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Genesis 17
17
Genesis
Abraham
Kituba Bible
Abraham
, person
Ishmael
, person
Sarah
, person
Isaac
, person
Canaan
, place
Kituba Bible
Berean Standard Bible
1
MKW
Ntangu Abalami kumaka na bamvula makumi yivwa na yivwa, Yave talanaka na yandi, mpe tubaka na yandi mutindu yayi: «Mu kele Nzambi-Mpungu. Dyatila mutindu mu zola, mpe vwanda ya kusungama.
BSB
BSB:
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
2
MKW
Mu ke na kusala ngwisani ya munu na kati ya nge na munu. Mu ke funisa dikanda ya nge, samu ti ya kukuma nene mingi.»
BSB
BSB:
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
3
MKW
Abalami fukamaka kizizi na ntoto. Nzambi tatamanaka na kuzonza na yandi, na kutuba mutindu yayi:
BSB
BSB:
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
4
MKW
«Ngwisani ya munu na nge ni yayi: Nge ke vwanda tata ya makanda mingi.
BSB
BSB:
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
5
MKW
Ba ke bokila dyaka nge ve na nkumbu ya Abalami. Nkumbu ya nge me kuma Abalayami, samu ti mu ke kumisa nge tata ya makanda mingi ya bantu.
BSB
BSB:
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
6
MKW
Mu ke sala ti nge kubuta bana mingi, yina ke kuma makanda mingi, mpe bantinu mingi ke butuka na nge.
BSB
BSB:
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
7
MKW
Mu ke sala ngwisani ya munu na kati ya munu na nge, mpe na bayina nyonso ke butuka na manima ya nge. Ngwisani yayi ya mankululu ke sala ti munu, mu kuvwanda Nzambi ya nge, mpe Nzambi ya bayina ke butuka na manima ya nge.
BSB
BSB:
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.
8
MKW
Yinsi nyonso yayi ya Kaana, kisika nge me kwiza vwanda na bunzenza, mu ke pesa nge yawu. Yawu ke vwanda mvwilu ya nge ya bantangu nyonso. Bana yina ke butuka na manima ya nge, mu ke vwanda Nzambi ya bawu.»
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BSB:
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.”
9
MKW
Nzambi zonzaka dyaka na Abalayami: «Beno fwana zitisa ngwisani ya munu, nge, bana ya nge, mpe bayina nyonso ke butuka na manima ya bawu, mbandu ni mbandu.
BSB
BSB:
God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
10
MKW
Tala mutindu beno fwana kusadila ngwisani ya munu, nge na bana yina ke butuka na manima ya nge: Babakala nyonso na kati-kati ya beno fwana kuzengisa bubakala ya bawu.
BSB
BSB:
This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
11
MKW
Kuzengisa bubakala ya beno ke vwanda kidimbu ya ngwisani na kati-kati ya munu na beno.
BSB
BSB:
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
12
MKW
Beno ke zenga bubakala ya bana nyonso ya babakala, ntangu bawu ke lungisa bilumbu nana, na konso mbandu. Ata ya vwanda bandongo yina ke butuka na yinzo ya nge, ata ya vwanda bayina beno ke sumba na banzenza, bayina kele ve bantu ya dikanda ya beno.
BSB
BSB:
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.
13
MKW
Ba fwana kuzenga bubakala ya mundongo yina me butuka na yinzo ya nge, to yina nge me sumba na mbongo ya nge. Kidimbu yina ke vwanda na banzutu ya beno, samu na kulakisa ti ngwisani ya munu ke zingila bantangu nyonso.
BSB
BSB:
Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
14
MKW
Samu na bakala yina ba me zenga bubakala ve, ba fwana kukatula yandi na dikanda ya yandi. Samu ti yandi me lungisa ve mambu yina ngwisani ya munu me tumisa na kusala.
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BSB:
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
15
MKW
«Nzambi zonzaka dyaka na Abalayami: “Kubokila dyaka ve kento ya nge na nkumbu ya Salayi. Samu ti nkumbu ya yandi me kuma Saala.
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BSB:
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
16
MKW
Mu ke sakumuna yandi, mpe yandi ke butila nge mwana ya bakala. Mu ke sakumuna yandi, mpe yandi ke buta makanda mingi, bantinu ya makanda ke butuka na yandi.”»
BSB
BSB:
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.”
17
MKW
Abalayami fukamaka kizizi na ntoto, mpe yandi sekaka. Yandi tubaka na yisi ya ntima yandi ti: «Muntu ya bamvula nkama (100) lenda buta dyaka? Saala mpe yina me kuma na bamvula makumi yivwa, yandi lenda buta dyaka?»
BSB
BSB:
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?”
18
MKW
Abalayami lombaka na Nzambi: «Bika ti Isemayele kuzinga na yisi ya lusakumunu ya nge.»
BSB
BSB:
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
19
MKW
Nzambi vutulaka na Abalayami: «Ve! Saala ke butila nge mwana ya bakala. Nge ke pesa yandi nkumbu Isaaki. Mu ke sala ngwisani ya munu na yandi, mutindu ngwisani ya mankululu, samu na bana yina ke butuka na manima ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
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.
20
MKW
Samu na Isemayele, mu me kuwa ndombolo ya nge. Mu ke sakumuna yandi. Mu ke sala ti yandi kubuta mingi mpe dikanda yina yandi ke buta kukuma ya mingi ya kulutila. Yandi ke buta bamfumu kumi na zole. Mu ke sala ti dikanda yina yandi ke buta kuvwanda ya nene.
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BSB:
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.
21
MKW
Kasi ngwisani ya munu, mu ke sala yawu na Isaaki, mwana yina Saala ke buta na mvula yina ke kwiza, kaka na ntangu ya mutindu yayi.»
BSB
BSB:
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
22
MKW
Ntangu Nzambi manisaka kuzonza na Abalayami, yandi bikaka yandi, mpe yandi kwendaka.
BSB
BSB:
When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
23
MKW
Kaka na kilumbu yina, Abalayami vukisaka Isemayele na bandongo ya yandi nyonso yina butukaka na yinzo ya yandi, na bayina yandi sumbaka na mbongo ya yandi. Yandi zengaka bubakala ya bawu mutindu Nzambi tumisaka yandi.
BSB
BSB:
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.
24
MKW
Abalayami vwandaka na bamvula makumi yivwa na yivwa, ntangu ba zengaka bubakala ya yandi.
BSB
BSB:
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
25
MKW
Mwana ya yandi Isemayele vwandaka na bamvula kumi na tatu, ntangu ba zengaka yandi bubakala.
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BSB:
and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
26
MKW
Ba zengaka Abalayami na Isemayele bubakala kilumbu mosi,
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BSB:
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
27
MKW
kintwadi na bantu nyonso ya yinzo ya Abalayami, bandongo yina butukaka na yinzo ya yandi, mpe bayina yandi sumbaka na banzenza.
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BSB:
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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Doesn’t the Bible forbid pork and require circumcision, as Islam does?
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Kituba Bible. Copyright © 2025 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc.. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). Text from eBible.org; verses renumbered to the KJV scheme where they differ, otherwise unchanged.
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