Suencuek 12
1 BOEIPA loh Abram taengah, “Nang te na khohmuen taeng lamloh, na pacaboeina taeng lamloh, na pa im lamloh cet laeh. Te khohmuen te nang kan tueng bitni.
And the Lord said to Abram, Go forth out of your land and out of your kindred, and out of the house of your father, and come into the land which I will show you.
2 Tedae nangte pilnu la kan saii vetih nang yoethen kan paek ni. Na ming ka rhoeng sak vetih yoethennah om ni.
And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you and magnify your name, and you shall be blessed.
3 Te phoeiah nang yoe aka then sak rhoek te a yoe ka then sak vetih nang aka kosinahte khaw thae ka phoei ni. Nang kong ah diklai huiko boeiha yoethen uh ni,” a ti nah.
And I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you, and in you shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed.
4 Te dongah BOEIPA loh anih taengaha thui bangla Abrama caeh hatah Lot khaw anih taengah cet van. Tedae Abram Haran lamkah a caeh vaengah kum sawmrhih neh kum nga lo ca coeng.
And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Charrhan.
5 Abram loha yuu Sarai te khaw, a maya capa Lot te khaw, khuehtawna dang uh boeih te khaw, Haran aha dang hinglu te khawa khuen. Te phoeiah Kanaan khohmuen la caeh ham hlah uh tih Kanaan khohmuen tea paan uh.
And Abram took Sara his wife, and Lot the son of his brother, and all their possessions, as many as they had got, and every soul which they had got in Charrhan, and they went forth to go into the land of Chanaan.
6 Te dongah Abram te khohmuen kah Shekhem hmuen Moreh thingnu due a pha. Tedae te vaengah Kanaan te khohmuen ah ana om uh coeng.
And Abram traversed the land lengthwise as far as the place Sychem, to the high oak, and the Chananites then inhabited the land.
7 Tedae Abram taengah BOEIPAa phoe pah tih, “Hekah khohmuen he na tiingan taengah ka paek ni,” a ti nah. Te dongah amah taengah aka phoe BOEIPA ham hmueihtuk pahoia suem pah.
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to your seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord who appeared to him.
8 Te phoeiah te lamkah khothoeng tlang Bethel la puen uh tih tuitunli benkah Bethel neh Ai khothoeng laklo ah amah kah dapa tuk. Te phoeiah BOEIPA ham hmueihtuka suemtih BOEIPA ming tea phoei.
And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Baethel, and there he pitched his tent in Baethel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
9 Te phoeiah Abram te aka puen uh ham cet tih Negev la puen uh.
And Abram departed and went and encamped in the wilderness.
10 Tedae khohmuen ah khokhaa om dongah Abramte Egypt la cet. Te la a bakuep akhaw khohmuen ah khokha tea nah dongah ni.
And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.
11 Tedae Egypt la kun ham a yoei vaengah a yuu Sarai taengah, “Na mueimae sakthen nu tila ka ming coeng ne.
And it came to pass when Abram drew near to enter into Egypt, Abram said to Sara his wife, I know that you are a fair woman.
12 Te dongah Egypt rhoek loh nang te m'hmuh uh vaengah, 'Anih yuu ni he,’ a ti uh ni. Te vaengah kai n'ngawn uh vetih nang te n'hing sak uh ni he.
It shall come to pass then that when the Egyptians shall see you, they shall say, This is his wife, and they shall kill me, but they shall save you alive.
13 Namahte kai ngannu la thui mai. Te daengah ni nang kong neh kai ham khaw thuem vetih nang kong ah ka hinglu khawa hing eh?,” a ti nah.
Say, therefore, I am his sister, that it may be well with me on account of you, and my soul shall live because of you.
14 Abram Egypt la kun tih Egyptloh a hmuh uh vaengah a yuu te a sakthen tangkik.
And it came to pass when Abram entered into Egypt—the Egyptians having seen his wife that she was very beautiful—
15 Pharaoh kah mangpa rhoek loh anih tea hmuh uh vaengah Pharaoh ham anih tea thangthen uh. Te dongah huta te Pharaoh imlaa khuen uh.
that the princes of Pharao saw her, and praised her to Pharao and brought her into the house of Pharao.
16 Anih rhang neh Abram ham khaw then tih tu khaw saelhung khaw, laak khaw, salpa khaw, salnu khaw, laak tal khaw, kalauk khaw Abram taengla boeih kun.
And they treated Abram well on her account, and he had sheep, and calves, and asses, and menservants, and women-servants, and mules, and camels.
17 Tedae Abram yuu Sarai kah dumlai kongah Pharaoh neh anih imkhui te BOEIPAloh a nah la lucik neha vuek.
And God afflicted Pharao with great and severe afflictions, and his house, because of Sara, Abram's wife.
18 Te dongah Pharaoh loh Abram te a khue tih, “Hekah he ba ham lae kai taengahna saii. Balae tih anih he namah yuu tila kai taengahna puen pawh?
And Pharao having called Abram, said, What is this you have done to me, that you did not tell me that she was your wife?
19 Balae tih, anih he ka ngannuna ti. Te dongah ni anih he ka yuu la kamah taengah ka loh. Tedae na yuu he lo lamtah cet laeh,” a ti nah.
Therefore did you say, She is my sister? and I took her for a wife to myself; and now, behold, your wife is before you, take her and go quickly away.
20 Te dongah anih ham Pharaohloh a hlangrhoek tea uen tih, Abram khaw, a yuu khaw, a taengkah aka om boeih te khaw a tueih uh.
And Pharao gave charge to men concerning Abram, to join in sending him forward, and his wife, and all that he had.
