Olrhaepnah 1
1 Hekah olka he Jordan rhalvang kah khosoek, Suph imdan kolken Paran laklo neh Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth neh Dizahab ah Israel boeih ham Mosesloha thuipah.
In this book is written what Moses/I said to the Israeli people. He/I told them these things when they/we were in the desert, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. They/We had set up our tents near [a place named] Suph, between Paran [town on the one side of the river] and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab [towns on the other side of the river].
2 Te vaengah Seir tlang long kah Horeb lamkah Kadeshbarnea he hnin rha hlai at longcaeh hla pueng.
To walk from Sinai [Mountain] to the Kadesh-Barnea [oasis], people usually travel for only eleven days, going by way of the hilly area named Edom.
3 Kum likipa lo vaengkaha hla hlai at kah hla lamhma cuek dongah BOEIPAkaha uen boeih te Israel carhoek ham Mosesloha thuipah.
Forty years after (the Israelis/we) left Egypt, in the middle of January, Moses/I told the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me to tell them.
4 Heshbon ahaka ngol Amori manghai Sihon neh Edrei kah Ashtaroth ahaka ngol Bashan manghai Ogaa tloek phoeiah,
This was after they/we had defeated Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, who lived in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king of the Bashan [region] who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei [towns].
5 Moab kho kah Jordan rhalvang ah BOEIPA kah olkhueng te Mosesloh koea thuicaih tih,
Moses/I told them these things while the people were in the Moab region, on the east side of the Jordan [River]. He/I (explained to them/enabled them to understand) God’s laws. This is what he/I said to them:
6 “Mamih kah BOEIPA Pathenloh Horeb aha thui tah, 'Hekah tlang ah na omuh khaw rhoehcoeng.
“Yahweh our God said to us when we were at Sinai [Mountain], ‘You have stayed for a very long time at [the bottom of] this mountain.
7 Nangmih te hooiuh lamtah hlahuh laeh. Amori tlang neh a imben boeih ah, kolken tlang neh kolrhawk ah khaw, Negev neh Kanaan kho kah tuitun langkaeng long khaw, Lebanon tuiva Perath tuiva puei duela cetuh.
So now continue traveling. Go to the hilly area where the Amor people-group lives and to the nearby areas—to the Jordan [River] Valley, to the hilly region, to the western (foothills/hills at the bottom of the mountains), to the desert area to the south, to the [Mediterranean] Seacoast, to all of Canaan land, to the Lebanon [Mountains], and [northeast] to the great Euphrates River.
8 Nangmih mikhmuh kah khohmuen kam paek he hmuhuh. Cetuh lamtah panguh. Tekah khohmuen teni BOEIPAloh na parhoek Abraham taengah, Isaak taengah, Jakob taengah khaw amih phoeikah a tii a ngan taengah khaw paek ham la ola coeng.
Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’”
9 Te vaeng tue ah nangmih taengah ka thui vanbangla, “Nangmih khuen ham he kai loh kan na moenih.
Moses/I also said to the people, “When [we were still at Sinai Mountain], I told your ancestors ‘It is a very big burden/responsibility for me to govern all of you. So I cannot do it by myself.
10 BOEIPA na Pathenloh nangmih m'ping sak coeng dongah tihnin ah tah vaan kah aisi banglana yetcoeng.
Yahweh our God has caused us Israelis to now become as numerous as the stars in the sky.
11 Na parhoek kah BOEIPA Pathenloh nangmih taengkaha thui vanbang la nangmih tea pueh thawng khat lam khaw n'thap saeh lamtah yoethen m'pae saeh.
And I hope/desire that Yahweh, the God whom our ancestors [worshiped], will cause us to become 1,000 times as numerous as we are now and that he will bless us just like he promised to do.
12 Tedae nangmih kah laipuei neh hnophueih neh tuituknahte kai loh metlam ka phueih thai eh?
But I certainly cannot [RHQ] (solve/deal with) all of your complaints/problems.
