IGenesis
17:1 Kwathi, uAbram akuba minyaka imashumi asithoba anesithoba ezelwe, uYehova wabonakala kuye
UAbram wathi kuye, NdinguThixo uSomandla; hamba phambi kwam, ube
wena ugqibelele.
17:2 Ndiya kuwubeka umnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nawe, ndikwandise
ngokugqithisileyo.
17:3 Wawa uAbram ngobuso bakhe; uThixo wathetha naye, esithi,
17:4 Mna, yabona, umnqophiso wam unawe; uya kuba nguyihlo
yezizwe ezininzi.
17:5 Kananjalo akusayi kuba sathiwa igama lakho nguAbram;
uAbraham; ngokuba ndikwenze uyise weentlanga ezininzi.
17:6 Ndiya kukuqhamisa kakhulu kunene, ndikwenze iintlanga
ookumkani baya kuphuma kuwe.
17:7 ndiwumise umnqophiso wam phakathi kwam nawe, nembewu yakho emva koko
ube ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade kwizizukulwana zabo, ube nguThixo kubo
wena, nakwimbewu yakho emva kwakho.
17:8 ndilinike wena, nembewu yakho emva kwakho ilizwe elo;
uya kuba ngumphambukeli kulo lonke ilizwe lakwaKanan, kude kuse ephakadeni
ukuba nezinto; ndibe nguThixo wabo.
17:9 Wathi uThixo kuAbraham, Wena ke, umnqophiso wam wowugcina.
nembewu yakho emva kwakho kwizizukulwana zayo.
17:10 Nguwo lo umnqophiso wam, eniya kuwugcina phakathi kwam nani kunye nani
imbewu emva kwakho; Yonke into eyindoda kuni yaluswe.
17:11 Nize nalùse inyama yokwaluswa; kwaye iya kuba a
umqondiso womnqophiso ophakathi kwam nawe.
17:12 Uneentsuku ezisibhozo makaluswe kuni nonke
umntwana kwizizukulwana zenu, lowo uzalelwe endlwini, nothengwe ngaye
imali yakhe owasemzini, ongembewu yakho yena.
17:13 Ozalelwe endlwini yakho, nozuzwe ngemali yakho, makabe
Ukwaluka kwenu, umnqophiso wam woba senyameni yenu
umnqophiso ongunaphakade.
17:14 Into eyindoda engalukileyo, enyama yokwaluswa iyodwa
walukile, loo mphefumlo wonqanyulwa, ungabikho ebantwini bakowawo; waphule
umnqophiso wam.
17:15 Wathi uThixo kuAbraham, USarayi umkakho uze ungambizi
igama lakhe nguSarayi; igama lakhe libe nguSara.
17:16 Ndiya kumsikelela, ndikunike unyana ngaye, ndimsikelele.
yena uya kuba ngunina weentlanga; ookumkani babantu baya kuvela
yena.
17:17 UAbraham wawa ngobuso bakhe, wahleka, wathi entliziyweni yakhe,
Kuya kuzalwa umntwana na ominyaka ilikhulu? kwaye siya
USara, oneminyaka engamashumi alithoba ubudala, uyazala?
17:18 Wathi uAbraham kuThixo, Wanga uIshmayeli angadla ubomi phambi kwakho!
17:19 Wathi uThixo, Ewe, uSara umkakho uya kukuzalela unyana; nawe
umbize ngegama elinguIsake, ndiwumise umnqophiso wam naye
ngumnqophiso ongunaphakade, kunye nembewu yakhe emva kwakhe.
17:20 Ngokusingisele kuIshmayeli ndikuvile; uyabona, ndimsikelele, ndamsikelela.
uya kumqhamisa, amandisile kakhulu kunene; Shumi elinambini
uya kuzala abathetheli, ndimenze uhlanga olukhulu.
17:21 Umnqophiso wam wona ndowumisa noIsake, oya kumzala uSara
kuwe ngeli xesha elimisiweyo kunyaka ozayo.
17:22 Wagqiba ukuthetha naye. Wenyuka uThixo esuka kuAbraham.
17:23 UAbraham wamthabatha uIshmayeli unyana wakhe, nabo bonke ababezalelwe endlwini yakhe;
nabo bonke abazuzwa ngemali yakhe, yonke into eyindoda phakathi kwabafo
Indlu ka-Abraham; Wayalusa ke inyama yokwaluswa
kwangaloo mini, njengoko wathethayo uThixo kuye.
17:24 UAbraham ubeminyaka imashumi asithoba anesithoba ezelwe, ukwaluswa kwakhe
inyama yokwaluswa.
17:25 UIshmayeli, unyana wakhe, ebeminyaka ilishumi elinamithathu ezelwe, ukwaluswa kwakhe eYerusalem.
inyama yokwaluswa.
17:26 Waluswa kwangaloo mini uAbraham, noIshmayeli unyana wakhe.
17:27 nawo onke amadoda endlu yakhe, azalelwe endlwini yakhe, nathengwa ngemali
Kwaluswa kunye naye kubasemzini.