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Cizindikiro ca phangano la cipiciro
1 Pomwe Abrahamu akhana magole makumi mapfemba na mapfemba (99), Mulungu adamuwonekera acimuuza kuti: “Ine ndine Mulungu wa mphambvu zentse. Na tenepo, umbakhale pamaso pangu, ndipo umbakhale wakucena. 2 Ndin'dzacita nawe phangano la cipiciro, ndin'dzakupasa bzizukulu bzizinji”.
3 Pamwepo Abrahamu adagodama acitsulima, ndipo Mulungu adati: 4 “Phangano lomwe ndin'dzacita na iwe ndiri: Ndin'kulonjeza kuti un'dzakhala kholo la wanthu wa madzindza mazinji. 5 Dzina lako lin'dzacemerewa lini pomwe Abrahamu, tsono kuti Abrahamu. Limweri ndiro dzina lako, thangwe ndiri kukusandusa kholo la wanthu wa madzindza mazinji. 6 Ndin'dzakupasa bzizukulu bzizinji, pomwe bzinango mwa ibzo bzin'dzakhala azimambo. Un'dzakhala na bzizukulu bzizinji na tenepo bzin'dzakhala madzindza makulu. 7 Phangano languli ndin'dzaliikha pakati pa ine na iwe na bzizukulu bzako mtsogolo muno, pomwe lin'dzakhala phangano lakusaya kumala. Ine ndin'dzakhala Mulungu wako na Mulungu wa bzizukulu bzako. 8 Dziko lomwe uli kukhala ninga mulendo lino, ndin'dzakupasa iwe na bzizukulu bzako. Dziko lentse la Kenani lin'dzakhala la bzizukulu bzako kuyenda na kuyenda, ndipo ine Ndin'dzakhala Mulungu wawo”.
9 Mulungu adauza pomwe Abrahamu kuti: “Iwembo un'funika kuti utawire kukoya phangano langu, pabodzi na bzizukulu bzako bzamtsogolo. 10 Iwe pabodzi na bzizukulu bzako, mun'funika kukoya phangano iri, lakuti mwana wacimuna ali-yentse pakati pa imwe ambagwatidwe. 11 Kutomera tsapano lino mumbagwatidwe. Cimweci cin'dzakhala cizindikiro ca phangano pakati pa ine na imwe. 12 Mwana wacimuna ali-yentse, angakwanisa ntsiku zisere, mumbagwate. Mumbagwate mwamuna ali-yentse pamibadwo yanu yentse, wakubadwa mmwemo ayai nyankhoda, omwe ni dzindza lini lanu, mudacita kugula kuna mulendo. 13 Ncadidi, ali-yentse mbagwatidwe, cimweci cin'dzakhala cizindikiro pamathupi yanu, cakuwonesa kuti phangano langu na imwe ndakuyenda na kuyenda. 14 Munthu wacimuna omwe an'dzagwatiwa lini, an'dzacosewa pakati pa wanthu wa dzindza lace, thangwe alibe kukoya phangano langu”.
15 Patsogolo pace, Mulungu adauza Abrahamu kuti: “Mkazi wako un'dzamucemera lini pomwe kuti Sarai. Kuyambira lero, un'dzam'cemera dzina lakuti Sara. 16 Thangwe ine ndin'dzam'dalisa, acidzakubalira mwana wa mwamuna. Ndin'dzam'dalisa pomwe acidzakhala mai wa madzindza ya wanthu. Pakati pa bzizukulu bzace pan'dzacoka azimambo”.
17 Pamwepo Abrahamu adagodama pantsi. Adayamba kuseka, aciti: “Nandi, mwamuna wakuti ana dzana la magole, angabereke pomwe? Nayembo Sara, omwe ana magole makumi mapfemba, angabale pomwe?” 18 Na tenepo, Abrahamu adauza Mulungu kuti: “Ndiri kukumbirani kuti mundondidalisira Jumaereyu”.
19 Tsono Mulungu adati: “Ayai, na mkazi wako umweyu Sara an'dzakubalira mwana wa mwamuna omwe un'dzam'pasa dzina lakuti Isaki. Ine ndin'dzacita phangano na iye ndipombo na bzizukulu bzace, ndipo phanganolo lin'dzakhala lakuyenda na kuyenda. 20 Tsono pakulewa bza Jumaere, ndin'dzam'dalisa, ndin'dzam'pasa pomwe wana azinji pabodzi na bzizukulu. An'dzakhala baba wa azimambo khumi na awiri, ndipo bzizukulu bzace bzin'dzakhala dzindza likulu. 21 Tsono ndin'dzacita phangano na mwana wako Isaki, omwe an'dzabadwa na Sara panyengo ninga imweino, pagole la mangwana”. 22 Pomwe Mulungu adamala kulewa, adam'siya pamwepo Abrahamu.
23 Ntsiku imweyo, Abrahamu adakumbukira bzomwe Mulungu akhadamuuza, ndipo adatenga mwana wace Jumaere pabodzi na anyankhoda wentse omwe mbakubalidwa mmwemo na wakucita kugula, tingalewe kuti amuna wentse m'banja mwace, aciwagwata khanda la kumaso. 24 Abrahamu pomwe adagwatidwa, akhadakwanisa magole makumi mapfemba na mapfemba. 25 Mwana wace Jumaere, pomwe adagwatidwa, akhana magole khumi na matatu (13). 26 Pantsiku imweyo, Abrahamu na mwana wace Jumaere adagwatidwa, 27 pabodzi na wanthu wacimuna wentse, wakubalidwa m'banja mwace ndipombo anango omwe akhali wakugula kwa alendo, wentsenewo adagwatidwa pabodzi na iye.