1 Mose 17
1 Abram dii mfeɛ aduɔkron nkron no, Awurade yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no kaa sɛ, “Mene Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn, nante mʼanim na yɛ pɛ.
When Abram was nynetye yere olde and ix. the LORde apeared to hym sayenge: I am the almyghtie God: walke before me ad be vncorrupte.
2 Mɛsi apam a ɛda me ne wo ntam no so dua, na mama wʼasefoɔ adɔɔso.”
And I wyll make my bonde betwene the and me and wyll multiplye the excedyngly.
3 Abram de nʼanim butuu fam, na Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ,
And Abra fell on his face. And God talked moreover with hym saynge:
4 “Me fa mu deɛ, saa apam yi na ɛda me ne wo ntam: wobɛyɛ aman bebree agya.
I am beholde my testamet is with the that thou shalt be a father of many natios.
5 Wɔremfrɛ wo Abram bio. Wɔbɛfrɛ wo Abraham, ɛfiri sɛ, mayɛ wo aman bebree agya.
Therfore shalt thou no more be called Abram but thy name shalbe Abraham: for a father of many nations haue I made the
6 Mɛma wʼasefoɔ adɔɔso. Wɔbɛyɛ amanaman bebree na ahemfo nso afiri wɔn mu.
and I will multiplye the excedyngly and wyll make nations of the: yee and kynges shall sprynge out of the.
7 Mɛma mʼapam no ayɛ daapem apam a ɛbɛda me ne wo ne wʼasefoɔ ne awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛbɛba no ntam. Na mɛyɛ wo ne wʼasefoɔ Onyankopɔn.
Moreover I will make my bonde betwene me and the and thy seed after the in their tymes to be an everlastynge testament So that I wyll be God vnto the and to thy seed after the.
8 Mede Kanaan asase a ɛnnɛ wote so sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ no nyinaa bɛma wo ne wʼasefoɔ a wɔbɛba akyire no nyinaa. Ɛbɛyɛ asase a ɛyɛ wʼagyapadeɛ afebɔɔ. Na mɛyɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn.”
And I will geue vnto the ad to thy seed after the the lande where in thou arte a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan for an everlastynge possession and wil be their God.
9 Afei, Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Abraham sɛ, “Wo deɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne wʼasefoɔ ne wʼasefoɔ a wɔbɛba akyire no di mʼapam no so.
And God sayde vnto Abraha: Se thou kepe my testamente both thou and thy seed after the in their tymes:
10 Yei ne mʼapam a ɛda me ne wo ntam a ɛsɛ sɛ wo ne wʼasefoɔ ne wʼasefoɔ a wɔbɛba akyire no di so. Ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwa ɔbarima biara twetia.
This is my testamente which ye shall kepe betwene me and you and thy seed after the that ye circucyse all youre men childern ye shall circumcyse
11 Ɛsɛ sɛ motwa twetia. Ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ apam a ɛda me ne mo ntam no ho nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ.
the foreskynne of youre flesh ad it shal be a token of the bond betwixte me and you.
12 Ɔbarima biara a ɔyɛ wʼaseni a wɔbɛwo no no, ɔdi nnawɔtwe pɛ a, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwa no twetia. Nkoa a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ wo fie ne ɔnanani biara a woyii sika tɔɔ no firii ɔmamfrani nkyɛn a ɔnyɛ wʼaseni no nso, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwa no twetia saa ara.
And euery manchilde when it is viij. dayes olde shal be circucysed amonge you in youre generations and all servauntes also borne at home or boughte with money though they be straungers and not of thy seed.
13 Sɛ wɔwoo no wo fie oo, sɛ nso, wokarii sika kɔtɔɔ no oo, ɛsɛ sɛ wɔtwa no twetia. Saa honam mu apam yi bɛyɛ daapem apam.
The seruaunte borne in thy housse ad he also that is bought with money must needes be circumcysed that my testament may be in youre flesh for an everlastinge bonde.
14 Wɔbɛpam ɔbarima biara a wɔntwaa no twetia no afiri ne nkurɔfoɔ mu, ɛfiri sɛ, saa onipa no anni mʼapam no so.”
Yf there be any vncircuncysed manchilde that hath not the forskynne of his flesh cutt of his soule shall perish from his people: because he hath broke my testamet
15 Onyankopɔn sane ka kyerɛɛ Abraham sɛ, “Ɛfa wo yere Sarai ho nso, ɛfiri ɛnnɛ rekɔ, woremfrɛ no Sarai bio. Wobɛfrɛ no Sara.
