Olrhaepnah 20
1 Na thunkha taengah caem lana cet tih nang lakahaka yet pilnam kah marhang neh leng te na hmu cakhaw Egypt kho lamloh nangaka khuen BOEIPA na Pathente nang taenglaaom dongah amih te rhih boeh.
When you go to war with your enemies and you see horses and chariots, and a larger army than yours, don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt is with you.
2 Caemtloek neh na yoei vaengah khaw khosoih loh ha mop van saeh lamtah pilnam taengah ol aka thui la om van saeh.
Before you go into battle, the priest shall come and speak to the army.
3 Te vaengah amih te, “Israel nangloh hnatun lah. Tihnin kah na thunkharhoek taengah caemtloek lana mopuhvaengah na thinko phoena sak boeh, rhihuh boeh, tamtouh boeh, amih mikhmuh ahna sarhinguh boeh.
He is to tell them, “Listen, men of Israel! Today you are going to fight your enemies. Don't be nervous or afraid; don't be panicked or terrified by them.
4 Na thunkharhoek te nangmih hamaka tloektih nangmihaka khang hamni BOEIPA na Pathenloh nangmih taengaha pongpa,” ti nah saeh.
For the Lord your God is going with you to fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you the victory.”
5 Rhoiboei rhoek long khaw pilnam te voek uh saeh lamtah, “Hlang khat khat loh im thaia sak tiha uum pawt atah cet saeh lamtah amah im la bal saeh. Caemtloek vaengah duek vetih hlang tloe loh vik uum pah ve.
The officers shall also speak to the army and tell them, “Is there any man here who has built a new house and hasn't dedicated it to the Lord? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will dedicate it.
6 Hlang khat khat loh misura ling tih a uem hlan atah cet saeh lamtah amah im la bal saeh. Caemtloek vaengah duek vetih hlang tloe loh vik uem pah ve.
Is there any man here who has planted a vineyard and hasn't yet enjoyed its fruit? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will enjoy its fruit.
7 Hlang khat khat loh yuua bae tiha loh hlan atah cet saeh lamtah a im la bal saeh. Caemtloek vaengah duek vetih hlang tloe loh vik loh pah ve,” ti nah saeh.
Is there any man here who is engaged to a woman and hasn't married her? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will marry her.”
8 Te phoeiah pilnam taengaha thui ham rhoiboei rhoek loh thap uh saeh lamtah, “Hlang khat khat long ni a rhih tiha thinkoa mongkawt atah cet saeh lamtah amah im la bal saeh. Te daengahni anihkaha thinko bangla a manuca rhoek kah a thinko khaw a yut pawt eh?,” ti na uh saeh.
The officers are also to tell the army, “Is there any man here who is afraid or nervous? He can go home, so he won't affect his fellow-soldiers and make them as frightened as himself.”
9 Pilnam taengkah olthui te rhoiboei rhoek loh a khah phoeiah pilnamkaha lu dongah caempueirhoek kah mangpate hlah la om saeh.
After the officers have finished speaking to the army, they are put commanders in charge to lead it into battle.
10 Khopuei tena paan tih na vathoh thil vaengah anih te rhoepnah neh tuentah dae.
When you arrive at a town, ready to attack it, you must first make an offer of peace to the people living there.
11 Te vaengah nangte rhoepnah neh n'doo tih nang hamla thohka aka onga om atah a khuikah m'hmuh pilnam boeih neh saldong khaw nang hamla om saeh lamtah nang taengah thotat uh saeh.
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates to you, all the inhabitants will become your slave-laborers.
12 Tedae nang te n'thuung pawt tih nang te caem la m'hmoel atah amah tena dum van ni.
However, if they refuse to make peace with you and decide to fight you, then lay siege to the town.
13 Te vaengah anihte BOEIPA na Pathenloh na kut dongah han tloeng vetih cunghang ha neh amah tongpaca te boeihna tloek bitni.
Once the Lord your God has handed it over to you, kill every male with the sword.
14 Huta camoe neh rhamsa khaw, khopuei khuikahaka om boeih neh a kutbuem boeih khaw namah hamna poel na yoe vetih BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah m'paek na thunkha rhoek kah a kutbuem tena caak ni.
But you can take as plunder the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the town. You can take and use all your enemies' possessions the Lord your God gives you.
15 A yoei kah namtom khopueirhoek he pawt tih namah taeng lamloh bahoengaka hla khopueirhoek te boeihna saii ni.
This is the way you are to deal with all the towns that are a long way from you and don't belong to neighboring nations.
16 Tedae BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah rho la m'paek, pilnamrhoek kah khopuei ah hiil aka khueh boeih tah na hlun mahpawh.
However, when it comes to the towns of those nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you to occupy, don't leave anything alive that breathes.
17 Te dongah amih Khitti neh Amori, Kanaani neh Perizzi, Khivee neh Jebusi ngawn tah BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang ng'uen vanbanglana thup rhoe na thup ni.
Set them apart for complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has ordered you to do.
18 Amamih kah pathenrhoek taengaha saiiuh tueilaehkoi boeih te saii hamla na cang mahpawh. BOEIPA na Pathen taengahna tholh van ve.
This is to prevent them teaching you all the offensive things they do in worshiping their gods, and in so doing make you sin against the Lord your God.
19 Khopuei te tuuk ham neh tloek hamla khohnina senna dum atah a taengah hai neh hehtih a thing tena hum mahpawh. Amih tena caak thai dongahna vung mahpawh. Na mikhmuh kah vongup khuiahna paan te khaw khohmuen thingkung lamkah hlang boeiloeih ni.
Now when you lay siege to a town and it goes on for a long time as you fight to capture it, don't destroy the fruit trees there. You can eat their fruit. Don't cut them down. Are the trees in the orchard human beings that you should also attack?
20 Tedae thingkung te a thaih aka om pawh thingkung lana ming atah na phae thai. Te vaengahna hum vetih nang taengah caemaka saii khopueiloh a tim hlandue tah vongsoel la na saii thai.
However, you may destroy the trees that you know are not fruit trees. You can use them to build siege equipment to attack the town that is fighting against you until it falls.
