Genesis 15

1 After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, 'Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding 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 saith, 'Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.'

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 saith, 'Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir 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 lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, 'This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;'

Ary, indro, ny tenin’ i Jehovah tonga taminy hoe: Tsy handova anao izany; fa izay haterakao, dia izy no handova anao.

5 and He bringeth him out without, and saith, 'Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;' and He saith to him, 'Thus is thy seed.'

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 he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness.

Ary nino an’ i Jehovah izy; ka dia nisainy ho fahamarinany izany.

7 And He saith unto him, 'I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;'

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 saith, 'Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

Ary hoy Izy: Jehovah Tompo ô, ahoana no hahafantarako fa handova ity aho?

9 And He saith unto him, 'Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;'

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 and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

Dia nentiny teo aminy izany rehetra izany; ary nosasahiny ireny, ka nampifanandrifiny avy ny tapany; fa ny vorona tsy mba nosasahiny.

11 and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

Ary nidina teo amin’ ny fatin’ ireo ny vorona mpihaza, fa nandroaka azy Abrama.

12 And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

Ary rehefa hilentika ny masoandro, dia sondrian-tory Abrama; ary, indro, aizina mahatsiravina indrindra no nahazo azy.

13 and He saith to Abram, 'knowing — know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted 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 also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

Ary izany firenena izany kosa, izay hotompoiny, dia hotsaraiko; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hivoaka mitondra harem-bevava izy.

15 and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried 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 the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.'

Fa raha mby amin’ ny zafiafy, dia hiverina atỳ izy; fa tsy mbola tanteraka ny heloky ny Amorita.

17 And it cometh to pass — the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been — and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those 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 hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, 'To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

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 with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

dia ny Kenita sy ny Kenizita sy ny Kadmonita

20 and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

ary ny Hetita sy ny Perizita sy ny Refaïta

21 and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'

ary ny Amorita sy ny Kananita sy ny Girgasita ary ny Jebosita.