Genesisy 15

1 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.

After these things the word of the Lord came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not Abram; I am thy shield, thy reward shall be exceedingly great.

2 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.

And Abram said, Lord God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?

3 Ary hoy koa Abrama: Indro, izaho tsy nomenao fara handimby, ka, indro, ny anankiray amin’ ny ato an-tranoko no handova ahy.

And Abram said, Behold to me thou hast given no seed; and lo, one born in my house will be my heir.

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

And behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This one shall not be thy heir; but he that shall come forth out of thy own bowels shall be thy heir.

5 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.

And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward the heaven, and count the stars, if thou be able to count them; and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

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

And he believed in the Lord; and he accounted it to him for righteousness.

7 Ary hoy Izy taminy: Izaho no Jehovah Izay nitondra anao nivoaka avy tany Oran’ ny Kaldeana, mba homeko anao ity tany ity ho lovanao.

And he said unto him, I am the Lord that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give unto thee this land, to inherit it.

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

And he said, Lord God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

9 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.

And he said unto him, Take me a heifer of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtle-dove, and a young pigeon.

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

And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide.

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

And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses; but Abram drove them away.

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

And when the sun was about going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a horror, dark and great, fell upon him.

13 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.

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land which is not theirs, and they will make them serve, and they will afflict them four hundred years.

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

And also that nation whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they go out with great substance.

15 Nefa ianao kosa ho any amin’ ny razanao amin’ ny fiadanana; ho tratrantitra indrindra ianao vao hodi-mandry.

But thou shalt come to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

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

Yet the fourth generation shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Emorites will not be full until then.

17 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.

And it came to pass, when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold a smoking furnace, and a burning flame, which passed between those pieces.

18 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,

On the same day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates;

19 dia ny Kenita sy ny Kenizita sy ny Kadmonita

The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

20 ary ny Hetita sy ny Perizita sy ny Refaïta

And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

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

And the Emorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.