Danbu Ni Na 21
1 Pakai, Pathen in napeh'u nachennau gamsunga chu thise khat tou auma, ahivanga hiche thise chu koitha pen ham ti, aki hedoh thei lou aum a,
“Suppose someone has been murdered in a field in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, and you do not know who killed that person.
2 hitobang dinmun chu aum khah tah a ahileh, na upateu leh vaihom natong chengse chu hung diu, nakhopiu leh akim vel'a khopi chengse chu phatah atetoh soh kei diu ahi.
[If that happens], your elders and judges must go out to where that person’s corpse was found and measure the distance from there to each of the nearby towns.
3 Hitia chu abol diu thise tohpa umna akona chu, khopi akinaipi pen chu mo kichan ding ahi. Bong ala khat lou natong kha loulai hichu agakai diu ahi.
Then the elders in the town that is closest to where the corpse was found must select a young cow that has never been used for doing work.
4 Hiche mochanga khopi sung mite chun, bongla chu phaicham lah khat a ahin kai diu, hiche phaicham chu lou natohnaa kimang khalou hi ding, phaicham muna chu bongla gol chu angong chang aheboh diu ahi.
They must take it to a place near a stream where the ground has never been plowed or planted. They must break its neck there in that valley.
5 Chuteng Levi thempuho abonchauva ama sang lama hung masa diu ahi. Ajeh chu Pakai, Pathen in amaho chu akin natong dinga alhen dohsa ahin, Levi thempu ho thusah bang banga kinopmona leh kinah boutam jouse aboncha thu chaina um ding ahi.
The priests must go there also, because Yahweh our God has chosen them from the tribe of Levi to serve him and to be his representatives [MTY] when they bless people. And he has also chosen them to settle disputes in which someone has been injured.
6 Thisepa umna toh kinaina muna bongla kithana muna chu, khopi sunga upa ho jousen twiya akhut akisop cheh diu ahi.
The elders from the closest town must wash their hands over the young cow whose neck was broken,
7 Hichu amaho dinga hettohsahnaa pang ding, “Keiho khut a kona hiche thise hi thisan kiso ahipoi, thisan kiso pet jeng jong kamu hih hel uve,” tia seina diu ahi.
and they must say, ‘We did not murder this person [MTY], and we did not see who did it.
8 O Pakai, nangman nahuh dohsa nami Israel mite hi ngaidam tan, hiche themmona thisan kisona ho jal'in nami Israelte chunga lethuhna neihih helin, thisan kiso jal'a amaho chunga lethuhna achan nalou dinga, taona anei peh teitei diu ahi.
Yahweh, forgive us, your Israeli people whom you rescued [from Egypt]. Do not consider (us to be guilty/that we should be punished because) of murdering someone who (is innocent/had not done something that is wrong). Instead, forgive us.’
9 Hitia chu nangman jong mona beihela thisen kiso na chung changa kona Pakai, mitmua adih a natohna chu nabol tenguleh suhtheng najong nanei diu ahi.
By doing that, you will be doing what Yahweh considers to be right, and you will not be considered to be guilty for murdering that person.”
10 Namel mateu toh gal kisat dinga nakon doh tenguleh Pakai, Pathen in na melmateu chu nangho henga ahinpeh doh khah tah’a ahileh, nangman jong amaho chu gal hinga nahin kai ding ahi.
“When you [soldiers] go to fight against your enemies, and Yahweh our God enables you to defeat them [IDM], and (they become your prisoners/you capture them),
11 Chule hiche gal hing lah’a kona chu numei melhoitah nakimu doh’uva ahileh, nangmhon jong hiche numei chu naji diuva na kipui jeng theiyu ahi.
one of you may see among them a beautiful woman that he likes, and he may want to marry her.
12 Chuteng hiche numei chu nangho inlama nahin puidiu, asam jouse natan peh diu chule atin jouse jong natan mui peh diu ahi.
He should take her to his home, and there she must shave [all the hair off] her head and cut her fingernails [to signify that now she does not belong to her people-group any more, but instead she is becoming an Israeli].
13 Hiche numei nu jong chun soh kivonna chu akoiya, nangho insunga chu cheng jing ding lhani jen anu leh apa pul adou ding ahi. Hitia chu nangho jong numeinu henga na galut diu, nangho jong ama dia ajipa nahi thei diu, nupa naum thei diu ahi.
