Laitloekkung 6
1 Israel ca rhoek loh BOEIPA mikhmuh ah thaea saii. Te dongah BOEIPA loh amih te kum rhih khuiah Midian kut aha paek.
The children of Israel did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, so Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 Te dongah Midian mikhmuh ah, Midian kut te Israel soah tanglue. Israel ca rhoek loh amamih ham buep te tlang, lungko neh, rhalmahim ah a tuk uh.
The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds.
3 Israel kah a lotawn khaw Midian, Amalek neh khothoeng ca loh ham paan tih a luei thil uh.
So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
4 Amih te a rhaeh thil uh tih khohmuen cangpai tea phae uh. Gaza duela na ka cet te Israel neh tu, vaito, laak ham kangna khaw hinglu hlawtnah paih uh pawh.
They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey.
5 Amih loh a dap te boiva neh a paan uh. A paan uh vaengah hlangping neh kaisih bangla muep ha pawk uh. Te vaengah amih neh a kalauk rhoek tah tae lek na moenih. Te dongah khohmuen phae ham nia muk uh.
For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
6 Midian mikhmuh ah Israel he bahoenga tlayae coeng dongah Israel ca rhoek loh BOEIPAa pang thiluh.
Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to Yahweh.
7 Midian kawng dongah BOEIPA te Israel ca rhoek loh a pang thil uh khaw ana om coeng.
When the children of Israel cried to Yahweh because of Midian,
8 Te vaengah Israel ca rhoek ham tonghma pakhat te BOEIPA loh a tueih tih, “Amih te, 'Israel Pathen BOEIPA loh, 'Nangmih he kai loh Egypt lamkah kan doek tih sal imkhui lamloh nangmih he kam poh.
Yahweh sent a prophet to the children of Israel; and he said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of bondage.
9 Egypt kut lamkah khaw, nangmih aka nen kut cungkuem lamkah khaw, nangmih kan lat coeng. Nangmih mikhmuh lamloh amih te ka haek tih amih khohmuen te nangmih kam paek.
I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land.
10 Te vaengah nangmih taengah, 'Kai tah BOEIPA na Pathen ni, a khohmuen ah na om uh thil Amori pathen te rhih uh boeh,’ ka ti lalah ka ol na hnatun uh pawh,’ a ti,” a ti nah.
I said to you, “I am Yahweh your God. You shall not fear the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.” But you have not listened to my voice.’”
11 BOEIPA kah puencawn te koep ha pawk tih Ophrah kah rhokael hmuiah ngol. Te vaengah Midian mikhmuh lamkah rhaelrham ham Abiezer Joash neh a capa Gideon loh misur rhom ah canga boh.
Yahweh’s angel came and sat under the oak which was in Ophrah, that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 Anih taengah khaw BOEIPA puencawna phoe pah tih, “Tatthai hlangrhalh nang taengah BOEIPA om,” a ti nah.
Yahweh’s angel appeared to him, and said to him, “Yahweh is with you, you mighty man of valor!”
13 Tedae anih te Gideon loh, “Ka boeipa, kaimih taengah BOEIPA om ta. Tedae balae tih kaimih taengah a cungkuem hea thoeng? A khobaerhambae cungkuem te melae? Te te kaimih taengah a paa thui vaengah tah Kaimih he BOEIPA loh Egypt lamkah n'doek moenih a?” a ti. Tedae BOEIPA loh kaimih he n'phap tih Midian kut ah kaimih n'tloeng coeng he,” a ti nah.
Gideon said to him, “Oh, my lord, if Yahweh is with us, why then has all this happened to us? Where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, ‘Didn’t Yahweh bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Yahweh has cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.”
14 Te vaengah BOEIPA te anih taengla la hooi uh tih, “Na thadueng neh cet lamtah Midian kut lamkah Israel he khang laeh. Nang kan tueih rhoe moenih a?” a ti nah.
Yahweh looked at him, and said, “Go in this your might, and save Israel from the hand of Midian. Haven’t I sent you?”
15 Te dongah amah te, “Ka Boeipa aw, Israel he ba nen lae ka khang eh? Manasseh khuiah tattloel la kai he thawngkhat ka lo tih a pa imko khuiah kai ni canoi coeng,” a ti nah.
He said to him, “O Lord, how shall I save Israel? Behold, my family is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father’s house.”
16 Tedae anih te BOEIPA loh, “Nang taengah ka om vetih Midian te hlang pakhat banglam ni na tloek ngawn eh?,” a ti nah.
Yahweh said to him, “Surely I will be with you, and you shall strike the Midianites as one man.”
17 Te vaengah Gideon loh, “Na mikhmuh ah mikdaithen ni ka dang atah kai taengah na thui te miknoek la kai taengah han saii laeh.
He said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, then show me a sign that it is you who talk with me.
18 Nang taengla ka pawk tih ka khosaa kang khuen te na mikhmuh ah ka tloeng duela he lamloh ana nong boel dae,” a ti nah. Te dongah, “Kai khaw nang bal duela kana om bitni,” a ti nah.
Please don’t go away until I come to you, and bring out my present, and lay it before you.” He said, “I will wait until you come back.”
19 Gideon te cet tih maae ca neh vaidam te vaidamding la cangnoek pakhat a hmoel. Maeh te vaihang dongah a doh phoeiah maehhang te am khuiah a thun. Te phoeiah rhokael hmui kah puencawn taengla a khuen tih a tawn pah.
Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened cakes of an ephah of meal. He put the meat in a basket and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it.
20 Pathen kah puencawn loh Gideon taengah, “Maeh neh vaidamding te lo lamtah thaelpang soah tloeng lah. Te phoeiah maehhang bueih thil,” a ti nah vanbanglaa saii pah.
The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” He did so.