And God sayde vnto Abraham. Sarai thy wyfe shall nomore be called Sarai: but Sara shall hir name be.
16 Mɛhyira no, na mɛma no awo ɔbabarima ama wo. Mɛhyira no ma wabɛyɛ aman nyinaa maame. Nʼasefoɔ mu na amanaman mu ahemfo bɛfiri.”
For I will blesse her and geue the a sonne of her and will blesse her: so that people ye and kynges of people shall springe of her.
17 Abraham de nʼanim butuu fam bio. Ɔsere bisaa ne ho sɛ, “Ɛbɛtumi aba sɛ ɔbarima a wadi mfeɛ ɔha bɛwo ɔba anaa? Sara nso a wadi mfeɛ aduɔkron no nso, ɔbɛtumi awo ɔba anaa?”
And Abraham fell vpon his face ad laughte and sayd in his harte: shall a childe be borne vnto hym that is an hundred yere olde ad shall Sara that is nynetie yere olde bere?
18 Na Abraham ka kyerɛɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ, “Ao, Onyankopɔn ɛnneɛ, hyira Ismael!”
And Abraha sayde vnto God. O that Ismaell myghte lyve in thy syghte.
19 Na Onyankopɔn kaa sɛ, “Mmom, wo yere Sara bɛwo ɔbabarima ama wo, na wobɛto no edin Isak, a aseɛ ne Sereɛ. Me ne no bɛyɛ daapem apam a ɛbɛtena hɔ ama nʼasefoɔ a wɔbɛba akyire no nyinaa.
The sayde God: na Sara thy wife shall bere the a sonne ad thou shalt call his name Isaac. And I will make my bonde with him that it shall be an everlastynge bonde vnto his seed after him.
20 Na Ismael ho asɛm a wokaeɛ no nso, mate. Mɛhyira no ama nʼase adɔre bebree. Ɔbɛyɛ aberempɔn dumienu agya. Na mɛma no ayɛ ɔman kɛseɛ.
And as concernynge Ismaell also I haue herde thy request: loo I will blesse him and encrease him and multiplye him excedyingly. Twelve prynces shall be begete and I will make a great nation of him.
21 Nanso, me ne Isak a Sara bɛwo no, afe sɛsɛɛ no, na ɛbɛyɛ mʼapam no.”
But my bonde will I make with Isaac which Sara shall bere vnto the: even this tyme twelue moneth.
22 Onyankopɔn kasa kyerɛɛ Abraham wieeɛ no, ɔgyaa no hɔ kɔeɛ.
And God left of talkynge with him and departed vp from Abraham.
23 Saa ɛda no ara, Abraham faa ne babarima Ismael ne mmarima a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ ne fie ne mmarima a wɔtɔɔ wɔn firii ananafoɔ nkyɛn, twitwaa wɔn nyinaa twetia, sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ no no.
And Abraham toke Ismaell his sonne and all the servauntes borne in his housse and all that was bought with money as many as were menchildren amonge the me of Abrahas housse and circumcysed the foreskynne of their flesh even the selfe same daye as God had sayde vnto him.
24 Wɔtwaa Abraham twetia no, na wadi mfeɛ aduɔkron nkron.
Abraham was nynetie yere olde and. ix. when he cutt of the foreskynne of his flesh.
25 Ne babarima Ismael nso, wɔtwaa no twetia no, na wadi mfeɛ dumiɛnsa.
And Ismaell his sonne was. xiij. yere olde when the foreskynne of hys flesh was circumcysed.
26 Saa ɛda no ara, na wɔtwaa Abraham ne ne ba Ismael nyinaa twetia.
The selfe same daye was Abraha circucised and Ismael his sonne.
27 Ɔbarima biara a ɔwɔ Abraham fie, wɔn a wɔwoo wɔn wɔ Abraham fie ne ɔbarima biara a wɔtɔɔ no firii ɔnanani bi nkyɛn no, wɔtwitwaa wɔn nyinaa twetia, kaa Abraham ho.
And all the men in his housse whether they were borne in his housse or bought wyth money (though they were straungers) were circumcysed with him.
