< Thothuengnah 16 >

1 Aaron ca rhoi. loh BOEIPA mikhmuh la a moe rhoi hatah duek rhoi. Amih rhoi a duek phoeiah Moses te BOEIPAloha voek.
After the two sons of Aaron died because they burned incense to Yahweh [in a manner that was contrary to what Yahweh commanded], Yahweh spoke to Moses/me.
2 Te vaengah Moses taengah BOEIPA loh, “Na maya Aaron te thui pah. Thingkawng tlaeng sokah cingmai dongah ka phoe coeng. Te dongah thingkawng tlaeng hmai, imkhui hniyan khuikah hmuencim khuila a tue takuem ah kun mailai boel saeh. Te daengah ni a duek pawt eh.
He said to him/me, “Warn your [older] brother Aaron that he must not enter the Very Holy Place inside the curtain that is in the Sacred Tent whenever he wants to, because the cover of the sacred chest is there. That is the place where the priest (makes atonement for/requests me to forgive) sins. I am present in the cloud that is over the cover of the sacred chest. If Aaron goes in that room when it is not the proper time, he will die!
3 Aaronte hmuencim la a kun atah boirhaem la saelhung khuikah vaito ca neh hmueihhlutnah la tutal te khuen saeh.
“When Aaron enters the Sacred Tent area, he must bring a bull that [will be killed] to become an offering/sacrifice for sins, and a ram [to be killed] to be an offering that will be completely burned [on the altar].
4 A pumsa dongah takhlawk angkidung cimte bai saeh lamtah takhlawk hniite na saeh. Te phoeiah takhlawk lamkote vah saeh lamtah takhlawk lupongte muei saeh. He rhoek he himbai cim ni. Te dongah a pumsa te tui neh a silh phoeiah tete bai saeh.
Then he must bathe his whole body, and put on the linen underwear/undershorts and the linen gown. He must tie the linen sash/waistbands around his waist and wrap the turban around his head. Those are his sacred garments.
5 Te phoeiah Israel ca rhaengpuei taeng lamkah boirhaem la maae ca pumnit neh hmueihhlutnah la tutal pakhatte lo saeh.
The Israeli people must then bring to him two male goats [to be killed] as an offering/sacrifice for sin, and a ram to be [killed and] burned completely [on the altar].
6 Te vaengah boirhaem vaito te Aaron. loh amah ham nawn saeh lamtah amah ham neh a imkhui ham dawth saeh.
“Aaron must offer the bull [to me] to be a sacrifice in order that (I will forgive his sins and the sins of his family/his sins and the sins of his family will be forgiven).
7 Maae rhoi te khaw lo saeh lamtah tingtunnah dap thohka kah BOEIPA mikhmuh ah tloeng saeh.
Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
8 Te phoeiah Aaron. loh maae rhoi ham hmulung naan saeh lamtah hmulung pakhatte BOEIPA ham, hmulung pakhatte sombawknah la khueh saeh.
He must (cast lots/throw down stones that have been marked) to determine which goat will be [sacrificed] to me, and which will be the goat that will be set free.
9 BOEIPA kah hmulungloha nan maae te Aaron. loh khuen saeh lamtah boirhaem la nawn saeh.
Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins.
10 Tedae sombawknah ham hmulungloha nan maae te BOEIPA mikhmuh ah a hing la pai sak saeh. Te phoeiah sombawknah te khosoek la hlah saeh lamtah amah tholh te dawth saeh.
Aaron must also bring to me the other goat, but it is not to be killed. It will be freed while it is still alive. As a result of Aaron sending it into the desert, the people’s sins will be forgiven.
11 Te phoeiah boirhaem vaito te Aaron. loh amah ham khuen saeh lamtah amah ham neh a imkhuikho ham dawth saeh. Te phoeiah boirhaem vaito te amah ham ngawn saeh.
“Then Aaron must bring the young bull to me, to be an offering/sacrifice for himself and for his family. He must slaughter that bull to be an offering for their sins, [and he must drain the blood into a basin].
