1 W hen Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, I am the Almighty God; walk and live habitually before Me and be perfect (blameless, wholehearted, complete).

وَلَمّا بَلَغَ أبْرامُ التّاسِعَةَ وَالتِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ، ظَهَرَ لَهُ اللهُ. وَقالَ لَهُ: «أنا اللهُ الجَبّارُ. أطِعْنِي وَعِشْ حَياةً خالِيَةً مِنْ كُلِّ شائِبَةٍ.

2 A nd I will make My covenant (solemn pledge) between Me and you and will multiply you exceedingly.

فَإنْ فَعَلْتَ هَذا، سَأقْطَعُ عَهْداً بَينِي وَبَينَكَ. وَسَأُعطِيكَ نَسلاً كَثِيراً جِدّاً.»

3 T hen Abram fell on his face, and God said to him,

فَسَجَدَ أبْرامُ. فَقالَ لَهُ اللهُ:

4 A s for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations.

«أمّا أنا، فَهَذا هُوَ عَهْدِي مَعَكَ: سَتَكُونُ أصلَ شُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

5 N or shall your name any longer be Abram; but your name shall be Abraham, for I have made you the father of many nations.

وَلَنْ يَكُونَ اسْمُكَ فِيما بَعْدُ أبْرامَ، بَلْ إبْراهِيمَ. فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ أباً لِشُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

6 A nd I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you.

سَأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَكَ، حَتِّى إنِّي سَأجْعَلُ شُعُوباً كَثِيرَةً تَخرُجُ مِنْكَ. وَسَيَخرُجُ مِنْكَ مُلُوكٌ.

7 A nd I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting, solemn pledge, to be a God to you and to your posterity after you.

وَسَأقْطَعُ عَهْداً أبَدِيّاً بَينِي وَبَينَكَ وَبَينَ نَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ عَلَى مَدَى الأجْيالِ. فَأنا أتَعَهَّدُ بِأنْ أكُونَ إلَهاً لَكَ وَلِنَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ.

8 A nd I will give to you and to your posterity after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

وَسَأُعْطِيكَ وَنَسلَكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ الأرْضَ الَّتِي تَتَغَرَّبُ فِيها الآنَ، أرْضَ كَنْعانَ كُلَّها. سَأُعْطِيها لَكَ وَلَهُمْ مَقْتَنَىً أبَدِيّاً. وَسَأكُونُ لَهُمْ إلَهاً.»

9 A nd God said to Abraham, As for you, you shall therefore keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ: «أمّا أنْتَ فاحفَظْ عَهْدِي، أنْتَ وَكُلُّ نَسلِكَ عَلَى مَدَى الأجْيالِ.

10 T his is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your posterity after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised.

وَهَذا هُوَ عَهْدِي الَّذِي يَنْبَغِي أنْ تَحفَظُوهُ. هَذا هُوَ العَهْدُ بَينِي وَبَينَكَ وَبَينَ نَسلِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ: عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ بَينَكُمْ أنْ يُختَنَ.

11 A nd you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token or sign of the covenant (the promise or pledge) between Me and you.

اختِنُوا لَحْمَ غُرلَتِكُمْ. هَذِهِ هِيَ العَلامَةُ الَّتِي تَقْبَلُونَها لِلعَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَكُمْ.

12 H e who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male throughout your generations, whether born in house or bought with money from any foreigner not of your offspring.

عَلَى كُلِّ ذَكَرٍ ابْنِ ثَمانِيَةِ أيّامٍ أنْ يُخْتَتَنَ عَلَى مَدَى أجْيالِكُمْ. كَما يَنْبَغِي أنْ يُخْتَتَنَ الخَدَمُ الَّذِينَ يُولَدُونَ فِي بَيتِكَ. كَذَلِكَ لِيُخْتَتَنْ كُلُّ مَنِ اشْتَرَيتُمُوهُ بِالمالِ عَبْداً مِنْ أيِّ أجْنَبِيٍّ، حَتَّى وَإنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنْ نَسلِكَ.

13 H e that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

فَلْيُخْتَتَنْ حَتَّى العَبْدُ المَولُودُ فِي بَيتِكَ أوِ العَبْدُ الَّذِي اشْتَرَيتَهُ بِمالِكَ. وَهَكَذا يَحْمِلُ جَسَدُكَ عَلامَةَ عَهْدِيَ الأبَدِيِّ.

