< Genesis 17 >

1 And Abram is a son of ninety-nine years, and YHWH appears to Abram, and says to him, “I [am] God Almighty, habitually walk before Me, and be perfect;
Na rĩrĩ, rĩrĩa Aburamu aarĩ na ũkũrũ wa mĩaka mĩrongo kenda na kenda-rĩ, Jehova nĩamuumĩrĩire, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, “Niĩ nĩ niĩ Mũrungu Mwene-Hinya-Wothe; tũũra ũnjathĩkagĩra, na ũtarĩ na ũcuuke.
2 and I give My covenant between Me and you, and multiply you very exceedingly.”
Na niĩ nĩngũtũũria kĩrĩkanĩro gatagatĩ gakwa nawe, na nĩngaingĩhia mũigana waku mũno.”
3 And Abram falls on his face, and God speaks with him, saying,
Aburamu agĩturumithia ũthiũ wake thĩ, nake Ngai akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ,
4 “I—behold, My covenant [is] with you, and you have become father of a multitude of nations;
“Hakwa-rĩ, gĩkĩ nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa nawe: Wee nĩũgatuĩka ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ.
5 and your name is no longer called Abram, but your name has been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made you;
Ndũgũcooka gwĩtwo Aburamu; ũrĩĩtagwo Iburahĩmu, nĩgũkorwo nĩngũtuĩte ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ.
6 and I have made you exceedingly fruitful, and made you become nations, and kings go out from you.
Nĩngũtũma ũciare mũno; na ndũme ũtuĩke ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ, nao athamaki nĩmakoima thĩinĩ waku.
7 And I have established My covenant between Me and you, and your seed after you, throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant, to become God to you, and to your seed after you;
Nĩngũthondeka kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa kĩrĩ kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa gũtũũra tene na tene gatagatĩ gakwa nawe na njiaro ciaku iria igooka thuutha waku, na nginya njiarwa ciaku cia thuutha, nĩguo nduĩke Ngai waku na Ngai wa njiaro iria igooka thuutha waku.
8 and I have given to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a continuous possession, and I have become their God.”
Nĩngakũhe bũrũri ũyũ wothe wa Kaanani, kũrĩa ũrĩ mũgeni rĩu, ũtũũre ũrĩ igai rĩaku na rĩa njiaro ciaku iria igooka thuutha waku; na nĩngatuĩka Ngai wao.”
9 And God says to Abraham, “And you keep My covenant, you and your seed after you, throughout their generations;
Ningĩ Ngai agĩcooka akĩĩra Iburahĩmu atĩrĩ, “Wee-rĩ, no nginya ũmenyagĩrĩre kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa, wee na njiaro iria igooka thuutha waku, harĩ njiarwa na njiarwa iria igooka.
10 this [is] My covenant which you keep between Me and you, and your seed after you: every male of you [is] to be circumcised;
Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa nawe na njiaro iria igooka thuutha waku, kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ũrĩmenyagĩrĩra: Arũme othe thĩinĩ wanyu nĩmarĩruaga.
11 and you have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it has become a token of a covenant between Me and you.
Mũrĩruaga nĩguo ũndũ ũcio ũtuĩke kĩmenyithia gĩa kĩrĩkanĩro gatagatĩ gakwa nawe.
12 And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male throughout your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of your seed;
Harĩ njiarwa iria igooka thuutha, mũndũ mũrũme wothe thĩinĩ wanyu no nginya arue arĩ na ũkũrũ wa thikũ inyanya, kũrutia arĩa maciarĩtwo thĩinĩ wa nyũmba yaku kana arĩa magũrĩtwo na mbeeca kuuma kũrĩ andũ a kũngĩ-arĩa matarĩ a rũciaro rwaku.
13 he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in your house, or bought with your money; and My covenant has become in your flesh a perpetual covenant;
Mũndũ ũcio, wagũciarĩrwo nyũmba-inĩ yaku kana wakũgũrwo na mbeeca ciaku-rĩ, no nginya arue. Kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa kĩa mĩĩrĩ yanyu gĩgũtuĩka kĩrĩkanĩro gĩa gũtũũra tene na tene.
14 and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, indeed, that person has been cut off from his people; My covenant he has broken.”
