Nambar 32

1 Reuben hoi Gad kaminawk mah Jazer hoi Gilead prae to hnuk o naah, kahoih parai maitaw pacahhaih ahmuen doeh a hnuk o;

Now the Reubenites and Gadites, who had very large herds and flocks, surveyed the lands of Jazer and Gilead, and they saw that the region was suitable for livestock.

2 to pongah Reuben hoi Gad kaminawk angzoh o moe, Mosi, qaima Eleazar hoi Israel rangpui zaehoikungnawk khaeah lokthuih o,

So the Gadites and Reubenites came to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, and said,

3 Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Shebam, Nebo, Beon hoi,

“Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon,

4 Israel kaminawk hmaa ah Angraeng mah tuk pae ih prae loe, moi pacah han hoih parai, na tamna kaicae loe pacah ih moi paroeai ka tawnh o;

which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, are suitable for livestock—and your servants have livestock.”

5 nangcae mikcuk naakrak ah ka oh o nahaeloe, hae praenawk hae na tamnanawk hanah qawk ah na paek ah, kaicae hae Jordan vapui angkatsak hmah, tiah a naa o.

“If we have found favor in your sight,” they said, “let this land be given to your servants as a possession. Do not make us cross the Jordan.”

6 Mosi mah Gad hoi Reuben kaminawk khaeah, Nam nawkamyanawk loe misatuk naah caeh o, toe nangcae loe haeah nang hnut o sut han maw?

But Moses asked the Gadites and Reubenites, “Shall your brothers go to war while you sit here?

7 Tipongah Angraeng mah nihcae khaeah paek ih prae thungah caeh hanah, Israel kaminawk tha na set o sak loe?

Why are you discouraging the Israelites from crossing into the land that the LORD has given them?

8 Prae khet hanah nam panawk to Kadesh-Bernea hoi ka patoeh naah to tiah a oh o.

This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to inspect the land.

9 Eskol azawn to phak o moe, prae to a hnuk o naah, Angraeng mah nihcae khaeah paek ih prae thungah akun hanah, Israel kaminawk to palungboeng o sak.

For when your fathers went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the Israelites from entering the land that the LORD had given them.

10 To niah Angraeng palungphui o sak pongah, Anih mah lokkamhaih sak naah,

So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and He swore an oath, saying,

11 nihcae loe palungthin boih hoi ka hnukah bang o ai pongah, mi kawbaktih doeh Izip prae thung hoi tacawt saning pumphaeto hoi ranuih bang kaom kaminawk boih, Abraham, Issak hoi Jakob khaeah paek han lokkam ih prae to hnu o mak ai;

‘Because they did not follow Me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years of age or older who came out of Egypt will see the land that I swore to give Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—

12 palungthin boih hoi Angraeng hnukah kabang, Keniz acaeng Jephunneh capa Kaleb hoi Nun capa Joshua khue ni prae to hnu tih, tiah thuih.

not one except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun—because they did follow the LORD wholeheartedly.’

13 To pongah Angraeng Sithaw hmaa ah kasae sah kaminawk ih caanawk amrosak boih ai karoek to, praezaek ah saning qui palito thung amhetsak.

The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the whole generation who had done evil in His sight was gone.

14 Khenah, nangcae loe vaihi nam panawk pongah na zae o kue, nam panawk zuengah nang thawk o moe, Israel kaminawk nuiah Angraeng palungphui aep han ih ni na sak o boeh.

Now behold, you, a brood of sinners, have risen up in place of your fathers to further stoke the burning anger of the LORD against Israel.

15 Anih to nam khraeng o taak nahaeloe, Israel kaminawk to praezaek ah amhetsak let tih, nangcae loe hae kaminawk amrosakkung ah na om o tih, tiah a naa.

For if you turn away from following Him, He will once again leave this people in the wilderness, and you will be the cause of their destruction.”

16 To pacoengah Reuben hoi Gad kaminawk anih khaeah angzoh o moe, Hae ahmuen ah maitaw pacahhaih imnawk hoi nawktanawk ohhaih vangpuinawk to ka sak o han;

Then the Gadites and Reubenites approached Moses and said, “We want to build sheepfolds here for our livestock and cities for our little ones.

17 toe Israel kaminawk angmacae ohhaih ahmuen ah thaak boih ai karoek to, maiphaw ka sinh o moe, Israel caanawk hma ah ka caeh o han; hae prae thungah kaom kaminawk pongah, aicae ih caanawk loe sipae thungh ih vangpuinawk thungah khosak o han oh.

But we will arm ourselves and be ready to go ahead of the Israelites until we have brought them into their place. Meanwhile, our little ones will remain in the fortified cities for protection from the inhabitants of the land.

18 Israel acaeng maeto boih mah qawktoep ai karoek to, im ah kam laem o mak ai.

We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has taken possession of his inheritance.

19 Kaicae loe Jordan vapui zaeh ah nihcae hoi nawnto qawktoep han tidoeh om mak ai; Jordan vapui ni angyae bangah ni qawktoep han oh, tiah a naa o.

Yet we will not have an inheritance with them across the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on the east side of the Jordan.”