13 Te dongah namah koca khui lamkahaka cueih tihaka yakming nehaka ming thai hlang rhoekte namamih ham tuekuh lamtah amihte nangmihkaha lu la ka khueh eh?,’ ka ti.
So choose some men from your tribes who are wise and who have good sense and who are respected. Then I will appoint them to be your leaders.’
14 Te vaengah kai te nan doouh tih, 'Na ol thui tete then, saii hamom,’na tiuh.
Your ancestors replied, ‘What you have suggested is good for us to do.’
15 Te dongahaka cueih tihaka ming hlang rhoekte namamih koca rhoek kah a lu la ka khueh eh. Te vaengah thawngkhat kah mangparhoek, yakhat kah mangparhoek, sawmnga kah mangparhoek neh hlangrha kah mangparhoek te nangmih soaha lu la ka khueh tih nangmih kocarhoek kah rhoiboei la om uh.
So I took the wise and respected men [that your ancestors chose] from your tribes, and I appointed them to be your leaders. I appointed some to (rule/have authority) over 1,000 people, some to have authority over 100 people, some to have authority over 50 people, and some to have authority over ten people. I also appointed other officers from throughout your tribes.
16 Te vaengah nangmih taengkah laitloekrhoek te ka uen tih, 'Na manuca rhoek loh a yaak koi la hlang neh a manuca lakloah khaw yinlai laklo ah khaw duengnah neh laitloekuh.
I instructed/told your leaders, ‘Listen to the disputes that occur among your people. Judge each dispute, including disputes between close relatives and quarrels between your people and people from other countries who live among you.
17 Laitloeknah dongah hlang maelhmai souh boeh. Tanoe kangham lana yaak akhaw hlang mikhmuh ah bakuepuh boeh. Laitloeknah he Pathen hut laaom dongah nangmih hamaka kuel olka te tah kai taengla hang khuenuh lamtah n'yaak sak uh,’ ka tinah.
You must (be impartial/not favor one person more than another); you must treat poor people and important people equally. You must not worry about what anyone will think [about how you decide matters], because you will decide matters as God [wants you to]. If any quarrel/dispute is very difficult and you are unable to decide it, bring it to me, and I will decide.’
18 Te vaeng tue kah nangmih kang uen olka boeih te saiiuh.
At that time I also told you other things that you should do.”
19 Te dongah mamih BOEIPA Pathenkaha uen vanbangla Horeb lamkah m'puenuh tih khosoek khoham khaw boeihna hmuhuh. Rhih aka om Amori tlang long la n'cetuh tih Kadeshbarnea te m'phauh.
“Then, just like Yahweh our God commanded us, we left Sinai [Mountain] and went through that huge desert that was very (dangerous/difficult to travel through), on the road to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. We arrived at Kadesh-Barnea.
20 Te vaengah nangmih taengah, “Mamih kah BOEIPA Pathenloh mamih taengah m'paek Amori tlang lana pawkuh coeng.
I said to your ancestors, ‘We have now come to the hilly area where the Amor people-group live. This is part of the area that Yahweh our God, the one whom our ancestors [worshiped], is giving to us.
21 Na parhoek kah BOEIPA Pathenloh nangmih taengah, 'Rhih boeh, rhihyawp boeh,’ a ti vanbangla nangmih mikhmuh ah na BOEIPA Pathen loh m'paek ke souh. Khohmuen ke cet lamtah pang laeh,’ ka ti.
Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be (at all/even a little bit) afraid.’
22 Te vaengah kai taengla boeih na capituh tih, 'Mamih hmai ah hlang tueih uhsih lamtah khohmuen te ha hip uh saeh. Te daengah ni n'caeh hamkoi longpuei neh m'pha hamkoi khopueirhoek kah olkate mamih taengla hang khuen uh eh,” na tiuh.
But all of your ancestors came to me and said, ‘Before we go, we should [first] send some men there to explore the land, in order that they can return and tell us which will be the best road to go there and what kind of towns are there.’
