Genesis 17
1 When Abram was 99 years old, Yahweh appeared to him again and said to him, “I am God Almighty. I want you to live in a way that I will regard you as someone that cannot be criticized.
Cuando Abram tenía noventa y nueve años, se le apareció Yahvé y le dijo: “Yo soy el Dios Todopoderoso; camina en mi presencia y sé perfecto.
2 If you do that, I will make an agreement with you in which I will promise to enable you to have very many descendants.” [MTY]
Yo estableceré mi pacto entre Mí y ti, y te multiplicaré sobremanera.”
3 Abram prostrated himself with his face on the ground. Then God said to him,
Entonces Abram se postró rostro en tierra, y Dios siguió diciéndole:
4 “Listen to this agreement that I am making with you: People of many nations will be your descendants.
“En cuanto a Mí, he aquí mi pacto contigo: tú serás padre de una multitud de pueblos;
5 And no longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham, [which means ‘father of many nations,’] because the people of many nations will descend from you.
y no te llamarás más Abram, sino que tu nombre será Abrahán, porque te he puesto por padre de muchos pueblos.
6 I will enable you to have very many descendants, and I will cause them to become great nations/people-groups, and some of your descendants will become kings.
Te haré crecer sobremanera, y te haré padre de pueblos, y reyes saldrán de ti.
7 I will make this agreement between me and you and your descendants. It will be an everlasting agreement to be in effect for many generations. This agreement is that I will be your God, and the God of your descendants.
Y estableceré mi pacto en Mí y ti, y tu descendencia después de ti en la serie de sus generaciones, como pacto eterno, para ser Yo el Dios tuyo y el de tu posteridad después de ti.
8 I will give to you and to your descendants the land through which you are now traveling, all of the Canaan region. It will be an everlasting possession for your descendants, and I will be the God that they [will worship].”
Y te daré a ti, y a tu descendencia después de ti, la tierra de tus peregrinaciones, toda la tierra de Canaán, en posesión perpetua; y Yo seré su Dios.”
9 Then God said to Abraham, “Now you must obey [your part of] the agreement that I am making with you, and your descendants must also obey it, for all generations.
Dijo Dios a Abrahán: “Tú, pues, guarda mi pacto, y tu descendencia después de ti en la serie de sus generaciones.
10 This is the agreement that I am making, between myself and you and all your descendants: Every male among you must be circumcised.
Este es mi pacto que habéis de guardar entre Mí y vosotros y tu posteridad después de ti: Todo varón entre vosotros ha de ser circuncidado.
11 (Cutting the foreskins of/Circumcising) them will be the sign [that you have accepted] the agreement I am making with you.
Os circundaréis la carne de vuestro prepucio; y esto será en señal del pacto entre Mí y vosotros.
12 Every male child among you must be circumcised when he is eight days old, in all future generations. That includes baby boys in your household or those born from slaves that have been bought, and baby boys of foreigners who live among you but do not belong to your household.
A los ocho días será circuncidado entre vosotros todo varón en el transcurso de vuestras generaciones, tanto el nacido en (tu) casa como el comprado con dinero a cualquier extraño, aunque no sea de su raza,
13 It does not matter whether their parents are members of your household or slaves that have been bought; they must all be circumcised. Your bodies will have this mark to show [you have accepted] this everlasting agreement I am making.
Sí, deben ser circuncidados el nacido en tu casa y el adquirido con tu dinero, de modo que mi pacto estará en vuestra carne como alianza eterna.
14 You must expel from your community any male who has not been circumcised, because [by not being circumcised] that person has disobeyed my agreement.”
El varón incircunciso, que no se circuncidare la carne de su prepucio, será exterminado de entre su pueblo por haber quebrantado mi pacto.”
15 God also said to Abraham, “As for Sarai, your wife, you must not call her Sarai any longer. [Since I changed your name, I will change her name also]. Her name will now be Sarah.
Dijo Dios a Abrahán: “A Sarai, tu mujer, no la llamarás más Sarai, porque su nombre será Sara.
16 I will bless her, and she will surely give birth to a son for you. And I will bless her so much that she will be the ancestor of people of many nations. Kings of some people-groups will be descended from her.”
Yo la bendeciré, y de ella también te daré un hijo. La bendeciré, y será madre de naciones; reyes de pueblos procederán de ella.”
17 Abraham prostrated himself with his face on the ground [to show respect to God]. But then he laughed as he said to himself, “Can a man who is a 100 years old become a father of a son? And since Sarah is 90 years old, how can she bear a child?”
Entonces cayo Abrahán sobre su rostro y riéndose dijo en su corazón: “¿A hombre de cien años le ha de nacer hijo, y Sara ya nonagenaria va a dar a luz?”
18 Then Abraham said to God, “Perhaps you will let Ishmael receive your blessing [and inherit all I possess].”
Y dijo Abrahán a Dios: “¡Viva al menos delante de Ti Ismael!”
19 Then God replied, “[No!] Your wife Sarah will bear a son for you. You must name him Isaac. I will establish my agreement with him, one which will be an everlasting agreement for him and his descendants.
Respondió Dios: “De cierto que Sara tu mujer te dará a luz un hijo, y le pondrás por nombre Isaac; y Yo estableceré mi pacto con él como pacto eterno, y con su posteridad después de él.
20 As for Ishmael, I have heard what you asked me to do for him. I will bless him so that he also will have many descendants. Among his descendants will be rulers of twelve nations. And I will cause his [descendants] [MTY] to also become a great nation.
“En cuanto a Ismael, he otorgado tu petición. He aquí que le he bendecido; le multiplicaré y le haré crecer sobremanera. Doce príncipes engendrará y le haré padre de un gran pueblo.
21 But Isaac, the son whom Sarah will give birth to at this time next year, is the one with whom I will establish my agreement.”
Pero mi pacto lo estableceré con Isaac, que Sara te dará a luz por este tiempo el año que viene.”
22 When God finished talking to Abraham, God disappeared from his sight.
Y después de hablar con él, subió Dios dejando a Abrahán.
23 On that same day, Abraham took his son Ishmael and all the males that were in his household, including the sons of all the slaves he had bought, and circumcised them. He cut off their foreskins, just as God told him to do.
Tomó entonces Abrahán a Ismael, su hijo, y a todos los nacidos en su casa, y a todos los comprados con su dinero, a todos los varones de la casa de Abrahán, y en ese mismo día les circuncidó la carne del prepucio, como Dios le había mandado.
24 Abraham was 99 years old when (he was circumcised/someone circumcised him),
Tenía Abrahán noventa y nueve años cuando circuncidó la carne de su prepucio.
25 and Ishmael was thirteen years old when Abraham circumcised him.
Ismael, su hijo, era de trece años cuando fue circuncidado en la carne de su prepucio.
26 On that very day Abraham and his son, Ishmael were circumcised.
En el mismo día fueron circuncidados Abrahán y su hijo Ismael.
27 And all the males in his household, the ones who had been born there and those who had been bought from foreigners, were also circumcised.
Y todos los varones de su casa, los nacidos en su casa, y los comprados a extraños por dinero, fueron circuncidados juntamente con él.
