< Laitloekkung 12 >
1 Ephraim hlang neh tlangpuei la aka kat te a hueh tih Jephthah taengah, “Ammon ca rhoek vathoh thil ham na kat vaengah balae tih nang neh aka pongpa hmaih ham kaimih khaw nang khue pawh. Te dongah na im neh namah te hmai neh kang hoeh uh ni,” a ti nah.
2 Tedae amih te Jephthah loh, “Kai tah ka pilnam neh pilnu Ammon ca rhoek kah tuituknah khuikah hlang la ka om tih nangmih te kan doek dae kai he amih kut lamloh nan khang uh moenih.
3 Khangnah na khueh pawt te ka hmuh van vaengah tah ka kut dongkah ka hinglu ka khuen tih Ammon ca rhoek te ka paan. Te vaengah amih te BOEIPA loh ka kut dongah m'paek. Balae tih kai vathoh thil ham tihnin atah kai taengla na lo uh kanoek,” a ti nah.
4 Te dongah Jephthah loh Gilead hlang boeih tea coi tih Ephraim tea tloek. Ephraim lakli ah khaw, Manasseh lakli ah khaw, “Gilead nang he Ephraim hlangyong ni,” a ti uh dongah Ephraim te Gilead hlang rhoek loh a tloek uh.
5 Ephraim te Jordan lamkai ah Gilead loh a mah tiha om vaengah Ephraim hlangyong rhoek loh, “Ng'kat sak uh mai,” a ti na uh. Te dongah anih te Gilead hlang rhoek loh, “Nang Ephraim a?,” a ti nah hatah, “Moenih,” a ti nah.
6 Tedae anih te, “Thingpae ti mai,” a ti na uh dongah hmantang la a thui ham coeng pawt tih, “Cangyang ni,” a ti. Te phoeiah anih tea tuuk uh tih Jordan lamkai aha ngawn uh. Te vaeng hnin ah Ephraim thawng sawmli panit te a cungku sak.
7 Jephthah loh Israel te kum rhuk lai a tloek pah. Giladi Jephthah he a duek vaengah Gilead khopuei aha up uh.
8 Anih hnukah Israel te Bethlehem kah Ibzan loh lai a tloek pah.
9 Anih te capa sawmthuma om pah hatah canu sawmthum te kholong laa tueih tih kholong nu sawmthum te a ca rhoek hama loh pah. Anih long khaw Israel ham kum rhih lai a tloek pah.
10 Ibzana duek phoeiah Bethlehem aha up uh.
11 Anih hnukah Israel he Zebulon Elon loh lai a tloek pah. Te dongah kum rha khuiah tah Israel ham lai a tloek.
12 Zebulon Elon khaw duek tih Zebulun khohmuen Aijalon aha up uh.
13 Anih hnukah Israel te Pirathon Hillel capa Abdon loh lai a tloek pah.
14 Anih ham laak sawmrhih dongah aka ngol capa sawmli neha ca rhoek kah a ca sawmthum om. Te vaengah Israel te kum rhet lai a tloek pah.
15 Pirathon Hillel capa Abdona duek vaengah Amalek tlang kah Ephraim khohmuen Pirathon aha up uh.