She must take off the clothes that she was wearing when she was captured, [and put on Israeli clothes]. She must stay in that man’s house and mourn for a month because of [leaving] her parents. After that, he will be allowed to marry her.
14 Amanu chunga hi lungkim louna naneiyuva ahileh, nang hon jong amanu chu achena nom chana nasol jeng theiyu ahi. sum leh paiya jong najoh doh thei lou diu chule soh ki bolna bang banga jong nabol louhel diu ahi. Ajeh chu nanghon amanu hi na luppi sau ahitai.
Later, if he no longer is pleased with her, he will be permitted to allow her to leave him. But because she was forced to have sex with him, he will not be allowed to treat her like a slave [and sell her to someone else].”
15 Koitobang pasal khat chun numei ji ni akop a, khatnu adeiya khatnu vang chu adeimo joh’a, ahivanga anigel lhona cha ahin lhon tah a, adeimo nu chun cha pasal ahin khat tah a ahileh,
“Suppose that a man has two wives, but he likes one of them and dislikes the other one. And suppose that they both give birth to sons, and the oldest son is the child of the woman that he does not like.
16 ajipa chun kho nunga achapate thil leh lo ahin hoppeh nikho tengleh, adeimo johnu chapa sanga chu adeinu chapa chu gel khohna aneiya langnei na jong anei thei lou ding, apeng masa chu apeng masa bang bang abol thou thou ding ahi.
On the day when that man decides how he will divide his possessions for his sons to possess [after he dies], he must not favor the son of the wife that he loves by giving him [a bigger share, ] the share that the older son should receive.
17 Adeimo johnu chapa chu achapa lah a atah pen ahi tia aphon doh ding, anei agou jouse lah’a chan nia tam joa apeh ding ahi. Ajeh chu ama dia chapa masapen ahin, mi-upa chan ding chu achansah thou thou ding ahi.
He must give to the older son, the son of the wife whom he does not like, twice as much of his possessions. That son is his firstborn son, and he must be given the share that he should receive because of his being that man’s firstborn son.”
18 Chapa khat touvin Pakai thungai lou chule anu, apa thujong ngai louva doumah jenga achona ahileh,
“Suppose there is a boy who is very stubborn and always (rebelling against/disobeying) [his parents], and who will not heed what they say to him. And suppose that they punish him but he still does not pay attention to what they tell him [MTY].
19 Hiche chapa chu anu leh apan jong khopi kelkot lama, thutan vaihom ho henga ahin puilut jeng lhon ding ahi.
If that happens, his parents must take him to the (gate of/central meeting place in) the city where he lives and have him stand in front of the elders of the city.
20 Chuteng anu leh apan jong hiche ka chapa hi doumah jeng aboldoh tan chule kathu lhon jong angai hih hel in, milop tah le phatseh a jukhamnaa hinkho mang jeng ahitai, ati lhon ding ahi.
Then the parents must say to the elders of that city, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and always rebelling against us. He will not pay attention to what we tell him [MTY]. He wastes a lot of money (OR, eats too much food) and gets drunk.’
21 Chutengleh hitobang miphalou chu khopi sunga cheng mipi ho chun songa aselih jeng diu ahi. Hiche hi Israel pum pin amu soh kei uva, kichaa umdiu ahi.
Then all the elders of that city must execute him by throwing stones at him. By doing that, you will get rid of this evil practice among you. And everyone in Israel will hear [about what happened] and they will be afraid [to do what he did].”
22 Mihem khat touvin thina chan gotna pehna thei chonset a alhah khah tah a, amapa chu tha teitei ding ahi tah leh, ama chu thing chunga kona na khai lih jeng theiyu ahi.
“If someone is executed for having committed a crime for which he deserves to die, and you hang his corpse on a post,
23 Amavang hiche na khai lihpau chu khovah chana na khai den thei lou diu, nakho vahsah ngei ngeiyuva ahileh nang hon Pakai, Pathen in nagoulo dinga napeh nau gamsung nasuh boh'u ahitan, hijeh achu nakho vahsah louhel diu ahi.
you must not allow his corpse to remain there all night. You must bury it on the day that he died, because [God] has cursed anyone whose corpse is allowed to remain on a post. [You must bury the corpse that day], in order that you do not defile the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you.”
