1 Mosebog 17

1 Da Abram var ni og halvfemsindstyve Aar gammel, aabenbarede HERREN sig for ham og sagde til ham: »Jeg er Gud den Almægtige; vandre for mit Aasyn og vær ustraffelig,

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am El Shaddai. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 saa vil jeg oprette min Pagt mellem mig og dig og give dig et overvættes stort Afkom!«

I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you greatly."

3 Da faldt Abram paa sit Ansigt, og Gud sagde til ham:

Then Abram fell facedown, and God talked with him, saying,

4 »Fra min Side er min Pagt med dig, at du skal blive Fader til en Mængde Folk;

"As for me, look, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 derfor skal dit Navn ikke mere være Abram, men du skal hedde Abraham, thi jeg gør dig til Fader til en Mængde Folk.

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

6 Jeg vil gøre dig overvættes frugtbar og lade dig blive til Folk, og Konger skal nedstamme fra dig.

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

7 Jeg opretter min Pagt mellem mig og dig og dit Afkom efter dig fra Slægt til Slægt, og det skal være en evig Pagt, at jeg vil være din Gud og efter dig dit Afkoms Gud;

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

8 og jeg giver dig og dit Afkom efter dig din Udlændigheds Land, hele Kana'ans Land, til evigt Eje, og jeg vil være deres Gud!«

I will give to you, and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession, and I will be their God."

9 Derpaa sagde Gud til Abraham: »Men du paa din Side skal holde min Pagt, du og dit Afkom efter dig fra Slægt til Slægt;

God said to Abraham, "As for you, you are to keep my covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations.

10 og dette er min Pagt, som I skal holde, Pagten mellem mig og eder, at alt af Mandkøn hos eder skal omskæres.

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

11 I skal omskæres paa eders Forhud, det skal være et Pagtstegn mellem mig og eder;

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

12 otte Dage gamle skal alle af Mandkøn omskæres hos eder i alle kommende Slægter, baade de hjemmefødte Trælle og de, som er købt, alle fremmede, som ikke hører til dit Afkom;

He 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 descendants.

13 omskæres skal baade dine hjemmefødte og dine købte. Min Pagt paa eders Legeme skal være en evig Pagt!

He 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.

14 Men de uomskaarne, det af Mandkøn, der ikke Ottendedagen omskæres paa Forhuden, de skal udryddes af deres Folk; de har brudt min Pagt!«

And the uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin on the eighth day, that person shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 Endvidere sagde Gud til Abraham: »Din Hustru Saraj skal du ikke mere kalde Saraj, hendes Navn skal være Sara;

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

16 jeg vil velsigne hende og give dig en Søn ogsaa ved hende; jeg vil velsigne hende, og hun skal blive til Folk, og Folkeslags Konger skal nedstamme fra hende!«

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

17 Da faldt Abraham paa sit Ansigt og lo, idet han tænkte: »Kan en hundredaarig faa Børn, og kan Sara med sine halvfemsindstyve Aar føde en Søn?«

Then 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?"

18 Abraham sagde derfor til Gud: »Maatte dog Ismael leve for dit Aasyn!«

Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you."

19 Men Gud sagde: »Nej, din Ægtehustru Sara skal føde dig en Søn, som du skal kalde Isak; med ham vil jeg oprette min Pagt, og det skal være en evig Pagt, der skal gælde hans Afkom efter ham!

And God said, "Truly, Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you are to name him Isaac. And I will establish my covenant with him as an everlasting covenant and with his descendants after him.

20 Men hvad Ismael angaar, har jeg bønhørt dig: jeg vil velsigne ham og gøre ham frugtbar og give ham et overvættes talrigt Afkom; tolv Stammehøvdinger skal han avle, og jeg vil gøre ham til et stort Folk.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Look, 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.

21 Men min Pagt opretter jeg med Isak, som Sara skal føde dig om et Aar ved denne Tid.«

But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 Saa hørte han op at tale med ham; og Gud steg op fra Abraham.

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

23 Da tog Abraham sin Søn Ismael og alle sine hjemmefødte og de købte, alt af Mandkøn i Abrahams Hus, og omskar selv samme Dag deres Forhud, saaledes som Gud havde paalagt ham.

Abraham 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.

24 Abraham var ni og halvfemsindstyve Aar, da han blev omskaaret paa sin Forhud;

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

25 og hans Søn Ismael var tretten Aar, da han blev omskaaret paa sin Forhud.

Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 Selv samme Dag blev Abraham og hans Søn Ismael omskaaret;

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

27 og alle Mænd i hans Hus, baade de hjemmefødte og de, der var købt, de fremmede, blev omskaaret tillige med ham.

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