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 you go forth to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for YHWH your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Misatuk han na caeh o tom naah, qaima mah hmaa ah caeh moe, kaminawk khaeah,
It shall be, when you 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 tell them, "Hear, Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies: do not let your heart faint; do not be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of 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 YHWH 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.
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.
What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
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.
What man is there who has pledged to be married 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.
The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, "What man is there who is fearful and fainthearted? 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.
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 you 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.
It shall be, if it makes you answer of peace, and opens to you, then it shall be, that all the people who are found in it shall become tributary to you, and shall serve you.
12 Toe nang hoi angdaehhaih sak koeh o ai moe, nangcae hoi misa angtuk hanah amsak o nahaeloe, vangpui to takui oh.
If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you 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 YHWH your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike 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 livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its spoil, you shall take for a prey to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which YHWH your God has given you.
15 Nangcae taengah kaom prae kaminawk ih vangpui na ai ah, nangcae hoi kangthla ah kaom vangpuinawk boih to tiah sah oh.
Thus you shall do to all the cities which are very far off from you, 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 YHWH your God gives you for an inheritance, you 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 you shall utterly destroy them: the Hethite, and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite; as YHWH your God has commanded you;
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 would you sin against YHWH 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 you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an axe against them; for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of you?
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 you know that they are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build siege works against the city that makes war with you, until it fall.