23 Tekah olka ka mik dongaha thuem van dongah koca pakhatah hlangpakhat neh hlang hlai nitte nangmihkhui lamkah ka tuek.
I thought that it would be good to do that, so I chose twelve men, one man from each tribe.
24 Te dongah hooiuh tih tlanglaa yoenguh phoeiah Eshkol soklong la pawkuh tihkhoa hipuh.
They went up into the hilly area as far as Eshcol Valley, and they explored all that area.
25 Te vaengah khohmuen thaihtae te a kut neha lohuh tih mammih taengla han suntlak puei uh phoeiah mamih ham olka ham voeihuh. Mamih kah Pathen BOEIPAloh mamih taengah m'paek khohmuenkaha thente khawa thuiuh.
They picked some of the fruit that they found there and brought it to us. They reported that the land that Yahweh our God was giving to us is very good/fertile.”
26 Tedae caeh hamna huemuh pawt dongah na BOEIPA Pathen kah ol tena koekuh.
“But your ancestors refused to go [and conquer that land]. They rebelled against what Yahweh our God had commanded them to do, and they would not go into that land.
27 Namamih kah dap khuiah pataengna cailakuh tih, 'Mamih kah BOEIPA kah hmuhuetnah dongah mamih mitmoeng sak hamni Egypt kho lamloh n'khuentih Amori kut dongla n'thak.
Your ancestors [stayed] in their tents and complained saying ‘Yahweh hates us. So he has brought us here from Egypt just to allow the Amor people-group to destroy us.
28 Kaimih ta melam kacaeh uh eh? Mah manucaaka cetrhoek loh, 'Pilnamloh lenuh tih mamih lakah sang uh, khopueirhoekkhaw ka tihavong cakloh vaan duelaa pha, teahte Anakim carhoek khaw ka hmuh,’ a ti uh tih mamih kah lungbuei thinko hehoenga khahuh.
(Why should we go there?/We do not want to go there.) [RHQ] The men whom we sent there have caused us to become very discouraged/afraid. They have told us that the people there are much stronger and taller than we are and that there are extremely high [HYP] walls around their towns. Also they reported that they saw [giants there that are] descendants of Anak.’
29 Nangmih te, “Amih taengahna sarhing sak boeh, rhihuh boeh,’ ka ti.
Then I said to your ancestors, ‘Do not be afraid (at all/even a little bit) [DOU] of those people!
30 Nangmih mikhmuh kahaka cet na Pathen BOEIPAloh Egypt ah nangmih ham namamih mikhmuh kaha saii bang boeih la nangmih hama vathoh bitni.
Yahweh our God will go ahead of you, and he will fight for you, just like you saw him do for you in Egypt
31 Hekah hmuen na phauhduena caehuhvaengah longpueng khing ah hlangloh a caa poeh bangla khosoek ah BOEIPA na Pathenloh nangmih m'poeh te khawna hmuhuh coeng.
and in the desert. You saw how he brought you safely here, like a man would carry his son. [SIM]’
32 Tedae tekah olkaaom lalah nangmihloh BOEIPA na Pathen tena tangnahuh pawh.
[I reminded them that] he always went ahead of them while they traveled [in the desert]. He directed them by [a pillar of] fire during the night and a [pillar of] cloud during the day. He showed them places to set up their tents. But in spite of what I said, your ancestors would not trust Yahweh our God.
33 Longpueng ah na rhaehnah ham nangmih kah hmuen tlap te nangmih mikhmuh ah halo. Khoyinah hmai neh longpuei te nangmih n'tueng tih khothaihah cingmai nehna cetuh.
34 Nangmih kah olka ol te BOEIPAloha yaak vaengaha thintoek tih ola coeng.
Yahweh heard what they said, and he became angry. He solemnly declared,
35 “Na parhoek taengah paek ham ka caeng khohmuen then te he kah boethae thawnpuei hlang rhoek khuikah hlangloh hmu mahpawh.
