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Abramu alipokuwa mtu wa miaka tisini na kenda, Bwana akamtokea Abramu, akamwambia, Mimi ni Mungu Mwenyezi, uende mbele yangu, ukawe mkamilifu.
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am God Almighty. Walk before Me and be blameless.
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Nami nitafanya agano langu kati ya mimi na wewe, nami nitakuzidisha sana sana.
I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”
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Abramu akaanguka kifudifudi. Mungu akamwambia, akasema,
Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,
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Mimi, agano langu nimefanya nawe, nawe utakuwa baba wa mataifa mengi,
“As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.
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wala jina lako hutaitwa tena Abramu, lakini jina lako litakuwa Ibrahimu, kwani nimekuweka uwe baba wa mataifa mengi.
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
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Nitakufanya uwe na uzao mwingi sana, nami nitakufanya kuwa mataifa, na wafalme watatoka kwako.
I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.
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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.
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.
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Nami nitakupa wewe na uzao wako baada yako nchi hii unayoikaa ugeni, nchi yote ya Kanaani, kuwa milki ya milele; nami nitakuwa Mungu wao.
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.”
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Mungu akamwambia Ibrahimu, Nawe ulishike agano langu, wewe na uzao wako kwa vizazi vyao baada yako.
God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.
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Hili ndilo agano langu utakalolishika, kati ya mimi na wewe, na uzao wako baada yako, Kila mwanamume wa kwenu atatahiriwa.
This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.
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Mtatahiriwa nyama ya magovi yenu, na jambo hilo litakuwa ishara ya agano kati ya mimi na ninyi.
You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.
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Mtoto wa siku nane atatahiriwa kwenu, kila mwanamume katika vizazi vyenu, mzaliwa nyumbani, na mnunuliwa kwa fedha, kila mgeni asiyekuwa wa uzao wako.
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.
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Mzaliwa nyumbani mwako, na mnunuliwa kwa fedha yako, lazima atahiriwe; na agano langu litakuwa katika mwili wenu, kuwa agano la milele.
Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
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Na mwanamume mwenye govi asiyetahiriwa nyama ya govi lake, mtu yule atatengwa na watu wake; amelivunja agano langu.
But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
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Mungu akamwambia Ibrahimu, Sarai mkeo, hutamwita jina lake Sarai, kwa kuwa jina lake litakuwa Sara.
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
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Nami nitambariki, na tena nitakupa mwana kwake, naam, nitambariki, naye atakuwa mama wa mataifa, na wafalme wa kabila za watu watatoka kwake.
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.”
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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?
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?”
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Ibrahimu akamwambia Mungu, Lau kwamba Ishmaeli angeishi mbele yako.
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
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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.
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.
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Na kwa habari za Ishmaeli nimekusikia, nimembariki, nitamzidisha, nami nitamwongeza sana sana. Atazaa maseyidi kumi na wawili, nami nitamfanya awe taifa kuu.
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.
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Bali agano langu nitalifanya imara kwa Isaka, ambaye Sara atakuzalia majira kama haya mwaka ujao.
But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
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Mungu akaacha kusema naye, akapanda kutoka kwa Ibrahimu.
When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.
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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.
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.
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Naye Ibrahimu alikuwa mwenye umri wa miaka tisini na kenda alipotahiriwa nyama ya govi lake.
So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,
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Na Ishmaeli mwanawe alikuwa mtu wa miaka kumi na mitatu, alipotahiriwa nyama ya govi lake.
and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
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Siku ile ile akatahiriwa Ibrahimu na Ishmaeli mwanawe.
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
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Na watu wote wa nyumba yake, wazaliwa nyumbani, na wanunuliwa kwa fedha katika mkono wa mgeni, wakatahiriwa pamoja naye.
And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.