21 Te phoeiah BOEIPA puencawn loh a kut dongkah cunghol hmuidong tea thueng tih maeh neh vaidamding tea nawn te a nawn hatah lungpang lamloh hmai thoo tih maeh neh vaidamding tea hlawp. Te phoeiah BOEIPA puencawn khaw a mikhmuh lamloh vik cet.
Then Yahweh’s angel stretched out the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes; and fire went up out of the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then Yahweh’s angel departed out of his sight.
22 Te daengah anih te BOEIPA kah puencawn la Gideon loh a hmuh. Te phoeiah Gideon loh, “Aw, ka Boeipa Yahovah, BOEIPA puencawn te maelhmai neh ka hmuh,” a ti.
Gideon saw that he was Yahweh’s angel; and Gideon said, “Alas, Lord Yahweh! Because I have seen Yahweh’s angel face to face!”
23 Tedae anih te BOEIPA loh, “Na sading saeh, rhih boeh, na duek mahpawh,” a ti nah.
Yahweh said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.”
24 Te dongah Gideon loh BOEIPA ham hmueihtuk pahoia suem pah. Hmueithuk te khaw ngaimongnah BOEIPAa sui tih tihnin duela Abiezer Ophrah ah om pueng.
Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
25 Tekah khoyin ah Gideon te BOEIPA loh, “Na pa kah vaitoa tal pakhat neh vaitotal kum rhih koep khuen lamtah na pa kah Baal hmueihtuk koengloeng laeh, a taengkah Asherah te khaw top pah.
That same night, Yahweh said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.
26 Hekah lunghim som ah he BOEIPA na Pathen ham hmueihtuk suem laeh. Vaitoa pabae te maehlaep la khuen lamtah na top sut Asherah thing neh hmueihhlutnah la nawn laeh,” a ti nah.
Then build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”
27 Te dongah Gideon loh a sal hlang parha te a khuen tih BOEIPA loh a taengaha thui pah vanbanglaa saii. Tedae khothaih ah a saii ham te a napa cako neh khopuei kah hlang rhoek tea rhih dongah khoyin ah a saii.
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him. Because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, he could not do it by day, but he did it by night.
28 Mincang ah khopuei kah hlang rhoek loh a thoh uh vaengah Baal kah hmueihtuk te ana tim tih a taengkah Asherah khaw ana top pa uh, vaito pabae te khaw hmueihtuka suem tangtae dongah tarha ana nawn pauh.
When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
29 Te dongah hlang loh a hui taengah, “Hekah hno aka saii he ulae?” a ti uh tiha cae uh. Tedaea tlap uh vaengah tah, “Hekah hno he Joash capa Gideon long ni a saii,” a ti uh.
They said to one another, “Who has done this thing?” When they inquired and asked, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing.”
30 Te dongah khopuei hlang rhoek loh Joash taengah, “Na capa te hang khuen, Baal kah hmueihtuka palet tih a taengkah Asheraha top dongah duek kangna saeh,” a ti uh.
Then the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.”
31 Tedae a taengkah aka pai rhoek boeih taengah Joash loh, “Nangmih loh Baal ham na kamkaih uh a ya? Anih te nangmih loh na khang uh tang a ya? Anih aka oelh tah mincang a pha neh ki duek bitni. Baal he pathen la a om van oeh atah a hmueihtuka palet pah vaengah amah loha huul kanoek mako,” a ti nah.
Joash said to all who stood against him, “Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for him, let him be put to death by morning! If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has broken down his altar!”
32 Te dongah tekah khohnin lamkah longtah tah, “A hmueihtuk ka palet pah tih Baal amah te khaw ka ho coeng,” a ti nah ngaih la Gideon te Jerubbaal la tloep a khue.
Therefore on that day he named him Jerub-Baal, saying, “Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.”
33 Te vaengah Midian boeih neh Amalek khaw khothoeng ca rhoek loh tun kibaeng uh tiha kat phoeiah Jezreel kol ah rhaeh uh.
Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
34 Tedae BOEIPA Mueihla loh Gideon tea thing dongah tuki tea ueng tih a hnukkah Abiezer te a hueh.
But Yahweh’s Spirit came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered together to follow him.
35 Manasseh ram tom ah puencawn te a tueih tih amah hnuk ah a khue. Te phoeiah puencawn te Asher, Zebulun neh Naphtali laa tueih tih amih doe hamla cet uh.
He sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and they also were gathered together to follow him. He sent messengers to Asher, to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them.
36 Te phoeiah Gideon loh Pathen te, “Na thui tangtae bangla Israel te ka kut neh aka khang la na om atah,
Gideon said to God, “If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken,
37 Tumul hluem khat te cangtil hmuen ah ka khueh he. Teka tumul hluem khat dong bueng ah buemtui om tih diklai boeih te phueihuet la a om atah na thui bangla Isreal te ka kut neh na khang ni tila ka ming eh?,” a ti nah.
behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I’ll know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have spoken.”
38 Te dongah om tangloeng tiha vuen kah a thoh vaengah tah tumul hluem tea sui. Te vaengah tumul hluem dongkah buem tui te baeldunga bae la a sui.
It was so; for he rose up early on the next day, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.
39 Tedae Gideon loh Pathen taengah, “Na thintoek loh kai taengah sai boel mai saeh lamtah, vai mah ka thui mai vai bueng mah ka noem dae eh, tumul hluema phueihuet he tumul hluem amah thim la om vetih diklai pum he buemtui a om atah,” a ti nah bal.
Gideon said to God, “Don’t let your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Please let me make a trial just this once with the fleece. Let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew.”
40 Pathen long khaw a rhoi pah dongah tekah khoyin ah tah tumul hluem bueng te phueihuet la om tih diklai pum te buemtui boeih bo.
God did so that night; for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.
