< Laitloekkung 17 >

1 Te vaengah Ephraim tlang lamkah hlang pakhat, a ming ah Mikhaiah te om. 2 Te vaengah a manu taengah, “Nang taengkah cak thawngkhat yakhata loh dongah nang n'tap coeng. Ka hna ah khaw, 'Cak te kamah taengla ka loh ne,’ a ti,” a ti nah. Te dongah a manu loh, “BOEIPA rhangneh ka caa yoethen,” a ti. 3 Te dongah cak thawngkhat yakhat te a manu taenglaa bal hatah a manu loh, “Ka kut lamkah cak te ka ca kah mueithuk neh mueihlawn saii nah ham BOEIPA taengah ka hoep rhoela ka hoep coeng. Te dongah namah taengla kam mael pawn ni,” a ti nah. 4 Te dongah a manu taenglaa mael tangtae cak te a manu loh a loh. Cak yakhat te, mueithuk aka saii tih mueihlawn aka hlawn, Mikhaiah im kah aka om taengaha paek. 5 Tekah hlang Maikah amah taengah pathen im pakhat om. Te dongah hnisui neh sithui te a saii tih a ca rhoek khui lamkah pakhat kut dongah a poem sak phoeiah amah kah khosoih laa khueh. 6 Te vaeng tue ah Israel he manghai a khueh pawt dongah hlang boeih loh a mik dongkaha thuem sak bangla a saii. 7 Te vaengah Judah kho Bethlehem lamkah Judah koca cadong pakhat om tih anih khaw Levi la a om dongah te ah te pah van. 8 Judah Bethlehem khopuei lamkah hlang te cet tih a pah nah tea toem tih a longpueia thuep hatah Ephraim tlang kah Maikah im la pawk. 9 Te vaengah anih te Maikah loh, “Me lamkah lae na thoeng,” a ti nah hatah, “Kai he Judah Bethlehem lamkah Levi ni, te dongah pah nah te toem ham ka caeh dae he,” a ti nah. 10 Te dongah anih te Maikah loh, “Kai taengah khosa mai lamtah kai hamlaa pa banghui neh khosoih lam khaw om mai. Nang te kamah loh kum khat ah caka laang, himbai phu, na thahuelnah khaw kam paek bitni,” a ti nah. Te dongah Levi te khaw pahoi kun. 11 Levi khaw hlang neh khosak hama mulmet coeng dongah a capa pakhat bangla anih taengah cadong la a om pah. 12 Levi kut te khaw Maikah loh a khueh pah coeng dongah cadong khaw anih kah khosoih laa om pah tih Maikah im ah kho a sak. 13 Te daengah Maikah loh, “Levi he ka khosoih la om coeng tih kai hamla BOEIPA then tila ka ming coeng,” a ti.

< Laitloekkung 17 >