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.

¹After these things hath the word of Jehovah been unto Abram in a vision, saying, `Fear not, Abram, I [am] a shield to thee, thy reward [is] exceeding great.`

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.

²And Abram saith, `Lord Jehovah, what dost Thou give to me, and I am going childless? and an acquired son in my house is Demmesek Eliezer.`

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

³And Abram saith, `Lo, to me Thou hast not given seed, and lo, a domestic doth heir me.`

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

⁴And lo, the word of Jehovah [is] unto him, saying, `This [one] doth not heir thee; but he who cometh out from thy bowels, he doth heir thee;`

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.

⁵and He bringeth him out without, and saith, `Look attentively, I pray thee, towards the heavens, and count the stars, if thou art able to count them;` and He saith to him, `Thus is thy seed.`

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

⁶And he hath believed in Jehovah, and He reckoneth it to him — righteousness.

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

⁷And He saith unto him, `I [am] Jehovah who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give to thee this land to possess it;`

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

⁸and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?`

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.

⁹And He saith unto him, `Take for Me a heifer of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, and a turtle-dove, and a young bird;`

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

¹⁰and he taketh to him all these, and separateth them in the midst, and putteth each piece over against its fellow, but the bird he hath not divided;

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

¹¹and the ravenous birds come down upon the carcases, and Abram causeth them to turn back.

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

¹²And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

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.

¹³and He saith to Abram, `knowing — know that thy seed is a sojourner in a land not theirs, and they have served them, and they have afflicted them four hundred years,

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

¹⁴and the nation also whom they serve I judge, and after this they go out with great substance;

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

¹⁵and thou — thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

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

¹⁶and the fourth generation doth turn back hither, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete.`

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.

¹⁷And it cometh to pass — the sun hath gone in, and thick darkness hath been — and lo, a furnace of smoke, and a lamp of fire, which hath passed over between those pieces.

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,

¹⁸In that day hath Jehovah made with Abram a covenant, saying, `To thy seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Phrat,

¹⁹dia ny Kenita sy ny Kenizita sy ny Kadmonita

¹⁹with the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite,

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

²⁰and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim,

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

²¹and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.`