Genesis 19 (TCZCHONG)

1Hiche ni nilhah lam in vantil ni ahung lhon'in ahile Lot chu Sodom khopi kelkot a anatou pet ahin Lot in vantil teni amu phat chun alamto dingin akipat doh in amani masanga tol ah abohkhup in ahi.Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,

2Chuin Lot in hitin aseiye, “Ka Pakai hung lhon'in ka insunga nakeng hung kisop lhon'in, chule tujan kain a geh lhon inlang, jingpi matah in thou lhon inlang na kholchena lhon aban najom thei lhon ahi,” atile, amanin “Ahipoi, hithei ponte,” ati lhon'in “Keini tujan hiche mun a ong dunga geh mai lhon tange,” ati.and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”

3Hinlah Lot in aha sei behset jeh chun amani jong Lot inlanga geh din ache tauve, hichun Lot in amani neh ding chol kisolou changlhah akanpeh in amanin jong ane lhon tai.But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4Hinlah anehjou don khojin masang chun Sodom khopi sunga khangthah, tehse, kiti jouse ahung kikhom un amaho gena in chu aum kimvel tauvin ahi.Before they had gone to bed, all the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, surrounded the house.

5Amaho chun Lot henga asam tauvin “Nangma kom'a ageh dinga hung ho chu hoilam a nakoi hitam? amani chu hinpui doh in amani chutoh ka lupkhom diu ahi, tin athum tauve.”They called out to Lot, saying, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Send them out to us so we can have relations with them!”

6Hichun Lot chu amaho toh kihoulim din ahung potdoh in , anung lam a kot chu akhah in ahi.Lot went outside to meet them, shutting the door behind him.

7“Lungset tah in sopi te ho” tin ama atao tan, “Hitobang Thil phalou hi bol hihbeh uvin.”“Please, my brothers,” he pleaded, “don’t do such a wicked thing!

8Veuvin, keiman chanu nungah thengsel ni kaneiye. Keiman ka chanu teni hin puidoh ing ting nangho kom'a, amani chu nadei dei a nabol theiyu ahi.Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

9Hinlah ama hon Lot chu “Kinung chen,” atiuvin, chujongleh ama hon aseiyun “Hiche pa hi ahung khopem len chule eiho thutanna pang ding akigo vehta! Tua amaho (Vantil teni), kigimbolna ding sanga nangma agilou cheh a kabol ding'u ahi!” atiuve. Hiti chun Lot henglam chu hatah in ano uvin kotpi jong chu phutjal dingin ahin go tauve.“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.

10Hichun vantil teni chun Lot chu akhut na aman lhon'in akailut lhon'in insunga kot chu akhah tauve.But the men inside reached out, pulled Lot into the house with them, and shut the door.

11Hichun vantil teni chun kotpi phunga miho chu ateh jong akhangthah jong abonchauvin amit'u achotsah lhon'in ahile abonchauvin kotphung holmon akisu lungdong gam tauve.And they struck the men at the entrance, young and old, with blindness, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the door.

12Phat chomkhat jouvin vantil teni chun Lot jah a hitin asei lhon e, “Hiche khopi a hi sopi ule nao adang nanei nahlai em? na chanu jipa ho hihen, na chapa te hihen, na chanu ho hihen lang koi dang-dang hijongleh hiche khopi sunga nangma mi poupou chu abonchauvin hiche mun a kon hin puidoh tan.”Then the two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—a son-in-law, your sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

13Ajeh chu hiche khopi hi pumsuh mang ding kati lhon ahitai. Awgin hung kithong hi aphatmo na alen lheh tan Pakai kom ahin phatai, chujeh a chu keini hi asumang dia eihin sol lhon ahi.because we are about to destroy this place. For the outcry to the LORD against its people is so great that He has sent us to destroy it.”

14Hijeh chun Lot chu apotdoh in achanu teni jipa ding teni jah a chun, “Kinloi tah in hiche khopi akon hin potdoh loi lhon'in, ajeh chu Pakaijin hiche khopi asuhmang ding ahitai,” agati leh, achanu teni jipa ding teni chun atot dan in ana gel lhon e.So Lot went out and spoke to the sons-in-law who were pledged in marriage to his daughters. “Get up,” he said. “Get out of this place, for the LORD is about to destroy the city!” But his sons-in-law thought he was joking.

15Kho ahung vahlhah a jingkah chun vantil teni chu ahung kino lheh lhon tan, “Gang in Lot,” tin aseipeh lhon e, “Na jinu chule na chanute tutu hin puidoh in. Hikom'a kon'in potdoh un, achuti louleh nangma hiche khopi toh suhmang tha a naum ding ahiye,” ati lhon e.At daybreak the angels hurried Lot along, saying, “Get up! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.”

16Lot chu akhongai nalaiyin, vantil teni chun ama khut, ajinu khut, chule achanu teni khut a aman lhon'in khopi pam lam ah ajamdohpi lhon'in ahi, ajeh chu Pakaijin amaho angailut lheh jeng ahi.But when Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters. And they led them safely out of the city, because of the LORD’s compassion for them.