20 To naah Mosi mah nihcae khaeah, Hae tiah oh pongah, maiphaw na sin o moe, Angraeng hmaa ah misatuk hanah na caeh o,

Moses replied, “If you will do this—if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for battle,

21 Angraeng mah a misanawk to a hmaa hoiah haek boih ai karoek to, Angraeng hmaa ah maiphaw sin hoi Jordan vapui nang kat o boih moe,

and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,

22 Angraeng hmaa ah prae na pazawk o nahaeloe, nam laem o let thai tih, to pacoengah loe Angraeng hoi Israel kaminawk hmaa ah zaehaih tidoeh na tawn o mak ai boeh; to naah hae prae loe Angraeng hmaa ah nangcae ih qawk ah om tih.

then when the land is subdued before the LORD, you may return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel. And this land will belong to you as a possession before the LORD.

23 Toe na sah o ai nahaeloe, khenah, nangcae loe Angraeng hmaa ah zaehaih na tawnh o pongah, na zae o haih mah nangcae to patom tih.

But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.

24 Na caa nawktanawk hanah vangpuinawk, tuunawk hanah tuu imnawk to sah pae oh; pakha hoi na thuih o ih lok baktih toengah sah oh, tiah a naa.

Build cities for your little ones and folds for your flocks, but do what you have promised.”

25 Gad hoi Reuben kaminawk mah Mosi khaeah, Na tamna kaicae loe ka angraeng mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah ka sak o han.

The Gadites and Reubenites said to Moses, “Your servants will do just as our lord commands.

26 Ka zu hoi ka caa nawktanawk, maitawnawk hoi tuunawk loe Gilead prae ih vangpuinawk thungah om o tih.

Our children, our wives, our livestock, and all our animals will remain here in the cities of Gilead.

27 Toe ka angraeng mah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, na tamna kaicae loe, maiphaw ka sinh o moe, misatuk hanah Angraeng hmaa ah Jordan vapui to kang kat o han, tiah a naa o.

But your servants are equipped for war, and every man will cross over to the battle before the LORD, just as our lord says.”

28 To kawng pongah Mosi mah, qaima Eleazar, Nun capa Joshua hoi Israel acaeng zaehoikung lu koeknawk khaeah, lokthuih pae;

So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the family leaders of the tribes of Israel.

29 nihcae khaeah, Gad hoi Reuben kaminawk loe misatuk hanah Angraeng hmaa ah nangcae hoi nawnto Jordan vapui to angkat o boih moe, nangcae hmaa ah misa pazawk o nahaeloe, to Gilead prae to nihcae han qawk ah toep o sak ah:

And Moses said to them, “If the Gadites and Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, with every man armed for battle before the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you are to give them the land of Gilead as a possession.

30 toe nihcae mah maiphaw to sin o moe, nangcae hoi nawnto vapui angkat o ai nahaeloe, Kanaan prae ah ni nangcae salakah taham to tawn o tih, tiah a naa.

But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”

31 Gad hoi Reuben kaminawk mah, Angraeng mah na tamnanawk khaeah thuih ih lok baktih toengah, ka sak o han.

The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

32 Jordan vapui hae bang zaeh ih prae to ka toep o hanah, maiphaw sin hoi Angraeng hmaa ah Kanaan prae thungah ka kun o han, tiah a naa o.

We will cross over into the land of Canaan armed before the LORD, that we may have our inheritance on this side of the Jordan.”

33 Mosi mah Gad kaminawk, Reuben kaminawk hoi Joseph ih caa, ahap Manasseh acaengnawk khaeah, Amor siangpahrang Sihon prae thung ih vangpuinawk boih, Bashan siangpahrang Og prae thung ih vangpuinawk to paek boih.

So Moses gave to the Gadites, to the Reubenites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan—the land including its cities and the territory surrounding them.

34 Gad kaminawk mah Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

And the Gadites built up Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer,

35 Atroth, Shophan, Jaazer, Jogbehah,

Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah,

36 Beth-Nimrah hoi Beth-Haran vangpuinawk to sipae thungh o moe, pacah ih tuunawk han doeh im sak pae o.

Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and they built folds for their flocks.

37 Reuben kaminawk mah Heshbon, Elealeh hoi Kirjathaim,

The Reubenites built up Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim,

38 Nebo hoi Baal-Meon (to vangpui ahmin loe athlaeng o ving boeh), Shibmah vangpui to sak o; a sak o ih vangpuinawk loe angmacae mah ni ahmin to sak o.

as well as Nebo and Baal-meon (whose names were changed), and Sibmah. And they renamed the cities they rebuilt.

39 Manasseh capa Makir ih caanawk loe Gilead ah caeh o moe, vangpuinawk to lak o pacoengah, Amor kaminawk to haek o.

The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.

40 To pongah Mosi mah Gilead to Manasseh capa Makir hanah paek; anih loe to ah khosak.

So Moses gave Gilead to the clan of Machir son of Manasseh, and they settled there.

41 Manasseh capa Jair mah nihcae ohhaih ahmuen to tuk moe, a lak pacoengah Havoth-Jair, tiah ahmin sak.

Jair, a descendant of Manasseh, went and captured their villages and called them Havvoth-jair.

42 To pacoengah Nobah mah Kenath hoi a taengah kaom avangnawk to tuk moe, a lak pacoengah, angmah ih ahmin to sak.

And Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah, after his own name.