< Laitloekkung 20 >
1 Israel ca rhoek boeih capit uh tih Dan lamloh Beersheba neh Gilead kho duela rhaengpuei loh Mizpah kah BOEIPA taengah pakhat la tingtun uh.
And all the sons of Israel go out, and the congregation is assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beer-Sheba, and the land of Gilead, to YHWH, at Mizpeh.
2 Pathen kah pilnam hlangping lakli ah pilnam boeih te a cong cong ah, Israel koca rhoek khaw boeih a pai uh vaengah rhalkap hlang thawng ya li loh cunghang a pom.
And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.
3 Israel ca rhoek Mizpah la a caeh uh te Benjamin ca rhoek loh a yaak uh. Te vaengah Israel ca rhoek loh, “Hekah boethae he metlam a om thui uh lah,” a ti uh.
And the sons of Benjamin hear that the sons of Israel have gone up to Mizpeh. And the sons of Israel say, “Speak! How has this evil been?”
4 Te dongah a ngawn uh huta kah a va Levi hlang loh a doo tih, “Benjamin kah Gibeah la kamah ka cet tih ka yula taengah ka rhaeh.
And the man, the Levite, husband of the woman who has been murdered, answers and says, “My concubine and I went into Gibeah, which [is] of Benjamin, to lodge;
5 Te vaengah Gibeah boei rhoek loh kai n'thoh thil uh tih kai te khoyin ah im neh rhen m'vael uh. Kai te ngawn ham cai uh coeng dae ka yula te a phaep uh tih duek.
and the masters of Gibeah rise against me—and they go around the house against me by night—they thought to slay me, and they have humbled my concubine, and she dies;
6 Israel khuiah boethae halang neh khonuen rhamtat la a saii uh dongah ka yula te ka loh tih ka sah phoeiah Israel kah rho, khohmuen tom la ka pat.
and I lay hold on my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and send her into all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have done wickedness and folly in Israel;
7 Nangmih Israel ca boeih loh namamih kah olka neh cilsuep khaw pahoi pae uh laeh,” a ti nah.
behold, you [are] all sons of Israel; give for yourselves a word and counsel here.”
8 Te vaengah pilnam pum loh pumkhat la pai tih, “Hlang pakhat long khaw a dap la cet boel saeh lamtah pakhat khaw a im la phael boel saeh.
And all the people rise as one man, saying, “None of us goes to his tent, and none of us turns aside to his house;
9 Tedae tekah olka vanbangla Gibeah te hmulung neh saii sih.
and now, this [is] the thing which we do to Gibeah: [we go up] against it by lot!
10 Israel khuiah boethae halang boeih a saii vanbangla Geba kah Benjamin te aka paan tih aka saii pilnam ham lampu aka lo la Israel koca boeih te yakhat ah hlang rha, thawngkhat ah yakhat, thawngrha dongah thawngkhat lo sih,” a ti uh.
And we have taken ten men of one hundred, of all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of a thousand, and a thousand of a myriad, to receive provision for the people, to do, at their coming to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly which it has done in Israel.”
11 Te dongah Israel hlang boeih loh khopuei te a capit thil uh tih pumkhat hui uh.
And every man of Israel is gathered to the city, as one man—companions.
12 Te dongah Israel ca rhoek loh Benjamin koca rhoek boeih taengah hlang a tueih uh tih, “Balae tih hebang boethae loh na khuiah a om?
And the tribes of Israel send men among all the tribes of Benjamin, saying, “What [is] this evil which has been among you?
13 Gibeah kah hlang muen ca rhoek te han tloeng laeh. Amih te ka duek sak uh daengah ni Israel khui lamkah boethae te ka khoe pueng eh,” a ti nah. Tedae a pacaboeina Israel ca rhoek kah ol te Benjamin ca rhoek loh hnatun ham huem uh pawh.
And now, give up the men—sons of worthlessness—which [are] in Gibeah, and we put them to death, and we put away evil from Israel.” And [the sons of] Benjamin have not been willing to listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel;
14 Tedae khopuei rhoek lamkah Benjamin ca rhoek loh Israel ca rhoek taengah caemtloek la caeh ham Gibeah ah tingtun uh.
and the sons of Benjamin are gathered out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle with the sons of Israel.
