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 LORD’s word came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”
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.
Abram said, “Lord GOD, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate 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.
Abram said, “Behold, you have given no children to me: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”
4 Ary, indro, ny tenin’ i Jehovah tonga taminy hoe: Tsy handova anao izany; fa izay haterakao, dia izy no handova anao.
Behold, the LORD’s word came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your 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.
The LORD brought him outside, and said, “Look now towards the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So your offspring will be.”
6 Ary nino an’ i Jehovah izy; ka dia nisainy ho fahamarinany izany.
He believed in the LORD, who credited 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.
He said to Abram, “I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur-Kasdim, to give you this land to inherit it.”
8 Ary hoy Izy: Jehovah Tompo ô, ahoana no hahafantarako fa handova ity aho?
He said, “Lord GOD, how will I know that I will 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.
He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, 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.
He brought him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.
11 Ary nidina teo amin’ ny fatin’ ireo ny vorona mpihaza, fa nandroaka azy Abrama.
The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.
12 Ary rehefa hilentika ny masoandro, dia sondrian-tory Abrama; ary, indro, aizina mahatsiravina indrindra no nahazo azy.
When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on 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.
He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. 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.
I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;
15 Nefa ianao kosa ho any amin’ ny razanao amin’ ny fiadanana; ho tratrantitra indrindra ianao vao hodi-mandry.
but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried at a good old age.
16 Fa raha mby amin’ ny zafiafy, dia hiverina atỳ izy; fa tsy mbola tanteraka ny heloky ny Amorita.
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”
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.
It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace and a flaming torch passed between these 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,
In that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I have given this land to your offspring, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:
19 dia ny Kenita sy ny Kenizita sy ny Kadmonita
the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,
20 ary ny Hetita sy ny Perizita sy ny Refaïta
the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,
21 ary ny Amorita sy ny Kananita sy ny Girgasita ary ny Jebosita.
the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”
