Genesis 17 (BEO)

1A:ibala:me ea lalelegei ode 99 da gidigiloba, Hina Gode da ema misini, amane sia:i, “Na da Gode Bagadedafa. Di da Na hadigi ganodini ahoanoma amola hou moloidafa fawane hamoma.When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.

2Na da ania gousa:su hamoi amo dafawane hamomu. Na da digaga dunu bagohame dima imunu.”I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

3A:ibala:me da beguduli ea odagiga osobo digila sa:i. Amalalu, Gode da ema amane sia:i,Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

4“Na gousa:su dima da agoane. Di da dunu fi bagohame ilima eda agoane ba:mu.“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

5Na da di dunu fi bagohame ilima eda hamoi dagoiba:le, wali dia dio da A:ibala:me hame, be bu afadenene A:ibalaha:me hamoi dagoi.No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

6Di da mano bagohame lamu. Di da dunu fi bagohame lamu, amola fi hina bagade dunu bagohame di da lamu.I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

7Na gousa:su Na da di amola digaga mano dilima Na da hamomu, da mae dagole dialalalumu. Na da dia Gode esalumu amola digaga mano huluane ilia Gode esalumu.I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

8Di da wali Ga:ina:ne soge ganodini ga fi dunu agoane ba:sa. Be amo soge huluane, di eso huluane mae yolesili gagulaloma:ne, Na da di amola dia fa:no lalelegemu manolali dilima imunu. Amola Na da ilia Gode esalumu.”And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”

9Amalalu, Gode da A:ibalaha:mema amane sia:i, “Be di da Na gousa:su noga:le ouligima. Di amola digaga fa:no lalelegemu fi.God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

10Na gousa:su dima amola dia manolali ilima - amo gousa:su di noga:le agoane ouligima. Dunu huluane dia fi amo ganodini da ilia gadofo damuma:mu.This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

11Dilia huluane gadofo damuma:mu. Amo da Na gousa:su dilima amo dawa:digima:ne olelesu gala.You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

12Dunu huluane dia fi ganodini fa:no lalelegesea, dunu mano huluane da lalelegesea, eso godoane fisili ilia gadofo damuma:mu. Amo da huluanedafa - dia fi amo ganodini lalelegei amola dunu mano ga fi amoga bidilai, amo huluane.Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring.

13Dia fi amo ganodini lalelegei o ga fi ilima bidi lai - huluane. Na gousa:su defei dilia hu amo ganodini hamoi da eso huluane mae dagole dialalalumu. Amo da Na dilima gousa:su hamoi dagoi olelesa.Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

14Be nowa dunu da dia fi amo ganodini ea hu gadofo hame damui ba:sea, amo dunu da Na gousa:su fi dagoiba:le, fadegale fasima.”But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

15Gode da A:ibalaha:mema eno amane sia:i, “Dia uda Selai ema Selai dio bu mae sia:ma. Ea dio da wali Sela.Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

16Na da ema hahawane dogolegele ilegemu. Amola e da diagofe lalelegemu. E da dunu fi bagohame ilima eme esalumu. Dunu fi hina dunu bagohame da ema lalelegemu.”And I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her, and she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will descend from her.”

17A:ibalaha:me da beguduli ea odagiga osobo digila sa:ili, hahawane bagade ousu. E da ea dogo ganodini amane sia:i, “Dunu da 100 ode lai, amo mano lamu da defelela:? Sela amola da ode 90 lai dagoiba:le, mano lama:bela:?”Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”

18E da Godema amane adole ba:i, “Isiama:ile da na fi ganodini na sogebi lamu da defeala:?”And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

19Be Gode bu adole i, “Hame mabu! Dia uda Sela da dia manodafa dia da:i amoga hamoi, amo lalelegemu. Di da ema Aisage dio asulima. Na da Na gousa:su ema amola egaga mano ilima hamoi, amo hamedafa yolesimu. Amo gousa:su da mae dagole eso huluane dialalalusu liligi.But God replied, “Your wife Sarah will indeed bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. I will establish My covenant with him as an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him.

20Dia adole ba:su amo Isiama:ile fidima:ne Na da nabi dagoi. Amaiba:le, Na da ema amola hahawane dogolegele ilegemu. Na da ema mano bagohame imunu. Ema da fi hina bagade dunu fagoyale amo lalelegemu, amola ea mano da dunu fi bagadedafa hamomu.As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

21Be Na gousa:sudafa da dia mano Aisage ema dialumu. Waha oubi wewaba amo ode enoga e da Selama lalelegemu.”But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

22Gode da A:ibalaha:mema sia:i dagoiba:le, yolesili asi.When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

23Amo esoga A:ibalaha:me da hedolo nabasu hou hamoi. E da Isiama:ile amola ea fi dunu huluane amola dunu da ea fi amo ganodini lalelegei amola udigili hawa: hamosu dunu e bidi lai, amo huluane ilia gadofo damui.On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.

24A:ibalaha:me da lalelegele, ode 99 doaga:le, gadofo damui.So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

25Amola Isiama:ile da ea ode 13 amoga gadofo damui ba:i.and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

26A:ibalaha:me amola egefe Isiama:ile ela da eso afae ganodini gadofo damui.Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

27Amola dunu huluane A:ibalaha:me ea sosogo fi ganodini-amo da ea fi ganodini lalelegei, amola ga fi dunu e da bidilai dagoi-huluane da e amola gilisili gadofo damui ba:i.And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.

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