15 Te vaeng khohnin ah khopuei takuem lamkah Benjamin ca rhoek te soep uh thae tih cunghang aka pom hlang thawng kul thawng rhuk neh Gibeah kah aka om hlang ya rhih te a soep uh tih a coelh thil uh.
And the sons of Benjamin number themselves on that day; out of the cities [are] twenty-six thousand men drawing sword, apart from the inhabitants of Gibeah, [who] numbered themselves, seven hundred chosen men;
16 Te vaengah pilnam boeih khuikah tongpa ya rhih te a coelh uh. Amih te bantang kut aka poem la boeih om dae lungto a dong uh vaengah sam pataeng pit tlaih pawh.
among all this people [are] seven hundred chosen men, their right hand bound, each of these slinging with a stone at the hair, and he does not err.
17 Benjamin kah a voel ah Israel ca loh buel uh cunghang aka pom caemtloek hlang he a pum boeih la hlang thawng ya li louh.
And the men of Israel numbered themselves, apart from Benjamin, four hundred thousand men, drawing sword, each of these a man of war.
18 Tedae thoo uh tih Bethel la a yoeng vaengah Pathen te a dawt uh hatah Israel ca rhoek loh, “Benjamin ca rhoek te caemtloek thil ham kaimih ah ulae lamhma la aka cet eh?,” a ti nauh. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh, “Judah te lamhma saeh,” a ti nah.
And they rise and go up to Beth-El, and ask of God, and the sons of Israel say, “Who goes up for us at the commencement to battle with the sons of Benjamin?” And YHWH says, “Judah—at the commencement.”
19 Te dongah Israel ca rhoek loh mincang ah thoo uh tih Gibeah ah rhaeh uh.
And the sons of Israel rise in the morning, and encamp against Gibeah,
20 Benjamin te caemtloek thil ham Israel hlang te cet tih Israel caemtloek hlang he Gibeah ah yaal uh.
and the men of Israel go out to battle with Benjamin, and the men of Israel set themselves in array [for] battle with them, against Gibeah,
21 Te vaengah Gibeah lamkah Benjamin ca rhoek ha pawk uh tih lohma sa ah Israel hlang thawng kul thawng hnih te hnin at dongah a phop.
and the sons of Benjamin come out from Gibeah, and destroy twenty-two thousand men in Israel on that day—to the earth.
22 Tedae Israel hlang pilnam loh a thaa a huel tih lamhma khohnin kah rhongpai hmuen ah caemtloek ham te rhong koep a pai uh.
And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set in array [for] battle in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.
23 Te daengah Israel ca rhoek loh cet uh tih kholaeh duela BOEIPA mikhmuh ah rhap uh. BOEIPA te a dawt uh tih, “Ka manuca Benjamin ca rhoek te caemtloek la thoeih ham ka khoep aya?,” a ti nauh. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh, “Anih te caeh thil uh,” a ti nah.
And the sons of Israel go up and weep before YHWH until the evening, and ask of YHWH, saying, “Do I add to draw near to battle with the sons of my brother Benjamin?” And YHWH says, “Go up against him.”
24 Te dongah a hnin bae dongah Israel ca rhoek loh Benjamin ca rhoek taengla mop uh.
And the sons of Israel draw near to the sons of Benjamin on the second day,
25 A hnin bae dongah tah amih aka doe ham te Benjamin khaw Gibeah lamkah ha pawk tih Israel ca khui lamkah cunghang aka pom hlang thawng hlai rhet te lohma sa ah boeih a thup uh bal.
and Benjamin comes out to meet them from Gibeah on the second day, and destroy eighteen thousand men among the sons of Israel again—to the earth; all these are drawing sword.
26 Te dongah Israel ca rhoek boeih neh pilnam pum loh cet uh tih Bethel a paan uh. Te vaengah a rhah doela BOEIPA mikhmuh ah ngol uh. Hnin at neh kholaeh duela a yaeh tih BOEIPA mikhmuh ah hmueihhlutnah neh rhoepnah te a nawn uh.
