Potdohbu 15
1 Chuin Mose le Israel mite'n Pakai avahchoijun la asa uve: “Keiman Pakai vahchoila ka sah ding, ajeh chu aman loupitah in gal ajou tai; sakol ahin achung toupa Pakaiyin Twikhang len lailunga aseplut tan ahi.”
Then Moses/I sang this song, and the Israeli people sang with him: “I will sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously; He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea!
2 “Pakai hi kei dinga, ka thahat nale ka vahchoi ding'a lomtah ahi; ajeh chu aman galjona eipetai.” Amahi ka Pathen, ka vahchoi ding ahi, chule kapau Pathen ahin, choiat ding'a lom Ama bou ahi!
Yahweh is the one who makes me strong, and he is the one I sing about. He is the one who has saved me. He is (my God/God, the one I worship), and I will praise him. He is the one my father worshiped, and I will tell [others] how great he is.
3 “Pakai hi galhattah ahin, ajeh chu amin jong Yaweh ahiye!”.
Yahweh is a warrior; Yahweh is his name.
4 “Pharaoh kangtalai jouse le agalsat jouse, Pakaiyin Twikhang len lailunga asep lut tauvin; Pharaoh deitum le alhen tumho abonchauvin Twikhanglen san dunga aseplut gamtauvin ahi”.
He has thrown the king’s chariots and his army into the sea; His best officers all drowned in the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez).
5 “Twikhanglen kinong in achup gamsoh heljing uvin; abonchaovin songtum bangin Twinoi lamma a lhalhum gam tauve.”
The [water covered them like] a flood; they sank to the bottom like a stone.
6 “O Pakai nakhut jetlam hi loupe le thahat chungnung ahi. Melmate jeng jong a sugam hel tan ahi.”
O Yahweh, your right arm has awesome power; with that power [MTY], O Yahweh, you have crushed/smashed the enemy into pieces.
7 “Na lalna leh na loupina jal in na melmate naleh khup jing e, Nalunghan na nasatah in nahin tahlang jitan ahile; abonchauvin meiyin changpol akah vamkei bang'in a kavam soh hel tauve.”
You have gloriously defeated your enemies. Because you were angry with them, you have [destroyed them] like a fire burns up straw [SIM].
8 “Nangma husan akonin twipi kinong jeng jong alhuh den in ahile atang jeng tai! Chule twikhanglen lailung'a twi kitangjong chu ale chupsoh heljeng in ahi.”
You blew on the sea, and the water piled up high; the water stood up like two walls. In the deepest part of the sea [the water] became thick/solid, [as though] it was frozen.
9 “Chuin Melmapa chun hitin aseiye, keiman anung ka del ding ka phah tei ding ahi. Thil kiladoh kale lah ding chule ka deichat bangtah'a kakile lah ding ahiye; kachem jam ka sadoh ding, abonchauva kasat chap jeng ding ahiuve.”
[Our] enemies said, ‘We will pursue them and catch up to them. We will draw our swords and strike them. After we defeat them, we will divide up the spoils. We will take [from them] all we want.’
10 “Ahinlah nangman na haikhum in ahile, abonchauvin twikhanglen in a chup tauve. Twipi hattah lailung'a alhum gam tauvin ahi.
But you blew on them with your breath, and then the sea covered them. They sank like lead/rocks in the big waves.
11 “O Pakai, Pathen dangho jouse lah jeng'a jong koi macha nang kal lhah aumpon, amaho chu imacha toh'a kite thei deh pouvin, nangma kala koima cha thenna chang ding aum hih e. Loupi na leh tijat umtah'a thilbola koiham?”
Yahweh, among their gods, there is no god like you [RHQ]! You are glorious, completely different from all that you made. (There is no god like you!/What god is like you?) [RHQ] There is no one who can perform all kinds of miracles [DOU] like you do [RHQ]!
12 “Nangman nakhut jetlam najahdoh in ahile, hichun leiset'a melmate avallhum gam tauve.”
When you stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed up [our enemies]
13 Na lungsetna long louvin, na lhatdohsa mite aumpi jing in ahi. Na chena mun geijin namite nahin puilhung tai.”
You faithfully loved the people you rescued; with your power you are leading them to the land that you have set apart.
14 “Mitin vaipin hichu ahin jasoh tauvin ahile; Philistine gamsung'a cheng jouse din nat hesoh achang tauve.”
The people of [other] nations will hear [what you have done]; and they will tremble. The people in Philistia will be terrified.
15 “Edom gamsung'a lamkai kitiphot alung thomlhao gamtan; Moab gamma lamkai jouse jong aki thing soh hel tauve. Canaaan gam'a cheng jouse jong alung thoi gamta uve.”
