Genesis 17

NEW JERUSALEM	NOVA VULGATA
1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old Yahweh appeared to him and said, 'I am El Shaddai. Live inmy presence, be perfect,	1 Postquam Abram nonaginta et novem annorum factus est, apparuit ei Dominus dixitque ad eum: “Ego Deus omnipotens, ambula coram me et esto perfectus.
2 and I shal grant a covenant between myself and you, and make you very numerous.'	2 Ponamque foedus meum inter me et te et multiplicabo te vehementer nimis”.
3 And Abram bowed to the ground. God spoke to him as follows,	3 Cecidit Abram pronus in faciem.
4 'For my part, this is my covenant with you: you wil become the father of many nations.	4 Dixitque ei Deus: “Ecce pactum meum tecum. Erisque pater multarum gentium,
5 And you are no longer to be cal ed Abram; your name is to be Abraham, for I am making you father ofmany nations.	5 nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed Abraham erit nomen tuum, quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.
6 I shal make you exceedingly fertile. I shall make you into nations, and your issue wil be kings.	6 Faciamque te crescere vehementissime et ponam te in gentes; regesque ex te egredientur.
7 And I shal maintain my covenant between myself and you, and your descendants after you,generation after generation, as a covenant in perpetuity, to be your God and the God of your descendants afteryou.	7 Et statuam pactum meum inter me et te et inter semen tuum post te in generationibus suis foedere sempiterno, ut sim Deus tuus et seminis tui post te.
8 And to you and to your descendants after you, I shal give the country where you are now immigrants,the entire land of Canaan, to own in perpetuity. And I shal be their God.'	8 Daboque tibi et semini tuo post te terram peregrinationis tuae, omnem terram Chanaan in possessionem aeternam; eroque Deus eorum”.
9 God further said to Abraham, 'You for your part must keep my covenant, you and your descendantsafter you, generation after generation.	9 Dixit iterum Deus ad Abraham: “Tu autem pactum meum custodies, et semen tuum post te in generationibus suis.
10 This is my covenant which you must keep between myself and you, and your descendants after you:every one of your males must be circumcised.	10 Hoc est pactum meum, quod observabitis, inter me et vos et semen tuum post te. Circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum,
11 You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and that wil be the sign of the covenant betweenmyself and you.	11 et circumcidetis carnem praeputii vestri, ut sit in signum foederis inter me et vos.
12 As soon as he is eight days old, every one of your males, generation after generation, must becircumcised, including slaves born within the household or bought from a foreigner not of your descent.	12 Infans octo dierum circumcidetur in vobis: omne masculinum in generationibus vestris, tam vernaculus quam empticius ex omnibus alienigenis, quicumque non fuerit de stirpe vestra.
13 Whether born within the household or bought, they must be circumcised. My covenant must bemarked in your flesh as a covenant in perpetuity.	13 Circumcidetur vernaculus et empticius, eritque pactum meum in carne vestra in foedus aeternum.
14 The uncircumcised male, whose foreskin has not been circumcised -- that person must be cut offfrom his people: he has broken my covenant.'	14 Masculus, cuius praeputii caro circumcisa non fuerit, delebitur anima illa de populo suo; pactum meum irritum fecit”.
15 Furthermore God said to Abraham, 'As regards your wife Sarai, you must not cal her Sarai, butSarah.	15 Dixit quoque Deus ad Abraham: “Sarai uxorem tuam non vocabis nomen eius Sarai, sed Sara erit nomen eius.
16 I shal bless her and moreover give you a son by her. I shal bless her and she will become nations:kings of peoples wil issue from her.'	16 Et benedicam ei; et ex illa quoque dabo tibi filium. Benedicturus sum eam, eritque in nationes; reges populorum orientur ex ea”.
17 Abraham bowed to the ground, and he laughed, thinking to himself, 'Is a child to be born to a manone hundred years old, and wil Sarah have a child at the age of ninety?'	17 Cecidit Abraham in faciem suam et risit dicens in corde suo: “Putasne centenario nascetur filius? Et Sara nonagenaria pariet?”.
18 Abraham said to God, 'May Ishmael live in your presence! That wil be enough!'	18 Dixitque ad Deum: “Utinam Ismael vivat coram te”.
19 But God replied, 'Yes, your wife Sarah will bear you a son whom you must name Isaac. And I shalmaintain my covenant with him, a covenant in perpetuity, to be his God and the God of his descendants afterhim.	19 Et ait Deus: “Sara uxor tua pariet tibi filium, vocabisque nomen eius Isaac; et constituam pactum meum illi in foedus sempiternum et semini eius post eum.
20 For Ishmael too I grant you your request. I hereby bless him and wil make him fruitful andexceedingly numerous. He wil be the father of twelve princes, and I shal make him into a great nation.	20 Super Ismael quoque exaudivi te: ecce benedicam ei et crescere faciam et multiplicabo eum vehementissime; duodecim duces generabit, et faciam illum in gentem magnam.
21 But my covenant I shall maintain with Isaac, whom Sarah wil bear you at this time next year.'	21 Pactum vero meum statuam ad Isaac, quem pariet tibi Sara tempore isto in anno altero”.
22 When he had finished speaking to Abraham, God went up from him.	22 Cumque cessasset loqui cum eo, ascendit Deus ab Abraham.
23 Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, al the slaves born in his household or whom he had bought, inshort al the males among the people of Abraham's household, and circumcised their foreskins that same day,as God had said to him.	23 Tulit ergo Abraham Ismael filium suum et omnes vernaculos domus suae universosque, quos emerat: cunctos mares ex omnibus viris domus suae; et circumcidit carnem praeputii eorum statim in ipsa die, sicut praeceperat ei Deus.
24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old when his foreskin was circumcised.	24 Abraham nonaginta novem erat annorum, quando circumcisus est in carne praeputii sui;
25 Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when his foreskin was circumcised.	25 et Ismael filius eius tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suae.
26 Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day,	26 Eadem die circumcisus est Abraham et Ismael filius eius;
27 and al the men of his household, those born in the household and those bought from foreigners,were circumcised with him.	27 et omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi quam empticii ex alienigenis, circumcisi sunt cum eo.