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 out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land 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.
It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall 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.
and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
4 Na thunkharhoek te nangmih hamaka tloektih nangmihaka khang hamni BOEIPA na Pathenloh nangmih taengah a pongpa,” ti nah saeh.
for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, 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 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 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.
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 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 has pledged to be married to 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 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 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 Pilnam taengkah olthui te rhoiboei rhoek loh a khah phoeiah pilnamkaha lu dongah caempuei rhoek kah mangpate hlah la om saeh.
It shall be, when the officers have finished speaking to the people, that they shall appoint captains of armies at the head of the people.
10 Khopuei tena paan tih na vathoh thil vaengah anih te rhoepnah neh tuentah dae.
When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it.
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.
It shall be, if it gives you answer of peace and opens to you, then it shall be that all the people who are found therein shall become forced laborers to you, and shall serve you.
12 Tedae nang te n'thuung pawt tih nang te caem la m'hmoel atah amah tena dum van ni.
If it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it.
13 Te vaengah anihte BOEIPA na Pathenloh na kut dongah han tloeng vetih cunghang ha neh amah tongpaca te boeihna tloek bitni.
When the LORD your God delivers it into your hand, you shall strike every male of it with the edge of 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 the women, the little ones, the livestock, and all that is in the city, even all its plunder, you shall take for plunder for yourself. You may use the plunder of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
15 A yoei kah namtom khopueirhoek he pawt tih namah taeng lamloh bahoengaka hla khopueirhoek te boeihna saii ni.
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 Tedae BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah rho la m'paek, pilnam rhoek kah khopuei ah hiil aka khueh boeih tah na hlun mahpawh.
But of the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall 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.
but you shall utterly destroy them: the Hittite, the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, as the LORD 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.
that they not teach you to follow all their abominations, which they have done for their gods; so would you sin against the LORD 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 shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by wielding an ax against them; for you may eat of them. You shall not cut them down, for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged by you?
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 shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it falls.