The chiefs in Edom will be dismayed. The leaders in Moab will be so afraid, they will shake. All those who live in Canaan will faint.
They will be terrified and fearful because of your great strength [MTY]. But they will be as silent as stones until your people march past them, the people you freed from being slaves in Egypt,
17 “Nangman namite nahin puilut ding nangma molsang chungvum a chu na tundoh ding ahiye; ajeh chu nangman hiche laimun chu na chenna dinga na tundoh sa ahi tai, O Pakai nangman mun theng laijeng jong chu na khut te nia na tundoh ahi tai, ati.”
to go to [Canaan land]. You will enable them to live [MET] on your hill, at the place that you, O Yahweh, have chosen to be your home, in the (holy place/temple) that you yourself will build.
18 “Pakai hi tonsot tonsot'a chung nung chang ahi tai!”
O Yahweh, you will rule forever!
19 Ajeh chu Pharaoh sakol kangtalai jouse twikhanglen lailung'a atol lut in, Pakai thahat chun achungvum uvah twikhangklen chu alechup sah gam ahitai. Ahinlah Israel chate abonchauvin twi-khanglen lailung tolgo lah achun akijot galkai sah tauvin ahi.
The Israeli people walked through the middle of the sea on dry ground. But when the king’s horses and chariots and horsemen tried to go through the sea, Yahweh caused the water to come back and cover them.”
20 Chuin Aaron a sopinu, themgao Miriam akhut'a khutbeh khat chu akilah in, numeija kaijousen amanu nung chu ajui tauvin, khutbeh jaonan apotdoh uvin alam uve.
Then Miriam, who was Aaron’s older sister and a (prophetess/woman who spoke messages that came directly from God), picked up her tambourine,
21 Chule Miriam chun hiche jaila hi a-oijin ahi: “Pakai vahchoila sa'u hite, Aman loupitah'in gal asat'in ajou tai; sakol chung'a toupa jeng jong twikhang len lailung'a aleh khup jeng tai.”
and she sang this song to Yahweh: “Sing to Yahweh, because he has triumphed gloriously [over his enemies]. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.”
22 Mose'n jong twikhanglen San akon'in Israelte chu ahin pui nalaijun, chuin Shur kiti neldi gam'a akitol lut tauvin ahi. twidon ding thei louvin nithum sung'in akitol tauve.
Then Moses/I led the Israeli people away from the Red Sea (OR, Gulf of Suez). They/we went to the desert at Shur. They/We walked for three days, but they/we could not find any water.
23 Marah mun ahung geitauvin ahile hiche mun'na twi chu akha'n don thei ahi tapoi. Hijeh chun hichelai munchu Marah asah tauvin ahi (hichu akha tina ahi).
So they/we [went on and] came to a [place named] Marah. [There was] water [there, but] they/we could not drink it, because it was bitter. That is why they named the place Marah, [which is the Hebrew word that means ‘bitter’].
24 Chuin mipi Mose chung'a aphunchel gamtaovin hiti hin aseyuve, “Ipi kadon diuva hitam?”
The people complained to Moses/me, saying, “What are we going to drink?”
25 Mose jong Pakai lamsang in kap pum in atao tai. Pakaiyin thing lhon neokhat avetsah in hichu asat doh'in twi lah chu akho lut'a ahile twi chu donthei ahung sohdoh tan ahi. Chuin Pakaiyin hiche Marah munna chun Israelte ding in chonna dan khat a sempeh'in Ama'a akitah jing na diuvin jong hilchetna aneiyin ahi.
So Moses/I prayed earnestly to Yahweh. Then Yahweh showed him/me a tree. So he/I cut off [one of the branches] and threw it into the water, and the water became good to drink. There at Marah, Yahweh gave them various laws to direct their lives. He also tested them there, to determine if they would obey him,
26 “Aman hiti hin aseije, “Nangman ching thei tah'in na Pakai na Pathen thusei ngaijin, Ama mitmu'a thudih jeng'a na chon ding, a thupeh jouse na nit ding, hi tia chu Egypt mite chung'a gamna hoise ka lan sah chu nangho chung'a ka lansah louhel ding ahiye, ajeh chu keima nadamsah na Pakai chu kahi,” ati.
by saying, “I am Yahweh, your God. If you will carefully obey me when I speak [to you], and do those things that I know are right, and pay close attention to all the things that I command you, I will keep you from being afflicted by all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians. Do not forget that I am the one who heals you.”
27 Marah mun adalhah phat'uvin Israel mite jong Elim kiti twiko somleni putdoh namun tom-thing somsagi kenna munna twipang achun ngahmun akisem tauvin ahi.
[After they/we left Marah], they/we came to a [place named] Elim. There were twelve springs of water and 70 palm trees there. So they/we camped there.