And all the sons of Israel go up, even all the people, and come to Beth-El, and weep, and sit there before YHWH, and fast on that day until the evening, and cause burnt-offerings and peace-offerings to ascend before YHWH.
27 Te phoeiah BOEIPA te Israel ca rhoek loh a dawt uh. Te vaeng tue ah tah Pathen kah paipi thingkawng khaw te ah te om.
And the sons of Israel ask of YHWH—and the Ark of the Covenant of God [is] there in those days,
28 Te vaeng tue ah Aaron koca Eleazar ca Phinekha tah paipi thingkawng hmai ah pai tih, “Ka manuca Benjamin ca rhoek taengah caemtloek la caeh ham te koep ka rhaep aya, ka toeng pawn aya?,” a ti nah. Tedae BOEIPA loh, “Anih te thangvuen ah tah nang kut dongla kan tloeng ham coeng dongah cet ngawn,” a ti nah.
and Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, is standing before it in those days, saying, “Do I add to go out to battle again with the sons of my brother Benjamin, or do I cease?” And YHWH says, “Go up, for tomorrow I give him into your hand.”
29 Te dongah Israel loh Gibeah kaepvai ah rhongngol a khueh.
And Israel sets ones lying in wait against Gibeah, all around,
30 A hnin thum dongah tah Benjamin ca rhoek te Israel ca rhoek loh a paan uh tih a noek noek kah bangla Gibeah te rhong a pai thiluh.
and the sons of Israel go up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day, and arrange themselves against Gibeah, as time by time.
31 Te vaengah pilnam aka doe ham te Benjamin ca rhoek ha hlah uh tih khopuei lamloh baat cing uh. A noek noek kah bangla pilnam soah a rhok la tloek banlak ham te Bethel neh Gibeah la aka pawk longpuei ah a tong uh tih Israel hlang sawmthum tluk te lohma sa ah a ngawnuh.
And the sons of Benjamin come out to meet the people; they have been drawn away out of the city, and begin to strike [some] of the people—wounded as time by time—in the highways (of which one is going up to Beth-El, and the other to Gibeah in the field), [are] about thirty men of Israel.
32 Te vaengah Benjamin ca rhoek loh, “Lamhma kah bangla mamih mikhmuh ah yawk uh coeng,” a ti uh. Tedae Israel ca rhoek loh, “Rhaelrham uh sih lamtah khopuei lamloh longpuei la cing tak sih,” a ti uh.
And the sons of Benjamin say, “They are struck before us as at the beginning”; but the sons of Israel said, “Let us flee, and draw them away out of the city, to the highways.”
33 Te dongah Israel hlang boeih tah a hmuen lamloh thoo uh tih Baaltamar la rhong a pai uh. Te vaengah Israel khuikah aka rhongngol te Gibeah pool lamloh amah hmuen la a poh.
And all the men of Israel have risen from their place, and arrange themselves at Ba‘al-Tamar, and the ambush of Israel is coming forth out of its place, out of the meadow of Gibeah.
34 Te phoeiah Israel boeih khui lamkah hlang thawng rha a coelh loh Gibeah imdan te a paan uh hatah caemtloek khaw a lalh nauh. Tedae yoethae loh amih taengla a paan te Benjamin ca rhoek ming uh pawh.
And they come in from the front against Gibeah—ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel—and the battle [is] grievous, and they have not known that the calamity is reaching toward them.
35 Benjamin te Israel mikhmuh ah BOEIPA loh a yawk sak coeng dongah Benjamin khui lamkah cunghang aka pom hlang thawng kul thawng nga yakhat te hnin at nen ni Israel ca rhoek loh a thup.
And YHWH strikes Benjamin before Israel, and the sons of Israel destroy in Benjamin, on that day, twenty-five thousand and one hundred men; all these [are] drawing sword.
36 Amamih a yawk uh te Benjamin ca rhoek loh a hmuh uh. Te vaengah Israel hlang tah Gibeah kah a khueh rhongngol dongla a pangtung coeng dongah Benjamin ca rhoek loh a hmuen vik a paek.
