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.

¹Shure kwezvinhu izvi shoko raJe­hovha rakauya kuna Abhuramu pachiratidzo richiti: Usatya Abhuramu, ndiri nhovo yako, nemu­bayiro wako mukuru-kuru.

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.

²Abhuramu ndokuti: Ishe Jehovha, muchandipei? zvandoenda ndisina mwana; uchava mudyi wenhaka yeimba yangu ndiEriezeri weDhamasiko?

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

³Abhuramu ndokuti: Tarira, kwandiri hamuna kupa mbeu; uye tarira, uyo wakaponerwa mumba mangu ndiye achava mudyi we­nhaka yangu.

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.

⁴Zvino tarira, shoko raJehovha kwaari rakati: Uyu haangavi mudyi we­nhaka wako; asi uyo uchabuda paura hwako, ndiye achava mudyi wenhaka wako.

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!

⁵Zvino wakamubudisa panze akati: Zvino tarira kumatenga, ugoverenga nyere­dzi, kana ungagona kudziverenga. Ndokuti kwaari: Ndizvo zvichaita mbeu yako.

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

⁶Iye ndokutenda kuna Jehovha. Zvino akamuverengera izvi kuva kururama.

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.

⁷Zvino wakati kwaari: Ndini Jehovha wa­kakubudisa paUri yevaKaradhea, ndikupe nyika iyi ive nhaka yako.

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

⁸Ndokubva akati: Ishe Jehovha, ndichaziva sei kuti ichava nhaka yangu?

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.

⁹Zvino akati kwaari: Nditorere tsiru remakore matatu, nesheche yembudzi yemakore matatu, negondohwe remakore matatu, nenjiva, nemwana wehangaiwa.

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.

¹⁰Akamutorera zvose izvi, akazvipamura nepakati, akagadzika rwumwe rutivi rwakatarisana nerwumwe; asi shiri haana kudzipamura.

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

¹¹Zvino magora aka­burukira kuzvitunha, asi Abhuramu wakaa­dzinga.

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

¹²Zvino zuva rakati rovira, hope huru dzakawira pana Abhuramu; zvino tarira, kutya nerima guru zvakawira pamusoro pake.

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.

¹³Zvino wakati kuna Abhuramu: Uzive kwazvo kuti mbeu yako ichava mutorwa munyika isiri yavo, uye vachavashandira, uye vachatambudzwa makore mazana mana.

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

¹⁴Asi rudzi rwavachashandira ndicharwutonga, uye pashure vachabuda nenhumbi zhinji.

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

¹⁵Asi iwe uchaenda kuna madzibaba ako nerugare, uchavigwa paku­kwegura kwakanaka.

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

¹⁶Zvino rudzi rwechina ru­chadzoka pano; nekuti kuipa kwevaAmori kuchigere kuzara.

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.

¹⁷Zvino zvakaitika kuti zuva ravira, uye kwa­sviba, zvino tarira, choto chinopfungaira nemwenje unopfuta zvinopfuura pakati penhindi idzodzo.

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;

¹⁸Nezuva iroro Jehovha wakaita sungano naAbhu­ramu achiti: Kumbeu yako ndapa nyika iyi, kubva parwizi rweEgipita kusvikira kurwizi rukuru, rwizi Yufuratesi.

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

¹⁹VaKeni nevaKenizi nevaKadhimoni

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

²⁰nevaHeti nevaPerezi nevaRefaimi,

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

²¹nevaAmori nevaKanani nevaGiriga­shi nevaJebhusi.