< Joshua 23 >

1 Kum te yet a om phoeiah a kaepvai thunkha boeih taeng lamkah Israel te BOEIPA loh a duem sak tih Joshua khaw a khohnin loh patong ben la a paan coeng.
And it came to pass after many days, when Jehovah had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years,
2 Te dongah Israel pum kah a hamca rhoek neh a lu rhoek, laitloek rhoek neh rhoiboei rhoek te Joshua loh a khue tih, “Kai he ka khohnin loh patong ben la ka paan coeng.
that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years,
3 Namtom boeih taengah BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih mikhmuh ah a saii boeih te na hmuh uh coeng. BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih ham a vathoh thil coeng.
and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God has done to all these nations because of you, for Jehovah your God, he it is who has fought for you.
4 Namtom aka sueng he nangmih koca rhoek kah rho la nangmih taengah kan tael tih Jordan lamkah namtom boeih pataeng khotlak tuili puei due ka saii te na hmuh uh.
Behold, I have allotted to you these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from the Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea toward the going down of the sun.
5 Amih te BOEIPA na Pathen loh na mikhmuh lamkah a haek vetih na mikhmuh lamkah a tulh bitni. Te vaengah BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih taengah a thui vanbangla a khohmuen te na pang pa uh bitni.
And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. And ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spoke to you.
6 Tedae Moses kah olkhueng cabu dongah daek tangtae te banvoei bantang lamloh taengphael tak mueh la ngaithuen ham neh boeih vai ham taoe thahuel uh.
Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye not turn aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
7 Nangmih lakli ah aka sueng namtom rhoek he kun thil uh boeh. A pathen ming te phoei uh boeh, toemngam uh boeh, amih taengah thothueng uh boeh, amih taengah bakop uh boeh.
that ye do not come among these nations, these that remain among you, neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves down to them,
8 Tahae khohnin due na saii uh vanbangla BOEIPA na Pathen taeng bueng ah mah hangdang uh.
but cling to Jehovah your God as ye have done to this day.
9 Namtom vangpuei pilnu pataeng BOEIPA loh na mikhmuh lamkah a haek tih tihnin due nangmih mikhmuh ah hlang pakhat khaw a pai voel moenih.
For Jehovah has driven out from before you great nations and strong. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.
10 Nangmih taengah a thui vanbangla BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih ham a vathoh coeng dongah nangmih lamkah hlang pakhat long mah thawngkhat khaw a hloem coeng.
One man of you shall chase a thousand, for Jehovah your God, he it is who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
11 Te dongah BOEIPA na Pathen te na hinglu neh lungnah ham rhep ngaithuen uh.
Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that ye love Jehovah your God.
12 Tedae nangmih taengkah aka sueng namtom hlangrhuel taengah na mael na mael uh tih na hangdang uh, amih neh na yuva uh tih amih neh nangmih te na pawnhlai uh thae atah,
Else if ye do at all go back, and cling to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you,
13 namtom rhoek he BOEIPA na Pathen loh na mikhmuh lamkah haek ham khoep voel mahpawh tila ming rhoe ming uh. BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih taengah m'paek khohmuen then lamkah na milh uh hil nangmih ham pael neh hlaeh bangla, na vae ah cungcik la, na mik khuiah tlaeh la om uh ni.
know for a certainty that Jehovah your God will no more drive these nations from out of your sight, but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, and a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Jehovah your God has given you.
14 Tihnin ah Kai loh diklai pum kah longpuei ah ka cet coeng. BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang taengah a thui ol then boeih te tah ol pakhat khaw dalh pawh tila na thinko boeih, na hinglu boeih neh na ming uh. Nangmih ham boeih ha thoeng tih a ol pakhat pataeng khaw a dalh sak moenih.
And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. And ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Jehovah your God spoke concerning you. All have come to pass to you; not one thing has failed of it.
15 BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih taengah a thui ol then boeih loh nangmih ham a thoeng vanbangla BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih m'paek khohmuen then dong lamkah nangmih m'mitmoeng sak hlan khuiah hno thae cungkuem te nangmih soah BOEIPA loh hang khuen van ni.
And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you of which Jehovah your God spoke to you, so will Jehovah bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Jehovah your God has given you.
16 BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih ng'uen paipi te na poe uh, na cet uh tih pathen tloe rhoek taengah tho na thueng uh, amih te na bakop thil atah BOEIPA kah thintoek loh nangmih taengah ha sai vetih nangmih taengah m'paek khohmuen then dong lamkah baang na milh uh ni,” a ti nah.
When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them, then the anger of Jehovah will be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.

< Joshua 23 >