Zia hun a hin, khawvel ah pau chi khat bep leh thumal kibang mat ahi.
Mihingte chu sualam gam in a kipêm pek ua, Shinar phâijawl a hung tung tau ah, zia tak ah chun um mun a khual tau a.
Chun, a hung kiho ua, “Kisau in, cheklei siam hitiu in, pha tak in hâl tâk hitiu,” a tiu a. Tichun, suang thasâng in cheklei leh a châlmatna ding thingnâi thasâng ah thauvomman a hun nei tau a.
Amau chun, “Kisau in, khawpi siam hitiu; chuleh, In sâng vân supha hial ah sâng in bawl hitiu in, I min uh thansak hitiu; achutiloleh, lei chung zosia ah hin thejak in hung um kha tawl hitiu,” a tiu a.
Lalpa chun, “Ngai tiam un, mite hi chi khat leh pau khat bep a hiu ah, zia thil hi a bawl pan tau hilam; tu’hin vang a nop nop uh bawl leule a bawl maw ding uh pakhat cha le umlo ahi hilam!
Hung unla, vachia suk hitiu in, a kihotua theilona ding un a pau uh va sukdanglam piak hitiu,” a tia.
Chutichun, Lalpa’n amau haw chu zia tak ah kipat chun lei chung zosia’n a thejak ta’n; tichun, a khawpi bawl lai uh chu a haisan tau hi.
Ziaziakchun, a min in Babel a sau ah; Lalpa’n zia tak ah chun mi zosia pau a la sukdanglam tâk ziakin: zia kipat chun Lalpa’n amau chu lei chung zosia’n a thejak ta ahi.
Source: Thilsiam Thu (Genesis). Pathian Lekhabu Thiangtho. The Bible in Phaipei language. Bible Society of India, 2006.
Contributed by Wolfgang Kuhl
Vaiphei is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Manipur, Assam,
Meghalaya and Tripura in India.
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