14 A nd the male who is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.

أمّا الَّذِي يَرْفُضُ أنْ يَخْتِنَ غُرلَتَهُ، فَسَيُقْطَعُ مِنْ شَعبِهِ. فَهَذا قَدْ كَسَرَ عَهْدِي.» إسْحاقُ: ابْنُ الوَعْد

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

وَقالَ اللهُ لإبْراهِيمَ: «وَأمّا زَوْجَتُكَ سارايُ، فَلَنْ تُدْعَى سارايُ فِيما بَعْدُ، إذْ سَيَكُونُ اسْمُها سارَةَ.

16 A nd I will bless her and give you a son also by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her.

وَأنا سَأُبارِكُها. وَسَأُعِطِيكَ ابْناً مِنْها. وَسَأُبارِكُها، وَسَتُصْبِحُ أُمّاً لِشُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَسَيَخرُجُ مُلُوكٌ مِنْها.»

17 T hen Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son?

فأنْكَبَّ إبْراهِيمُ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ، وَضَحِكَ، وَقالَ فِي نَفْسِهِ: «أيُولَدُ ابْنٌ لِرَجُلٍ فِي المِئَةِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ؟ أمْ يُمْكِنُ لِسارَةَ ذاتِ التِّسْعِينَ سَنَةً أنْ تُنْجِبَ؟»

18 A nd said to God, Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!

ثُمَّ قالَ إبْراهِيمُ للهِ: «أرْجُو أنْ تُنْعِمَ عَلَى إسْماعِيلَ بِرِضاكَ.»

19 B ut God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant or solemn pledge with him for an everlasting covenant and with his posterity after him.

فَقالَ اللهُ: «لا بَلْ سارَةُ سَتُنْجِبُ لَكَ وَلَداً، وَأنْتَ سَتُسَمِّيهِ إسْحاقَ. وَسَأحفَظُ عَهْدِي مَعَهُ وَمَعَ نَسلِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ عَهْداً أبَدِيّاً.

20 A nd as for Ishmael, I have heard and heeded you: behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly; He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

«أمّا دُعاؤكَ مِنْ أجلِ إسْماعِيلَ، فَقَدْ سَمِعْتُهُ. فَسَأُبارِكُهُ، وَسَأُعْطِيهِ أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ. وَسَيَكُونُ أباً لاثْنَي عَشَرَ رَئِيساً. وَسَأجْعَلُهُ شَعباً عَظِيماً.

21 B ut My covenant, My promise and pledge, I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year.

أمّا عَهْدِي فَسَأقْطَعُهُ مَعَ إسْحاقَ الَّذِي سَتُنْجِبُهُ سارَةُ لَكَ فِي مِثلِ هَذا الوَقْتِ مِنَ السَّنَةِ القادِمَةِ.»

22 A nd God stopped talking with him and went up from Abraham.

وَبَعْدَ أنْ أنْهَى اللهُ كَلامَهُ مَعَ إبْراهِيمَ، اختَفَى عَنْ نَظَرِهِ.

23 A nd Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the very same day, as God had said to him.

ثُمَّ أخَذَ إبْراهِيمُ ابْنَهُ إسْماعِيلَ وَكُلَّ العَبِيدِ المَولُودِينَ فِي بَيتِهِ وَالَّذِينَ اشْتَراهُمْ بِمالِهِ – أخَذَ كُلَّ ذَكَرٍ فِي بَيتِهِ، وَخَتَنَهُمْ جَميعاً فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ، كَما أمَرَهُ اللهُ.

24 A nd Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised.

وَكانَ إبْراهِيمُ فِي التّاسِعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما خُتِنَ فِي لَحْمِ غُرلَتِهِ.

25 A nd Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.

وَكانَ ابْنُهُ إسْماعِيلُ فِي الثّالِثَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما خُتِنَ فِي لَحمِ غُرلَتِهِ.

26 O n the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son as well.

فِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ خُتِنَ إبْراهِيمُ وَابْنُهُ إسْماعِيلُ.

27 A nd all the men of his house, both those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised along with him.

وَخُتِنَ مَعَهُ جَميعُ الذُّكُورِ الَّذِينَ فِي بَيتِهِ، سَواءٌ الَّذِينَ وُلِدُوا عَبِيداً فِي بَيتِهِ، أمِ الَّذِينَ اشْتَراهُمْ بِمالٍ مِنْ أجنَبِيٍّ.