Kamtawngnae 21
1 BAWIPA ni a dei tangcoung e patetlah Sarah koe a pai teh a lawkkam pouh e patetlah Sarah hanelah a sak pouh.
Yahweh was very kind to Sarah, just as he said he would be. He did for Sarah exactly what he promised to do.
2 Hahoi, ahni koe a dei pouh tangcoung e patetlah Cathut ni a khoe pouh e tueng navah Sarah ni camo a vawn teh, a matawng hnukkhu Abraham hanelah tongpa a khe pouh.
She became pregnant and gave birth to a son for Abraham when he was very old, at the time God promised it would happen.
3 Abraham ni hai a tawn e capa, Sarah ni a khe pouh e hah Isak telah min a phung.
Abraham gave the name ‘Isaac’ (which means ‘he laughs’) to the son Sarah gave birth to.
4 Hottelah, Cathut ni kâ a poe tangcoung e patetlah Abraham ni a capa Isak hah ataroe hnin navah vuensom a a pouh.
Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when his son was eight days old, just as God commanded him to do.
5 Abraham teh a capa Isak a khe navah kum 100 touh a pha toe.
Abraham was 100 years old when his son Isaac was born.
6 Sarah ni hai kai ka panuithainae Cathut ni na poe toe. Hete kamthang ka thai e pueng ni hai kai hoi cungtalah a panui van awh han doeh telah ati.
And Sarah said, “[Although I was sad before because I did not have any children], God has now enabled me to laugh, and everyone who hears about what God has done for me will laugh with me.”
7 Sarah ni camo sanu a pânei han telah Abraham koe apinimaw ouk a dei pouh. A matawng torei kai ni ca tongpa ka khe pouh toe telah ati.
Then she also said, “No one would have said to Abraham that some day Sarah would nurse a child, but I have given birth to a son when Abraham is very old.”
8 Hottelah, camo a roung takhang teh sanu a pâphei. Sanu a pâphei nah hnin dawk Abraham ni buven pawi kalenpounge a sak.
The baby grew and was weaned [when he was about three years old]. On that day, Abraham prepared a large feast to celebrate.
9 Izip tami Hagar capa, Abraham hanelah a khe pouh e ni a panuikhai e hah Sarah ni a hmu.
([One day/During the feast)] Sarah noticed that Hagar’s son Ishmael was (making fun of/playing with) Isaac.
10 Hatdawkvah, Abraham koevah, Hete sannu hoi a capa pâlei leih, bangkongtetpawiteh sannu e capa ni ka capa e râw coe thai mahoeh telah atipouh.
So she said to Abraham, “Get rid of that slave woman from Egypt and her son! I do not want the son of that slave woman to be alone (OR, to be an heir along with) my son, Isaac!”
11 A capa lah ao kecu dawk Abraham hanelah hno ka ru poung lah ao.
Abraham was very distressed about the matter, because he was concerned about his son [Ishmael].
12 Hatei Cathut ni Abraham koe, camo hoi na sannu kong dawk hno ka ru lah pouk hanh. Sarah ni a dei e pueng tarawi loe. Bangkongtetpawiteh Isak dawk hoi na catoun telah kaw e lah ao han.
But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about your son, Ishmael, and about your maidservant, Hagar. Do everything that Sarah tells you to do. Listen to her, because Isaac is the one who will be considered the ancestor of the descendants I promised to give you.
13 Na sannu e capa dawk hai miphun ka pungdaw sak han. Bangkongtetpawiteh ahni hai na ca doeh telah atipouh.
But I will also cause the son of your maidservant to be the ancestor of the people of a great nation [MTY], because he is also your son.”
14 Hottelah amom vah Abraham a thaw teh vaiyei hoi tuium a la teh Hagar e aloung dawk a patue pouh hnukkhu, camo hoi a ceisak. A cei roi teh Beersheba kahrawngum vah yuengyoe a kâva roi.
So Abraham got up early the next morning. He got some food ready, put water in a container, and gave them to Hagar. He put them [in a bag] on her shoulder and sent them away. They wandered in the desert near Beersheba [town].
15 Tuium dawk e tui a baw hnukkhu camo hah buruk rahim a hruek.
After they had drunk all the water in the container, she put her son under one of the bushes there.
16 Pala vai touh ka sittouh bang hane a cei teh, hnuklah a kangvawi laihoi a tahung hnukkhu, camo due e na hmawt sak hanh loe telah ati. Hottelah hnuklah a kangvawi laihoi a tahung teh puenghoi kacaipounglah a ka.
Then she went and sat nearby, about (as far as someone can shoot an arrow/100 meters away), because she thought, “I cannot endure seeing my son die!” As she sat there, she began to cry [loudly] [MTY].
