Suencuek 17

1 Abram kum sawmko neh kum ko a lo ca vaengah Abram taengla BOEIPA phoe tih, “Kai tah Tlungthang Pathen ni. Kai mikhmuh ah pongpa lamtah cuemthuek la om lah.

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

2 Ka paipi he kamah laklo neh nang laklo ah ka khueh vetih nang te muep muep kam ping sak ni,” a ti nah.

I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly.”

3 Te dongah Abram loh a hmai laa bakop hatah Pathen loh,

Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

4 “Kai khaw he, nang taengah ka paipiaom vanbangla namtom hlangping kah a napa lana om ni.

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

5 Nang he namtom hlangping kah a napa la kan khueh coeng dongah na ming khaw Abram la n'khue voel mahpawh. Tedae nang mingte Abraham la om pawn ni.

Your name will no more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 Nang te muep muep kan pungtai sak vetih namtomrhoek la kan khueh ni. Te vaengah nang taeng lamkah manghai rhoek ha thoeng ni.

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

7 Te vaengah ka paipi he kamah laklo neh nang lakloah khaw, nang phoeikah na tiingan, amih kah cadilcahma lakloah kumhal paipi la ka thoh ni. Nang ham neh nang phoeikah na tiingan ham Pathen la ka om ni.

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

8 Te vaengah na lampahnah khohmuen Kanaan kho pum te kumhal khohut la nang neh nang phoeikah na tiingan taengah kam paek vetih amih taengah Pathen la ka om ni “a ti nah.

I will give to you, and to your offspring after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God.”

9 Te phoeiah Pathen loh Abraham taengah, “Te dongah ka paipi he nang namah ham khaw, nang phoeikah na tiingan ham khaw, amih kah cadilcahma ham khaw ngaithuen.

God said to Abraham, “As for you, you shall keep my covenant, you and your offspring after you throughout their generations.

10 Ka paipi he kamah laklo neh nang laklo ah khaw, nang phoeikah na tiingan lakloah ngaithuen vetih nangmih khuikah tongpa boeih te yahhmui rhet pah.

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

11 Te dongah yahhmui na rhet vaengkah na yahhmui saa te kai laklo neh nang laklo kah paipi miknoek la om ni.

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

12 Te phoeiah nangmih khuikah neh na cadilcahma, im kah cahlah, neh namah tiingan lamkah pawttih tangka neh na lai kholong ca boeih khuikah tongpa boeih loh hnin rhet a lo ca vaengah yahhmui rhet saeh.

He who is eight days old shall 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 offspring.

13 Na im kah cahlah long khaw, na tangka neh na lai long khaw, yahhmui a rhet rhoela a rhet daengah ni ka paipi loh na pumsa dongah kumhal paipi laa om eh.

He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 Tedae amah kah yahhmui saa aka rhet mueh tongpa pumdul te tah ka paipia kak sak dongah a pilnamkhui lamkah tekah hinglu te khoe saeh,” a ti nah.

The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant.”

15 Te phoeiah Pathen loh Abraham taengah, “Na yuu Sarai amah ming neh na khue mahpawh. Anih ming Sarah te Sarai yuengla om coeng.

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

16 Anih khaw yoethen ka paek vetih anih rhang neh nang ham capa khaw kan paek ni. Anih yoethen ka paek vetih namtom la coeng ni. Pilnam rhoek kah manghai rhoek khaw anih khui lamkah ha thoeng uh ni,” a ti nah.

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

17 Te vaengah Abraham tah a maelhmai neh bakop tih a nueih doela a lungbuei khuiah, “Kum yakhat pa loh a sak vetih kum sawmko nu Sarah loh ca a cun koinih?” a ti.

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 Te dongah Abraham loh Pathen taengah, “Na hmai ah Ishmael mah hing mai koinih,” a ti nah.

Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

19 Tedae Pathen loh, “Thuem ngawn dae na yuu Sarah loh nang ham capa han cun vetih a ming te Isaakna sui ni. Ka paipi khaw anih neh anih phoeikah a tiingan ham dungyan paipi la ka thoh ni.

God said, “No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his offspring after him.

20 Tedae Ishmael ham khaw ka yaak ngawn ne. Anih khaw yoethen ka paek vetih ka pungtai sak ni. Muep muep ka ping sak phoeiah khoboei hlai nit a sak vetih pilnu la ka khueh ni.

As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, 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 Tedae ka paipi he Isaak taengah ni ka thoh eh. Anihte hmai kum kah tahae khoning vaengah Sarah loh nang hamlaa cun ni,” a ti nah.

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

22 Anih taengah thui ham te a khah van neh Pathen khaw Abraham taeng lamkah nong.

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

23 Te dongah Abraham loh a capa Ishmael khaw, a im kah cahlah boeih khaw, Abraham imkhui tongparhoek khuikah a tangka neh a lai tongpa boeih te a khuen tih Pathenloh a thui bangla amah khohnin van ah amih kah yahhmui saa tea rhet pah.

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 Te dongah Abraham loh a yahhmui saaa rhet vaengah kum sawmko neh kum ko lo ca coeng.

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

25 A capa Ishmael khaw kum hlai thum a lo ca vaengah a yahhmui saa tea rhet pah.

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

26 Tekah khohnin van ah Abraham neh a capa Ishmael te yahhmui rhet pah la om.

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

27 Te phoeiah a im kah hlang boeih, im kah cahlah neh kholong ca tangka neh a lai te khaw amah neh yahhmui a rhet uh.

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