Kĩambĩrĩria 17
1 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.
In truth, after he began to be ninety-nine years of age, the Lord appeared to him. And he said to him: “I am the Almighty God. Walk in my sight and become complete.
2 Na niĩ nĩngũtũũria kĩrĩkanĩro gatagatĩ gakwa nawe, na nĩngaingĩhia mũigana waku mũno.”
And I will set my covenant between me and you. And I will multiply you very exceedingly.”
3 Aburamu agĩturumithia ũthiũ wake thĩ, nake Ngai akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ,
Abram fell prone on his face.
4 “Hakwa-rĩ, gĩkĩ nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa nawe: Wee nĩũgatuĩka ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ.
And God said to him: “I AM, and my covenant is with you, and you will be the father of many nations.
5 Ndũgũcooka gwĩtwo Aburamu; ũrĩĩtagwo Iburahĩmu, nĩgũkorwo nĩngũtuĩte ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ.
No longer will your name be called Abram. But you will be called Abraham, for I have established you as the father of many nations.
6 Nĩngũtũma ũciare mũno; na ndũme ũtuĩke ithe wa ndũrĩrĩ nyingĩ, nao athamaki nĩmakoima thĩinĩ waku.
And I will cause you to increase very greatly, and I will set you among the nations, and kings will come forth from you.
7 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.
And I will establish my covenant between me and you, and with your offspring after you in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be God to you and to your offspring after you.
8 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.”
And I will give to you and to your offspring, the land of your sojourn, all the land of Canaan, as an eternal possession, and I will be their God.”
9 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.
Again God said to Abraham: “And you therefore shall keep my covenant, and your offspring after you in their generations.
10 Gĩkĩ nĩkĩo kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa nawe na njiaro iria igooka thuutha waku, kĩrĩkanĩro kĩrĩa ũrĩmenyagĩrĩra: Arũme othe thĩinĩ wanyu nĩmarĩruaga.
This is my covenant, which you shall observe, between me and you, and your offspring after you: All the males among you shall be circumcised.
11 Mũrĩruaga nĩguo ũndũ ũcio ũtuĩke kĩmenyithia gĩa kĩrĩkanĩro gatagatĩ gakwa nawe.
And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, so that it may be a sign of the covenant between me and you.
12 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.
An infant of eight days will be circumcised among you, every male in your generations. So also servants born to you, as well as those bought, shall be circumcised, even those who are not of your stock.
13 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.
And my covenant shall be with your flesh as an eternal covenant.
14 Mũndũ mũrũme wothe ũtarĩ mũruu, ũrĩa ũtaruithĩtio mwĩrĩ wake-rĩ, nĩakeherio harĩ andũ ao; ũcio ndahingĩtie kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa.”
The male, the flesh of whose foreskin will not be circumcised, that soul shall be eliminated from his people. For he has made my covenant void.”
15 Ningĩ Ngai akĩĩra Iburahĩmu atĩrĩ, “Ha ũhoro wa Sarai mũtumia waku-rĩ, ndũgũcooka kũmwĩta Sarai; arĩĩtagwo Sara.
God said also to Abraham: “Your wife Sarai, you shall not call Sarai, but Sarah.
16 Nĩngũmũrathima, na ti-itherũ nĩngũkũhe mwana wa kahĩĩ ũciarĩirwo nĩwe. Nĩngũmũrathima nĩguo atuĩke nyina wa ndũrĩrĩ; athamaki a ndũrĩrĩ makoima harĩwe.”
And I will bless her, and from her I will give you a son, whom I will bless, and he will be among the nations, and the kings of the peoples will rise from him.”
17 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?”
Abraham fell on his face, and he laughed, saying in his heart: “Do you think a son can be born to a one hundred year old man? And will Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”
18 Nake Iburahĩmu akĩĩra Ngai atĩrĩ, “Naarĩ korwo Ishumaeli atũũra arathimagwo nĩwe!”
And he said to God, “If only Ishmael would live in your sight.”
19 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.
And God said to Abraham: “Your wife Sarah shall give birth to a son, and you shall call his name Isaac, and I will establish my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant, and with his offspring after him.
20 Na ha ũhoro wa Ishumaeli, nĩndakũigua: Ti-itherũ nĩngũmũrathima; nĩngũtũma aciarane, aingĩhe mũno. Nĩagatuĩka ithe wa aathani ikũmi na eerĩ, na nĩngamũtua rũrĩrĩ rũnene.
Likewise, concerning Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I will bless and enlarge him, and I will multiply him greatly. He will produce twelve leaders, and I will make him into a great nation.
21 No kĩrĩkanĩro gĩakwa ngaathondeka na Isaaka, ũrĩa Sara egũgũciarĩra mwaka ũyũ ũgũũka, ihinda-inĩ ta rĩĩrĩ tũrĩ.”
Yet in truth, I will establish my covenant with Isaac, to whom Sarah will give birth for you at this time next year.”
22 Ngai aarĩkia kwaria na Iburahĩmu, akĩambata, akĩmũtiga.
And when he had finished speaking with him, God ascended from Abraham.
23 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.
Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.
24 Iburahĩmu aarĩ wa mĩaka mĩrongo kenda na kenda rĩrĩa aaruire,
Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he circumcised the flesh of his foreskin.
25 nake mũriũ wake Ishumaeli aarĩ wa mĩaka ikũmi na ĩtatũ.
And his son Ishmael had completed thirteen years at the time of his circumcision.
26 Iburahĩmu na mũriũ wake Ishumaeli maaruire hamwe mũthenya o ro ũcio.
On the very same day, Abraham was circumcised with his son Ishmael.
27 Na mũndũ mũrũme wothe thĩinĩ wa nyũmba ya Iburahĩmu, arĩa maciarĩirwo gwake, kana mũndũ wagũrĩtwo kuuma kũrĩ mũndũ wa kũngĩ, maaruanĩire hamwe nake.
And all the men of his house, those born in his house, as well as those who were bought, even the foreigners, were circumcised with him.
