1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Abramu alipokuwa mtu wa miaka tisini na kenda, Bwana akamtokea Abramu, akamwambia, Mimi ni Mungu Mwenyezi, uende mbele yangu, ukawe mkamilifu.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
Nami nitafanya agano langu kati ya mimi na wewe, nami nitakuzidisha sana sana.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
Abramu akaanguka kifudifudi. Mungu akamwambia, akasema,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
Mimi, agano langu nimefanya nawe, nawe utakuwa baba wa mataifa mengi,
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
wala jina lako hutaitwa tena Abramu, lakini jina lako litakuwa Ibrahimu, kwani nimekuweka uwe baba wa mataifa mengi.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
Nitakufanya uwe na uzao mwingi sana, nami nitakufanya kuwa mataifa, na wafalme watatoka kwako.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Agano langu nitalifanya imara kati ya mimi na wewe, na uzao wako baada yako, na vizazi vyao, kuwa agano la milele, kwamba nitakuwa Mungu kwako na kwa uzao wako baada yako.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Nami nitakupa wewe na uzao wako baada yako nchi hii unayoikaa ugeni, nchi yote ya Kanaani, kuwa milki ya milele; nami nitakuwa Mungu wao.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
Mungu akamwambia Ibrahimu, Nawe ulishike agano langu, wewe na uzao wako kwa vizazi vyao baada yako.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
Hili ndilo agano langu utakalolishika, kati ya mimi na wewe, na uzao wako baada yako, Kila mwanamume wa kwenu atatahiriwa.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
Mtatahiriwa nyama ya magovi yenu, na jambo hilo litakuwa ishara ya agano kati ya mimi na ninyi.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
Mtoto wa siku nane atatahiriwa kwenu, kila mwanamume katika vizazi vyenu, mzaliwa nyumbani, na mnunuliwa kwa fedha, kila mgeni asiyekuwa wa uzao wako.
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.
Mzaliwa nyumbani mwako, na mnunuliwa kwa fedha yako, lazima atahiriwe; na agano langu litakuwa katika mwili wenu, kuwa agano la milele.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
Na mwanamume mwenye govi asiyetahiriwa nyama ya govi lake, mtu yule atatengwa na watu wake; amelivunja agano langu.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be .
Mungu akamwambia Ibrahimu, Sarai mkeo, hutamwita jina lake Sarai, kwa kuwa jina lake litakuwa Sara.
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
Nami nitambariki, na tena nitakupa mwana kwake, naam, nitambariki, naye atakuwa mama wa mataifa, na wafalme wa kabila za watu watatoka kwake.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Ndipo Ibrahimu akaanguka kifudifudi akacheka, akasema moyoni, Je! Mtu wa umri wa miaka mia, kwake atazaliwa mtoto? Naye Sara mwenye umri wa miaka tisini atazaa?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
Ibrahimu akamwambia Mungu, Lau kwamba Ishmaeli angeishi mbele yako.
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Mungu akasema, Sivyo, lakini Sara mkeo atakuzalia mwana wa kiume, nawe utamwita jina lake Isaka. Nami nitafanya agano langu imara kwake kuwa agano la milele kwa ajili ya uzao wake baada yake.
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.
Na kwa habari za Ishmaeli nimekusikia, nimembariki, nitamzidisha, nami nitamwongeza sana sana. Atazaa maseyidi kumi na wawili, nami nitamfanya awe taifa kuu.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Bali agano langu nitalifanya imara kwa Isaka, ambaye Sara atakuzalia majira kama haya mwaka ujao.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Mungu akaacha kusema naye, akapanda kutoka kwa Ibrahimu.
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.
Ibrahimu akamtwaa Ishmaeli mwanawe, na wote waliozaliwa nyumbani mwake, na wote walionunuliwa kwa fedha yake, wanaume wote wa watu wa nyumba ya Ibrahimu, akawatahiri nyama ya magovi yao siku ile ile, kama Mungu alivyomwambia.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Naye Ibrahimu alikuwa mwenye umri wa miaka tisini na kenda alipotahiriwa nyama ya govi lake.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
Na Ishmaeli mwanawe alikuwa mtu wa miaka kumi na mitatu, alipotahiriwa nyama ya govi lake.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
Siku ile ile akatahiriwa Ibrahimu na Ishmaeli mwanawe.
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
Na watu wote wa nyumba yake, wazaliwa nyumbani, na wanunuliwa kwa fedha katika mkono wa mgeni, wakatahiriwa pamoja naye.
