Genesis 21 (TCZCHONG)

1Pakaijin ana seisa bang chun Sarah ahung villin Sarah chunga asuh bulhit peh tai.Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2Hichun Sarah in nao ahin vop in, Abraham chu atehset nungin Pathen'in ateppeh phat dontah in chapa khat ahin petan ahi.So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3Abraham'in achapa chu amin Isaac asah tan ahi.And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4Chule Isaac pen jou niget alhin nin Abraham'in Pathen thupeh bangin achapa chu chep atanpeh tai.When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5Isaac ahung pen chun, Apa Abraham chu kum jakhat ana lhingtai.Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6Chuin Sarah in aphong doh in, “Pathen'in nuina eipei,” ati.Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7Chule aman, “Sarah hin cha le nao noi hin chepsah inte tin koipen in Abraham kom'a ana sei ngam dem? Ahinlah keiman atehset nungin chapa khat kahinpeh tai,” ati.She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

8Isaac chu ahung khanglen deuvin anneh masapen Abraham'in kipanan kikhopna asem e.So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9Hichun Sarah in jong achapa chu Egypt mi Hagar'in Abraham ahinpeh Ishmael to aki chep lhon chu amudoh tai.But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10Hichun amanun Abraham kom'ah hitin aseiye, “Hiche sohnu le achapa chu solmang in ajeh chu hiche chapang hin keima chapa toh chanvou anei khom lhon ding aumpoi; Isaac toh kikomto ahi.”and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

11Hichun Abraham'in nopmo asa lheh jengin ajeh chu Ishmael jong chu achapa ahiye.Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12Hinlah Pathen'in Abraham chu ahoulimpi in, “Nangman chapang chung chang chule na sohnu jeh in ima lung phatmona nei hih in, Sarah in bol in atiho chu bol in ajeh chu Isaac a konna bou na chilhah te hung kisim ding bou ahi.”But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

13Hinlah keiman Hagar chapa jong chu nam lentah khat kaso thou thou ding ahi. Ajeh chu amapa jong chu nangma chapa jong ahi thouve.”But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

14Hichun Abraham ajingin matah in akithouvin, neh ding bu asutup in chule twipohna ding twibom Hagar chu apen alengkouva aledoh peh tan ahi, hichun amanu le achapa chu asolmang in, chuin Hagar chu suhna ding helouvin Beersheba gamthip noiya avahlelei.Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

15Hichun twi ahung bei chun amanu (Hagar) chun naosen chu hampa nangboh limnoiyah akoitai.When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16Hichun amanu (Hagar) apotdoh in atoulha tan achang seh in lamsom tobang kikah in “Keiman hiche chapang thi hi kamu nompoi,” atin amanu chu alhi alongin akaptai.Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

17Hinlah Pathen'in chapang ka awgin chu ajan chuin Pakai vantil in van'a kon'in Hagar chu ahin kouvin, “Hagar ipi boina nanei ham? Imacha kichatna nei hih in! Pathen'in aumna mun'a kon'in chapang ka awgin chu ajatai, ati.Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

18Kipatdoh inlang nao khu gakidop loiyin nakhut in kipomchah jon, ijeh inem itile keiman ama khu nam lentah kahisah ding ahi.”Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19Hichun Pathen'in Hagar mit chu kho amusah in chua twi tamtah amusah tan, hichun amanun gangtah in twipai chu asudim in chapang chu adonsah tai.Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20Chule chapang chu Pathen'in ahin umpi jingin neocha ahi apat gamthipnoi jenga ahung chengin, thalpi kap ahung them lheh jengin ahi.And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21Chule Ishmael chu Paran gamthip noiya ana chengin, chule anun Egypt gam'a ama ji dingin numei khat aga puipeh in ahi.And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

22Hiche phat laitah chun Abimelech le asepai jalamkai Phicol chu Abraham vil din ahung'e. “Pathen'in nangma hi na umpi jingin, na thilbolna jouse ah na kithopi jinge,” tin ahung seiye.At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23Pathen min'in kitemin, chule nei joulhep louhel ding, ka chate jong ahilouleh ka chilhah ho jong, keivang nangma adia thilpha bolnom jing, chule tuhin na kihahsel ding, thilpha nabol jing ding hiche gamsunga maljin gampam nahi laisen,” ati.Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

24Abraham'in adonbut in “Heng'e kakitem e,” ati.And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

25Hichun Abraham'in Abimelech kom'a lunglhai louna aphong doh in Abimelech sohten twikul hunam a Abraham sohte ana lahpeh u thu chu ahi.But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26“Tuchung hi hiche thu kajah masah pen ahi,” tin Abimelech in adonbut'e. “Keiman hiche chung chang hi koi oimo a, koi ngoh ding ham kahepoi. Ajeh chu phat masan ima thu na-na sei khapoi,” ati.Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

27Abraham'in hichun akelngoi ho, kelcha ho, chule bonghon ho Abimelech apen kinoptona anei lhon'e.So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28Hichun Abraham'in kelngoi nou sagi ho chu achom a alhengdoh in ahi.Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29Abimelech in Abraham chu adongin “Adang ho a konna hiche sagi ho hi ipi dia nachom khen ham?” ati.and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30Abraham'in adonbut in, “Hiche twikhuh keiman kalaisa ahi, tia ahetoh a nei panpehna dinga hiche kelngoi sagi hi neisanpeh tei in” ati.He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31Hijeh chun ama in hiche mun chun Beersheba asah tai. Ajeh chu mihem teni akihettona mun lhon ahiye.So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32Beersheba mun'a kihettona mun'a akimuto jouvin, Abimelech le Phicol sepai lamkaipa chu Philistine mun lama akinung le lhon tan ahi.After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

33Abraham'in Beersheba mun achun chahthing phung aphutdoh in, hiche achun aman Pathen chu tonsot Pathen ahi tin aphong doh e.And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34Hichun Abraham chu Phillistine mun'a chun phat sottah achengin ahi.And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

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