Yaratılış 17

¹Abram doksan dokuz yaşındayken Rab Abram'a göründü ve ona, "Ben senin Tanrınım; huzurumda hoşnut edici bir yaşam sür ve kusursuz ol" dedi.

²"Benimle senin aranda antlaşmamı tesis edeceğim ve seni alabildiğine çoğaltacağım."

³Abram yüzüstü yere kapandı ve Tanrı onunla konuşarak şöyle dedi:

⁴"İşte, benim seninle olan antlaşmam şudur: Ulusların çokluğunun babası olacaksın."

⁵"Artık adın Abram olarak çağrılmayacak, aksine adın Abraam olacak; çünkü seni birçok ulusun babası kıldım."

⁶"Seni çok çok büyüteceğim, seni uluslar haline getireceğim ve soyundan krallar çıkacak."

⁷"Seninle ve senden sonraki soyunla, kuşaklar boyunca sürecek sonsuz bir antlaşma kuracağım; senin ve senden sonraki soyunun Tanrısı olacağım."

⁸"Gurbette yaşadığın bu toprağı, bütün Kenan ülkesini, sonsuz bir mülk olmak üzere sana ve soyuna vereceğim; onların Tanrısı olacağım."

⁹Tanrı Abraam'a, "Sen ise antlaşmamı özenle korumalısın," dedi, "sen ve senden sonraki soyun, kuşaklar boyunca."

¹⁰"Benimle sizin ve senden sonraki soyunun arasında, kuşaklar boyunca koruyacağınız antlaşma şudur: Aranızdaki her erkek sünnet edilecek."

¹¹"Sünnet derinizin etini kestireceksiniz; bu, benimle sizin aranızdaki antlaşmanın bir belirtisi olacak."

¹²"Kuşaklarınız boyunca aranızdaki her erkek çocuk sekiz günlükken sünnet edilecek; evinizde doğan ya da soyunuzdan olmayan herhangi bir yabancı soydan para karşılığı satın alınan her köle de dahil."

¹³"Evinizde doğan da para karşılığı satın alınan da kesinlikle sünnet edilecek. Böylece antlaşmam bedeninizde sonsuz bir antlaşma olacak."

¹⁴"Sünnet derisinin eti sekizinci günde sünnet edilmemiş her sünnetsiz erkek, o can kendi halkının arasından yok edilecektir; çünkü o, antlaşmamı hükümsüz kılmıştır."

¹⁵Tanrı Abraam'a, "Karın Sara'ya gelince," dedi, "onun adı artık Sara değil, Sarra olacak."

¹⁶"Onu kutsayacağım ve ondan sana bir çocuk vereceğim; onu da kutsayacağım, uluslar haline gelecek ve ulusların kralları ondan çıkacak."

¹⁷Abraam yüzüstü yere kapandı ve güldü; zihninden, "Yüz yaşında bir adamın çocuğu mu doğacak?" dedi, "Ve doksan yaşındaki Sarra mı doğuracak?"

¹⁸Abraam Tanrı'ya, "Keşke bu İsmail senin huzurunda yaşasa!" dedi.

¹⁹Tanrı, "Evet," dedi, "karın Sarra sana bir oğul doğuracak ve onun adını İshak koyacaksın. Onunla ve ondan sonraki soyuyla sonsuz bir antlaşma kuracağım; onun Tanrısı olacağım."

²⁰"İsmail'e gelince, işte seni işittim. Onu kutsadım; onu büyütecek ve alabildiğine çoğaltacağım. On iki ulus doğuracak ve onu büyük bir ulus yapacağım."

²¹"Ama antlaşmamı, gelecek yıl bu vakit Sarra'nın sana doğuracağı İshak ile kuracağım."

²²Tanrı onunla konuşmasını bitirince Abraam'ın yanından yukarıya yükseldi.

²³Abraam oğlu İsmail'i, evinde doğanların hepsini, para karşılığı satın aldığı herkesi ve evindeki bütün erkekleri aldı; Tanrı'nın kendisine söylediği gibi, tam o günün o vaktinde onların sünnet derilerini sünnet etti.

²⁴Abraam sünnet derisinin etini sünnet ettirdiğinde doksan dokuz yaşındaydı.

²⁵Oğlu İsmail ise sünnet derisinin etini sünnet ettirdiğinde on üç yaşındaydı.

²⁶Tam o günün o vaktinde Abraam ve oğlu İsmail sünnet edildiler.

