¹After these things the word of Jehovah came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, thy exceeding great reward.

¹¶ Muri iho i enei mea ka puta moemoea mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a Aperama, ka mea, Kaua e wehi, e Aperama: ko ahau tou whakangungu rakau, tou utu nui whakaharahara.

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

²¶ Na ka mea a Aperama, E te Ariki, e Ihowa, ko te aha e homai e koe ki ahau, e haere urikore nei ahau, a ko te taunga o toku whare hei tenei Erietera o Ramahiku?

³And Abram said, Lo, to me thou hast given no seed, and behold, a son of my house will be mine heir.

³I mea ano a Aperama, Titiro hoki, kahore nei i homai e koe he uri ki ahau: a akuanei, kei tetahi tamaiti i whanau ki toku whare te mahuetanga iho o oku taonga.

⁴And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body shall be thine heir.

⁴Na, kua puta mai te kupu a Ihowa ki a ia, i mea ia, E kore e mahue iho ou taonga mo tena; engari ka mahue iho mo tetahi e puta mai i roto i ou whekau.

⁵And he led him out, and said, Look now toward the heavens, and number the stars, if thou be able to number them. And he said to him, So shall thy seed be!

⁵Na ka kawea ia e ia ki waho, a ka mea mai, Tena tirohia atu te rangi, taua hoki nga whetu, ki te taea ena e koe te tatau: a ka mea ia ki a ia, Ka pera tou uri.

⁶And he believed Jehovah; and he reckoned it to him [as] righteousness.

⁶I whakapono hoki ia ki a Ihowa, a ka whakairia ki a ia hei tika.

⁷And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.

⁷¶ I mea ano ia ki a ia, Ko Ihowa ahau, nana nei koe i kawe mai i Uru o nga Karari, kia hoatu ai ki a koe tenei whenua hei kainga pumau.

⁸And he said, Lord Jehovah, how shall I know that I shall possess it?

⁸Ano ra ko ia, E te Ariki, e Ihowa, ma te aha ka mohio ai ahau ka riro mai tenei i ahau?

⁹And he said to 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.

⁹Na ka mea ia ki a ia, Tikina tetahi kau maku, hei te tau toru, me tetahi koati uha, hei te tau toru, me tetahi hipi toa, hei te tau toru, me tetahi kukupa, me tetahi pi kukupa.

¹⁰And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the half of each opposite its fellow; but the birds he did not divide.

¹⁰Na tikina ana e ia aua mea katoa, a tapahia ana i waenganui, whakatakotoria ana nga wahi kia rite mai ki a raua whakawahi: ko nga manu ia kihai i tapahia e ia.

¹¹And the birds of prey came down on the carcases; and Abram scared them away.

¹¹A ka rere iho nga manu ki nga tinana, ka aia atu e Aperama.

¹²And as the sun was just going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, a horror, a great darkness, fell upon him.

¹²¶ Na, i te rerenga o te ra, ka parangia a Aperama e te moe; na ko te whakawehi o te pouri kerekere e tau iho ana ki a ia.

¹³And he said to Abram, Know assuredly that thy seed will be a sojourner in a land [that is] not theirs, and they shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years.

¹³A ka mea ia ki a Aperama, Kia tino mohio koe, ka noho manene tou uri ki tetahi whenua ehara nei i a ratou, a ka mahi ki a ratou; a e wha rau nga tau e whakatupuria kinotia ai ratou;

¹⁴But also that nation which they shall serve I will judge; and afterwards they shall come out with great property.

¹⁴Ka whakawakia ano e ahau te iwi e whakamahia ai ratou: a muri iho ka puta mai ratou me nga taonga maha.

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

¹⁵Ko koe ia ka haere marie ki ou matua; ka pai tou koroheketanga, a tanumia noatia koe.

¹⁶And [in the] fourth generation they shall come hither again; for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

¹⁶Kei te wha ia a nga whakatupuranga ka hoki mai ratou ki konei no te mea kahore ano kia tutuki noa te hara o nga Amori.

¹⁷And it came to pass when the sun had gone down, and it was dark, that behold, there was a smoking furnace, and a flame of fire which passed between those pieces.

¹⁷¶ Na i te tonga o te ra, no ka pouri, na, ko te oumu paowa, me te rama e ka ana, e tika ana i waenganui o aua porohanga.

¹⁸On the same day Jehovah made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates;

¹⁸I taua rangi ano ka whakaritea e Ihowa he kawenata ki a Aperama, ka mea ia, Ka hoatu e ahau tenei whenua ki tou uri, mai ra ano o te awa o Ihipa, a tae noa ki te awa nui, ki te awa, ki Uparati:

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

¹⁹Nga Keni, nga Keniti, nga Karamoni,

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

²⁰Nga Hiti, nga Perihi, nga Repaima,

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

²¹Nga Amori, nga Kanaani, nga Kirikahi, me nga Iepuhi.