¹When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, “I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

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

²I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

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

³Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

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

⁴“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

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

⁵Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

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

⁶I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

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

⁷I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

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

⁸I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. 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.

⁹God said to Abraham, “As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

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

¹⁰This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

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

¹¹You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

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

¹²He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your 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 your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will 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.

¹⁴The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

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

¹⁵God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

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

¹⁶I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her.”

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

¹⁷Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, “Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?”

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

¹⁸Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

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

¹⁹God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. Isaac means “he laughs.” 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.

²⁰As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, 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 I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year.”

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

²²When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

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

²³Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the 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.

²⁴Abraham 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.

²⁵Ishmael, 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 same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

²⁶Nemusi iwoyo Abhurahamu wakadzingiswa pamwe­ naIshimaeri mwanakomana wake.

²⁷All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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