Hebrews 11
1 It is because people trust [God] that they are sure that they will receive the things that they confidently expect [God to give them]. They are also certain [that they will see those things], though no one sees them yet.
Tu in upna sia i lametna te atu in tha muanna a hihi, i mu ngawl nate om takpi hi, ci ki telsakna a hihi.
2 It was because our ancestors trusted in God that they pleased him.
Banghangziam cile upna tungtawn in tanglai upa te in minpha nga uh hi.
3 It is because we trust in God that we understand that he formed the universe by commanding [it to exist]. The result is that the things that we see were not made from things that already existed. (aiōn g165)
Leitung sia Pathian thu taw a ki bitphua a hihi, tua ahikom a ki mu thei nate sia a ki mu thei nate pan in a ki vawt hi ngawl hi, ci sia upna tungtawn in i he thei hi. (aiōn g165)
4 It was because [Adam’s son] Abel trusted God that he sacrificed something better to God than what [his older brother] Cain offered to God. Because Abel did that, when God spoke well about what Abel sacrificed, God declared that Abel was righteous. And although Abel is dead, we still learn from him [about trusting God].
Abel in Cain sang in a phazaw biakpiakna sia upna tungtawn in pia hi, tua upna tungtawn in ama sia thutang hi, ci na tetti nga a, tua hu in thi napi, thu hong hil lai hi.
5 It was because Enoch believed [God that God] took him [up to heaven]. The result was that he did not die. No one found him, because he was taken up {[God] had removed him} from the earth [to heaven]. Before [God] took him away, [he] testified that Enoch pleased him well.
Upna tungtawn in Enoch sia thi na tep ngawl tu in lumlet a; kuama in ama mu ngawl hi, banghangziam cile Pathian in ama sia lumlet zo a: a ki lumle ma in, Pathian lungkimsak hi, ci in tetti panna nei hi.
6 It is possible for people to please God only if they trust God, because anyone who wants to come to God must first believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek [to know] him.
Ahihang upna ngawl taw Pathian lungkimsak tu sia suak thei ngawl hi: banghangziam cile Pathian kung a pai peuma in Pathian om hi, ci le hanciam in Ama a zong peuma thaman pia pa a hihi, ci sia a up kul hi.
7 It was because Noah trusted [God] that after he was warned by God {after [God] warned him} about [a flood that] had not yet happened, Noah [showed that he] revered God by building a huge ship to save his family. By doing that, he [showed all the people who did not believe him] [MTY] [that they deserved to be condemned] {[that God would] condemn them}. He was someone whom God declared to be righteous because of his trusting in God.
Upna tungtawn in, Noah in a mu ngawl lai thu te sung ah, Pathian in kinginna a piak ciang in, Pathian lau a, a innkuan ngupna tu in tembaw sa hi; tua a upna hu in leitung mite mawsak a, upna tungtawn in thutang suana ngamhlua hong suak hi.
8 It was because Abraham trusted God that when he was told to go {when [God] told him to go}, he obeyed [God], he left [his own country], and went to a place that God would give him. Abraham left his own country, even though he did not know where he would be going.
Upna tungtawn in Abraham sia a ngamlua tu mun ah pai tu in, Pathian in a sap ciang in, a pai natu mun he ngawl napi; thu ni in pai hi.
9 It was because Abraham trusted God that he lived as though he was a foreigner in the land that [God] had promised to him. Abraham lived in tents, and his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob did also. God promised to give to Isaac and Jacob the same things that he promised to give Abraham.
Upna tungtawn in kamciam ngam sung ah peamta in om a, ngamdang ah om bang in puanbuk sung ah kamciam kibangtek a nga Isaac le Jacob te taw teangkhawm uh hi:
10 Abraham was waiting to live in a city [in heaven] that would exist forever [MET]. It was a city that God is building [DOU].
Banghangziam cile ama in Pathian i patsa, a saksa le a vawtsa khuapi kip sia lamen in ngak hi.
11 It was because Abraham trusted God that God gave Abraham strength so that he [was] able to produce a son. Even though his wife Sarah was past the age [when women bear children], [God] promised [that he would give her a son], and Abraham considered that God would do what he promised to do.
Sarah zong upna tungtawn in a kum val zawkciang, naupai tu in thahat na nga a, nau nei hi, banghangziam cile kamciam a pia pa sia thuman hi, ci ngaisun hi.
12 So, although Abraham was also too old to have children, so many people descended from that one man that they were as numerous as the stars in the sky and are as countless as the grains of sand along the seashore, [just like God promised him].
Tua ahikom ama sia mithi bang hi napi, khat sung pan in aksi za le tuipi vaal ah senneal za, a ki sim zo ngawl mihonpi te suaksak hi.
13 It was while they still trusted in God that all those people died. Even though they had not yet received the things that God had promised to give them, [it was as though] they saw those things in a distance. They were glad [to know] about what God promised. It was as though they admitted that they were not from this earth, but that they were only here temporarily.
