Hebrews 11
1 Faith is the realisation of things hoped for — the proof of things not seen.
Tuungmaang eje liiha ah langla seng mik ih latup thang ih kamkam ih laalomli asuh liiha.
2 And it was for faith that the men of old were renowned.
Rangte ih teewah mina loong suh neng tuungmaang jeethoi dong jatthuk rumta.
3 Faith enables us to perceive that the universe was created at the bidding of God — so that we know that what we see was not made out of visible things. (aiōn g165)
Rang ahah Rangte jengkhaap nawa ih hoonta rah seng tuungmaang jun ih jat hi, mamah liidih marah ekap tup ehi erah latupke dowa hoon arah. (aiōn g165)
4 Faith made the sacrifice which Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain’s, and won him renown as a righteous man, God himself establishing his renown by accepting his gifts; and it is by the example of his faith that Abel, though dead, still speaks.
Abel ih tuungmaang jeethaang ih Ken thaknang ih ese Rangte suh khojoop hoonta. Heh tuungmaang je thaang ih Rangte ih heh suh kateng mina ngeh thangta, timnge liidih heh lakkot ah ethang eta. Heh tuungmaang je thaang ih Abel ah etek lini uh jeng ruh ela.
5 Faith led to Enoch’s removal from earth, that he might not experience death. ‘He could not be found because God had removed him.’ For, before his removal, he was renowned as having pleased God;
Inok ah heh tuungmaang jeethaang ih tah tiita enoothong Rangte taang ni siit wanta, eno mina loong ih uh tah chojam rumta, mamah liidih Rangte ih rang ni toonsiit wanta. Rangteele ni liiha Inok ah rang ni maang toonsiit wanta di Rangte ah roon thukta.
6 but without faith it is impossible to please him, for he who comes to God must believe that God exists, and that he rewards those who seek for him.
Tuungmaang lah jeeka bah ngo ih uh Rangte ah tajen roon thukka. Timnge liidih Rangte reenah wangte loong ih Rangte ah eje nyia ejam eh ah bah echoh eh ah ngeh tuungmaang eje angtheng.
7 It was faith that enabled Noah, after he had received the divine warning about what could not then be foreseen, to build, in reverent obedience, an ark in which to save his family. By his faith he condemned the world, and became possessed of that righteousness which follows upon faith.
Noa suh heh tuungmaang eje angta, erah raangtaan ih Rangte ih maang langka di ban baatta jengkhaap ah Noa ih echaat eta. Rangte jeng ah chaat ano khoonkhuung ah hoonta eradi heh teewah nyia heh jaatang thoontang pui rumta. Erah lini mongrep ah damdak haat choi angta, eno Noa ih Rangte jiinni wa kateng ah tuungmaang jun ih jen chota.
8 It was faith that enabled Abraham to obey the Call that he received, and to set out for the place which he was afterwards to obtain as his own; and he set out not knowing where he was going.
Abraham ih Rangte jeng chaatta rah heh di tuungmaang eje ang thaang ih. Rangte ih Abraham suh marah heh suh kottheng angta erah hah adoh kaat suh baatta, heh hah ah thinhaat ano mani kalang ngeh uh lajat kaadi kata.
9 It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land — as in a strange country — living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.
Heh tuungmaang jeethaang ih Rangte ih kakhamta deek akaan adi wenwah likhiik ih tongta. Eradi nyutaap loong ni tongta, erarah Rangte kakham chote Isak uh nyutaap ni tongta eno Jaakob nep emamah ih tongta.
10 For he was looking for the City with the sure foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Abraham ih marah Rangte ih jaaseemoong ih hoon arah samnuthung nyia saarookwe raangtaan ih ang arah samnuthung angsuh hah ese rah banta.
11 Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.
Tuungmaang nawa ih Abraham ah hewah ih jen hoonta, heh rapne teekaang ang abah uh nyia Sara ah sah lah dong huite angta bah uh ah. Rangte kakham ah thin suh Abraham di tuungmaang eje angta.
12 And so from one man — and that when his powers were dead — there sprang a people as numerous ‘as the stars in the heavens or the countless grains of sand upon the shore.’
Abraham hesak abah etek eta ang ah bah uh mina esiit dowa heh sutoom satoom loong hantek dongta, rang ni ritsi loong nyia juungnuh kaang ni lajen wettheng phusaang angla likhiik ah.
13 All these died sustained by faith. They did not obtain the promised blessings, but they saw them from a distance and welcomed the sight, and they acknowledged themselves to be only aliens and strangers on the earth.
