana ki a ia.
13 And he said to Abram, Truly, your seed will be living in a land which is not theirs, as servants to a people who will be cruel to them for four hundred years;
A ka mea ia ki a Aperama, Kia tino mohio koe, ka noho manene tou uri ki tetahi whenua ehara nei i a ratou, a ka mahi ki a ratou; a e wha rau nga tau e whakatupuria kinotia ai ratou;
14 But I will be the judge of that nation whose servants they are, and they will come out from among them with great wealth.
Ka whakawakia ano e ahau te iwi e whakamahia ai ratou: a muri iho ka puta mai ratou me nga taonga maha.
15 As for you, you will go to your fathers in peace; at the end of a long life you will be put in your last resting-place.
Ko koe ia ka haere marie ki ou matua; ka pai tou koroheketanga, a tanumia noatia koe.
16 And in the fourth generation they will come back here; for at present the sin of the Amorite is not full.
Kei te wha ia a nga whakatupuranga ka hoki mai ratou ki konei no te mea kahore ano kia tutuki noa te hara o nga Amori.
17 Then when the sun went down and it was dark, he saw a smoking fire and a flaming light which went between the parts of the bodies.
Na i te tonga o te ra, no ka pouri, na, ko te oumu paowa, me te rama e ka ana, e tika ana i waenganui o aua porohanga.
18 In that day the Lord made an agreement with Abram, and said, To your seed have I given this land from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
I taua rangi ano ka whakaritea e Ihowa he kawenata ki a Aperama, ka mea ia, Ka hoatu e ahau tenei whenua ki tou uri, mai ra ano o te awa o Ihipa, a tae noa ki te awa nui, ki te awa, ki Uparati:
19 The Kenite, the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,
Nga Keni, nga Keniti, nga Karamoni,
20 And the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,
Nga Hiti, nga Perihi, nga Repaima,
21 And the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.
Nga Amori, nga Kanaani, nga Kirikahi, me nga Iepuhi.