Hi mite sia kamciam te sang tha ngawl in a vekpi in upna taw thi uh hi, ahihang a khualapi pan in mu uh a, tua te in amate a kaizot uh hu in, khotak in pom a, hileitung ah peamta te le khualhaw te a hina pualak hi.
14 As for those people who talk like that, they clearly show that they long for [a place that will become] their true native land.
Banghangziam cile tabang thu a hil te in amate sia ngam khat zong hi, ci sia thiangtak in phuang hi.
15 If they had been thinking about [that place being] the place from which they had come, they would have taken the opportunity to return there.
Amate pusua na ngam sia thangai uh hile, heakkik theina hunpha nei hi.
16 But, instead, they desired a better [place in which to live]; that is, they desired [a home] in heaven. So God has prepared a city for them to live [with him], and he is pleased [LIT] for them to say that he is their God.
Ahihang amate in a phazaw vantung ngam lungngul zaw a hi hu in, Pathian in, amate i Pathian, a kici natu sia maizum ngawl hi: banghangziam cile Pathian in amate atu in khuapi vawtkholsak hi.
17 It was because Abraham trusted [God] that he [was ready to] kill his son Isaac as a sacrifice when [God] tested him. This same man to whom [God] promised [to give] ([a son/many descendants]) was going to sacrifice [that same son], the only son [whom his own wife had borne]!
Upna tungtawn in Abraham sia, Isaac pia tu in kamciam a nga lai in, kamciam a nga na a neisun tapa pia hi,
18 It was to Abraham that God said, “It is [only] from Isaac that I will consider your family to descend.”
Tua a tapa thu sia, Isaac sung ah na suan le pal min kip tu hi, ci hi:
19 Abraham considered that [to fulfill that promise], God could make [Isaac] live again [even if] he had died [after Abraham sacrificed him]! The result was that when Abraham did receive Isaac back [after God told him not to harm Isaac], it was as though he received him back even after he died.
Pathian in thina pan in thokiksak thei hi, ci ngaisun hi; tua mun pan in a tapa sia thina pan in a nga, ci telsakna a hihi.
20 It was because Isaac trusted God that he [prayed that after he died, God would] bless [his] sons Jacob and Esau.
Hong pai pheang tu nate taw kisai in Isaac in Jacob le Esau te thupha pia hi.
21 It was because Jacob trusted God that, as he was dying, he [prayed that God would] bless each of the sons of [his own son Joseph]. He worshipped God as he leaned upon his walking stick [before he died].
Upna tungtawn in Jacob in a thi tu ciang in Joseph tapa ni te thupha pia a; a ciangkhut dawn neal kawm in, Pathian bia hi.
22 It was because Joseph trusted God that, when he was about to die [in Egypt], he anticipated the time when the Israelis would leave Egypt; and he instructed [that] his people [should carry] his bones [with them when they] ([left Egypt/returned to Canaan]).
Upna tungtawn in Joseph in a thi kuan ciang in Israel tate a sua natu thu son hi; a ngu taw kisai in thu pia hi.
23 It was because Moses’ father and mother trusted God that they hid [their son] for three months shortly after he was born, because they saw that he was so beautiful. They were not afraid of [disobeying] what the king of Egypt had commanded, [namely, that all the Jewish male babies must be killed].
Upna in Moses sia, a sua ciang in, a nu le a pa te in tha thum sung phual hi, banghangziam cile amate in nausen sia hoi mama hi, ci a mu uh hu in; kumpi thupiak zong lau ngawl hi.
24 The daughter of the [king, whom they called] Pharaoh, [raised] Moses, but when he had grown up, it was because he trusted God that he refused to [accept the privileges that would have been his if people] considered that he was (the son of the king’s daughter/the king’s own grandson).
Upna tungtawn in Moses in, a khanthin ciang in, Pharaoh tanu i tapa, a kici tu sia nial a;
25 He decided that it was better for others to mistreat him for a time along with the Israeli people, than to temporarily enjoy living sinfully [in the King’s palace].
Tawmvei atu mawna sung ah lungkimna le nopsakna te sang in Pathian mite taw haksatna thuak tu teal zaw hi;
26 This is because he decided that if he suffered for the Messiah, it would be worth far more [in God’s sight] than his owning all the treasures of Egypt [that he would receive as Pharaoh’s heir. He decided that] because he looked forward to the time when [God would give him] an [eternal] reward.
Egypt ngam i hauna sang in Christ hang in vawtsiatna sia thupi zaw hauna in ngaisun hi: banghangziam cile thamman a nga tu a mitsuan hang a hihi.
27 It was because he trusted God that he left Egypt. He was not afraid that the king would be angry [because of his doing that]. He (kept going/did not turn back) because [it was as though] he kept seeing [God], whom no one can see.
Upna tungtawn in ama in Egypt ngam nusia a, kumpipa thin-ukna zong lau ngawl hi: banghangziam cile a ki mu thei ngawl Pathian a mu hang in thuakzo hi.