Arah mina loong di tuungmaang je thaang ih ti rumta. Neng Rangte ih kakhamta rah maangchoh rumka, enoothong haloh nawa ih dook tup rum ano neng loong ih noppoon rumta, eno neng ih ejat erumta, hatoh adi minok mihah likhiik nyia wenwah likhiik boh ih tongli ngeh ah.
14 Those who speak thus show plainly that they are seeking their fatherland.
Erah jeng rumta rah ih noisok ha neng loong ih nengdeek nengkaan ah jam rumha ngeh ah.
15 If they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they could have found opportunities to return.
Neng ih marah deek akaan thinhaat rumta erah tah woot sen thun rumta; erah mok woot thun rumta bah engaak mok erum thengta.
16 But no, they were longing for a better, a heavenly, land! And therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God; indeed he had already prepared them a city.
Erah thaknang ibah ese deek akaan rah chosuh nook rumta, erah rangmong deek akaan asuh liiha. Rangte ih ngah neng loong Rangte li suh tah rakriita, mamah liidih neng loong raangtaan ih samnuthung ah hoon thin eta.
17 It was faith that enabled Abraham, when put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice — he who had received the promises offering up his only son,
Rangte ih taat teeme kano, Abraham ih heh sah Isak Rangte suh khojoop siik hoon taat koh wanta erah heh tuungmaang jeethaang ih angta. Rangte ih kakhamta mina rah Abraham, angta bah uh heh sah esiit luulu angta rah khojoop siik hoonkot suh nooknook angta.
18 of whom it had been said — ‘It is through Isaac that there shall be descendants to bear thy name.’
Rangte ih baat choi, “Ngah ih kakham tang, an sah Isak jun ih an sutoom satoom ah choh uh ngeh ah.”
19 For he argued that God was able even to raise a man from the dead — and indeed, figuratively speaking, Abraham did receive Isaac back from the dead.
Abraham thung ni dong taha Rangte ih Isak ah etek nawa jen saat siit eh ah—eno, emamah Abraham ih Isak ah etek taat eta nawa we ngaak choh eta.
20 It was faith that enabled Isaac to bless Jacob and Esau, even with regard to the future.
Heh tuungmaang jun di Isak ih Jaakob nyia Isau suh liwang raangtaan ih romseetam ah ko nyuita.
21 Faith enabled Jacob, when dying, to give his blessing to each of the sons of Joseph, and ‘to bow himself in worship as he leant upon the top of his staff.’
Tuungmaang jeethaang ih Jaakob ih etek nanah di Josep sah miwasah loong suh romseetam korumta. Heh ih heh kiingthom adi nyaang ano khorong ngotta.
22 Faith caused Joseph, when his end was near, to speak of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions with regard to his bones.
Josep suh tuungmaang je thaang ih, heh etek nanah angta adi, ban baat thin rumta, Ijirel mina loong Ijip nawa dokkhom eh ah, eno heh teewah mang ah mamah ih toonrut theng ah erah ban baat thinta.
23 Faith caused the parents of Moses to hide the child for three months after his birth, for they saw that he was a beautiful child; and they would not respect the King’s order.
Moses nuwah di tuungmaang eje angta erah raangtaan ih neng sah Moses ah laajom maang langlang hotthin erumta. Neng ih nodek ah sok rum ano jaaseemoong angta, luungwang jengdaan suh tacho rumta.
24 It was faith that caused Moses, when he was grown up, to refuse the title of ‘Son of a Daughter of Pharaoh.’
Moses di tuungmaang eje angta, heh mihak ih hoonta di luungwang sah minuh sah suh heh sah ngeh liirum kano heh ih edaan eta.
25 He preferred sharing the hardships of God’s People to enjoying the short-lived pleasures of sin.
Heh ih rangdah nah chomroi raangtaan ih tenroon ih tong thaknang ibah Rangte mina loong damdoh roong cham suh dan chaangta.
26 For he counted ‘the reproaches that are heaped upon the Christ’ of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, looking forward, as he did, to the reward awaiting him.
Heh thung ni thok taha, Ijip nawa nyamka ah thaknang ibah Kristo damdi roong chamnaang aba thaangchaan thoon, mamah liidih lakngah dowa thaang chotheng ah bansokta.
27 Faith caused him to leave Egypt, though undaunted by the King’s anger, for he was strengthened in his endurance by the vision of the invisible God.
