¹After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, “Don’t be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward.”

¹Huai thilte khitin, Abram lau ken, kei na phaw leh na kipahman thupitak mai ka hi, chiin, Toupa thu Abram kiangah mang bangin a hongtunga.

²Abram said, “Lord The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.” Yahweh, what will you give me, since I go childless, and he who will inherit my estate is Eliezer of Damascus?”

²Huan, Abramin, Aw Toupa Pathian, bang non pe dia, ta neilouin ka om den sina, ka goukempa lah Damaska khuaa Eliezer ahi ngala? A chi a.

³Abram said, “Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, behold, one born in my house is my heir.”

³Huan, Abram mahin, ngaiin, chi himhim lah non suahsak ngal keia: enin, ka in a piang ka gouluahding ahi, achia.

⁴Behold, the word of Yahweh came to him, saying, “This man will not be your heir, but he who will come out of your own body will be your heir.”

⁴Huan, ngaiin, huai mi na gouluahding ahi kei ding; nangmah gila honggah ding ngei na gouluahding ahi zo ding, chiin, Toupa thu a kiangah a tunga.

⁵Yahweh brought him outside, and said, “Look now toward the sky, and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” He said to Abram, “So shall your seed be.”

⁵Huan, amah inpuaa ah a pi khiaa, Van lam en inla, aksite na sim theih leh sim himin, achia. Huan, amah mahin, a kiangah, Na suante huchibang ahi ding uh, a chi a.

⁶He believed in Yahweh; and he reckoned it to him for righteousness.

⁶Huan, aman Toupa a ginga, huchiin, amah huai a diktatnain a sehsakta hi.

⁷He said to him, “I am Yahweh who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it.”

⁷Huan, a kiangah, hiai luah dinga honpe dia Kaldaite khua Ur akipana honpi khia huai Toupa ka hi, achi a.

⁸He said, “Lord Yahweh, how will I know that I will inherit it?”

⁸Huan, aman, Toupa Pathian aw, ka luah ding chih bangchin ka thei ding? a chi a.

⁹He said to him, “Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

⁹Huan, aman, a kiangah, bawngla kum thum a upa, kelpi kum thum a upa, vakhu leh vapal nou honlain, a chi a.

¹⁰He brought him all of these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each half opposite the other; but he didn’t divide the birds.

¹⁰Huchiin, huai tengteng a honla, a lai takah a phelkhap chiata, a phel khat a phel khat lam dohin a koih chiat jela; vasate bel a phelkhap kei hi.

¹¹The birds of prey came down on the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.

¹¹Huan, vasa sasial nete saluangte tunga atuk chiangin Abramin a hawlkhe jel hi.

¹²When the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. Now terror and great darkness fell on him.

¹²Huan, ni tum dia a kisak sialsial laiin, Abram a na ihmu hithita; huan, ngaiin, a mial a mial, thil mulkimhuai petmahin amah a honkhuha.

¹³He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your seed will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will serve them. They will afflict them four hundred years.

¹³Huan Pathianin Abram kiangah, na suante amau gam louah mikhual in a om ding uh, a na uh a sepsak ding uh chih teltakin theiin; huan, kum za li a hihgenthei ding ua;

¹⁴I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth,

¹⁴Huan, a na uh a sepsakte chi uh leng ka ngaihtuah ding: huan, huai khit chiangin sum tampi neiin a hongpawt ding uhi.

¹⁵but you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

¹⁵Nang bel na pipute kiangah lungmuang takin na pai dinga; na lu a kelsam pou vekin a honvui ding uh.

¹⁶In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full.”

¹⁶Huan, suan lina ah hiailaiah a hongpai nawn ding uh; Amorte khelhnate lah a kim nai ngal keia, a chi a

¹⁷It came to pass that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold, a smoking furnace, and a flaming torch passed between these pieces.

¹⁷Huan, hichi ahia, ni tuma, khua a hongmialin, ngaiin, halzulna meikhu lunglung leh meisel kuang luahluah huai sa phelkhapte kala paipai a hongoma.

¹⁸In that day Yahweh made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your seed I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates:

¹⁸Huai niin Toupan, hiai gam, Aigupta lui akipan lui lianpi (Euphrates lui) phain, na suante kiangah ka peta:

¹⁹the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

¹⁹Kente, Kenizte, Kadmonte,

²⁰the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim,

²⁰Hitte, Perizte, Rephaimte,Amorte, Kanante, Girgahte, Jebuste toh leng ka pe laia, chiin, Abram kiangah thu a khungta hi.

²¹the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites.”

²¹Amorte, Kanante, Girgahte, Jebuste toh leng ka pe laia, chiin, Abram kiangah thu a khungta hi.