Genesis 17
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me and be blameless.
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 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”
Maɖo kpe nubabla si le nye kpli wò dome la dzi, eye miadzi ɖe edzi fũu.”
3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,
Abram tsyɔ mo anyi, eye Mawu gblɔ nɛ be,
4 “As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
“Nye la, esiae nye nye nubabla kpli wò: ànye dukɔ geɖewo fofo.”
5 Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
Mawu yi edzi be, “Wò ŋkɔ maganye Abram o, ke boŋ ezu Abraham, elabena meɖo wò dukɔ geɖewo fofoe.
6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.
Mana dzidzimevi akpe akpewo wò, eye woazu dukɔ geɖewo! Fiawo anɔ wò dzidzimeviwo dome!
7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
“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 I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”
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 God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout 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 you shall keep, between me and you and your offspring after you. Every male among you shall 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 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.
Woaɖe miaƒe aʋanuyiwo ɖa. Esia anye dzesi be wò kple wò dzidzimeviwo siaa miexɔ nubabla sia.
12 He who is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
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 your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. 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 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has 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 God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah.
Mawu yi edzi gblɔ na Abraham be, “Womagayɔ srɔ̃wò be Sarai o, ke boŋ woayɔe azɔ be, ‘Sara’ si gɔmee nye ‘Fiavinyɔnu.’
16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from 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 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”
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 Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”
Abraham gblɔ na Mawu be, “Meɖe kuku, yra Ismael nam ko!”
19 God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring 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 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, 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 I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time 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 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.
Ale Abraham kple Mawu ƒe dzeɖoɖo wu enu, eye Mawu dzo.
23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money: every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the 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 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 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 same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.
Wotso aʋa na Abraham kple Via ŋutsuvi, Ismael, le ŋkeke ɖeka ma dzi.
27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, 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.