12 Te vaengah BOEIPA mikhmuh kah hmueihtuk dongkah hmai alhte baelphaih a bae neh botui bo-ul kah a vai a kutnarhum a bae pom saeh lamtah im khuikah hniyan khuila khuen saeh.
Then he must take some burning coals from the [bronze] altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place [of the Sacred Tent].
13 Te phoeiah bo-ul te BOEIPA mikhmuh kah hmai dongah tloeng saeh. Te vaengah bo-ul kah a hu. loh olphong sokah a tlaeng te a khuk daengah ni a duek pawt eh.
There he must put the incense on the burning coals, with the result that a cloud of burning incense will rise up over the lid of the sacred chest. If he obeys these instructions, he will not die [like Korah’s two sons did because of offering incense incorrectly] (OR, [because of being in God’s presence]).
14 Vaito thii te khaw lo saeh lamtah thingkawng tlaeng kah a hmai khothoeng benla a kutdawn neh haeh saeh. Thingkawng tlaeng kah a hmai ah khaw thii te a kutdawn neh voei rhih haeh saeh.
Then he must dip his finger into [the basin] and sprinkle some blood on the lid of the sacred chest, and also sprinkle some blood seven times against the front of the chest.
15 Te phoeiah pilnam kah boirhaem maae te ngawn saeh lamtah a thii te im khuikah hniyan khuila khuen saeh. Tekah thii te khaw vaito thii a saii bangla saii saeh lamtah thingkawng tlaeng dongah khaw, thingkawng tlaeng kah a hmai ah khaw haeh saeh.
[“Aaron must then go outside the Sacred Tent] and slaughter the goat to be an offering for the sins of the people. Then he must bring its blood into the Very Holy Place behind the curtain. There he must sprinkle [some of] that blood on the lid of the sacred chest and against the front of the chest, like he did with the bull’s blood.
16 Te tlam te hmuencim ham khaw, Israel ca rhoek kah a ti a hnai neh boekoek kongah khaw, amih kah tholhnah cungkuem ham khaw dawth pah saeh lamtah amih khuiah a ti a hnai neh aka om tingtunnah dap ham khaw saii pah saeh.
By doing that, he will purify the Very Holy Place. And he must sprinkle more of the blood on the Sacred Tent, because the tent is in the midst of the camp of the Israeli people who have become unacceptable to me [because of their sins].
17 Tholh dawth ham hmuencim la kun tih koep ha pawk hlandue hlang pakhat khaw tingtunnah dap khuiah om boel saeh. Te vaengah amah ham neh a imkhui ham khaw, Israel hlangping boeih ham khaw dawth pah saeh.
When Aaron goes into the Very Holy Place [in the Sacred Tent] to purify it, no one else is permitted to enter [the other part of] the Sacred Tent. Only after Aaron has performed rituals to enable me to forgive him and his family, and all the Israeli people, is any priest permitted to enter the Sacred Tent.
18 Te phoeiah BOEIPA mikhmuh kah hmueihtuk la cet saeh lamtah amah ham koep dawth bal saeh. Te vaengah vaito thii neh maae thii te lo saeh lamtah hmueihtuk ki dongkah a kaepvaiah koelh saeh.
“Then Aaron must go outside the tent to purify my altar. He must do this by smearing some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat on each of the projections at the corners of the altar.
19 thii te khaw a kutdawn neh voei rhih haeh saeh lamtah amah a caihcil phoeiah Israel carhoek a ti a hnai lamkah ciim
Then Aaron must dip his finger into the [basin of] blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy [because of the sins] of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again.
20 Hmuencim, tingtunnah dap neh hmueihtuk ham a dawth te a coeng phoeiah maae te a hing la nawn saeh.
“When Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place [inside the Sacred Tent] and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free.
21 Te vaengah Aaron. loh a kutte kut bok la maae hing kah a lu dongah tloeng saeh. Te phoeiah Israel ca rhoek kathaesainah boeih neh amih kah boekoek boeih, amih kah tholhnah boeih te khaw phoe thil saeh lamtah maae lu dongah phueih sak saeh. Te phoeiah sikim hlang kah kut dongah khosoek la thak saeh.
