Genesis 15
1 And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.
Rehefa afaka izany, dia tonga tamin’ i Abrama ny tenin’ i Jehovah tamin’ ny fahitana ka nanao hoe: Aza matahotra, ry Abrama; Izaho no ampinganao sy valim-pitia lehibe indrindra ho anao.
2 And Abram said, Master [and] Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my home-born female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus [is mine heir.]
Ary hoy Abrama: Jehovah Tompo ô, inona no homenao ahy? fa izaho mandroso fahanterana nefa tsy manan-janaka, ary ny ho tompon’ ny ahy dia ilay Eliezera avy any Damaskosy.
3 And Abram said, [I am grieved] since thou hast given me no seed, but my home-born [servant] shall succeed me.
Ary hoy koa Abrama: Indro, izaho tsy nomenao fara handimby, ka, indro, ny anankiray amin’ ny ato an-tranoko no handova ahy.
4 And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir.
Ary, indro, ny tenin’ i Jehovah tonga taminy hoe: Tsy handova anao izany; fa izay haterakao, dia izy no handova anao.
5 And he brought him out and said to him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars, if thou shalt be able to number them fully, and he said, Thus shall thy seed be.
Dia nitondra azy nivoaka teo ivelan’ ny lay Izy ka nanao hoe: Jereo ange ny lanitra, ka isao ny kintana, raha mahisa azy ianao. Dia hoy Izy taminy: Ho tahaka izany ny taranakao.
6 And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness.
Ary nino an’ i Jehovah izy; ka dia nisainy ho fahamarinany izany.
7 And he said to him, I am God that brought thee out of the land of the Chaldeans, so as to give thee this land to inherit.
Ary hoy Izy taminy: Izaho no Jehovah Izay nitondra anao nivoaka avy tany Oran’ ny Kaldeana, mba homeko anao ity tany ity ho lovanao.
8 And he said, Master [and] Lord, how shall I know that I shall inherit it?
Ary hoy Izy: Jehovah Tompo ô, ahoana no hahafantarako fa handova ity aho?
9 And he said to him, Take for me an heifer in her third year, and a she-goat in her third year, and a ram in his third year, and a dove and a pigeon.
Ary hoy Izy taminy: Itondray ombivavy kely efa telo taona Aho sy osivavy efa telo taona sy ondrilahy efa telo taona ary domohina sy zana-boromailala.
10 So he took to him all these, and divided them in the midst, and set them opposite to each other, but the birds he did not divide.
Dia nentiny teo aminy izany rehetra izany; ary nosasahiny ireny, ka nampifanandrifiny avy ny tapany; fa ny vorona tsy mba nosasahiny.
11 And birds came down upon the bodies, [even] upon the divided parts of them, and Abram sat down by them.
Ary nidina teo amin’ ny fatin’ ireo ny vorona mpihaza, fa nandroaka azy Abrama.
12 And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
Ary rehefa hilentika ny masoandro, dia sondrian-tory Abrama; ary, indro, aizina mahatsiravina indrindra no nahazo azy.
13 And it was said to Abram, Thou shalt surely know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their won, and they shall enslave them, and afflict them, and humble them four hundred years.
Ary hoy Jehovah tamin’ i Abrama: Aoka ho fantatrao marina fa ho vahiny any amin’ ny tany izay tsy azy ny taranakao ary hanompo ny olona any; ary hampahoriny efa-jato taona izy.
14 And the nation whomsoever they shall serve I will judge; and after this, they shall come forth hither with much property.
Ary izany firenena izany kosa, izay hotompoiny, dia hotsaraiko; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hivoaka mitondra harem-bevava izy.
15 But thou shalt depart to thy fathers in peace, nourished in a good old age.
Nefa ianao kosa ho any amin’ ny razanao amin’ ny fiadanana; ho tratrantitra indrindra ianao vao hodi-mandry.
16 And in the fourth generation they shall return hither, for the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up, even until now.
Fa raha mby amin’ ny zafiafy, dia hiverina atỳ izy; fa tsy mbola tanteraka ny heloky ny Amorita.
17 And when the sun was about to set, there was a flame, and behold a smoking furnace and lamps of fire, which passed between these divided pieces.
Ary rehefa maty ny masoandro, ka maizina dia maizina ny andro, dia, indro, nisy fatana fandoroana mivoa-tsetroka sy fanilo mirehitra, izay nandeha namaky teo anelanelan’ ireo zavatra voasasaka ireo.
18 In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
Tamin’ izany andro izany Jehovah nanao fanekena tamin’ i Abrama ka nanao hoe: Ny taranakao efa nomeko ity tany ity hatrany amin’ ny onin’ i Egypta ka hatrany amin’ ny ony lehibe, dia ny ony Eofrata,
19 The Kenites, and the Kenezites, and the Kedmoneans,
dia ny Kenita sy ny Kenizita sy ny Kadmonita
20 and the Chettites, and the Pherezites, and the Raphaim,
ary ny Hetita sy ny Perizita sy ny Refaïta
21 and the Amorites, and the Chananites, and the Evites, and the Gergesites, and the Jebusites.
ary ny Amorita sy ny Kananita sy ny Girgasita ary ny Jebosita.