Mũndũ mũrũme wothe ũtarĩ mũruu, ũrĩa ũtaruithĩtio mwĩrĩ wake-rĩ, nĩakeherio harĩ andũ ao; ũcio ndahingĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa.”
15 And God says to Abraham, “Sarai your wife—you do not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;
Ningĩ Ngai akĩĩra Iburahĩmu atĩrĩ, “Ha ũhoro wa Sarai mũtumia waku-rĩ, ndũgũcooka kũmwĩta Sarai; arĩĩtagwo Sara.
16 and I have blessed her, and have also given to you a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she has become nations—kings of peoples are from her.”
Nĩngũmũrathima, na ti-itherũ nĩngũkũhe mwana wa kahĩĩ ũciarĩirwo nĩwe. Nĩngũmũrathima nĩguo atuĩke nyina wa ndũrĩrĩ; athamaki a ndũrĩrĩ makoima harĩwe.”
17 And Abraham falls on his face, and laughs, and says in his heart, “Is one born to the son of one hundred years? Or does Sarah—daughter of ninety years—bear?”
Iburahĩmu agĩturumithia ũthiũ wake thĩ, agĩcooka agĩtheka, akĩĩyũria na ngoro atĩrĩ, “Mũndũ ũrĩ na mĩaka igana nĩegũciara mwana wa kahĩĩ? Sara no aciare mwana arĩ na mĩaka mĩrongo kenda?”
18 And Abraham says to God, “O that Ishmael may live before You”;
Nake Iburahĩmu akĩĩra Ngai atĩrĩ, “Naarĩ korwo Ishumaeli atũũra arathimagwo nĩwe!”
19 and God says, “Your wife Sarah is certainly bearing a son to you, and you have called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a perpetual covenant, to his seed after him.
Nake Ngai akĩmũcookeria atĩrĩ, “Ĩĩ nĩguo, no mũtumia waku Sara nĩagagũciarĩra kahĩĩ, na nĩũgaagatua Isaaka. Nĩngathondeka kĩrĩkanĩro nake gĩa gũtũũra tene na tene harĩ njiaro ciake iria igooka thuutha wake.
20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes does he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;
Na ha ũhoro wa Ishumaeli, nĩndakũigua: Ti-itherũ nĩngũmũrathima; nĩngũtũma aciarane, aingĩhe mũno. Nĩagatuĩka ithe wa aathani ikũmi na eerĩ, na nĩngamũtua rũrĩrĩ rũnene.
21 and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah does bear to you at this appointed time in the next year”;
No kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa ngaathondeka na Isaaka, ũrĩa Sara egũgũciarĩra mwaka ũyũ ũgũũka, ihinda-inĩ ta rĩĩrĩ tũrĩ.”
22 and He finishes speaking with him, and God goes up from Abraham.
Ngai aarĩkia kwaria na Iburahĩmu, akĩambata, akĩmũtiga.
23 And Abraham takes his son Ishmael, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money—every male among the men of Abraham’s house and circumcises the flesh of their foreskin, in this very same day, as God has spoken with him.
Mũthenya o ro ũcio, Iburahĩmu akĩoya mũriũ wake Ishumaeli, na arĩa othe maciarĩirwo gwake, o na arĩa magũrĩtwo na mbeeca ciake, mũndũ mũrũme wothe wa nyũmba yake, akĩmaruithia, o ta ũrĩa Ngai aamwĩrĩte.
24 And Abraham [is] a son of ninety-nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
Iburahĩmu aarĩ wa mĩaka mĩrongo kenda na kenda rĩrĩa aaruire,
25 and his son Ishmael [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
nake mũriũ wake Ishumaeli aarĩ wa mĩaka ikũmi na ĩtatũ.
26 in this very same day Abraham has been circumcised, and his son Ishmael;
Iburahĩmu na mũriũ wake Ishumaeli maaruire hamwe mũthenya o ro ũcio.
27 and all the men of his house—born in the house, and bought with money from the son of a stranger—have been circumcised with him.
Na mũndũ mũrũme wothe thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Iburahĩmu, arĩa maciarĩirwo gwake, kana mũndũ wagũrĩtwo kuuma kũrĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ, maaruanĩire hamwe nake.

< Genesis 17 >