Gênesis 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. 2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying, 4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations. 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. 6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you. 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. 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."

9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations. 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. 11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you. 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. 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. 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."

15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name shall be Sarah. 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."

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?" 18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac.*17:19 Isaac means "he laughs". I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him. 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. 21 But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. 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. 24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. 26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised. 27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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.