He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins [DOU] of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put [the guilt of] their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert.
22 Te vaengah amih kathaesainah boeih te maae. loh khohmuen hoeng la phuei saeh lamtah maae te khosoek ah hlah saeh.
[It is as though] the goat will carry away into the desert [the guilt for] the sins of all the people.
23 Te phoeiah Aaronte tingtunnah dap khuila kun saeh. Hmuencim la a kun vaengkah a bai takhlawk himbai te pit saeh lamtah pahoi khoem saeh.
“When Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he [previously] entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there.
24 A pum te khaw hmuen cim kah tui neh sil saeh lamtah a himbai te bai saeh. Te phoeiah halo saeh lamtah amah kah hmueihhlutnah neh pilnam kah hmueihhlutnah te nawn saeh. Te phoeiah amah ham neh pilnam hamte dawth saeh.
Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them.
25 Boirhaem kah a tha te khaw hmueihtuk dongah phum saeh.
He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.
26 Sombawknah maae aka hlah long khaw a himbaite suk saeh lamtah a pum te tui neh sil saeh. Te phoeiah rhaehhmuen la kun saeh.
“The man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp.
27 Tholh dawthnah ham hmuencim koek la a thii a khuen boirhaem vaito neh boirhaem maae te khaw rhaehhmuen vongvoel la thak saeh lamtah a vin khaw, a saa khaw, a aek khaw hmai neh hoeh uh saeh.
The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned.
28 Te te aka hoeh long khaw a himbai suk saeh lamtah a pum te tui neh a silh phoeiah rhaehhmuen khuila koep kun saeh.
The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.
29 Te dongah hla rha dongkah a hla rhih vaengah tah na hinglu te phaep uh. Nangmih khui kah mupoe neh nangmih taengah aka bakuep yinlai. loh bitat pakhat khaw na saii uh pawt ham te nangmih taengah kumhal khosing la om saeh.
“On (October/the month after the dry season ends), on the day that I have appointed, you all must (fast/abstain from eating food) and not do any work. This is a rule/law that will never end. It must be obeyed by you people who have been Israelis all your lives, and also by foreigners who are living among you.
30 Tekah khohnin dongah nangmih te na tholhnah cungkuemkhui lamkah caihcil sak ham BOEIPA mikhmuh ah nangmih ham a dawth vetih na caihcil uh ni.
On that day, Aaron will perform rituals to enable me to forgive you all, and then I will cleanse/free you all from [the guilt of] all your sins and you will become acceptable to me.
31 Sabbath khaw nangmih ham koiyaeh la om tih na hinglu na phaep ham te kumhal khosing la om coeng.
That will be a day for you to rest and not do any work, like the Sabbath days, and you must (fast/abstain from eating food) all that day. That is a permanent command/law for you all to obey.
32 Te vaengah a napa hnukthoiah khosoih ham a koelh tih a kut tloeng thil tangtae khosoih. loh takhlawk himbai neh himbai cim te bai saeh lamtah dawth van saeh.
In future years, [after Aaron has died], this ritual/ceremony to enable me to forgive you all [DOU] will be performed by the Supreme Priest who is anointed [with olive oil] and appointed to serve instead of his ancestor Aaron. He must put on the sacred clothes made of linen
33 Te phoeiah hmuencim kah rhokso neh tingtunnah dap ham dawth pah saeh. Hmueihtuk ham khaw dawth saeh lamtah khosoihrhoek ham neh pilnam hlangping boeih ham khaw dawth bal saeh.
and offer sacrifices to purify the Very Holy Place, all of the Sacred Tent, the altar, the priests, and all the Israel people [like Aaron did].
34 Te dongah tahae kah he BOEIPA. loh Moses a uen vanbangla amamih kah tholhnah cungkuem dongah kum khat ah voeikhat a saiitih Israel carhoek ham tholh a dawth vaengkah ham nangmih taengah kumhal khosing la om saeh,” a ti nah.
This will be a permanent command/law for you to obey once every year, to enable me to forgive you Israeli people for the sins that you have committed.” Moses/I obeyed all those instructions/commands that Yahweh had given to him/me.

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