Deuteronomy 20

1 Nangcae khaeah Izip prae thung hoiah nangcae zaehoikung na Angraeng Sithaw oh pongah, misatuk han na caeh o naah, nangmacae pong kapop kue hrangnawk, hrang lakoknawk hoi kaminawk to na hnuk o cadoeh, nihcae to zii o hmah.

When thou go forth to battle against thine enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shall not be afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

2 Misatuk han na caeh o tom naah, qaima mah hmaa ah caeh moe, kaminawk khaeah,

And it shall be, when ye draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,

3 aw Israel kaminawk, tahngai oh; vaihniah misatuk han na caeh o; palungboeng o hmah loe, zii o hmah; tasoeh o hmah loe, nihcae hmaa ah tasoehhaih hoiah doeh om o hmah;

and shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw near this day to battle against your enemies. Let not your heart faint. Fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye frightened at them.

4 na Angraeng Sithaw loe nangcae ih misanawk to tuk moe, nangcae pahlong hanah, nangcae hoi nawnto a caeh, tiah thui pae tih.

For Jehovah your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

5 Ukkungnawk mah doeh kaminawk khaeah, Im kangtha na sak o naah, Angraeng khae aap ai kami na oh o maw? Anih loe a im ah amlaem let nasoe; to tih ai nahaeloe anih loe misatukhaih ahmuen ah dueh ueloe, kalah kami mah a im to aap pae ving tih.

And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

6 Misur takha to na sak o, toe athaih caa ai kami na oh o maw? Anih loe a im ah amlaem let nasoe, to tih ai nahaeloe anih loe misatukhaih ahmuen ah dueh ueloe, kalah kami mah anih ih misur thaih to caa pae ving tih.

And what man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used the fruit of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use the fruit of it.

7 Nongpata maeto zu ah na hamh, toe zu haih ai kami na oh o maw? Anih loe a im ah amlaem let nasoe; to tih ai nahaeloe anih loe misatukhaih ahmuen ah dueh ueloe, kalah kami mah anih ih zu to la pae ving moeng tih, tiah thuih pae o tih.

And what man is there who has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

8 To pacoengah ukkungnawk mah minawk khaeah, Zit pongah palungboeng kami na oh o maw? Anih loe a im ah amlaem let nasoe; anih palungboeng baktih toengah angmah ih nawkamyanawk doeh palungboengsak moeng tih, tiah thui pae let bae ah.

And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother's heart melt as his heart.

9 Ukkungnawk mah kaminawk khaeah lokthuih boih pacoengah, kaminawk zaehhoih hanah, misatuh angraengnawk suek han angai vop.

And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.

10 Vangpui maeto tuk han na caeh o naah, anih mah vangpui thungah kaom kaminawk khaeah angdaehhaih lok to thui tih.

When thou draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.

11 Nihcae mah angdaehhaih lok to pathim moe, thok paong o nahaeloe, to vangpui thungah kaom kaminawk boih mah nangcae han tamut paek o ueloe, na tok to sah o tih.

And it shall be, if it makes to thee an answer of peace, and opens to thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found in it shall become tributary to thee, and shall serve thee.

12 Toe nang hoi angdaehhaih sak koeh o ai moe, nangcae hoi misa angtuk hanah amsak o nahaeloe, vangpui to takui oh.

And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shall besiege it.

13 Na Angraeng Sithaw mah to vangpui nangcae ban ah paek naah, to vangpui thungah kaom nongpanawk to sumsen hoiah hum o boih ah;

And when Jehovah thy God delivers it into thy hand, thou shall smite every male of it with the edge of the sword,

14 toe nongpatanawk, nawktanawk hoi maitawnawk, vangpui thung ih hmuennawk boih loe, nangmacae hanah la oh; na Angraeng mah paek ih na misanawk khae hoiah na lak o ih hmuennawk to loe caa oh.

but the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil of it, thou shall take for a prey to thyself. And thou shall eat the spoil of thine enemies, which Jehovah thy God has given thee.

15 Nangcae taengah kaom prae kaminawk ih vangpui na ai ah, nangcae hoi kangthla ah kaom vangpuinawk boih to tiah sah oh.

Thus thou shall do to all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.

16 Toe na Angraeng Sithaw mah qawktoep hanah ang paek o ih prae kaminawk ih vangpui thungah loe, anghahhaih takhi tawn kami maeto doeh pathlung o hmah;

But of the cities of these peoples, that Jehovah thy God gives thee for an inheritance, thou shall save alive nothing that breathes,

17 na Angraeng Sithaw mah paek ih lok baktih toengah, Hit kami, Amor kami, Kanaan kami, Periz kami, Hiv kami hoi Jebus kaminawk to hum o boih ah:

but thou shall utterly destroy them-the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite-as Jehovah thy God has commanded thee,

18 to tih ai nahaeloe angmacae sithawnawk khaeah a sak o ih panuet thok hmuen to na patuk o ueloe, na Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah na zae o moeng tih.

that they not teach you to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods, so ye would sin against Jehovah your God.

19 Vangpui maeto tuk hanah kasawk parai ah na takui o nahaeloe, thingkungnawk to pakhruh o hmah; taw ah kamprawk thing loe kami hinghaih ah oh pongah, athaih khue to caa oh, vangpui takui pongah thing to pakhruh o hmah;

When thou shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shall not destroy the trees of it by wielding an axe against them, for thou may eat of them. And thou shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by thee?

20 toe caak koi ai thingnawk loe pakhruh oh loe, nangcae hoi misatuh kaminawk na pazawk o ai karoek to, vangpui tuk hanah misa abuephaih to sah oh.

Only the trees of which thou know that they are not trees for food, thou shall destroy and cut them down. And thou shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with thee, until it falls.