Genesis 17
1 And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty God: walk before my face, and be perfect.
Esi Abram xɔ ƒe blaasiekɛ-vɔ-asiekɛ la, Yehowa ɖe eɖokui fiae gblɔ nɛ be, “Nyee nye Mawu Ŋusẽkatãtɔ la. Ɖo tom, eye nànɔ agbe abe ale si dze ene.
2 And I will set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee.
Maɖo kpe nubabla si le nye kpli wò dome la dzi, eye miadzi ɖe edzi fũu.”
3 And Abram fell on his face; and God talked with him, saying,
Abram tsyɔ mo anyi, eye Mawu gblɔ nɛ be,
4 It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.
“Nye la, esiae nye nye nubabla kpli wò: ànye dukɔ geɖewo fofo.”
5 And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.
Mawu yi edzi be, “Wò ŋkɔ maganye Abram o, ke boŋ ezu Abraham, elabena meɖo wò dukɔ geɖewo fofoe.
6 And I will make thee exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Mana dzidzimevi akpe akpewo wò, eye woazu dukɔ geɖewo! Fiawo anɔ wò dzidzimeviwo dome!
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and thy seed after thee in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
“Mana nye nubabla nazu nubabla mavɔ le nye kpli wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo dome hena dzidzime siwo gbɔna la, be manye wò Mawu kple Mawu na wò dzidzimeviwo.
8 And I give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.
Kanaanyigba blibo la, afi si nèle fifia abe amedzro ene la, matsɔe na wò wòanye tɔwò kple wò dzidzimeviwo tɔ tegbetegbe, eye manye woƒe Mawu.”
9 And God said to Abraham, And [as for] thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Eye Mawu gblɔ na Abraham be, “Ele na wò be nàlé nye nubabla me ɖe asi, wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo le dzidzime siwo ava la me.
10 This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee — that every male among you be circumcised.
Esia nye nye nubabla kpli wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo, nubabla si mialé be na le mia dome lae nye be: Woatso aʋa na ŋutsu sia ŋutsu le mia dome.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and [that] shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
Woaɖe miaƒe aʋanuyiwo ɖa. Esia anye dzesi be wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo siaa miexɔ nubabla sia.
12 And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you — he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who is not of thy seed.
Woatso aʋa na ŋutsuvi ɖe sia ɖe le gbe si gbe wodzii la ƒe ŋkeke enyia gbe. Woatso aʋa na wò kluvi siwo nèƒle kple ga alo wo ƒe viwo kple wò ŋutɔ wò dzidzimeviwo siaa. Esia nye nubabla ƒe akpa si anɔ anyi tegbee, eye wòanye dɔdeasi na wò dzidzimeviwo katã.
13 He who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
Ele be woatso aʋa na ame sia ame. Ele be woato mɔ sia nu ade dzesi miaƒe ŋutilã be mianye gomekpɔlawo le nye nubabla mavɔ la me.
14 And the uncircumcised male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: he hath broken my covenant.
Woaɖe ame sia ame si metso aʋa o la ɖa le eƒe ƒometɔwo dome, elabena mewɔ nye nubabla la dzi o.”
15 And God said to Abraham, [As to] Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.
Mawu yi edzi gblɔ na Abraham be, “Womagayɔ srɔ̃wò be Sarai o, ke boŋ woayɔe azɔ be, ‘Sara’ si gɔmee nye ‘Fiavinyɔnu.’
16 And I will bless her, and I will give thee a son also of her; and I will bless her, and she shall become nations: kings of peoples shall be of her.
Mayrae, eye mana wòadzi ŋutsuvi na wò! Ɛ̃, makɔ yayra geɖe ɖe edzi, eye mana wòazu dukɔ geɖewo dada! Fia geɖewo anɔ miaƒe dzidzimeviwo dome.”
17 And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear?
Esi Abraham se nya siawo la, etsyɔ mo anyi ɖe Yehowa ŋkume. Eko nu le eɖokui me le dzimaxɔse ta, hebia eɖokui be, “Ɖe nye ame si xɔ ƒe alafa ɖeka la, magate ŋu azu fofo, eye Sara ame si xɔ ƒe blaasiekɛ la agate ŋu adzi via?”
18 And Abraham said to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!
Abraham gblɔ na Mawu be, “Meɖe kuku, yra Ismael nam ko!”
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.
Mawu ɖo eŋu be, “Ao, menye nenemae megblɔ o. Sara adzi ŋutsuvi na wò, eye miana ŋkɔe be, Isak si gɔmee nye ‘Nukoko.’ Mabla nu kple eya kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo tegbetegbe.
20 And for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
Melɔ̃ be mayra Ismael hã abe ale si nèbiae ene. Mana wòadzi asɔ gbɔ, eye wòazu dukɔ gã aɖe. Fiavi ŋutsuvi wuieve anɔ eƒe dzidzimeviwo dome.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year.
Ke nye nubabla le nye kple Isak dome, ame si Sara adzi na wò le ƒe si gbɔna la ƒe ɣe aleawo ɣi.”
22 And he left off talking with him; and God went up from Abraham.
Ale Abraham kple Mawu ƒe dzeɖoɖo wu enu, eye Mawu dzo.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money — every male among the people of Abraham's house — and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to him.
Gbe ma gbe ke la, Abraham tso aʋa na via, Ismael kple ŋutsuvi bubu ɖe sia ɖe si wodzi ɖe eƒe aƒe me alo ƒle kple ga va eƒe aƒe me abe ale si Mawu ɖo nɛ ene.
24 And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Le ɣe ma ɣi me la, Abraham xɔ ƒe blaasiekɛ-vɔ-asiekɛ hafi wotso aʋa nɛ,
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
eye Via ŋutsuvi, Ismael, xɔ ƒe wuietɔ̃ hafi wotso aʋa nɛ.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
Wotso aʋa na Abraham kple Via ŋutsuvi, Ismael, le ŋkeke ɖeka ma dzi.
27 and all the men of his house, born in his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Eye wotso aʋa na ŋutsu ɖe sia ɖe le Abraham ƒe aƒe me, ame si wodzi le eƒe aƒe me kple kluvi si woƒle le amedzro aɖe si siaa.
