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 march out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you must not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, he who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 Caemtloek neh na yoei vaengah khaw khosoih loh ha mop van saeh lamtah pilnam taengah ol aka thui la om van saeh.
When you are about to enter into battle, the priest must approach and speak to the people.
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 must say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are going to battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts faint. Do not fear or tremble. Do not be afraid of them.
4 Na thunkharhoek te nangmih hamaka tloektih nangmihaka khang hamni BOEIPA na Pathenloh nangmih taengah a pongpa,” ti nah saeh.
For Yahweh your God is the one who is going with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'
5 Rhoiboei rhoek long khaw pilnam te voek uh saeh lamtah, “Hlang khat khat loh im thai a sak tih a uum pawt atah cet saeh lamtah amah im la bal saeh. Caemtloek vaengah duek vetih hlang tloe loh vik uum pah ve.
The officers must speak to the people and say, 'What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it.
6 Hlang khat khat loh misur a 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 anyone who has planted a vineyard and has not enjoyed its fruit? Let him go home, so he will not die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
7 Hlang khat khat loh yuu a bae tih a 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.
What man is there who is engaged to marry a woman but has not yet married her? Let him go home so that he does not die in battle and another man marries her.'
8 Te phoeiah pilnam taengah a thui ham rhoiboei rhoek loh thap uh saeh lamtah, “Hlang khat khat long ni a rhih tih a thinko a 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 must speak further to the people and say, 'What man is there who is fearful or fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house, so that his brother's heart does not melt like his own heart.'
9 Pilnam taengkah olthui te rhoiboei rhoek loh a khah phoeiah pilnamkaha lu dongah caempuei rhoek kah mangpate hlah la om saeh.
When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they must appoint commanders over them.
10 Khopuei tena paan tih na vathoh thil vaengah anih te rhoepnah neh tuentah dae.
When you march up to attack a city, make those people an offer of peace.
11 Te vaengah nangte rhoepnah neh n'doo tih nang hamla thohka aka ong a 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 and open their gates to you, all the people who are found in it must become forced labor for you and must serve you.
12 Tedae nang te n'thuung pawt tih nang te caem la m'hmoel atah amah tena dum van ni.
But if it makes no offer of peace to you, but instead makes war against you, then you must besiege it,
13 Te vaengah anihte BOEIPA na Pathenloh na kut dongah han tloeng vetih cunghang ha neh amah tongpaca te boeihna tloek bitni.
and when Yahweh your God gives you victory and puts them under your control, you must kill every man in the town.
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 the women, the little ones, the cattle, and everything that is in the city, and all its spoil, you will take as booty for yourself. You will consume the booty of your enemies, whom Yahweh your God has given to you.
15 A yoei kah namtom khopueirhoek he pawt tih namah taeng lamloh bahoengaka hla khopueirhoek te boeihna saii ni.
You must act in this way toward all the cities that are very far from you, cities that are not of the cities of these following nations.
16 Tedae BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah rho la m'paek, pilnam rhoek kah khopuei ah hiil aka khueh boeih tah na hlun mahpawh.
In the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must save alive nothing 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.
Instead, you must completely destroy them: the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as Yahweh your God has commanded you.
18 Amamih kah pathenrhoek taengah a saiiuh tueilaehkoi boeih te saii hamla na cang mahpawh. BOEIPA na Pathen taengahna tholh van ve.
Do this so that they do not teach you to act in any of their abominable ways, as they have done with their gods. If you do, you will sin against Yahweh your God.
19 Khopuei te tuuk ham neh tloek hamla khohnin a 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.
When you will besiege a city for a long time, as you wage war against it to capture it, you must not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them. For you may eat from them, so you must not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man whom you should besiege?
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.
Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you may destroy and cut down; you will build siege works against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
