¹And Abram was ninety-nine years old, when Jehovah appeared to Abram, and said to him, I [am] the Almighty ùGod: walk before my face, and be 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 set my covenant between me and thee, and will very greatly multiply thee.

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:

⁴It is I: behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

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

⁵And thy name shall no more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of a multitude of nations have I made thee.

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

⁶And I will make thee exceedingly 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 to 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 give to thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land of thy sojourning, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be a God to them.

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

⁹And God said to Abraham, And [as for] thee, thou shalt keep my covenant, 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 -- that every male among you 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 [that] shall be a sign of the covenant between me and you.

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

¹²And at eight days old shall every male in your generations be circumcised among you -- he who is born in the house, and he who is bought with money, any stranger who 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 who is born in thy house, and he who is bought with thy money, must 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 male who hath not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his peoples: 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 to Abraham, [As to] Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name.

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

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

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

¹⁷And Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born to him that is a hundred years old? and shall Sarah, who 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 to God, Oh that Ishmael might live before thee!

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

¹⁹And God said, Sarah thy wife shall indeed bear thee a son; and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant for 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 for Ishmael I have heard thee: behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful, and will very greatly multiply him; 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, whom Sarah shall bear to thee at this appointed 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 who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money -- every male among the people of Abraham's house -- and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to 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-nine years old 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 his house, or bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.

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