‘Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, will enter the land. He has obeyed me completely. So I will give to him and to his descendants [some of] the land that he explored. He is the only one of all you people who will enter that land. None of these evil people will ever see that good land which I solemnly promised to give to your ancestors.’
36 Jephunneh capa Kaleb long tah te a hmuh ni. BOEIPA hnukaha tlun van dongah a soaha cawt vanbangla khohmuen te anih taeng neh a carhoek taengahaka paek ni, ' a ti.
37 Nangmih kongah kai taengah khaw BOEIPAloha thintoek tih, 'Nang khawna kun mahpawh.
But because of [what] your ancestors [did], Yahweh was also angry with me. He said to me, ‘You also will not enter that land.
38 Na mikhmuh ahaka pai Nun capa Joshua tah kun ni. Israel te anihloha pang ham coeng dongah anih te mah talonglaeh.
Joshua, the son of Nun, who is your helper, will enter it. Encourage him, because he is the one who will enable you Israeli people to occupy that land.’
39 Na ca te maeh la om ni na tiuh cakhawa tue thae thenaka ming mueh na ca rhoek tah kun uh ni. Te dongah amih te khohmuen ka paek vetih amihloha pang uh ni.
Then Yahweh said to all of us, ‘You said that your children would be captured by your enemies. Because they are very young, they do not yet know what is good and what is evil. But they are the ones to whom I will give that land, and they will enter it and occupy it.
40 Tedae nangmih te namamih maeluh lamtah carhaek li longpuei kah khosoekte paan uh,’ a ti.
But as for you, turn around and go back into the desert, toward the (Red Sea/Gulf of Aqaba).’
41 Te vaengah kai he nan doouh tih, 'BOEIPA taengah ka tholhuh coeng. Mamih kah Pathen BOEIPAkaha uen bangla boeih yoeng uhsih lamtah vathoh uh sih,’ na tiuh. Te dongah hlang khat rhip loh amah kah caemtloek tubael tea vahuh tih tlang la yoeng ham te na yoeikoeksakuh.
Then your ancestors replied, ‘We have sinned; we have disobeyed Yahweh. So we will go and attack [the people who live in] that land, just like Yahweh our God commanded us to do.’ And each of their men put on his weapons, and they thought that it would be easy to invade the hilly region.
42 Tedae BOEIPAloh kai taengah, “Amih te thuipah. Cetuh boeh, vathohuh boeh, nangmih lakli ah ka om pawt dongah na thunkharhoek kah mikhmuh ahna yawkuh mahpawt nim,” a ti.
But Yahweh said to me, ‘Tell them, “Do not go up there and attack those people, because I will not go with you. If you go, your enemies will defeat you.”’
43 Nangmih taengah ka thui daena ngaiuh pawt tih BOEIPA ol tena koekuh. Na lokhakuh tih tlang lana lueiuh.
So I told that to your ancestors, but they would not heed what I said. They [again] rebelled against what Yahweh commanded them to do. Their soldiers proudly/arrogantly marched up into that hilly region.
44 Te dongah nangmihaka doe ham tlang ahaka om Amori te halo tih khoiloha cuk thil bangla nangmih te n'hloemuh phoeiah Seir lamkah Hormah duela nangmih te m'phopuh.
Then the men of the Amor people-group who lived in that region came out [of their towns] and attacked those soldiers. They pursued your ancestors’ soldiers like [a swarm of] bees pursues people, and they pursued them [south] from the Edom area and defeated them at Hormah [city].
45 Te vaengahna balkhonguh tih BOEIPA mikhmuh ahna rhapuh dae nangmih ol te BOEIPAloha yaak voel mueh la nangmih taengaha hna khaw kaeng pawh.
So your ancestors went back [to Kadesh-Barnea] and cried out to request Yahweh [to help them], but he did not heed them. He did not pay any attention to them [DOU].
46 Te dongahni Kadesh kahna om uh te khohnin la khohnina yetna omuh.
So we stayed there at Kadesh-Barnea for a long time.”
