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

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord came to him and said, “I am God All-powerful. Obey Me, and be without blame.

2 ف َإنْ فَعَلْتَ هَذا، سَأقْطَعُ عَهْداً بَينِي وَبَينَكَ. وَسَأُعطِيكَ نَسلاً كَثِيراً جِدّاً.»

And I will keep My agreement between Me and you. I will give you many children.”

3 ف َسَجَدَ أبْرامُ. فَقالَ لَهُ اللهُ:

Then Abram fell on his face. God said to him,

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

“See, My agreement is with you. You will be the father of many nations.

5 و َلَنْ يَكُونَ اسْمُكَ فِيما بَعْدُ أبْرامَ، بَلْ إبْراهِيمَ. فَقَدْ جَعَلْتُكَ أباً لِشُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ.

No more will your name be Abram. But your name will be Abraham. For I will make you the father of many nations.

6 س َأُكَثِّرُ نَسلَكَ، حَتِّى إنِّي سَأجْعَلُ شُعُوباً كَثِيرَةً تَخرُجُ مِنْكَ. وَسَيَخرُجُ مِنْكَ مُلُوكٌ.

Many will come from you. I will make nations of you. Kings will come from you.

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

I will make My agreement between Me and you and your children after you through their whole lives for all time. I will be God to you and to your children’s children after you.

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

I will give to you and your children after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan for yourselves forever. And I will be their God.”

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

Then God said to Abraham, “You must keep My agreement, you and your children after you for all time.

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

This is My agreement between Me and you and your children after you, which you must obey: Every man among you must have this religious act done.

11 ا ختِنُوا لَحْمَ غُرلَتِكُمْ. هَذِهِ هِيَ العَلامَةُ الَّتِي تَقْبَلُونَها لِلعَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَكُمْ.

In this religious act the skin is cut off from the end of your sex part. This will be the special act of the agreement between Me and you.

12 ع َلَى 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.

Every male child among you who is eight days old must have this religious act done, through all time. The same must be done to all the men born in your house or bought with your money from any stranger, who is not one of your family.

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

He that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must have this religious act done. So will My agreement be marked in your flesh, an agreement that lasts forever.

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

But the man who has not had this religious act done, of cutting off his piece of skin, will be cut off from his people. He has broken My agreement.”

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

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her name Sarai. But Sarah will be her name.

16 و َأنا سَأُبارِكُها. وَسَأُعِطِيكَ ابْناً مِنْها. وَسَأُبارِكُها، وَسَتُصْبِحُ أُمّاً لِشُعُوبٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وَسَيَخرُجُ مُلُوكٌ مِنْها.»

And I will bring good to her. I will give you a son by her. I will bring good to her. And she will be the mother of nations. Kings of many people will come from her.”

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

Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed. He said to himself, “Will a child be born to a man who is 100 years old?

18 ث ُمَّ قالَ إبْراهِيمُ للهِ: «أرْجُو أنْ تُنْعِمَ عَلَى إسْماعِيلَ بِرِضاكَ.»

Then Abraham said to God, “If only Ishmael might live before You!”

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

But God said, “No, but your wife Sarah will give birth to your son. And you will give him the name Isaac. I will make My agreement with him and for his children after him, an agreement that will last forever.

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

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will bring good to him. I will make him grow in number. He will be the father of twelve rulers. I will make him a great nation.

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

But I will make My agreement with Isaac, who will be born to Sarah at this time next year.”

22 و َبَعْدَ أنْ أنْهَى اللهُ كَلامَهُ مَعَ إبْراهِيمَ، اختَفَى عَنْ نَظَرِهِ.

When He had finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 ث ُمَّ 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.

Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money, and every man and boy who lived in his house. And he cut off their piece of skin that very day, as God had told him to do.

24 و َكانَ إبْراهِيمُ فِي التّاسِعَةِ وَالتِّسْعِينَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما خُتِنَ فِي لَحْمِ غُرلَتِهِ.

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he had the religious act done of cutting off his piece of skin.

25 و َكانَ ابْنُهُ إسْماعِيلُ فِي الثّالِثَةَ عَشْرَةَ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ عِندَما خُتِنَ فِي لَحمِ غُرلَتِهِ.

His son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he had the religious act done of cutting off his piece of skin.

26 ف ِي ذَلِكَ اليَوْمِ نَفْسِهِ خُتِنَ إبْراهِيمُ وَابْنُهُ إسْماعِيلُ.

Abraham and his son Ishmael had this religious act done that very day.

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

And all the men of his house, who were born in the house or bought with money from a stranger, had this religious act done with him.