Thothuengnah 19
1 Moses te BOEIPA loh a voek tih,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 “Israel carhoek rhaengpuei boeih te voek lamtah thui pah. Na Pathen BOEIPA kamah he ka cim dongah a cim la om uh.
“Speak to all the people of Israel and tell them this: You must be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, [and I want you to be like me].
3 Hlang boeih loh a manu neh a napate rhih lamtah ka Sabbath khaw tuem uh. Kai tah na BOEIPA Pathen.
‘Each of you must respect your father and your mother. And you must (honor/treat respectfully) the Sabbath days. I am Yahweh, your God, [and that is what I am commanding you to do].
4 Mueirholrhoek taengla hooi uh boeh. Mueihlawn pathenrhoek khaw namamih ham saii uh boeh. Kai tah na Pathen BOEIPA ni.
‘Do not worship idols or make metal statues of gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh, your God, [and I am the only one you must worship].
5 BOEIPA taengah rhoepnah hmueih na nawn vaengah khaw nangmih taengah kolonah la nawn uh.
‘Then you bring an offering to maintain fellowship with me, offer it in a way that will cause me to accept it.
6 Na hmueih te amah khohnin neh a vuen ah ca. Tedae a thum hnin duela a coih atah hmai neh hoeh saeh.
The meat should be eaten on the day that you sacrifice it, but you are permitted to eat some of it on the next day. Anything that remains until the third/next day must be completely burned.
7 A thum hnin ah dikyik dikyakte koep a caaklaa caak atah anihte moeithen mahpawh.
For any of it to be eaten on the third day is very displeasing to me, and I will not accept that offering.
8 Te te aka ca. loh BOEIPA kah a cimcaihnah te a poeih dongah amah kathaesainahte phuei saeh. Tekah hlanghing te a pilnam lamloh hnawt saeh.
I will punish anyone who eats it [after the second day], because he will not have respected that what I say is holy. And that person must no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
9 Na khohmuen kah cang na ah uh vaengah khaw na lo saate boeih at boel lamtah na cangvuei kah a mo khaw boeih yoep boeh.
‘Then you harvest your grain, leave the grain at the very edge of the field, and do not pick up the grain that has fallen on the ground.
10 Na misur khaw boeih yun boel lamtah na misur mo te koep rhut boeh. Te tah mangdaeng ham neh yinlai ham hnoo pah. Kai tah nangmih kah BOEIPA Pathen ni.
And when you harvest your grapes, do not go back a second time to try to harvest some more, and do not pick up the grapes that have fallen on the ground. Leave those things for the poor people and for foreigners who are living among you. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding those things].
11 Huen uh boeh. Basa uh boeh. Hlang khat neh khat loh a imben taengah rhilat uh boeh.
‘Do not steal anything. ‘Do not tell lies. ‘Do not deceive each other.
12 Kai ming neh a honghi te toemngam uh boeh kai BOEIPA na Pathen ming he na poeih uh ve.
‘Do not show that you do not respect me by using/saying my name to falsely promise that you will do something. [Do not forget that] I am Yahweh, your God.
13 Na hui te hnaemtaek boeh, rheth khaw rheth boeh. Kutloh kah thaphute namah taengah mincang duela rhaeh sak boeh.
‘Do not cheat anyone or steal from anyone. [‘If you have agreed to] pay your workers at the end of the day, [do what you have promised]; do not keep those wages until the next day.
14 Hnapangte tap boeh, mikdael hmai ah hmuitoel khueh boeh. Na Pathen te rhih lah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
‘Do not curse deaf people, and do not put things in the path of blind people to cause them to stumble.
15 Tiktamnah te dumlai la saii uh boeh. tattloel maelhmai khaw dan uh boeh, hlanglen maelhmai khaw hiin uh boeh. Na imben kah lai te duengnah neh tloek uh.
‘Always [LIT] judge people fairly [DOU]. Do not do special favors for either poor people or rich people.
16 Na pilnam taengah caemtuh ham dongpoeng boeh, na hui kah a thiite pai thil boeh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
‘Do not spread false rumors about other people. ‘Do not say anything [in court] that would result in some [innocent] person being executed. I, Yahweh, [am commanding this].
17 Na manuca te na thin neh hmuhuet boeh. Na tluung tueng atah na imben khaw tluung lamtah anih kah tholhnah te tah rhooi boeh.
‘Do not hate anyone. Instead, honestly rebuke those who ought to be rebuked, in order that you also will not be guilty.
18 Na pilnam koca taengah phulo boel lamtah lunguen boeh. Tedae na hui te namah pum bangla lungnah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
‘Do not try to get revenge against someone or be angry with someone for a long time. Instead, love other people like you love yourself. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding this].
19 Ka khosing he ngaithuen uh, na rhamsa khaw a coom neh kui sak boeh. Na lo ah cangti aka coom tuh boeh. Himbai khaw a coomlaa yaepte na pum dongah khueh boeh.
‘Obey my laws. ‘Do not allow two different kinds of animals to mate with each other. ‘Do not plant two different kinds of seed in the [same] field. ‘Do not wear clothing made from two different kinds of material.
