Genesis 26 (TCZCHONG)

1Chuin gamsunga chun nasatah in kel ahung lhatan, hiche kellhah chu Abraham damlaiya ahah tobangin, Isaac chu Gerar langa Philistine lengpa Abimelech heng a achetai.Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the one that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

2Chuin Pathen'in Isaac chu ahoulimpin hitin aseiye, “Keima thusei ngaiyin, Egypt langa nache thei louding ahi.The LORD appeared to Isaac and said, “Do not go down to Egypt. Settle in the land where I tell you.

3Chule nangma hiche gam a hin gampam kholjin mi bangin um'in keiman hatah a phatthei kaboh ding nahi. Chule gam jouse hi nangma le na chilhah te jouse kapeh ding nahi, ajeh chu keiman napa Abraham kom'a kakihahselna kamolso tei ding ahi.Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

4Keiman na chilhah te van chunga ahsite jat banga kapunsah ding, hiche gam ho jouse hi kapeh ding, chule nangma chilhah te a konna vannoi mijouse phatthei kaboh ding ahi.I will make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands, and through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed,

5Hiche ho jouse hi kabol ding ahi. Ajeh chu Abraham'in kathu angaiyin, ka thulhahna ahin, ka thupeh ahin, ka chondan thu ahin, chule ka danthu anitsoh keiyin ahi.because Abraham listened to My voice and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes, and My laws.”

6Hichun Isaac Gerar gam'a acheng tan ahi.So Isaac settled in Gerar.

7Hiche gam'a cheng miho chun Isaac jinu Rebekah chu koi ham tia adoh ule aman adonbut in, “Kasopinu ahi ati peh e,” Ajeh chu hiche miho hin Rebekah jeh hin, “Keima eitha lo get uvinte tia anagel jeh a ka sopinu ahi anati ahiye. Ajeh chu amanu amel-hoi jeh ahi.”But when the men of that place asked about his wife, he said, “She is my sister.” For he was afraid to say, “She is my wife,” since he thought to himself, “The men of this place will kill me on account of Rebekah, because she is so beautiful.”

8Hinlah ni phabep jou chun Abimelech Philistine lengpan bangkot a kon agahven ahile vetan Isaac in Rebekah aji bol'a akinoupi pet amudoh tai.When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked down from the window and was surprised to see Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah.

9Hichun gang tah in Abimelech in Isaac chu akouvin, “Amanu chu na jinu hilou ham! Ibola amanu chu ka sopinu ahe tia nasei ham?” Isaac in adonbut in, “Ka seina ajeh chu ahile ka innneipi jeh a koi tobang khat in eitha lo ding ham kati ahi.”Abimelech sent for Isaac and said, “So she is really your wife! How could you say, ‘She is my sister’?” Isaac replied, “Because I thought I might die on account of her.”

10Abimelech in aseiye, “Ipi dinga hiti pia chu neibol'u hitam? Ilouthem khat in ka mite lah a khat touvin na jinu chu ana kipui hen ana luppi kha tahen lang hileh nangma jeh a kei hon chonset lentah a neilhah sah ding'u hita chula em.”“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

11Hichun Abimelech in danpi khat asemin mipi jouse henga aphongdoh in ahi, “Koi hijongleh hiche mipa hihen ajinu hijongleh ahin tongkha asuse aum leh thina chan a gotna kipe ding ahi.”So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”

12Hiche kum chun Isaac in muchi akitun ahile kum dang sang'in ajat jakhat val jena tamjon aki-at e, hiti chun Pakaijin ama phatthei ana boh e.Now Isaac sowed seed in the land, and that very year he reaped a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him,

13Chua kon chun Isaac chu nei le gouvin ahung haodoh tan, anei le agou hatah in apunbe cheh, apunbe cheh jengin ahi.and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.

14Hitobang chun nei le gou keu hilouvin kelngoi jong, keltah jong, bonghon jong chule soh le kol jong tamtah ahin neitan, hiche ho jeh hin Philistine miten nasatah in ahung engse tauvin ahi.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.

15Hichun Philistine miho chu athangthip jeh un Isaac twikhuh jouse chu abonchan asuhbing peh tauvin ahi. Hiche twikhuh ho se-se hi apa Abraham adamlaiya asohten analai hou chu ahi.So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.

16Chuin Abimelech in achaina in Isaac kom'a aseiye, “Nangma keiho kom'a kon'in chedoh tan ajeh chu nangma keiho sang'in natha lhing jotai,” ati.Then Abimelech said to Isaac, “Depart from us, for you are much too powerful for us.”

17Hichun Isaac chu amaho kom'a kon'in achen Gerar phaicham ah amaho ponbuh akison uvin hiche mun achun acheng tauve.So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.