And the sons of Benjamin see that they have been struck—and the men of Israel give place to Benjamin, for they have trusted in the ambush which they had set against Gibeah,
37 Rhongngol rhoek long khaw Gibeah la tawn uh tih capit uh tih rhongngol patoeng te a sol dongah khopuei pum te cunghang ha dongla a kaeh.
and the ambush has hurried, and pushes against Gibeah, and the ambush draws itself out, and strikes the whole of the city by the mouth of the sword.
38 Israel hlang neh rhongngol te tingtunnah a om vaengah khopuei lamkah hmaikhu loh cangpaiso bangla muep luei.
And the appointed sign of the men of Israel with the ambush was their causing a great volume of smoke to go up from the city.
39 Tedae caemtloek vaengah Israel hlang loh ki a buung hatah Israel hlang la hlang sawmthum tluk te Benjamin loh a rhok la pahoi a tloek tih, “Lamhma kah caemtloek bangla mamih mikhmuh ah yawk rhoela yawk ngawn coeng,” a ti uh.
And the men of Israel turn in battle, and Benjamin has begun to strike the wounded among the men of Israel, about thirty men, for they said, “Surely they are utterly struck before us, as [at] the first battle”;
40 Tedae hmaikhu tung te khopuei lamloh cangpaiso neh koe luei. Benjamin khaw a hnuk la a mael hatah khopuei pum te vaan la tarha ana khuu pah.
but the volume has begun to go up from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turns behind, and behold, the perfection of the city has gone up toward the heavens.
41 Te vaengah Israel hlang te ha mael van hatah yoethae loh n'rhul thil coeng tila Benjamin hlang loh a hmuh dongah hlawt let.
And the men of Israel have turned, and the men of Benjamin are troubled, for they have seen that the calamity has struck against them—
42 Te dongah Israel hlang kah mikhmuh ah khosoek longpuei la hooi uh. Tedae amih te caem loh han cuuk thil tih khopuei lamkah rhoek long khaw amih te a laklo ah a thup.
and they turn before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness, and the battle has followed them; and those who [are] from the cities are destroying them in their midst;
43 Benjamin te a hloem uh tih a dum uh coeng dongah Gibeah khocuk due a yoeikoek la a cuuk uh.
they have surrounded the Benjamites—they have pursued them—they have trodden them down with ease as far as the front of Gibeah, at the sun-rising.
44 Te vaengah Benjamin khui lamkah tatthai hlang kak hlang thawng hlai rhet cungku.
And eighteen thousand men of Benjamin fall—all these [were] men of valor;
45 Te dongah hooi uh tih khosoek kah Rimmon thaelpang la rhaelrham uh. Tedae longpueng ah hlang thawng nga a paco uh. Te vaengah Gidom duela a cuuk uh tih hlang a thawng thawng la a ngawn uh.
and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon; and they glean five thousand of their men in the highways, and follow after them to Gidom, and strike two thousand [more] of their men.
46 Te vaengah Benjamin khui lamkah aka cungku rhoek boeih he hnin at dongah mah cunghang aka pom tatthai hlang kak te hlang thawng kul thawng nga om.
And all those falling of Benjamin are twenty-five thousand men drawing sword, on that day—all these [were] men of valor;
47 Tedae hlang ya rhuk tah hooi uh tih khosoek kah Rimmon thaelpang la a rhaelrham uh dongah Rimmon thaelpang ah hla li om uh.
but six hundred men turn and flee into the wilderness, to the rock of Rimmon, and they dwell in the rock of Rimmon four months.
48 Te phoeiah Israel hlang loh Benjamin ca rhoek te a mael thil uh tih cunghang ha neh a ngawn uh. Khopuei lamkah hlang boeih neh a hmuh sarhui rhamsa khaw, kho tom kah a hmuh sarhui te khaw hmai neh a hla thiluh.
And the men of Israel have turned back to the sons of Benjamin, and strike them by the mouth of the sword out of the city—men even to livestock, even to all that is found; they have also sent all the cities which are found into the fire.