28 It was because Moses believed [that God would save his own people] that he instituted the [festival called] Passover. He did that [by commanding that the people should kill lambs and] sprinkle their blood [on their] doorposts. They did that in order that [the angel who] causes people to die would not kill [EUP] the oldest male Israelites [when he killed the oldest sons in each Egyptian family].
Tapa upabel siatsua pa in amate thutha ngawl tu in upna tungtawn in paisanpoai le thisan thee na vawt uh hi.
29 It was because they trusted God that [when] the [Israelite] people walked through [where] the Red Sea [had been, it was] as [though they walked] on dry land! But, when the [army of] Egypt also attempted to [cross that same water], they drowned, because [the sea came back and flooded them]!
Upna tungtawn in amate in lei ko tung tawn in san tuipi kantan uh hi: tasia Egypt te in zong a kan sawm uh ciang in tui in khum cip hi.
30 It was because the [Israeli] people trusted God that the walls around Jericho [city] collapsed, after the Israelis marched around the walls for seven days.
Upna tungtawn in Jericho luphung sia ni sali a kimveal zawkciang in cimtham hi.
31 Rahab [had been] a prostitute, but because she trusted God, she did not perish with those [inside Jericho] who disobeyed [God. Joshua sent some spies] into the city [in order] to find ways to destroy it, but God saved her because she welcomed those spies [peaceably].
Upna tungtawn in pumpi kizuak Rahab in ngalvil te kilemna taw a san hu in thu um ngawl te taw mangthang khawm ngawl hi.
32 I do not know what more I should say [RHQ] [about others who trusted in God]. It would take too much time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the [other] prophets.
Taciang bang son thua tu khi ziam? banghangziam cile Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel le kamsang te thu son natu hun kicing ngawl hi:
33 It was because they trusted God that some of them [did great things for him]. Some conquered lands ruled by powerful men. Some ruled [Israel] and justly [punished those men and nations who rebelled against God]. Some obtained [from God] the things that he promised to give them [MTY].
Amate in upna tungtawn in kumpingam te zo uh a, thutang suana te vawt in kamciam te zong sang a, humpi nealkai te kam te zong humcip siat hi,
34 Some forced lions to keep their mouths shut. Some escaped from being destroyed by fire. Some of those people escaped from [being killed with] a sword [MTY]. Some of those [people who trusted God] were made strong {became mighty} again after they had once been weak. Some became powerful when they fought wars. Some caused armies [that came from foreign lands] to run away from them.
Meikuang lauhuai mamate zong mitsak a, namsau hiam pan zong suaktasak hi, thaneamna sung pan thahatsak a, ngal sim na mun ah hangsansak in, ngamdang ngalkap te tai in ki thethangsak hi.
35 Some women [who trusted God] received [their relatives] back again when [God] ([made them live again after they had died/raised them from the dead]). But [others who trusted God] were tortured until they died. They were tortured because they refused to agree when [their captors said, “We will] release you [if you deny that you believe in God.” They refused to do that], because they wanted to live with God forever, which is better than [continuing to live on earth] after having almost died.
Nupi te in a mithi te nuntakna sung ah thawkiksak na nga uh hi: taciang a dang te in a phazaw thawkikna a san thei natu in suatakna sia sang nuam ngawl uh a vawtsiatna thuak uh hi:
36 Other [people who trusted God] were mocked; [some had their backs] cut [open by being struck] with leaded whips. Some were chained and put in prison.
Taciang a dang te in zawnsakna le vel na, tua bek domngawl koltang in thongtak nate taw ze-et na te:
37 [Some of] those believers were stoned to death {People [killed some of those believers by] throwing stones at them}. Others were cut completely in two. Others were killed with swords. Others of these people who trusted God wandered around the land [wearing garments made only of] skins from sheep and goats. They did not have any money. They were continually oppressed and tormented {People continuously oppressed them and tormented them}.
Suangtum taw den na, lua taw at in tan na, ze-et na, namsau taw thalup nate thuak uh a: zawngkhal tak in, vawtsiatna namcin thuak in, tuu vun le keal vun te sil uh a, ki le kakoai uh hi;
38 [The people on earth who caused those who trusted in God to suffer were so bad that] they did not deserve [to live with people who trusted God. Some who trusted God] wandered in deserts and on mountains. Some lived in caves and in other [large] holes in the ground.
Amate atu in leitung sia omtak ngawl hi: amate leitung ah senneal ngam te, mual te, lei hawng le suang hawng sung ah kile kakoai in om uh hi.
39 Although all these people were commended [by God] {[God] commended all these people} because they trusted him, God did not give them all that he promised them [while they were alive].
Hite theampo in upna hang in minpha sang uh hi napi, kamciam ahile sang tha ngawl hi:
40 God knew ahead of time that what he would give us and them [later] would be better than giving [them immediately what he promised]. What God intends is that only when they and we are together will we have all that God intends us to have.
Eite ki hel ngawl in, amate khuangkhim ngawl tu in, Pathian in eite atu in a phazaw te hong pia hi.
