Mwanzo 17
1 Wakati Abram alipokuwa na umri wa miaka tisini na tisa, Yahwe alimtokea Abram na akamwambia, “Mimi ni Mungu wa uwezo. Uende mbele yangu, na uwe mkamilifu.
And Abram is a son of ninety and nine years, and Jehovah appeareth unto Abram, and saith unto him, 'I [am] God Almighty, walk habitually before Me, and be thou perfect;
2 Kisha nitalithibitisha agano langu kati yangu mimi na wewe, na nitakuzidisha sana.
and I give My covenant between Me and thee, and multiply thee very exceedingly.'
3 Abram akainama uso wake hadi chini ardhini na Mungu akazungumza naye, akisema,
And Abram falleth upon his face, and God speaketh with him, saying,
4 “Mimi, tazama, agano langu liko nawe. Utakuwa baba wa mataifa mengi.
'I — lo, My covenant [is] with thee, and thou hast become father of a multitude of nations;
5 Wala jina lako halitakuwa tena Abram, bali jina lako litakuwa Abraham - kwa kuwa ninakuchagua kuwa baba wa mataifa mengi.
and thy name is no more called Abram, but thy name hath been Abraham, for father of a multitude of nations have I made thee;
6 Nitakufanya uwe na uzao mwingi zaidi, na nitakufanya mataifa, na wafalme watatoka kwako.
and I have made thee exceeding fruitful, and made thee become nations, and kings go out from thee.
7 Nitaimarisha agao langu kati yangu mimi na wewe na uzao wako baada yako, katika vizazi vyao vyote kwa agano la milele, nitakuwa Mungu kwako na kwa wazao wako baada yako.
'And I have established My covenant between Me and thee, and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for a covenant age-during, to become God to thee, and to thy seed after thee;
8 Nitakupa wewe, na wazao wako baada yako, nchi ambayo ulikuwa unaishi, nchi yote ya Kanaani, kuwa miliki ya milele, na nitakuwa Mungu wao.”
and I have given to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, the whole land of Canaan, for a possession age-during, and I have become their God.'
9 Kisha Mungu akamwambia Abraham, “nawe lazima ulishike agano langu, wewe pamoja na uzao wako baada yako kwa vizazi vyao.
And God saith unto Abraham, 'And thou dost keep My covenant, thou and thy seed after thee, to their generations;
10 Hili ndilo agano langu, ambalo utalishika, kati yangu na wewe na wazao wako baada yako: Kila mwanaume wa kwenu lazima atahiriwe.
this [is] My covenant which ye keep between Me and you, and thy seed after thee: Every male of you [is] to be circumcised;
11 Lazima mtatahiriwa katika nyama ya govi la ngozi ya mbele, na hii itakuwa ishara ya agano kati yangu mimi na ninyi.
and ye have circumcised the flesh of your foreskin, and it hath become a token of a covenant between Me and you.
12 Kila mwanaume wa kwenu aliye na umri wa siku nane lazima atahiriwe, katika vizazi ya watu wenu. Hii ni pamoja na yule azaliwaye katika nyumba yako na yeye ambaye amenunuliwa kwa fedha kutoka kwa mgeni yeyote ambaye si mmoja wa wazao wako.
'And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;
13 Mtu ambaye amezaliwa katika nyumba yako na yule aliye nunuliwa kwa fedha yako lazima atahiriwe. Hivyo agano langu litakuwa katika mwili wenu kuwa agano la milele.
he is certainly circumcised who [is] born in thine house, or bought with thy money; and My covenant hath become in your flesh a covenant age-during;
14 Mwanaume yeyote asiye tahiriwa katika mwili govi la ngozi yake ya mbele atatengwa na watu wake. Amevunja agano langu.”
and an uncircumcised one, a male, the flesh of whose foreskin is not circumcised, even that person hath been cut off from his people; My covenant he hath broken.'
