تكوين 17

١ 1 وَعِنْدَمَا كَانَ أَبْرَامُ فِي التَّاسِعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، ظَهَرَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ قَائِلاً: «أَنَا هُوَ اللهُ الْقَدِيرُ. سِرْ أَمَامِي وَكُنْ كَامِلاً،

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

٢ 2 فَأَجْعَلَ عَهْدِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ وَأُكَثِّرَ نَسْلَكَ جِدّاً».

I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

٣ 3 فَسَقَطَ أَبْرَامُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، فَخَاطَبَهُ اللهُ قَائِلاً:

Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

٤ 4 «هَا أَنَا أَقْطَعُ لَكَ عَهْدِي، فَتَكُونُ أَباً لأُمَمٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

٥ 5 وَلَنْ يُدْعَى اسْمُكَ بَعْدَ الآنَ أَبْرَامَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ الأَبُ الرَّفِيعُ) بَلْ يَكُونُ اسْمُكَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ أَبٌ لِجُمْهُورٍ) لأَنِّي أَجْعَلُكَ أَباً لِجُمْهُورٍ مِنَ الأُمَمِ؛

No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

٦ 6 وَأُصَيِّرُكَ مُثْمِراً جِدّاً، وَأَجْعَلُ أُمَماً تَتَفَرَّعُ مِنْكَ، وَيَخْرُجُ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ مُلُوكٌ.

I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

٧ 7 وَأُقِيمُ عَهْدِي الأَبَدِيَّ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ، وَبَيْنَ نَسْلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ، فَأَكُونُ إِلَهاً لَكَ وَلِنَسْلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ.

I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

٨ 8 وَأَهَبُكَ أَنْتَ وَذُرِّيَّتَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ جَمِيعَ أَرْضِ كَنْعَانَ، الَّتِي نَزَلْتَ فِيهَا غَرِيباً، مُلْكاً أَبَدِيًّا. وَأَكُونُ لَهُمْ إِلَهاً».

And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

٩ 9 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ: «أَمَّا أَنْتَ فَاحْفَظْ عَهْدِي، أَنْتَ وَذُرِّيَّتُكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ مَدَى أَجْيَالِهِمْ.

God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

١٠ 10 هَذَا هُوَ عَهْدِي الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ الَّذِي عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْ تَحْفَظُوهُ: أَنْ يُخْتَتَنَ كُلُّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْكُمْ

This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

١١ 11 تَخْتِنُونَ رَأْسَ قُلْفَةِ غُرْلَتِكُمْ فَتَكُونُ عَلامَةَ الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ

You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

١٢ 12 تَخْتِنُونَ عَلَى مَدَى أَجْيَالِكُمْ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِيكُمُ ابْنَ ثَمَانِيَةِ أَيَّامٍ سَوَاءٌ كَانَ الْمَوْلُودُ مِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِكَ أَمْ كَانَ ابْناً لِغَرِيبٍ مُشْتَرىً بِمَالِكَ مِمَّنْ لَيْسَ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ.

Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

١٣ 13 فَعَلَى كُلِّ وَلِيدٍ سَوَاءٌ وُلِدَ فِي بَيْتِكَ أَمِ اشْتُرِيَ بِمَالٍ أَنْ يُخْتَنَ، فَيَكُونُ عَهْدِي فِي لَحْمِكُمْ عَهْداً أَبَدِيًّا.

Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

١٤ 14 أَمَّا الذَّكَرُ الأَغْلَفُ الَّذِي لَمْ يُخْتَنْ، يُسْتَأْصَلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ قَوْمِهِ لأَنَّهُ نَكَثَ عَهْدِي».

But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

١٥ 15 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ: «أَمَّا سَارَايُ زَوْجَتُكَ فَلا تَدْعُوهَا سَارَايَ بَعْدَ الآنَ، بَلْ يَكُونُ اسْمُهَا سَارَةَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ أَمِيرةٌ).

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

١٦ 16 وَأُبَارِكُهَا وَأُعْطِيكَ ابْناً مِنْهَا. سَأُبَارِكُهَا وَأَجْعَلُهَا أُمّاً لِشُعُوبٍ، وَمِنْهَا يَتَحَدَّرُ مُلُوكُ أُمَمٍ».

And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

١٧ 17 فَانْطَرَحَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَضَحِكَ قَائِلاً فِي نَفْسِهِ: «أَيُوْلَدُ ابْنٌ لِمَنْ بَلَغَ الْمِئَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ؟ وَهَلْ تُنْجِبُ سَارَةُ وَهِيَ فِي التِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهَا؟»

Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

١٨ 18 وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ لِلهِ: «لَيْتَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ يَحْيَا فِي رِعَايَتِكَ».

And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

١٩ 19 فَأَجَابَ الرَّبُّ: «إِنَّ سَارَةَ زَوْجَتَكَ هِيَ الَّتِي تَلِدُ لَكَ ابْناً وَتَدْعُو اسْمَهُ إِسْحاقَ (وَمَعْنَاهُ يَضْحَكُ). وَأُقِيمُ عَهْدِي مَعَهُ وَمَعَ ذُرِّيَّتِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ عَهْداً أَبَدِيًّا.

But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

٢٠ 20 أَمَّا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، فَقَدِ اسْتَجَبْتُ لِطِلْبَتِكَ مِنْ أَجْلِهِ. سَأُبَارِكُهُ حَقّاً، وَأَجْعَلُهُ مُثْمِراً، وَأُكَثِّرُ ذُرِّيَّتَهُ جِدّاً فَيَكُونُ أَباً لاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَئِيساً، وَيُصْبِحُ أُمَّةً كَبِيرَةً.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

٢١ 21 غَيْرَ أَنَّ عَهْدِي أُبْرِمُهُ مَعَ إِسْحاقَ الَّذِي تُنْجِبُهُ لَكَ سَارَةُ فِي مِثْلِ هَذَا الْوَقْتِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ الْقَادِمَةِ».

But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

٢٢ 22 وَلَمَّا انْتَهَى مِنْ مُحَادَثَتِهِ فَارَقَ اللهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ.

When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

٢٣ 23 وَفِي ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمِ بِعَيْنِهِ أَخَذَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ وَجَمِيعَ الْمَوْلُودِينَ فِي بَيْتِهِ وَكُلَّ مَنِ اشْتُرِيَ بِمَالٍ، كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ وَخَتَنَ لَحْمَ غُرْلَتِهِمْ كَمَا أَمَرَهُ الرَّبُّ.

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

٢٤ 24 وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فِي التَّاسِعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِنْدَمَا خُتِنَ فِي لَحْمِ غُرْلَتِهِ،

So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

٢٥ 25 أَمَّا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُهُ فَقَدْ كَانَ ابْنَ ثَلاثَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً حِينَ خُتِنَ فِي لَحْمِ غُرْلَتِهِ.

and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

٢٦ 26 وَهَكَذَا خُتِنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ ابْنُهُ فِي الْيَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ.

Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

٢٧ 27 وَكَذَلِكَ خُتِنَ مَعَهُ كُلُّ رِجَالِ بَيْتِهِ الْمَوْلُودِينَ فِيهِ وَالْمُبْتَاعِينَ بِمَالٍ مِنَ الْغَرِيبِ.

And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.