20 Hlang khat khat loh huta taengah yalhtih yangtui a hlah phoeiah hlang kah salnu te a veet mai ni. Te vaengah a lat ham dae lat uh pawt tih poenghalnah a paek pawt atah huta te lai la om cakhaw hlang hoeng la a om pawt dongah duek sak uh boel saeh.
‘If a man has sex with a slave woman who has been promised to marry some other man, but she has not been bought by that man and is still a slave, the man who had sex with her must be punished. But because she is still a slave, she and the man who had sex with her must not be killed.
21 Tedae tongpa loh hmaithennah tutalte tingtunnah dap thohka kah BOEIPA taengah hmaithennah la khuen saeh.
However, that man must bring a ram to [be slaughtered at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent area, to be an offering in order that he no longer be guilty for his sin.
22 Tongpa khaw tholhnah neh lai a hmuh coeng dongah amah ham hmaithennah tutal neh BOEIPA mikhmuh ah khosoih. loh dawth pah saeh. Te vaengah anih te tholhnah neh a laihmuhkhui lamloh khodawkngai saeh.
The priest will offer that ram to me in order that the man will be forgiven for the sin that he committed, and I will forgive him.
23 Khohmuen la na kun uh tih caak ok kung khat khat na ling uh vaengah a thaih te yahhmui rhet banghui la a muel la ca boeh kum thum om sak dae.
‘When you enter the land [that I have promised to give to you], and when you plant various kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat any of their fruit for three years [DOU].
24 A kum li dongkah a thaih boeih te tah BOEIPA taengah cangkoeinah buhcim la om saeh.
In the fourth year all of their fruit must be set aside to belong to me; it must be brought to me to be an offering to praise me.
25 Tedae a kum nga dongkah a thaih te ca uh lamtah a vuei khaw nangmih ham tomthap saeh. Kai tah nangmih kah Pathen BOEIPA ni.
But in the fifth/next year, you will be permitted to eat their fruit. If you do that, your trees will produce much fruit. I, Yahweh your God, [am promising that].
26 Thii te ca uh boeh, lungso uh boeh, kutyaek khaw so uh boeh.
‘Do not eat any meat that still has [the animal’s] blood in it. ‘Do not consult spirits to find out what will happen in the future, and do not practice sorcery.
27 Na lu kah baengkite rhuep uh boeh. Na hmuimul ngalh ngalh kuet uh boeh.
‘Do not shave the hair at the sides of your heads [like pagan people do].
28 Hinglu ham namah saa te a boenahhma khueh uh boeh. Na pum dongah mangthun ngo khaw khueh uh boeh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
‘Do not cut your bodies [when you are mourning] for people who have died, and do not put tattoos on your bodies. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding this].
29 Cukhalh dongah na tanu te poeih uh boeih. Te daengah ni khohmuen. loh cukhalh pawt vetih khohmuen ah khonuen rhamtat a baetawt pawt eh.
‘Do not disgrace your daughters by forcing them to become prostitutes. If you cause them to become prostitutes, soon the land will be filled with prostitutes and all other kinds of people’s wicked behavior.
30 Kai kah Sabbath he ngaithuen uh lamtah ka rhokso khaw rhih uh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
‘Honor my Sabbath days and revere my Sacred Tent, because I, Yahweh, [live there].
31 Nangmih aka poeih ham rhaitonghma taengla hooi uh boeh. Hnam khaw tlap uh boeh. Kai tah nangmih kah Pathen BOEIPA ni.
‘Do not seek advice from those who (consult/talk with) the spirits of dead people [DOU], because if you do that, they will defile you. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one you should consult].
32 Sampok hmai ah thoh pah lamtah patong maelhmai hiin lah. Te phoeiah na Pathen khaw rhih lah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
‘Stand up when old people [enter the room], and show that you respect them, and also revere me, your God; [that is what] I, Yahweh, [am commanding].
33 Na khohmuen ah aka bakuep yinlai te vuelvaek boeh.
‘When foreigners live among you [in your land], do not mistreat them.
34 Nangmih taengah aka bakuep yinlai te namamih lamkah mupoe bangla om van saeh. Egypt kho ah yinlai la na om uh van dongah anih te namah pum bangla lungnah. Kai tah na Pathen BOEIPA ni.
You must treat them like you treat your fellow-citizens. Love them like you love yourselves, and do not forget that once, when you were foreigners in Egypt, [you were badly mistreated by the people of Egypt]. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding you to do this].
35 Laitloeknah dongkah cungnueh ham, a khiing ham neh khoe ham dumlai la saii boeh.
‘When you are measuring things, to see how long they are or how much they weigh or how many there are,
36 Nangmih taengah duengnah cooi, duengnah coilung, duengnah cangnoek, neh duengnah bunang mah dawk om saeh. Kai tah Egypt kho lamkah nangmih aka khuen na Pathen BOEIPA ni.
use correct [measuring sticks and] scales and weights [on the scales] and measuring baskets and other measuring containers. I Yahweh, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, [am giving you these laws].
37 Ka khosing boeih te ngaithuen uh lamtah ka laitloeknah boeih te vai uh lah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni,” a ti nah.
‘Obey carefully [DOU] all my laws and decrees, because I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding them].’”