17Amaho khopi pam langa ahin puidoh lhon phat in Vantil teni in thu amop in “Naki hinso theina ding uvin jamdoh loiyun hung jong hung kinung hei hih uvin phaicham dunga jong kibangpa hihhel uvin, thinglhang lam'a jam doh loiyun achuti louleh nangma jong suhmanga naum tha khah ding ahi,” ati peh lhon e.As soon as the men had brought them out, one of them said, “Run for your lives! Do not look back, and do not stop anywhere on the plain! Flee to the mountains, or you will be swept away!”

18Hichun Lot chun amani jah a “Ahipoi ka Pakai!” atinBut Lot replied, “No, my lords, please!

19Nangman neina ngailu lheh in chule ka hinkho jong neina huhdoh in chukeo hilouvin ngailutna sangtah jong nei musah in, hinlah molsang langa kache jou louding ahiye, thinan eiphah lo ding ahi, ka hinkho kichai ding ahi.Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.

20Vetemin, khoneo phaicham khat muthei in aum'e, jamlutna dingin abailam in chule naicha bou ahi; kaki hinsona dingin lungset tah in hikom'a khun nei jamlut sah tan,” ati.Look, there is a town nearby where I can flee, and it is a small place. Please let me flee there—is it not a small place? Then my life will be saved.”

21Vantil in adonbut in “Aphai tua nasei jong hi nanop peh ingting, chule keiman hiche phaicham gam'a um khopi nasei jong khu suhmang da tange.“Very well,” he answered, “I will grant this request as well, and will not demolish the town you indicate.

22Ahin kino gang un, jamdoh loiyun, Ajeh chu keiman ima ka bolthei louding nangma ho khulam nalhun kah seuvin,” (Hiche in avetsah ahilchet chu khopi min chu Zoar kiti ahin hiche chu ahile khomun neocha tina ahi).Hurry! Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you reach it.” That is why the town was called Zoar.

23Lot Zoar mun agah lhun chun jingkah nisa hungso doh jou tah ahi.And by the time the sun had risen over the land, Lot had reached Zoar.

24Hichun Pakaijin vanthamjolla kon'in meikong chule hui thanei thina thei akongthei hui Sodom le Gomorrah chunga ajuh sah tai.Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

25Chule Pathen'in khopi teni jong, phaicham geiya akhopi teni sunga cheng jouse ahin, tolla kehdoh thingna louna abonchan asugam hel tai.Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.

26Hinlah Lot Inneipi chu akinung heijin anunglam agah vet leh chikhom asoh in akitung den tai.But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt.

27Chule Abraham chu ajing jingkah matah in ache loijin Pakai angsunga adinna mun achun adingin,Early the next morning, Abraham got up and returned to the place where he had stood before the LORD.

28Sodom le Gomorrah lam gam chu agah vesuh in ahile, vetan agam meikhu pi chu meihol kilhut bangin akhu akitun doh jen jun jeng chu amu tan ahi.He looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of the plain, and he saw the smoke rising from the land like smoke from a furnace.

29Hinlah Pathen'in Abraham taona ageldoh in hijeh chun asopipa Lot chu phaicham khopi asuhmang masang'in apuidoh in, chujouvin Lot chenna khopi teni chu a sumang tai.So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.

30Chuin phat chomkhat jouvin Lot le achanu tenin Zoar mun chu adalha uvin, thinglhang lam ajonun, songko sung khat a achanu teni chutoh acheng khom tauve.Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.

31Nikhat chu Lot chanu teni alenjo nu chun anaonu kom'a hitin aseiye “Hikom gamsunga pasal gollhang aum tapoi midang ho banga ji inei lhon louding ahitai. Chuleh eihing hon ipa jong hungvoija ateh lang ahitan, cha aneilou ding ahitai.One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.

32Hungin ipa hi khamna thei donsah hitin, akham teng ikitimatpi lhon ding ahiye, hiche a konna chu eiho insung hi ipa a konna chilhah inei doh lhon ding ahi bouve,” ati.Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”

33Hichun amanin hiche jan chun apa lengpitwi adonkham sah lhon'in, chuin alenjo nu chu asunglhan apa to aga kiti mat lhon tan ahin apa chun achanu aluppet jong atho doh pet jong ahepoi.So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

34Ajing nikho chun alenjo nun anaonu kom'ah hitin aseiye, “Keima janlhah chun ipa to kaki timat lhon tai, tujan jong lengpitwija khamsah hitin, tujan teng nangma gache inlang gaki timatpi in hiche a konna eiho chilhah hi ipa a konna bou ikisem doh thei ding bou ahi,” ati.The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let us get him drunk with wine again tonight so you can go in and sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

35Hiche jan chun amanin apa lhon lengpitwi adonkham sah lhon'in chuin aneojo nu aga sunglha kit in apa to aga kitimat kit tan, amasa a bang chun achanu aneonu ahung lup pet akithodoh pet jong ahepoi.So again that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the younger daughter went in and slept with him; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.

36Hiche jeh chun Lot chanu tenin apa a kon'in nao ahin vop gel lhon tan ahi.Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

37Achanu alenjo nu chun nao pasal khat ahing tan amin chu Moab asah tai, amapa chu nam khat ahung hitan tua Moab mite kiti ho hi ahiuve.The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.

38Aneojo nun nao pasal khat ahing kit in, amanun achapa min chu Ben-ammi asah tai. Ama hi nam khat mipa lamkai ahung hin tua Ammon mite ho hi ahiuve.The younger daughter also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi. He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

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