17 Camo lawk Cathut ni a thai teh Cathut kalvantami ni kalvan lahoi Hagar a kaw teh, Hagar bangmaw runae na kâhmo. Taket hanh, camo e lawk Cathut ni a thai toe atipouh.
[The boy was crying too.] And God heard the boy crying. So he caused one of his angels to call out from heaven to Hagar, saying, “Hagar, are you worried about something? Do not be afraid, because God has heard the boy crying there.
18 Thaw nateh camo hah na kut hoi pathaw leih, bangkongtetpawiteh miphun kalen poung lah kacoungsak han telah atipouh.
Help your son up, and hold his hand as you leave, because I will cause his descendants to become a great nation.”
19 Cathut ni a mit ang sak teh tuikhu buet touh a hmu. A cei teh tuium dawk yikkawi a do hnukkhu camo a pânei.
Then God showed her a well of water. So she went to the well and filled the container with water, and gave the boy a drink.
20 Cathut teh camo koe lah a o, ahni teh a roung takhang teh, kahrawngum vah kho a sak teh moikathaipounge lah ao.
God helped the boy as he grew up. He lived in the desert and became a good (archer/man who hunts with bow and arrows).
21 Paran kahrawngum vah kho a sak teh a manu ni a yu lah Izip tami a la pouh.
He lived in Paran Desert. While e was there, Hagar got a wife for him from Egypt.
22 Hatnae tueng dawk Abimelek hoi ransahu kaukkung Phikhol ni Abraham koevah, na sak e hno pueng dawk Cathut ni na okhai.
At that time, [King] Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, “It is clear that God helps you with everything that you do.
23 Hatdawkvah Cathut minhmai khet lahoi kai hoi ka capa catoun totouh dumyennae awm laipalah na pahren e patetlah kai hoi na onae ram heh a hawinae ka hmu nahanelah lawk na kam pouh leih telah atipouh.
So now (solemnly promise/swear) to me here, as God is listening, that you will (not deceive/act fairly to) me and my children and my descendants, in return for my being kind to you. Be kind to me and to all the people here in the country where you are now living.”
24 Abraham ni hai, lawkkam han atipouh.
So Abraham promised to do that.
25 Abimelek e a sannaw ni tuikhu a lawp dawkvah Abraham ni Abimelek a yue.
[Then] Abraham complained to Abimelech about one of Abraham’s wells that Abimelech’s servants had seized.
26 Abimelek ni, hot patet hno ka sak e teh apimaw. Ka panuek hoeh, nang ni hai na dei hoeh. Kai ni hai sahnin totouh ka panuek hoeh atipouh.
But Abimelech said, “I do not know who has done that. You did not tell me previously, and I did not hear about it until today.”
27 Hottelah, Abraham ni tu hoi maitotan a hrawi teh Abimelek a poe, hahoi kahni touh hoi lawkkamnae a sak roi.
So Abraham brought some sheep and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a (treaty/peace agreement).
28 Abraham ni tuhu dawk e tulaca sari touh alouklah a kapek.
Abraham separated seven female lambs from his flock.
29 Abimelek ni Abraham koevah tulaca sari touh na ka pek e, bang hane maw atipouh.
Abimelech asked Abraham, “What are these seven female lambs that you have separated from the rest of your flock?”
30 Ahni ni hete tuikhu ka tai e heh kapanuekkhaikung lah tulaca sari touh e ka kut dawk e na la roeroe han telah atipouh.
Abraham replied, “I want you truly to accept these female lambs from me [SYN], so that it may be a (public witness/proof) that this well belongs to me because I dug it.”
31 Hote hmuen koe kahni touh hoi lawkkamnae a sak roi dawkvah Beersheba telah min a phung.
So Abimelech accepted the animals, and as a result they called that place Beersheba, [which means ‘Friendship Agreement Well’, ] because there the two of them made that agreement.
32 Hottelah Beersheba vah lawkkamnae a sak roi hnukkhu Abimelek hoi ransabawi Phikhol tinaw a thaw awh teh Filistin ram lah a ban awh.
After they made the agreement at Beersheba, Abimelech and his army commander, Phicol, left, and returned to the land of the Philistine people-group.
33 Abraham ni Beersheba vah hmaicakung a ung teh haw vah BAWIPA yungyoe Cathut e min a kaw.
Abraham planted a (tamarisk tree/kind of tree called esel) there, and he worshiped the eternal God there.
34 Hahoi, Abimelek teh Filistin ram dawk hnin moi kasawlah a cam.
Abraham lived in the land of the Philistine people-group for a long time.
