Lampahnah 12

1 Moses loh Kushi nua loh vanbanglaa loh Kushi nu kah a kongmai dongah Miriam neh Aaronloh a thet.

[Moses’/My older sister] Miriam and [his/my older brother] Aaron were saying this: “Is Moses the only one to whom Yahweh has spoken messages to tell to us [RHQ]? Does Yahweh not speak messages to us two also?” [They told people that] they were saying that because Moses/I had married a woman who was a descendant of the Cush people-group, [but they were really saying that because they (were jealous/did not want Moses/me to be the only leader of the Israeli people)]. But Yahweh heard what they were saying.

2 Te vaengah, “Moses lamlong buenga BOEIPAloh a thui eh? Mamih rhoi lamlong khaw thui mahpawt nim?” a ti rhoi vaengah BOEIPAloh a yaak.

3 Tedae Moses tah a kodo uet ah diklai hman kah hlang boeih lakah kodo tangkik hlang la om.

[The truth was that] Moses/I was very humble. He/I was more humble than anyone else on the earth [and Moses/I had not appointed himself/myself to be their leader].

4 Te dongah BOEIPA loh Moses taeng neh Aaron taengah khaw Miriam taengah khaw, “Nangmih pathumte tingtunnah dap la ha lo uh,” thaenga tinah tih a pathum la cet uh.

So immediately Yahweh spoke to Moses/me and to Aaron and Miriam. He said, “All three of you must go and stand at the Sacred Tent.” So they/we did that.

5 Te vaengah BOEIPAte cingmai tung la suntla tih dap thohkaah pai. Te phoeiah Aaron neh Miriam te a khue tih amih rhoi thoeih rhoi.

Then Yahweh descended to the entrance of the tent in a cloud [that resembled a huge white] pillar. He told Aaron and Miriam to step forward, so they did.

6 Te phoeiah, “Kai ol he hnatun rhoi laeh, nangmih kah tonghma om koinih, BOEIPA he anih taengah mangthuinah neh mueimang ah ka phoe vetih anih te ka voek pawnko.

Then he said to them, “Listen to me! When a prophet is among you, I [usually] reveal myself to him by allowing him to see visions, and I speak to him in dreams.

7 Ka sal Moses tah te moenih, ka imkhui pum ah anih tah a uepom ta.

But that is not the way I speak to my servant Moses. I trust that he will lead my people [well].

8 Ka ka dongkah olka te anih taengah ka thui vaengah a hmuethma khaw olkael a om moenih. BOEIPA muei a paelki vaengah he balae tih ka sal Moses taengah cal ham khaw na rhih pawh?” a ti nah.

So I talk to him face-to-face. I speak to him (clearly/using words that he will understand easily), not using parables. He has even seen what I look like. So you should be afraid to criticize my servant Moses!”

9 BOEIPA kah thintoekte amih rhoi taengah sai tih cet.

Yahweh was very angry with Miriam and Aaron, and he left.

10 Te phoeiah cingmai te dap so lamloh nong. Te vaengah Miriamte vuelsong bangla pahuk tih Aaronte Miriam taenglaa mael vaengah tarha ana pahuk coeng.

When the cloud rose up from the Sacred Tent, Aaron looked at Miriam, and he saw that her skin was [as white] as snow, because she now had leprosy.

11 Aaron loh Moses te, “Aw ka boeipa, kaimih rhoi soah tholh han dueh mai boeh, ka nga rhoi tih ka tholh oeh te.

Aaron said to Moses/me, “My master, please do not punish us for this sin that we have foolishly committed.

12 A manu bung lamloh a thoeng vaengah a saa rhakthuema caak pah vaengkaha duek bangla om mai boel saeh,” a ti nah.

Do not allow Miriam to be like a baby that is already dead when it is born, whose flesh is already half decayed!”

13 Te dongah Moseste BOEIPA taengah pang tih, “Pathen aw anih he hoeih sak mai laeh,” a ti nah.

So Moses/I cried out to Yahweh, saying, “God, I plead with you to heal her!”

14 BOEIPA loh Moses te, “A napa loh a maelhmai aha timthoeihlaa timthoeih coeng atah hnin rhiha hmaithae mahpawt nim? Rhaehhmuen lamloh vongvoel ah hnin rhih om saeh lamtah khue mai saeh,” a ti nah.

But Yahweh replied, “If her father had [rebuked her for doing something wrong by] spitting in her face, she would have been ashamed for seven days. [She should be ashamed because of what she has done]. So send her outside the camp for seven days. Then [she will not have leprosy any more, and] she may return to the camp.”

15 Te dongah Miriamte rhaehhmuen vongvoel ah hnin rhiha khoh uh tih Miriama mael duela pilnam khaw cet pawh.

So they sent her outside the camp for seven days. (The people/We) did not move [to another location] until she returned.

16 Te phoeiah pilnamte Hazeroth lamloh cet tih Paran khosoek ah rhaeh uh.

But after [she returned], they/we left Hazeroth and moved [north] in the Paran Desert and set up their/our tents there.