²⁷Evindeki bütün erkekler, hem evinde doğanlar hem de yabancı uluslardan para karşılığı satın alınanlar; onları sünnet etti.

¹ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ δὲ ῞Αβραμ ἐτῶν ἐνενηκονταεννέα, καὶ ὤφθη Κύριος τῷ ῞Αβραμ καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Θεός σου· εὐαρέστει ἐνώπιον ἐμοῦ καὶ γίνου ἄμεμπτος,

²καὶ θήσομαι τὴν διαθήκην μου ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον σοῦ καὶ πληθυνῶ σε σφόδρα.

³καὶ ἔπεσεν ῞Αβραμ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς λέγων·

⁴καὶ ἐγὼ ἰδοὺ ἡ διαθήκη μου μετὰ σοῦ, καὶ ἔσῃ πατὴρ πλήθους ἐθνῶν,

⁵καὶ οὐ κληθήσεται ἔτι τὸ ὄνομά σου ῞Αβραμ, ἀλλ᾿ ἔσται τὸ ὄνομά σου ῾Αβραάμ, ὅτι πατέρα πολλῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικά σε.

⁶καὶ αὐξανῶ σε σφόδρα σφόδρα καὶ θήσω σε εἰς ἔθνη, καὶ βασιλεῖς ἐκ σοῦ ἐξελεύσονται.

⁷καὶ στήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου ἀνὰ μέσον σοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματός σου μετά σέ, εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν, εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον, εἶναί σου Θεὸς καὶ τοῦ σπέρματός σου μετὰ σέ.

⁸καὶ δώσω σοι καὶ τῷ σπέρματί σου μετὰ σὲ τὴν γῆν, ἣν παροικεῖς, πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν Χαναάν, εἰς κατάσχεσιν αἰώνιον καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτοῖς εἰς Θεόν.

⁹καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς ῾Αβραάμ· σὺ δὲ τὴν διαθήκην μου διατηρήσεις, σὺ καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου μετὰ σὲ εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν.

¹⁰καὶ αὕτη ἡ διαθήκη, ἣν διατηρήσεις, ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τοῦ σπέρματός σου μετὰ σὲ εἰς τὰς γενεὰς αὐτῶν· περιτμηθήσεται ὑμῶν πᾶν ἀρσενικόν,

¹¹καὶ περιτμηθήσεσθε τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας ὑμῶν, καὶ ἔσται εἰς σημεῖον διαθήκης ἀνὰ μέσον ἐμοῦ καὶ ὑμῶν.

¹²καὶ παιδίον ὀκτὼ ἡμερῶν περιτμηθήσεται ὑμῖν, πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν εἰς τὰς γενεὰς ὑμῶν, ὁ οἰκογενὴς καὶ ὁ ἀργυρώνητος, ἀπὸ παντὸς υἱοῦ ἀλλοτρίου, ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ σπέρματός σου.

¹³περιτομῇ περιτμηθήσεται ὁ οἰκογενὴς τῆς οἰκίας σου καὶ ὁ ἀργυρώνητος, καὶ ἔσται ἡ διαθήκη μου ἐπὶ τῆς σαρκὸς ὑμῶν εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον.

¹⁴καὶ ἀπερίτμητος ἄρσην, ὃς οὐ περιτμηθήσεται τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτοῦ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ, ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ἐκείνη ἐκ τοῦ γένους αὐτῆς, ὅτι τὴν διαθήκην μου διεσκέδασε.

¹⁵Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεὸς τῷ ῾Αβραάμ· Σάρα ἡ γυνή σου οὐ κληθήσεται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς Σάρα, ἀλλὰ Σάρρα ἔσται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῆς.

¹⁶εὐλογήσω δὲ αὐτήν, καὶ δώσω σοι ἐξ αὐτῆς τέκνον· καὶ εὐλογήσω αὐτό, καὶ ἔσται εἰς ἔθνη, καὶ βασιλεῖς ἐθνῶν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἔσονται.

¹⁷καὶ ἔπεσεν ῾Αβραὰμ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐγέλασε καὶ εἶπεν ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ αὐτοῦ λέγων· εἰ τῷ ἑκατονταετεῖ γενήσεται υἱός; καὶ εἰ ἡ Σάρρα ἐνενήκοντα ἐτῶν τέξεται;

¹⁸εἶπε δὲ ῾Αβραὰμ πρὸς τὸν Θεόν· ᾿Ισμαὴλ οὗτος ζήτω ἐναντίον σου.

