¹And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.

¹Zvino Abhuramu paakange ava nemakore makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe, Jehovha wakaonekera kuna Abhuramu, ndokuti kwaari: Ndini Mwari Wemasimbaose, famba pamberi pangu, uve wakarurama.

²And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.

²Zvino ndichaita su­ngano yangu pakati pangu newe, ndigo­kuwanza zvikurusa.

³And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,

³Abhuramu ndokuwa nechiso chake, Mwari ndokutaura naye, achiti:

⁴As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.

⁴Kana ndirini, tarira, sungano yangu inewe; uye uchava baba vendudzi zhinji-zhinji.

⁵Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.

⁵Nezita rako haricha­zonzi Abhuramu, asi zita rako richava Abhurahamu; nekuti ndakuita baba vechaunga chendudzi.

⁶And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

⁶Ndichakuitawo ubere­ke zvikuru; uye ndichakuita ndudzi, nemadzimambo achabuda kwauri.

⁷And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

⁷Uye ndichasimbisa sungano yangu pa­kati pangu newe, nembeu yako inokute­vera pamazera ayo, kuti ive sungano isingaperi, kuti ndive Mwari kwauri nekumbeu yako inokutevera.

⁸And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.

⁸Zvino ndichapa kwauri nekumbeu yako inokutevera nyika yauri mweni mairi, nyika yose yeKanani, ive yako nekusingaperi; uye ndichava Mwari wavo.

⁹And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.

⁹Mwari akatiwo kuna Abhurahamu: Naizvozvo iwe uchachengeta sungano yangu, nembeu yako inokutevera pamazera ayo ose.

¹⁰This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.

¹⁰Ndiyo sungano yangu, yamuchachengeta pakati pangu nemwi nembeu yako inokutevera; chirume chose pamuri chinofanira kudzingiswa.

¹¹And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.

¹¹Zvino muchadzingisa nyama yechikanda chenyu chepamberi; uye chichava chiratidzo chesungano pakati pangu nemwi.

¹²And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

¹²Uye mwanakomana wemazuva masere uchadzingiswa pakati penyu, chirume chose pamazera enyu, unozvarwa mumba, neunotengwa ne­mari kumutorwa upi neupi, usiri wembeu yako.

¹³He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

¹³Wakazvarwa mumba mako newakatengwa nemari yako unofanira kudzingiswa. Uye sungano yangu ichava pa­nyama yenyu, ive sungano yekusingaperi.

¹⁴And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

¹⁴Zvino chirume chisina kudzingiswa, chine nyama yechikanda chepamberi isina kudzingiswa, mweya uyo unofanira kugurwa kubva pavanhu vekwake, wadarika sungano yangu.

¹⁵And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

¹⁵Mwari ndokuti kuna Abhurahamu: Sarai mukadzi wako, usadana zita rake kuti Sarai, nekuti Sarai ndiro zita rake.

¹⁶And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.

¹⁶Zvino ndichamuropafadza, ndigokupawo mwanakomana kwaari; ndichamuropafadza agova ndudzi, madzimambo evanhu achabva maari.

¹⁷Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?

¹⁷Abhurahamu ndokuwa nechiso chake, ndokuseka, ndokuti mumoyo make: Une makore zana ungaberekerwa here? Ko naSara wava nemakore makumi mapfumba­mwe achabereka here?

¹⁸And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

¹⁸Abhurahamu ndokuti kuna Mwari: Dai Ishimaeri achirarama pamberi penyu!

¹⁹And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.

¹⁹Zvino Mwari wakati kwaari: Kwete, Sara mukadzi wako uchakubere­kera mwanakomana; uye uchadana zita rake kuti Isaka; uye ndichamisa su­ngano yangu naye, ive sungano yekusingaperi pambeu yake inomutevera.

²⁰And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

²⁰Kana zviri zvaIshimaeri, ndakunzwawo; tarira, ndamuropafadza, uye ndichamuita abereke, nekumuwanza zvikurusa; uchabereka madzishe gumi nemaviri, uye ndichamuita rudzi rukuru.

²¹But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.

²¹Asi sungano yangu ndichaimisa naIsaka, Sara waachakuberekera nenguva ino ma­kei.

²²And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

²²Zvino wakapedza kutaura naye, Mwari ndokukwira achibva kuna Abhurahamu.

²³And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

²³Abhurahamu ndokutora Ishimaeri mwanakomana wake nevose vaka­zvarwa mumba make, nevose vakatengwa nemari yake, chirume chose pakati peveimba yaAbhurahamu, akadzingisa zvikanda zvavo zvepamberi nemusi iwoyo, Mwari sezvaataura kwaari.

²⁴And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

²⁴Zvino Abhurahamu waiva nemakore makumi mapfumbamwe nemapfumbamwe paakadzingiswa panyama yechikanda chepamberi yake.

²⁵And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

²⁵Nalshimaeri, mwanakomana wake waiva nemakore gumi nematatu paakadzingiswa nyama yechikanda chepamberi yake.

²⁶In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.

²⁶Nemusi iwoyo Abhurahamu wakadzingiswa pamwe­ naIshimaeri mwanakomana wake.

²⁷And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

²⁷Nevarume vose veimba yake, vakazvarirwa mumba nevakatengwa nemari kumutorwa, vakadzingiswa pamwe naye.