Joshua 3
1 Te dongah Joshua khaw mincang ah thoo. Shittim lamloh hlah uh tih amah neh Israel ca rhoek boeih loh Jordan la puen uh. Tedae a kat uh hlanah pahoi rhaeh uh.
And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
2 Hnin thum a thok phoeiah tah, rhoiboei rhoek te rhaehhmuen khui longah pah uh.
And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the midst of the camp;
3 Te vaengah pilnam te a uen uh tih, “BOEIPA na Pathen kah paipi thingkawng neh te te aka kawt Levi khosoih rhoek te na hmuh uh vaengah na hmuen lamloh hlah uh lamtah a hnukah vai uh.
and they commanded the people, saying: 'When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.
4 Tedae anih neh nangmih laklo ah lakhla la om saeh. Te vaengah anih laklo kah a sen dong thawngkhat tluk tah anih taengla na yoei uh mahpawh. Te daengah ni hlaem hlavai na pongpa nah noek pawh longpuei te anih rhang neh na cet uh vetih longpuei na ming uh eh,” a ti nah.
Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure; come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go; for ye have not passed this way heretofore.'
5 Te phoeiah pilnam te Joshua loh, “Thangvuen ah BOEIPA loh nangmih lakli ah khobaerhambae la a saii ham coeng dongah na mamih te ciim uh laeh,” a ti nah.
And Joshua said unto the people: 'Sanctify yourselves; for to-morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.'
6 Khosoih rhoek te khaw Joshua loh a uen tih, “Paipi thingkawng he kawt uh lamtah pilnam mikhmuh ah kat uh laeh,” a ti nah. Te dongah paipi thingkawng te a koh uh tih pilnam mikhmuh ah cet uh.
And Joshua spoke unto the priests, saying: 'Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass on before the people.' And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
7 Te vaengah Joshua te BOEIPA loh, “Tihnin ah Israel pum kah mikhmuh ah nang he pomsang ham ka tong vetih Moses taengah ka om bangla nang taengah ka om te ming uh saeh.
And the LORD said unto Joshua: 'This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
8 Paipi thingkawng aka kawt khosoih rhoek te namah loh uen lamtah thui pah. Jordan tui kaeng te na pha uh vaengah Jordan ah pai uh dae,” a ti nah.
And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying: When ye are come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, ye shall stand still in the Jordan.'
9 Te dongah Joshua loh Israel ca rhoek te, “Hela thoeih uh lamtah BOEIPA na Pathen kah olka he ya uh lah,” a ti nah.
And Joshua said unto the children of Israel: 'Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.'
10 Te phoeiah Joshua loh, “He nen ni na khui kah a hing Khohni te na ming uh eh. Te dongah Kanaani neh Khitti khaw, Khivee neh Perizzi khaw, Girgashi, Amori neh Jebusi khaw na mikhmuh lamloh a haek rhoe a haek bitni.
And Joshua said: 'Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
11 Diklai pum kah Boeipa paipi thingkawng tah nangmih mikhmuh ah Jordan la kat coeng ke.
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth on before you over the Jordan.
12 Te dongah Israel koca lamloh hlang hlai nit te namamih ham tuek uh laeh. Koca pakhat lamloh hlang pakhat, hlang pakhat saeh.
Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, for every tribe a man.
13 Te vaengah ana om bitni, diklai pum kah Boeipa Yahweh kah thingkawng aka kawt khosoih kho dongkah khopha loh Jordan tui, Jordan tui khuila a cawt a so lamkah aka long tui khaw pat vetih som pakhat bangla pai ni,” a ti nah.
And it shall come to pass, when the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, that the waters of the Jordan shall be cut off, even the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand in one heap.'
14 Te dongah pilnam rhoek khaw Jordan kat hamla dap lamloh hlah uh tih khosoih rhoek loh pilnam kah mikhmuh ah paipi thingkawng te a koh uh.
And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over the Jordan, the priests that bore the ark of the covenant being before the people;
15 Thingkawng aka kawt rhoek loh Jordan te a pha uh coeng. Te phoeiah thingkawng aka kawt khosoih kho te tui kaeng ah a nuem uh. Te dongah Jordan te cangah tue puet tuikaeng tom la li.
and when they that bore the ark were come unto the Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brink of the water — for the Jordan overfloweth all its banks all the time of harvest —
16 Te vaengah a so lamkah aka long tui te pai tih som pakhat bangla aka pai te Zarethan kaep kah Adam khopuei due khawk li phai. Lungkaeh tuitunli la aka om Arabah tuili la aka long rhoek khaw boeih a phih uh dongah pilnam loh Jerikho imdan ah kat uh phai.
that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off from Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over right against Jericho.
17 Te vaengah BOEIPA kah paipi thingkawng aka kawt khosoih rhoek tah Jordan laklung kah lanhak dongah khak pai uh tih Jordan aka kat ham namtu te boeih a soep uh duela Israel pum tah lanhak dong longah a lan uh.
And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, while all Israel passed over on dry ground, until all the nation were passed clean over the Jordan.