¹⁹εἶπε δὲ ὁ Θεὸς πρὸς ῾Αβραὰμ· ναί· ἰδοὺ Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου τέξεταί σοι υἱόν, καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ᾿Ισαάκ, καὶ στήσω τὴν διαθήκην μου πρὸς αὐτὸν εἰς διαθήκην αἰώνιον, εἶναι αὐτῷ Θεὸς καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ μετ᾿ αὐτόν.

²⁰περὶ δὲ ᾿Ισμαὴλ ἰδοὺ ἐπήκουσά σου· καὶ ἰδοὺ εὐλόγηκα αὐτὸν καὶ αὐξανῶ αὐτὸν καὶ πληθυνῶ αὐτὸν σφόδρα· δώδεκα ἔθνη γεννήσει καὶ δώσω αὐτὸν εἰς ἔθνος μέγα.

²¹τὴν δὲ διαθήκην μου στήσω πρὸς ᾿Ισαάκ, ὃν τέξεταί σοι Σάρρα εἰς τὸν καιρὸν τοῦτον, ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ τῷ ἑτέρῳ.

²²συνετέλεσε δὲ λαλῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνέβη ὁ Θεὸς ἀπὸ ῾Αβραάμ.

²³Καὶ ἔλαβεν ῾Αβραὰμ ᾿Ισμαὴλ τὸν υἱὸν ἑαυτοῦ καὶ πάντας τοὺς οἰκογενεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀργυρωνήτους καὶ πᾶν ἄρσεν τῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ περιέτεμε τὰς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης, καθὰ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεός.

²⁴῾Αβραὰμ δὲ ἐνενηκονταεννέα ἦν ἐτῶν, ἡνίκα περιετέμετο τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτοῦ.

²⁵᾿Ισμαὴλ δὲ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἦν ἐτῶν δεκατριῶν, ἡνίκα περιετέμετο τὴν σάρκα τῆς ἀκροβυστίας αὐτοῦ.

²⁶ἐν δὲ τῷ καιρῷ τῆς ἡμέρας ἐκείνης περιετμήθη ῾Αβραὰμ καὶ ᾿Ισμαὴλ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ·

²⁷καὶ πάντες οἱ ἄνδρες τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ οἰκογενεῖς αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ ἀργυρώνητοι ἐξ ἀλλογενῶν ἐθνῶν, περιέτεμεν αὐτούς.

¹AND Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, I am thy God, be well-pleasing before me, and be blameless.

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

³And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,

⁴And I, behold! my covenant [is] with thee, and thou shalt be a father of a multitude of nations.

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

⁶And I will increase thee very exceedingly, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.

⁷And I will establish my covenant between thee and thy seed after thee, to their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be thy God, and [the God] of thy seed after thee.

⁸And I will give to thee and to thy seed after thee the land wherein thou sojournest, even all the land of Chanaan for an everlasting possession, and I will be to them a God.

⁹And God said to Abraam, Thou also shalt fully keep my covenant, thou and thy seed after thee for their generations.

¹⁰And this [is] the covenant which thou shalt fully keep between me and you, and between thy seed after thee for their generations; every male of you shall be circumcised.

¹¹And ye shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between me and you.

¹²And the child of eight days [old] shall be circumcised by you, every male throughout your generations, and [the servant] born in the house and he that is bought with money, of every son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed.

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

¹⁴And the uncircumcised male, who shall not be circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that soul shall be utterly destroyed from its family, for he has broken my covenant.

¹⁵And God said to Abraam, Sara thy wife-- her name shall not be called Sara, Sarrha shall be her name.

¹⁶And I will bless her, and give thee a son of her, and I will bless him, and he shall become nations, and kings of nations shall be of him.

¹⁷And Abraam fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarrha who is ninety years old, bear?

¹⁸And Abraam said to God, Let this Ismael live before thee.

¹⁹And God said to Abraam, Yea, behold, Sarrha thy wife shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name Isaac; and I will establish my covenant with him, for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to him and to his seed after him.

²⁰And concerning Ismael, behold, I have heard thee, and, behold, I have blessed him, and will increase him and multiply him exceedingly; twelve nations shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.

²¹But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarrha shall bear to thee at this time, in the next year.

²²And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraam.

²³And Abraam took Ismael his son, and all his home-born [servants], and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraam, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.

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

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

²⁶And at the period of that day, Abraam was circumcised, and Ismael his son,

²⁷and all the men of his house, both those born in the house, and those bought with money of foreign nations.