Genesis 17
1 जब अब्राम निन्नानवे वर्ष का हो गया, तब यहोवा ने उसको दर्शन देकर कहा मैं सर्वशक्तिमान ईश्वर हूं; मेरी उपस्थिति में चल और सिद्ध होता जा।
2 और मैं तेरे साथ वाचा बान्धूंगा, और तेरे वंश को अत्यन्त ही बढ़ाऊंगा।
3 तब अब्राम मुंह के बल गिरा: और परमेश्वर उससे यों बातें कहता गया,
4 देख, मेरी वाचा तेरे साथ बन्धी रहेगी, इसलिये तू जातियों के समूह का मूलपिता हो जाएगा।
5 सो अब से तेरा नाम अब्राम न रहेगा परन्तु तेरा नाम इब्राहीम होगा क्योंकि मैं ने तुझे जातियों के समूह का मूलपिता ठहरा दिया है।
6 और मैं तुझे अत्यन्त ही फुलाऊं फलाऊंगा, और तुझ को जाति जाति का मूल बना दूंगा, और तेरे वंश में राजा उत्पन्न होंगे।
7 और मैं तेरे साथ, और तेरे पश्चात पीढ़ी पीढ़ी तक तेरे वंश के साथ भी इस आशय की युग युग की वाचा बान्धता हूं, कि मैं तेरा और तेरे पश्चात तेरे वंश का भी परमेश्वर रहूंगा।
8 और मैं तुझ को, और तेरे पश्चात तेरे वंश को भी, यह सारा कनान देश, जिस में तू परदेशी हो कर रहता है, इस रीति दूंगा कि वह युग युग उनकी निज भूमि रहेगी, और मैं उनका परमेश्वर रहूंगा।
9 फिर परमेश्वर ने इब्राहीम से कहा, तू भी मेरे साथ बान्धी हुई वाचा का पालन करना; तू और तेरे पश्चात तेरा वंश भी अपनी अपनी पीढ़ी में उसका पालन करे।
10 मेरे साथ बान्धी हुई वाचा, जो तुझे और तेरे पश्चात तेरे वंश को पालनी पड़ेगी, सो यह है, कि तुम में से एक एक पुरूष का खतना हो।
11 तुम अपनी अपनी खलड़ी का खतना करा लेना; जो वाचा मेरे और तुम्हारे बीच में है, उसका यही चिन्ह होगा।
12 पीढ़ी पीढ़ी में केवल तेरे वंश ही के लोग नहीं पर जो तेरे घर में उत्पन्न हों, वा परदेशियों को रुपा देकर मोल लिये जाए, ऐसे सब पुरूष भी जब आठ दिन के हो जाए, तब उनका खतना किया जाए।
13 जो तेरे घर में उत्पन्न हो, अथवा तेरे रुपे से मोल लिया जाए, उसका खतना अवश्य ही किया जाए; सो मेरी वाचा जिसका चिन्ह तुम्हारी देह में होगा वह युग युग रहेगी।
14 जो पुरूष खतनारहित रहे, अर्थात जिसकी खलड़ी का खतना न हो, वह प्राणी अपने लोगों मे से नाश किया जाए, क्योंकि उसने मेरे साथ बान्धी हुई वाचा को तोड़ दिया॥
15 फिर परमेश्वर ने इब्राहीम से कहा, तेरी जो पत्नी सारै है, उसको तू अब सारै न कहना, उसका नाम सारा होगा।
16 और मैं उसको आशीष दूंगा, और तुझ को उसके द्वारा एक पुत्र दूंगा; और मैं उसको ऐसी आशीष दूंगा, कि वह जाति जाति की मूलमाता हो जाएगी; और उसके वंश में राज्य राज्य के राजा उत्पन्न होंगे।
17 तब इब्राहीम मुंह के बल गिर पड़ा और हंसा, और अपने मन ही मन कहने लगा, क्या सौ वर्ष के पुरूष के भी सन्तान होगा और क्या सारा जो नब्बे वर्ष की है पुत्र जनेगी?
18 और इब्राहीम ने परमेश्वर से कहा, इश्माएल तेरी दृष्टि में बना रहे! यही बहुत है।
19 तब परमेश्वर ने कहा, निश्चय तेरी पत्नी सारा के तुझ से एक पुत्र उत्पन्न होगा; और तू उसका नाम इसहाक रखना: और मैं उसके साथ ऐसी वाचा बान्धूंगा जो उसके पश्चात उसके वंश के लिये युग युग की वाचा होगी।
20 और इश्माएल के विषय में भी मैं ने तेरी सुनी है: मैं उसको भी आशीष दूंगा, और उसे फुलाऊं फलाऊंगा और अत्यन्त ही बढ़ा दूंगा; उससे बारह प्रधान उत्पन्न होंगे, और मैं उससे एक बड़ी जाति बनाऊंगा।
21 परन्तु मैं अपनी वाचा इसहाक ही के साथ बान्धूंगा जो सारा से अगले वर्ष के इसी नियुक्त समय में उत्पन्न होगा।
22 तब परमेश्वर ने इब्राहीम से बातें करनी बन्द कीं और उसके पास से ऊपर चढ़ गया।
23 तब इब्राहीम ने अपने पुत्र इश्माएल को, उसके घर में जितने उत्पन्न हुए थे, और जितने उसके रुपे से मोल लिये गए थे, निदान उसके घर में जितने पुरूष थे, उन सभों को लेके उसी दिन परमेश्वर के वचन के अनुसार उनकी खलड़ी का खतना किया।
24 जब इब्राहीम की खलड़ी का खतना हुआ तब वह निन्नानवे वर्ष का था।
25 और जब उसके पुत्र इश्माएल की खलड़ी का खतना हुआ तब वह तेरह वर्ष का था।
26 इब्राहीम और उसके पुत्र इश्माएल दोनों का खतना एक ही दिन हुआ।
27 और उसके घर में जितने पुरूष थे जो घर में उत्पन्न हुए, तथा जो परदेशियों के हाथ से मोल लिये गए थे, सब का खतना उसके साथ ही हुआ॥
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
2 And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.
3 And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying,
4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations.
5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee.
6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee.
7 And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
9 And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations.
10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.
11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you.
12 And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.
13 He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.
16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her.
17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!
19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation.
21 But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
22 And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
23 And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son.
27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
5 How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!
6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river’s side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
10 And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.
12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
23 And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
24 And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.