18Chuin Isaac in Apa Abraham thi jouva Philistine mipi ten ana huhbing peh u twikhuh ho se-se chu alaihong kit in apa Abraham'in ana minsah twikhuh min ho chu avelsah kit in asemhoi sah kit tai.Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.

19Isaac sohten Gerar phaicham chu twikhuh alai uva ahile twisam phungkhat alaidoh tauve.Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.

20Ahin Gerar gam'a kelngoi chinghon Isaac kelngoi chingho kom'a chun “Hiche twikhuh hi keiho twikhuh ahi,” atiuvin akinelpi tauvin ahi; hichun Isaac in hiche twikhuh chu “Esek” asah in hichun avetsah chu “Kiboina mun,” tina ahi.But the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac’s herdsmen and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him.

21Hichun Isaac sohten twikhuh adang khat alaikit un ahile hiche mun jong chu boina ahung um kittan hichun Isaac in “Sitnah” (Tichu kitomona mun tina ahi) asah tan ahi.Then they dug another well and quarreled over that one also; so he named it Sitnah.

22Chuin Isaac in hiche mun chu adalhan akichon in twikhuh chom beh khat alai kit in ahile hiche mun a vang chun akinahpi tapouvin ahi, hijeh chun Isaac in hiche mun chu “Rehoboth” asah tai. “Ajeh chu tun vang Pathen'in eiho dingin gam eihon peh tauve, agamsung ahin eiho cha le naovin pungjal tau hite,” ati.He moved on from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it. He named it Rehoboth and said, “At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land.”

23Hiche mun a pat chun Isaac chu Beersheba ah akichon kittai.From there Isaac went up to Beersheba,

24Hiche jan lele chun Isaac henga Pathen ahung kilah in “Keima napa Abraham Pathen chu kahi. Imacha kichatna nei hihbeh in ajeh chu keiman nangma kaumpi jing nai, chule phatthei kaboh ding nahi, nason na chilhah te jong hatah a ka punsah ding amaho nam lentah kaso ding ahi. Hiche ho hi kasuh bulhing ding ahi. Ajeh chu kasohpa Abraham kom'a kana kitepnasa ahi.”and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”

25Hichun Isaac in hiche mun achun maicham asemin Pathen ahou tai, chule aman aponbuh jong asongdoh kit in asohten twikhuh khat alaikit un ahi.So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.

26Nikhat chu Abimelech jong Gerar gam'a pat na semangpa Ahuzzath chule asepai lamkai Phicol akipuiyin Isaac to kimuto dingin ahungtai.Later, Abimelech came to Isaac from Gerar, with Ahuzzath his adviser and Phicol the commander of his army.

27Isaac in amaho chu adongin, “Ipi dinga kaheng'a hung nahiuvem?, Nei vetda uva nagam uva patna nei nodoh u hitalou hamm,” anatin ahi.“Why have you come to me?” Isaac asked them. “You hated me and sent me away.”

28Ama hon adonbut un, “Keihon Pathen'in nangma na umpi hi phate chan kamu chen tauve. Hijeh chun nangho le keiho kikah a kihou cham ding kanom ui, chule ikah uva kitepna khat sem kanom uve.“We can plainly see that the LORD has been with you,” they replied. “We recommend that there should now be an oath between us and you. Let us make a covenant with you

29Ahithei le kihou chamna inei thei ding'u dei aum lheh e, keima hon jong nangho chunga imacha bolse pou ving'e, kei hon nangho ka ngailu jing uve. Chule lung damsel a ka soldoh joh nahiuve. Chule tun nangho Pathen'in nasatah in phatthei naboh tauve.that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”

30Hichun Isaac in kinoptona ankong nehkhomna asemin ama hon abonchauvin anekhom un adonkhom un ahi.So Isaac prepared a feast for them, and they ate and drank.

31Ajingin jingpi matah in akithouvun amaho khat khat in kitepna anei uvin, hichun Isaac in amaho chu a inlam uva asolkit tan, amaho jong lunglhai sel in akinung le tauve.And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.

32Hiche ni ma-ma chun Isaac sohten twisam thah khat alaidoh u chu thu ahung peuvin ama hon aseiyun, “Keihon twisam thah khat kamu uve,” ahung tiuve.On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

33Hichun Isaac in twisam thah chu Shibah asah tai (hichu kinoptona tina ahi). Hiche nia patna chu tuni gei a hi Beersheba khopi kiti ahiye.So he called it Shibah, and to this day the name of the city is Beersheba.

34Esau chu kum somli alhin chun Hit mite numei Beeri chanu Judith le Hit mi ma-ma Elon chanu Basemath chu ji dingin akipui jin ahi.When Esau was forty years old, he took as his wives Judith daughter of Beeri the Hittite and Basemath daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35Amavang Esau ji teni chu Isaac le Rebekah din thohlel aum lheh jeng lhon'in ahi.And they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah.

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