Moses di tuungmaang jeethaang ih luuwang tenkhat ra lah cho laphaan ih Ijip nawa doksoonta. Heh ih lah japtup theng Rangte ah etup eta likhiik ang ano ewe ngaak esuh edaan eta.
28 Faith led him to institute the Passover and the Sprinkling of the Blood, so that the Destroyer might not touch the eldest children of the Israelites.
Heh di tuungmaang eje angthoi, Khopui kuwaang ah phang kuh rumta, eno Etek Rangsah ih Ijirel mina sah phokhoh khoh ah lah tek haat suh kaasak khothung rookwe sih ah hak thuk rumta.
29 Faith enabled the people to cross the Red Sea, as if it had been dry land, while the Egyptians, when they attempted to do so, were drowned.
Ijirel mina loong di tuungmaang eje angthoi ih saanghook ni khoom khoom Esaang Juungnuh adi jen daankhoom rumta; neng lilih Ijip nawa mina loong ah taat we kah rum ano juungnuh ih matliim kaat rumta.
30 Faith caused the walls of Jericho to fall after being encircled for seven days.
Ijirel mina loong di tuungmaang jeethaang ih Jeriko pa loong ah sa sinet ngoomkhoom rum ano rukdat thuk rumta.
31 Faith saved Rahab, the prostitute, from perishing with the unbelievers, after she had entertained the spies with friendliness.
Hansangte Rahab ah tuungmaang jeethaang ih marah Rangte jeng lah chaat rumta loong damdi tah wak tek buh rumta, mamah liidih heh ih Ijirel nawa jengkhaap khoiwaate loong ah joonte likhiik banpoon rumta.
32 Need I add anything more? Time would fail me if I attempted to relate the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, and those of David, Samuel, and the Prophets.
Ewe boot baat tam eh ang? saapoot takah jeeka Gidion, Barak, Samson, Jepthah, Dewid, Samuel, nyia khonuh khowah loong tiit baat suh ah.
33 By their faith they subdued kingdoms, ruled righteously, gained the fulfilment of God’s promises, ‘shut the mouths of lions,’
Neng di tuungmaang jeethaang ih deekrep jen rumta, neng kateng reeraang ah re rumta nyia Rangte kakham ah echoh erumta. Neng ih Sakhobung tui uh jen kepjoot erumta,
34 quelled the fury of the flames, escaped the edge of the sword, found strength in the hour of weakness, displayed their prowess in war, and routed hostile armies.
weelak loong ah nep jen met boot eh rumta, milang mipah dowa nep jen pui eh rumta. Neng loong ah larook lata ang rum abah uh tarong ang rumta; raamui suh tomrong tarong ang rum ano hahoh nawa ra loong ah jen rumta.
35 Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.
Minuh loong tuungmaang nawa ih neng jaatang etek nawa ngaak thing arah choh rumta. Wahoh loong ah, maama pongwan tong suh lanookte loong ah, roidong nawa saat suh echam enaang etheng ang ah.
36 Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.
Marah marah ah ejoonnaam eleh ruh nawa ih buh kah ih rumta, eno marah marah ah jaanruh ih khakleh phaatak ni kah sakwan rumta.
37 They were stoned to death, they were tortured, they were swan asunder, they were put to the sword; they wandered about clothed in the skins of sheep or goats, destitute, persecuted, ill-used —
Neng loong ah jong nawa ih tekpat kah erumta, kooroot ih thanyi kah thakhan rumta, lang ih dook kah eh rumta. Miksuk erumta mina loong ah, rakri ethuk rumta loong ah eno changthih loong ah saap nyia ki khoop ah nyuh akhat dabbi chiipi rum ano katum khom rumta.
38 men of whom the world was not worthy — roaming in lonely places, and on the mountains, and in caves and holes in the ground.
Mongrep ah neng suh emathan ese tah angta! neng loong ah phusaang hani nokmah wensang likhiik kong akaan ni tum thaaja rumta, mararah ah hamong ni nyia jongdaap ni tong rumta.
39 Yet, though they all won renown by their faith, they did not obtain the final fulfilment of God’s promise;
Timthan epaatjajih re rum arah raangthin rumta erah loong ah neng tuungmaang nawa ih jen rum arah angta! ang abah uh Rangte ih kakhamta rah tachoh rumta,
40 since God had in view some better thing for us, that they, apart from us, should not attain perfection.
mamah liidih seng loong raangtaan suh Rangte ih erah khotok doh ese toom ang ah ngeh kaan koongta. Rangte tenthun ah langla neng loong ah seng damdoh roop siit rum haano epun ih hoon thuk suh thunta.
