< Suencuek 22 >

1 Hekah olkaa om phoeiah Pathen loh Abraham tea noemcai tih, “Abraham,” a tinah hatah “Kai ni he ue,” a ti nah.
After these things, God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
2 Te phoeiah, “Tahae ah na capa, na oingaih cangloeng, na lungnah Isaak te khuen lamtah Moriah khohmuen la namah cet laeh. Te phoeiah nang taengah ka thui bangla, tlang pakhat ah hmueihhlutnah la anih te pahoi nawn,” a ti nah.
He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of.”
3 Te dongah Abrahamte mincang ah thoo tih laak tea khih. Amah taengkah cadong panit neh a capa Isaak tea khuen tih hmueihhlutnah thing te a aeh. Te phoeiah thoo tih Pathen loh anih taengaha thuinuet nah hmuen la cet.
Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey; and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.
4 A hnin thum dongah Abraham loh a mika huel hatah khohla kah hmuen tea hmuh.
On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
5 Te dongah Abraham loh cadong rhoi taengah, “Hiah laak neh namah poekah ana om uh dae. Kai neh camoe he kela ka cet rhoi vetih tho ka thueng rhoi phoeiah nangmih taengla ka bal rhoi ni,” a ti nah.
Abraham said to his young men, “Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go over there. We will worship, and come back to you.”
6 Te vaengah Abraham loh hmueihhlutnah thing tea loh tih a capa Isaaka koh sak. Te phoeiah a kut dongah hmai neh tumcacaa khuen tih amamih rhoite hmaih cet rhoi.
Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.
7 Te vaengah Isaak loh a napa Abraham tea voek tih, “A pa,” a ti nah. Te vaengah, “Ka ca kai ka om he,” a tinah hatah, hmai neh thing om dae hmueihhlutnah ham tu ta he,” a ti nah.
Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”
8 Tedae Abraham loh, “Ka ca hmueihhlutnah ham tu te Pathen amah loha hmuh bitni,” a tinah tih amamih rhoi tah hmaih cet rhoi.
Abraham said, “God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they both went together.
9 Te phoeiah Pathen loh anih taengaha uen nah hmuen tea pha rhoi. Te dongah Abraham loh hmueihtuk pahoia suem tih thinga hong thil phoeiah a capa Isaak tea pin tih hmueihtuk sokah thing so aha tloeng.
They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
10 Te phoeiah a capa te ngawn ham Abraham loh a kuta yueng tih tumcacaa yueh.
Abraham stretched out his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.
11 Tedae vaan lamkah BOEIPA puencawn loh anih tea khue tih, “Abraham, Abraham,” a tinah vaengah “Kai ni he,” a ti nah.
The LORD’s angel called to him out of the sky, and said, “Abraham, Abraham!” He said, “Here I am.”
12 Te vaengah, “Kai taeng lamkah na capa na oingaih cangloeng tena hloh pawt dongah na Pathenna rhih tila ka ming coeng. Te dongah camoe soahna kut hlah boel lamtah anih taengah ba khaw saii boeh,” a ti nah.
He said, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me.”
13 Te dongah Abraham loh a mika huel hataha hnukkah kocak khuiah tutal a ki aka mante lawta hmuh. Te dongah Abraham khaw cet tih tutal tea loh phoeiah a capa yuengah hmueihhlutnah laa nawn.
Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.
14 Te dongah Abrahamloh a hmuen ming te, “BOEIPA phoe,” tilaa sui. “Tihninah BOEIPA loh tlang aha phoe sak bitni,” a ti rhoe pai.
Abraham called the name of that place “The LORD Will Provide”. As it is said to this day, “On the LORD’s mountain, it will be provided.”
15 Te phoeiah BOEIPA kah puencawn loh Abraham te vaan lamkaha pabaelaa khue tih,
The LORD’s angel called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,
16 “Hekah hnona saii vaengah na capa, na oingaih cangloeng tena hloh pawt dongah,
and said, “‘I have sworn by myself,’ says the LORD, ‘because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17 nang yoethen khuikah yoethen rhep kan paek tih na tiingan te vaan kah aisi neh tuitunli palang laivin bangla ka pungtai rhoe ka pungtai sak ni. Te vaengah na tiingan loh a thunkha vongka tea pang ni.
that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.
18 Te phoeiah kai ol tena ngai dongah nang kah tiingan rhang neh diklai namtom boeihloh a yoethen uh ni tila BOEIPA olphong neh kamah loh ka toemngam coeng,” a ti nah.
All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’”
19 Tedae cadong rhoi taengla Abrahama bal phoeikah aka thoo uh te Beersheba la tuna pawk uh dongah Abraham loh Beersheba ahkhoa sak.
So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.
20 Tahae kah olkaa om phoeiah Abraham taengah,” Na manuca Nakhaw ham Milkah loh ca tongpa,
After these things, Abraham was told, “Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:
21 A caming la Uz tih a mana Buz neh Aram napa Kemuel khaw,
Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
22 Kesed khaw, Hazo khaw, Pildash khaw, Jidlap neh Bethuel te khaw a sak van ne,” a ti nah uh tih a thui pah.
Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”
23 Te dongah Milkah loh Abraham kah a manuca Nakhaw ham tongpa parheta sak pah. Rebekah he Bethuelloh a sak.
Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham’s brother.
24 Te phoeiah a yula, a ming ah Reumah loh Tebah, Gaham, Tahash neh Maakah a sak pah bal.
His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

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