Semtilbu 16
1 Tun Abram jinu Sarai chun cha anei thei tapon ahin lah Sarai chun Egypt mi soh numei khat ana neiyin amanu chu Hagar ahi.
Now Sarai [Mockery], Avram [Exalted father]’s wife, bore him no children. She had a servant, an Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], whose name was Hagar [Flight].
2 Chuin Sarai'in jong Abram jah a aseiye, “Ven Pakaiyin keila cha eihin sah tapon, lungset tah in ka sohnu koma ga lut tan; ijem itile amanua kona khu ka inchen dohsah thei nahi,” atile, Abram in jong Sarai thu angai tai.
Sarai [Mockery] said to Avram [Exalted father], “See now, Adonai has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my servant. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Avram [Exalted father] sh'ma ·hear obey· the voice of Sarai [Mockery].
3 Hichun Sarai Abram in-neipin Hagar chu apuiyin Abram ji din apetai, hiche phat laitah chu ahile Abram kum som Canaan na achen jou don ahi tai.
Sarai [Mockery], Avram [Exalted father]’s wife, took Hagar [Flight] the Egyptian [person from Abode of slavery], her servant, after Avram [Exalted father] had lived ten years in the land of Canaan [Humbled], and gave her to Avram [Exalted father] her husband to be his wife.
4 Hichun Abram toh Hagar chu akitimat lhon tan, chuin Hagar chun nao ahin vop tan hichun apinu Sarai chu noise tah in ahin vepan tan ahi.
He went in to Hagar [Flight], and she conceived. When she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.
5 Hijeh chun Sarai in Abram jaha aseitai, “Hiche ho jouse hi nang suhkhel ahi, ka sohnu hi nangma dannoiya ka koi ahin, Hinlah tuhin amanun nao avop tan keima noise tahin eive tan hijeh chun keile nang kah a Pakai thutan in hung pang jeng hen!” atitai.
Sarai [Mockery] said to Avram [Exalted father], “This wrong is your fault. I gave my servant into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Adonai judge between me and you.”
6 Abram'in adonbut in “Ven amanu khu nasoh hilou ham, nangman pha nasah dungjuiyin bol tang em?” ati. Hichun Sarai in Hagar hatah in ahin sugenthei pantan hichun amanun (Hagar) ajamsan tai.
But Avram [Exalted father] said to Sarai [Mockery], “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai [Mockery] dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.
7 Pakai Vantil in gamthip Gam'a twikhuh phungkhat'a Hagar chu aga mudoh in ahi, hiche twi khuh chu Shur jotna lampia um ah ahiye.
Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
8 Pakai Vantil chun aseiye, “Hagar, Sarai sohnu hoilanga kona hungsoh doh na him? Hoilam jon ding na him?” atile Hagar in adonbut in, “Kapi nu Sarai kom'a kon ahung jam doh kahi,” ati.
He said, “Hagar [Flight], Sarai [Mockery]’s servant, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai [Mockery].”
9 Hichun Pakai Vantil chun amanu ahoulimpi in, “Nangma na pinu kom'a kinungle in chule amanu dan noiya nakun angaiye.”
Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] said to her, “Teshuvah ·Completely return· to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands.”
10 Hichun Pakai Vantil chun ahoulimpi na laiyin, “Keiman na chilhahte tamtah ka pehbe ding nahi, sim jong na sim joulou ding ahiye,” ati.
Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”
11 Pakai Vantil chun ahoulimpi nalaiyin, “Tua hi nangma naovop na hitan chapa khat nahin ding, hiche naosen chu amin Ishmael nasah ding ahi. (Pathen in angailhi jing'e tina ahi), ijeh inem itile Pakaiyin na gimna chu na khongai peh tai.
Ha mal'ak Yahweh [The Angel of He sustains breathing] said to her, “Behold, you are with child, and will bear a son. You shall call his name Ishmael [Pays attention God], because Adonai has sh'ma ·heard obeyed· your affliction.
12 Chule nachapa hi mihem laha gam'a sangan lungthim bei bang ding, mitin douna akhut hinlap a chule mitin khut ama chunga hung chu ding, chuleh aphunggol jouse toh kido toa hung khosa ding ahi.”
He will be like a wild donkey among men. His hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him. He will live opposite all of his brothers.”
13 Hiche jou chun Hagar in ajah a thu hin sei Pakai chu amin in asah peh in, “Nangma hi keima eimudoh a Pathen na hi,” ati. Ajeh chu amanu'n “Tahbeh monga keiman Pathen kamu a chule ama ka mu nunga ka hing'a ka um nah lai ham?” atin ahi.
She called the name of Adonai who spoke to her, “You are El Ro'i Ra'ah [God who sees me / God who provides],” for she said, “Have I even stayed alive after seeing him?”
14 Hichun Twisam putna chu amin Beerlahairai asah tai, hichu Twikhuh hi Kadesh le Bered kikah aum ah ahiye.
Therefore the well was called Beer Lahai Roi [Well of the one who lives and sees]. Behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered.
15 Hichun Hagar in Abram chapa khat ahin peh tai. Hichun Abram in achapa min chu Ishmael asah tai.
Hagar [Flight] bore a son for Avram [Exalted father]. Avram [Exalted father] called the name of his son, whom Hagar [Flight] bore, Ishmael [Pays attention God].
16 Hagar in Abram ding'a Ishmael ahin peh chun Abram chu kum som get le kum gup alhing tan ahi.
Avram [Exalted father] was eighty-six years old when Hagar [Flight] bore Ishmael [Pays attention God] to Avram [Exalted father].
