Olrhaepnah 27

1 Te phoeiah Moses neh Israel pilnam khuikah patong rhoek te a uen tih, “Tihnin ah kai loh nang kang uen olpaek boeih he ngaithuen.

Then Moses and the responsible men of Israel gave the people these orders: Keep all the orders which I have given you this day;

2 Jordan na poeng tih BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang taengah m'paek khohmuen la na om khohnin vaengah lungto a len te namah loh thoh lamtah lungbok neh hluk.

And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,

3 BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang taengah m'paek khohmuen, Na pa rhoek kah BOEIPA Pathen loh nang taengkah a thui vanbangla suktui neh khoitui aka long khohmuen la kun ham na kat vaengah hekah olkhueng olka boeih he te dongah daek.

And writing on them all the words of this law, after you have gone over; so that you may take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said.

4 Jordan na poeng vaengah tihnin kah Ebal tlang ah kai loh nangmih kan uen vanbangla hekah lungto he ling uh lamtah lungbok neh hluk.

And when you have gone over Jordan, you are to put up these stones, as I have said to you today, in Mount Ebal, and have them coated with building-paste.

5 Te vaengah BOEIPA na Pathen kah hmueihtuk te lungto hmueihtuk la pahoi suem lamtah thicung muk thil boeh.

There you are to make an altar to the Lord your God, of stones on which no iron instrument has been used.

6 BOEIPA na Pathen kah hmueihtuk te lungto a hmahling neh suem lamtah a soah BOEIPA na Pathen kah hmueihhlutnah nawn.

You are to make the altar of the Lord your God of uncut stones; offering on it burned offerings to the Lord your God:

7 Rhoepnah na nawn vaengah pahoi ca lamtah BOEIPA na Pathen kah mikhmuh ah kohoe sak.

And you are to make your peace-offerings, feasting there with joy before the Lord your God.

8 Te vaengah he lungto dongkah olkhueng olka cungkuem na daek he a then la thuicaih pah,” a ti nah.

And put on the stones all the words of this law, writing them very clearly.

9 Te phoeiah Moses neh Levi khosoih rhoek loh Israel pum boeih te, “Sah lah, Israel nang loh hnatun lah. Tihnin ah BOEIPA na Pathen kah pilnam la na om coeng.

Then Moses and the priests, the Levites, said to all Israel, Be quiet and give ear, O Israel; today you have become the people of the Lord your God.

10 Te dongah BOEIPA na Pathen ol te hnatun lamtah tihnin kah kai loh nang kang uen olpaek neh oltlueh he vai,” a ti nah.

For this cause you are to give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and do his orders and his laws which I give you this day.

11 Amah tekah khohnin vaengah Moses loh pilnam te a uen tih,

That same day Moses said to the people,

12 “Jordan na poeng tih Gerizim tlang kah pilnam te yoethen paek vaengah he Simeon neh Levi, Judah neh Issakhar, Joseph neh Benjamin te pai saeh.

These are to take their places on Mount Gerizim for blessing the people when you have gone over Jordan: Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Joseph and Benjamin;

13 Ebal tlang ah rhunkhuennah dongah Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan neh Naphtali he pai uh saeh.

And these are to be on Mount Ebal for the curse: Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali.

14 Te vaengah Levi loh doo saeh lamtah Israel hlang boeih taengah pomsang ol thui uh saeh.

Then the Levites are to say in a loud voice to all the men of Israel,

15 “BOEIPA kah a tueilaehkoi mueithuk neh kutthai kah kutngo mueihlawn aka saii tih, yinhnuk ah aka khueh hlang te thae a phoei vaengah, pilnam loh boeih doo uh saeh lamtah, “Amen,” ti uh saeh.

Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

16 “A manu neh a napa rhaidaeng la aka khueh te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

17 “A hui kah rhi aka rhawt te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

18 “Longpuei ah mikdael la aka palang sak te thae a phoei vaengah, pilnam loh,” Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

19 “Yinlai, cadah nuhmai kah laitloeknah aka maelh pah te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

20 “A napa mul a poelh tih a napa yuu taengah aka yalh tah thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

21 “Rhamsa cungkuem taengah aka yalh te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

22 “A napa canu, a manu canu, amah ngannu taengah aka yalh te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

23 A masae-huta taengah aka yalh te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

24 “Yinhnuk ah a hui aka ngawn te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

25 Ommongsitoe thii neh a hinglu ngawn pah hamla kapbaih aka lo te thae a phoei thil vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh.

Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

26 He olkhueng ol he vai hamla aka thoh puei pawt te thae a phoei vaengah, pilnam loh, “Amen,” boeih ti saeh,” a ti nah.

Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.