15 Mungu akamwambia Abraham, “kwa habari ya Sarai mkeo, usimuite tena Sarai. Badala yake jina lake litakuwa Sara.
And God saith unto Abraham, 'Sarai thy wife — thou dost not call her name Sarai, for Sarah [is] her name;
16 Nitambariki, na nitakupatia mtoto wa kiume kwake. Nitambariki, na atakuwa mama wa mataifa. Wafalme wa watu wa mataifa watapatikana kutokana na yeye.
and I have blessed her, and have also given to thee a son from her; and I have blessed her, and she hath become nations — kings of peoples are from her.'
17 Kisha Abraham akainama uso wake hadi ardhini, na akacheka, akasema moyoni mwake, Je yawezekana mtoto azaliwe kwa mwanaume ambaye ana umri wa miaka miamoja? na Je Sara, ambaye ana umri wa miaka tisini anaweza kuzaa mwana?”
And Abraham falleth upon his face, and laugheth, and saith in his heart, 'To the son of an hundred years is one born? or doth Sarah — daughter of ninety years — bear?'
18 Abraham akamwambia Mungu, “Lau Ishmaeli angeweza kuishi kabla yako!”
And Abraham saith unto God, 'O that Ishmael may live before Thee;'
19 Mungu akasema, Hapana, Sarai mkeo atakuzalia mtoto wa kiume na utamwita jina lake Isaka. Nita imarisha agano langu na yeye kama agano la milele pamoja na uzao wake baada yake.
and God saith, 'Sarah thy wife is certainly bearing a son to thee, and thou hast called his name Isaac, and I have established My covenant with him, for a covenant age-during, to his seed after him.
20 Na kwa habari ya Ishmaeli nimekusikia. Tazama, ninambariki, na nitamfanya kuwa na uzao na kumzidisha maradufu. Atakuwa baba wa viongozi kumi na mbili wa makabila, na nitamfanya kuwa taifa kuu.
As to Ishmael, I have heard thee; lo, I have blessed him, and made him fruitful, and multiplied him, very exceedingly; twelve princes doth he beget, and I have made him become a great nation;
21 Lakini agano langu nitalifanya imara na Isaka, ambaye Sarai atazaa kwako majira haya mwakani.”
and My covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah doth bear to thee at this appointed time in the next year;'
22 Alipo kuwa amemaliza kuzungumza naye, Mungu akaondoka kwa Abraham.
and He finisheth speaking with him, and God goeth up from Abraham.
23 Kisha Abraham akamtwaa Ishmaeli mwanawe, na wote ambao walizaliwa katika nyumba yake, na wote ambao walinunuliwa kwa fedha yake, kila mwanaume miongoni mwa watu wa nyumba ya Abraham, walitahiriwa mwili wa magovi ya ngozi ya mbele katika siku iyo hiyo, kama Mungu alivyo kuwa amesema.
And Abraham taketh Ishmael his son, and all those born in his house, and all those bought with his money — every male among the men of Abraham's house — and circumciseth the flesh of their foreskin, in this self-same day, as God hath spoken with him.
24 Abraham alikuwa na umri wa miaka tisini na tisa alipotahiriwa katika mwili wa govi la ngozi yake ya mbele.
And Abraham [is] a son of ninety and nine years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
25 Na Ishmaeli mwanawe alikuwa na umri wa miaka kumi na tatu alipotahiriwa katika mwili wa govi la ngozi yake ya mbele.
and Ishmael his son [is] a son of thirteen years in the flesh of his foreskin being circumcised;
26 Siku ile ile ambayo wote wawili Abraham na Ishmael mwanawe walipotahiriwa, ndipo
in this self-same day hath Abraham been circumcised, and Ishmael his son;
27 wanaume wote wa nyumba yake walitahiriwa pia, hawa ni pamoja na wale waliozaliwa katika nyumba ile na wale walionunuliwa kwa fedha kutoka kwa mgeni.
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.
