Danbu Ni Na 17
1 Ana damlou gancha kiti phot Pakai, Pathen henga nakatdoh thei lou diu ahi. Ajeh chu Pakaiya dia hitobang thilpeh hohi thet um ahi.
You shall not sacrifice to Adonai your God an ox, or a sheep, in which is a defect, or anything evil; for that is an abomination to Adonai your God.
2 Pakai, Pathen in napehnau gam'a nachen tenguleh, nalah uva kona numei hileh pasal hileh Pakai, na Pathen'u mitmua aphalou nabol thei lou diu chule kitepna nasuhboh thei lou diu ahi.
If there is found among you, within any of your gates which Adonai your God gives you, a man or woman who does that which is evil in Adonai your God’s sight, in transgressing his covenant,
3 Semthu pathen dang angsung, nisa chule ahsiho vamthamjol kitiho jouse angsunga naboh khup theilou diu ahi.
and has gone and abad ·served· other deities, and hawa ·bowed low, prostrated· in worship to them, or the sun, or the moon, or any of the stars of the sky, which I have not enjoined;
4 Hitobang hohi nakhol chilsoh kei diu ahi. Ajeh chu Israel mite lah a hitobang hi umkha get inte.
and you are told, and you have sh'ma ·heard obeyed· of it, then you shall inquire diligently. Behold, if it is true, and the thing certain, that such detestable things are being done in Israel [God prevails],
5 Numei hileh pasal hileh hitobanga chon chu, khopi pam lama nodoh ding songa se lih ding ahi.
then you shall bring out that man or that woman, who has done this evil thing, to your gates, even that same man or woman; and you shall stone them to death with stones.
6 Hinlah mikhat jeng seh thutannan mithat hih un, mithum beh thutanna'a chu thina nachan sah thei diu ahi.
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
7 Thutanpa chun songa ase masat ding, chuteng mipin ase ding ahi. Hitia chu nalah uva kona aphalouva chon chu nano doh diu ahi.
The hand of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall remove the evil from among you.
8 Nalah uva thilsoh chung thu tanna ahahsat behseh a, hichu phat louna, tol-that, mithat chule dan chung kalvala chon achung thua boina chom chom neiya auma ahileh, hitobang chu Pakai, na Pathen henga nalhut diu ahi.
If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Adonai your God chooses.
9 Chule hitobang ho chu danthempuho henga aphatcha napui diu ahi. Amahon achungchang thu angai diu chuteng thu lhuhna asem diu ahi.
You shall come to the priests who are Levites [Descendants of United with], and to the judge who shall be in those days. You shall inquire, and they shall give you the mishpat ·verdict·.
10 Amahon thu lhuhna asem uchu Pakai muntheng lama nahin lhut diu, amahon asei bang uva nabol diu ahi.
You shall do according to the decisions of the verdict which they shall give you from that place which Adonai chooses. You shall observe to do according to all that they shall teach you:
11 Dan dung juiya thulhuhna chu ahin phondoh tenguleh, thulhuhna jouse chu ahina banga chelha ding, imacha na hapbe thei tah lou diu ahi.
according to the decisions of the Torah ·Teaching· which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do. You shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
12 Koihileh Pakai, Pathen angsunga thutan vaihom ho natohna deilou vetsahna jal'a kisa auma ahileh, thina chang ding ahi. Hitia chu phat louna kiti phot Israel mite lah akona nano mang diu ahi.
The man who does presumptuously, in not sh'ma ·hear obey· unto the priest who stands to minister there before Adonai your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die. You shall put away the evil from Israel [God prevails].
13 Hitobang chu mi jousen ahin jahsoh kei diu, chuteng koima aphalouva chon ngam talou ding ahi.
All the people shall sh'ma ·hear obey·, and fear, and do no more presumptuously.
14 Ajeh chu Pakai, Pathen in napehnau gamsung nalhun diu ahitai. Hiche gamsung nalhun tenguleh, i-lamkai diuvin leng khat, nam dangte kivaipoh nabang in tungdoh tauhite tia nasei diu ahi.
When you have come to the land which Adonai your God gives you, and possess it, and dwell in it, and say, “I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me;”
15 Chutengleh Israel mite lah a Pakai, Pathen in atundoh ding ahi. Hichu nalah uva mikhat pen pang ding, amavang kholjin mi nalhen thei lou diu ahi.
you shall surely set him king over yourselves, whom Adonai your God chooses. You shall set as king over you one from among your brothers. You may not put a foreigner over you, who is not your brother.
16 Leng a pang pen ding pen chun, sakol kangtalai ngaichat jeh’a mikhat tou Egypt gam'a sakol kangtalai cho dinga asol thei lou ding ahi. Ajeh chu nangho Egypt gam nakile kit thei lou diu ahitai.
Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to teshuvah ·completely return· to Egypt [Abode of slavery], to the end that he may multiply horses; because Adonai has said to you, “You shall not go back that way again.”
17 Lengpa chun jitampi anei thei lou ding ahi. Ajeh chu amahon Pakai akona apui mang thei diu ahi. Chule ama ding jeng ajong sana leh dangka akikhol thei lou ding ahi.
He shall not multiply wives to himself, that his heart not turn away. He shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold.
18 Leng touna mun alo tengleh, amapa chun danbu akilah ding, alal-touna muna chu akikoi ding ahi.
It shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write himself a copy of this Torah ·Teaching· in a book, out of that which is before the priests the Levites [Descendants of United with].
19 Hiche danbu lekhajol chu akoma akoi ding adamlai sunga asim jing ding ahi. Hichea kona chu dan leh thupeh ijakai Pakaiya kon in aume ti amu chet ding, dengchang tah’a ajui jing ding ahi.
It shall be with him, and he shall read from it all the days of his life; that he may learn to fear Adonai his God, to keep all the words of this Torah ·Teaching· and these statutes, to do them;
20 Hiche lekhajol asima kona chu kiletsahna puma, achenkhompi mi jouse sanga chungnung kahi tia umlou ding ahi. Chule hichea kona hi lamchoma kihei mang louva umjing ding kahi tijong ahet doh thei ding ahi. Keima leh ka chilhah ten Israel sung hi akhang akhanga ka vaihop diu ahi, tijong het dohna anei thei diu ahi.
that his heart not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he not turn aside from the mitzvah ·instruction·, to the right hand, or to the left; to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the middle of Israel [God prevails].
