¹After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

¹[Ny nanaovan'Andriamanitra fanekena tamin'i Abrama] 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.

²And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?

²Ary 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.

³And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

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

⁴And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

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

⁵And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.

⁵Dia 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.

⁶And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.

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

⁷And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.

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

⁸And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it?

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

⁹And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.

⁹Ary 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.

¹⁰And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.

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

¹¹And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away.

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

¹²And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.

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

¹³And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

¹³Ary 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.

¹⁴And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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

¹⁵And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

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

¹⁶But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

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

¹⁷And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

¹⁷Ary 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.

¹⁸In 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:

¹⁸Tamin'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,

¹⁹The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites,

¹⁹dia ny Kenita sy ny Kenizita sy ny Kadmonita

²⁰And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim,

²⁰ary ny Hetita sy ny Perizita sy ny Refaitaary ny Amorita sy ny Kananita sy ny Girgasita ary ny Jebosita.

²¹And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.

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