Gênesis 17

Kokiti, te Tohu o te Kawenata

1 Ā, i te mea ka iwa tekau mā iwa ngā tau o Āperama, ka puta mai a Ihowā ki a Āperama, ka mea ki a ia, "Ko ahau te Atua Kaha Rawa; hāereere i mua i tōku aroaro, kia tapatahi hoki te whakaaro. 2 Ā, ka waiho e ahau tāku kawenata ki waenganui i a tāua, ka tino whakanui rawa anō ahau i a koe."

3 Nā, ka kūpapa te kanohi o Āperama; ā, ka kōrero te Atua ki a ia, ka mea, 4 "Nā, ko ahau, kei a koe tāku kawenata, ā, ka matua koe mō ngā iwi maha. 5 E kore hoki tōu ingoa e huaina ā muri ake nei ko Āperama, engari ko Āperahama te ingoa mōu; ka meinga hoki koe e ahau hei matua mō ngā iwi maha. 6 Ka meinga anō koe e ahau kia tino hua rawa, ka meinga koe e ahau hei take mō ngā iwi, ā, ka puta mai ngā kīngi i roto i a koe. 7 Ā, ka whakapūmautia e ahau tāku kawenata ki waenganui ōku, o koutou hoki ko ōu uri i muri i a koe, o tērā whakatupuranga, o tērā whakatupuranga o rātou, hei kawenata mau tonu, ā, hei Atua ahau mōu, mō ōu uri hoki i muri i a koe. 8 Ā, ka hoatu e ahau ki a koe, ki ōu uri hoki i muri i a koe, te whenua e noho manene nā koe, te whenua katoa o Kanaana, hei kāinga pūmau; ā, hei Atua ahau mō rātou."

9 I mea anō te Atua ki a Āperahama, "Inā, ko koe, me whakarite e koe tāku kawenata, e koutou ko ōu uri i muri i a koe, e tērā whakatupuranga, e tērā whakatupuranga o rātou. 10 Ko tāku kawenata tēnei hei whakaritenga mā koutou i waenganui ōku, o koutou ko ōu uri i muri i a koe: Me kokoti ā koutou tāne katoa. 11 Me kokoti e koutou tō koutou kiri matamata; ā, ka waiho tēnā hei tohu mō te kawenata i waenganui ōku, o koutou. 12 Me kokoti e koutou ngā tamariki ina waru ngā rā, ngā tāne katoa o tēnā whakatupuranga, o tēnā whakatupuranga o koutou, ngā mea i whānau i roto i te whare, i hokona rānei ki te moni i tētahi tangata kē, ehara nei i te uri nōu. 13 Me kokoti tonu te tangata i whānau i roto i tōu whare, i hokona rānei ki tāu moni, ā, ka mau tāku kawenata ki ō koutou kikokiko, hei kawenata mau tonu. 14 Ā, ko te tāne kīhai i kotia, kīhai nei i kotia tōna kiri matamata, ka hātepea atu tēnā wairua i roto i tōna iwi; kua whakatakā e ia tāku kawenata."

15 Ā, ka mea te Atua ki a Āperahama, "Ko Harai, ko tāu wahine, kaua e huaina tōna ingoa ko Harai, engari ko Hara he ingoa mōna. 16 Ā, ka manaaki ahau i a ia, ka hoatu anō hoki i tētahi tama ki a koe i roto i a ia. Inā, ka manaaki ahau i a ia, ā, hei whaea ia mō ngā iwi; ka puta mai ngā kīngi mō ngā iwi i roto i a ia."

17 Nā, ka kūpapa te kanohi o Āperahama ki raro, ā, ka kata ia, ka mea hoki i roto i tōna ngākau, "Tērā rānei e whānau he tama mā te tangata kua kotahi rau nei ōna tau? E whānau tamariki rānei a Hara, te wahine kua iwa tekau nei ōna tau?" 18 Nā, ka mea ake a Āperahama ki te Atua, "Kia ora noa oti a Ihimaera ki tōu aroaro!"

19 Nā, ka mea te Atua, "Ehara, ka whānau tā kōrua tama ko Hara; ā, me hua e koe tōna ingoa ko Īhaka. Ka whakapūmau anō ahau i tāku kawenata ki a ia, ki ōna uri hoki i muri i a ia, hei kawenata mau tonu. 20 Ko Ihimaera ia, nā, kua whakarongo ahau ki a koe; nanā, kua oti ia te manaaki e ahau, ā, ka meinga ia e ahau kia hua, kia tino nui rawa hoki; ka whānau āna tamariki kotahi tekau mā rua he ariki, ā, ka meinga ia e ahau hei iwi nui. 21 Ka whakapūmautia ia e ahau tāku kawenata ki a Īhaka, ka whānau nei i a kōrua ko Hara ā te tāima e rite ana ki tēnei o te tau e haere ake nei." 22 Ā, ka mutu tāna kōrero ki a ia, ā, mawehe atu ana te Atua i a Āperahama ki runga.

23 Kātahi ka tango a Āperahama i a Ihimaera i tāna tama, rātou ko ngā mea katoa i whānau i roto i tōna whare, me ngā mea katoa i hokona ki tāna moni, ngā tāne katoa i roto i ngā tāngata o te whare o Āperahama; ā, kotia ana e ia tō rātou kiri matamata i taua rā pū anō, i pērā me tā te Atua i kōrero ai ki a ia. 24 Nā, e iwa tekau mā iwa ngā tau o Āperahama i te kotinga o tōna kiri matamata. 25 Kotahi tekau mā toru hoki ngā tau o tāna tama o Ihimaera i te kotinga o tōna kiri matamata. 26 Nō taua rangi pū anō i kotia ai a Āperahama, rāua ko tāna tama, ko Ihimaera, 27 ā, i kotia ngātahitia me ia ngā tāngata katoa o tōna whare, ngā mea i whānau i roto i te whare, me ngā mea i hokona ki te moni i te tangata iwi kē.

1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be thou perfect. 2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. 3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee and to thy seed after thee. 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

9 And God said unto Abraham, And as for thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, thou, and thy seed after thee throughout their generations. 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee: every male among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of a covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any foreigner that is not of thy seed. 13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. 14 And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 16 And I will bless her, and moreover I will give thee a son of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall be of her. 17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 18 And Abraham said unto God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee! 19 And God said, Nay, but Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. 20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. 21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. 23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. 24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 27 And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.