Kamtawngnae 14
1 Hatnae tueng dawk Shinar siangpahrang Amraphel, Ellasar siangpahrang Ariyawk, Elam siangpahrang Kedorlaomer hoi Goiim siangpahrang Tidal ti naw hoi,
And it comes to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations,
2 Sodom siangpahrang Bera, Gomorrah siangpahrang Birsha, Admah siangpahrang Shinab, Zebiim siangpahrang Shemeber, Zoar siangpahrang Bela tinaw taran a kâtuk awh.
they have made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar.
3 Ahnimanaw pueng teh palawi tui tie Siddim yawn dawk a kamkhueng awh.
All these have been joined together to the Valley of Siddim, which [is] the Salt Sea;
4 Kum 12 touh thung Kedorlaomer koe san lah ao awh teh, kum 13 nae dawk teh a tuk awh.
[for] twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and the thirteenth year they rebelled.
5 Kum 14 nae dawk teh Kedorlaomer ni ama koe lah kambawng e siangpahrangnaw hoi a tho awh teh, Ashterothkarnaim kho dawk Rephaim taminaw, Ham kho dawk Zuzim taminaw, Kiriathaim koe Emim taminaw,
And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings who [are] with him, and they strike the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,
6 Seir mon dawk Khori taminaw hoi thingyei yawn teng kaawm e Elparan kho totouh a thei awh.
and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to El-Paran, which [is] by the wilderness;
7 Hahoi bout a ban awh teh Kadesh ram Enmishpat kho dawk a pha awh navah, Amalek ram dawk kaawm e tami pueng, Hazezontamar kho dawk kaawm e Amor taminaw hai koung a thei awh.
and they turn back and come to En-Mishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and strike the whole field of the Amalekite, and also the Amorite who is dwelling in Hazezon-Tamar.
8 Hathnukkhu Sodom siangpahrang, Gomorrah siangpahrang, Admah siangpahrang, Zeboiim siangpahrang hoi Bela siangpahrang, tinaw a cei awh teh, Siddim yawn dawk a kâtuk awh hanelah a kamkhueng awh.
And the king of Sodom goes out, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboim, and the king of Bela, which [is] Zoar; and they set in array [for] battle with them in the Valley of Siddim,
9 Hottelah, Elam siangpahrang Kedorlaomer, Goiim siangpahrang Tidal, Shinar siangpahrang Amraphel, Ellasar siangpahrang Aryawk, ahnimanaw pali touh ni siangpahrang panga touh a tuk awh.
with Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with the five.
10 Siddim yawn teh tuithaw dui ka cawt e tangkawmnaw ao dawkvah, Sodom hoi Gomorrah siangpahrang teh a yawng roi, a tangawn te tangkom dawk a bo teh alouknaw teh mon lah a yawng.
And the Valley of Siddim [is] full of bitumen-pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah flee, and fall there, and those left have fled to the mountain.
11 Hatdawkvah, Sodom hoi Gomorrah kho dawk kaawm e hnopai pueng, canei kawi kaawm pueng a la awh teh a ban awh.
And they take the whole substance of Sodom and Gomorrah, and the whole of their food, and go away;
12 Sodom kho dawk kaawm e Abram e a hmau e capa Lot hoi a hnopai pueng hai koung a la awh.
and they take Lot, Abram’s brother’s son (seeing he is dwelling in Sodom), and his substance, and go away.
13 Hote runae dawk hoi ka hlout e tami buet touh a tho teh, Hebru tami Abram koe a dei pouh. Ahni teh Amor tami Mamre e kathenkungnaw teng ao. Mamre teh Eskol hoi Aner e hmau doeh. Ahnimanaw teh Abram hoi cungtalah kambawng awh e doeh.
And one who is escaping comes and declares to Abram the Hebrew, and he is dwelling among the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner, and they [are] Abram’s allies.
14 Abram ni a hmau e capa hah san hanelah a man awh toe tie a thai navah, ama im ka khe ni teh a cangkhai e tami 318 touh a hrawi teh, Dan kho totouh a pâlei.
And Abram hears that his brother has been taken captive, and he draws out his trained servants, three hundred and eighteen, and pursues to Dan.
15 Khohmo navah, a hrawi e taminaw a kapek teh a tuk sak Damaskas atunglah kaawm e Hobah kho totouh a pâlei.
And he divides himself against them by night, he and his servants, and strikes them, and pursues them to Hobah, which [is] at the left of Damascus;
16 A ceikhai e hnopai pueng, a hmau e capa Lot hoi a hnopai pueng napuinaw hoi a taminaw bout a bankhai.
and he brings back the whole of the substance, and he has also brought back his brother Lot and his substance, and also the women and the people.
17 Khedorlaomer hoi ama koe kaawm e siangpahrangnaw koung a thei hnukkhu a ban navah, Sodom siangpahrang teh Shaveh yawn dawk Abram dawn hanelah a tho. (Shaveh yawn teh siangpahrang yawn doeh).
And the king of Sodom goes out to meet him (after his turning back from the striking of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings who [are] with him), to the Valley of Shaveh, which [is] the king’s valley.
18 Salem siangpahrang Melkhizedek ni vaiyei hoi misurtui a sin. (Ahni teh ka rasang poung e Cathut e vaihma doeh).
And Melchizedek king of Salem has brought out bread and wine, and he [is] priest of God Most High;
19 Hahoi, Abram yawhawinae a poe teh, kalvan hoi talai katawnkung ka rasang poung e Abram Cathut teh yawhawinae awm seh.
and he blesses him and says, “Blessed [is] Abram to God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth;
20 Na tarannaw na kut dawk na kapoekung ka rasang poung e Cathut teh yawhawinae awm seh telah ati. Abram ni hai hnopai a tawn e pueng dawk hoi pung hra pung touh a poe.
and blessed [is] God Most High, who has delivered your adversaries into your hand”; and he gives to him a tenth of all.
21 Sodom siangpahrang ni Abram koevah taminaw teh kai na poe, hatei hnopainaw teh lat yawkaw telah atipouh.
And the king of Sodom says to Abram, “Give to me the persons, and take the substance to yourself,”
22 Hatei Abram ni Sodom siangpahrang koe ralui buet touh hoi khokkhawm rui buet touh boehai nang koe ka lat mahoeh,
and Abram says to the king of Sodom, “I have lifted up my hand to YHWH, God Most High, possessing the heavens and earth—
23 telah kalvan hoi talai katawnkung Jehovah, ka rasang poung e Cathut koe ka kut ka dâw toe. Telah hoehpawiteh Abram teh kai ni ka bawi sak e doeh na tet payon vaih.
from a thread even to a shoe-strap I do not take of anything which you have, that you do not say, I have made Abram rich;
24 Thoundounnaw ni a canei e hoi ka hrawi e ka taminaw ni a coe hane hloilah teh banghai ka lat mahoeh. Aner, Eshkol hoi Mamre ni a coe awh e teh ama ni lat awh naseh, telah atipouh.
save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who have gone with me—Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre—they take their portion.”
