Genesis 17

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

1 亚伯兰九十九岁那年，耶和华向他显现说：“我是全能的上帝。你要遵行我的旨意，做纯全无过的人。

2 I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and I will multiply you exceedingly.”

2 我要与你立约，我要使你子孙极其繁盛。”

3 Then Abram fell facedown, and God said to him,

3 亚伯兰就俯伏在地，上帝又对他说：

4 “As for Me, this is My covenant with you: You will be the father of many nations.

4 “我要与你立约，你必成为万族之父。

5 No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

5 以后你的名字不再叫亚伯兰，要改为亚伯拉罕 ，因为我已立你为万族之父。

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful; I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you.

6 我要使你生养众多，民族必由你而生，君王必从你而出。

7 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.

7 我要和你并你的子子孙孙立永远的约，我要做你和你子孙的上帝。

8 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.”

8 我要把你现在寄居的整个迦南赐给你和你的子孙永远作产业，我也必做他们的上帝。”

9 God also said to Abraham, “You must keep My covenant—you and your descendants in the generations after you.

9 上帝又对亚伯拉罕说：“你和你的子孙世世代代都要遵守我的约。

10 This is My covenant with you and your descendants after you, which you are to keep: Every male among you must be circumcised.

10 你们所有的男子都要受割礼，这是我与你和你的子孙所立的约，你们要遵守。

11 You are to circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and this will be a sign of the covenant between Me and you.

11 你们都要割包皮，作为我与你们立约的记号。

12 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.

12 你们世世代代的男子在出生后的第八日都要接受割礼，包括在你家里出生的和用钱从外族人那里买来的奴仆。

13 Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.

13 不论是在你家里生的，还是你用钱买来的男子，都要接受割礼，这样我的约就在你们的肉体上成为永远的约。

14 But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

14 任何没有接受割礼的男子，要将他从民中铲除，因为他违背了我的约。”

15 Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

15 上帝对亚伯拉罕说：“你的妻子撒莱以后不要叫撒莱，她的名字要叫撒拉。

16 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.”

16 我必赐福给她，让她为你生一个儿子。我必赐福给她，让她成为列国之母，列邦的君王必从她而出。”

17 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?”

17 亚伯拉罕就俯伏在地，笑了起来，心想：“一百岁的人还能有孩子吗？撒拉已经九十岁了，还能生育吗？”

18 And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”

18 亚伯拉罕对上帝说：“愿以实玛利蒙你赐福。”

19 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.

19 上帝说：“不，你妻子撒拉必为你生一个儿子，你要给他取名叫以撒，我必与他坚立我的约，作为他后代永远的约。

20 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.

20 至于以实玛利，我已听见你的祈求，我必赐福给他，使他生养众多、子孙极其繁盛。他必做十二个族长的父亲，我必使他成为大国。

21 But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”

21 撒拉必在明年这时候给你生以撒，我必向他坚守我的约。”

22 When He had finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him.

22 上帝说完以后，便离开亚伯拉罕上升而去。

23 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.

23 亚伯拉罕就在那天照着上帝的吩咐，为儿子以实玛利和家中所有的男子，不论是在家中出生的，还是买回来的，都行了割礼。

24 So Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised,

24 亚伯拉罕接受割礼的时候九十九岁。

25 and his son Ishmael was thirteen;

25 他的儿子以实玛利接受割礼的时候十三岁。

26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.

26 他们父子二人就在那天接受了割礼。

27 And all the men of Abraham’s household—both servants born in his household and those purchased from foreigners—were circumcised with him.

27 亚伯拉罕家里所有的男子，包括家中出生的和买回来的，都一起接受了割礼。