< Potdohbu 23 >

1 Nangman jouthu na sei thei lou ding, muda jeh'a thet umtah hettohsah'a napan thei lou ding ahiye.
“You shall not accept a lying voice. Neither shall you join your hand so as to give false testimony on behalf of the impious.
2 Chule thilse bolding'a mihem chele hojong najui a najop lou hel ding, mipi nung najui louva amaho khat le khat kikah'a them achan theina diuva jong hettohsah'a napan lou ding ahiye.”
You shall not follow the crowd in doing evil. Neither shall you go astray in judgment, by agreeing with the majority opinion, apart from the truth.
3 Vaichaho thukitanna jeng ajong pan nalah lou hel ding, sih neina lang neina jeng jong nabol lou ding ahi.
Likewise, you shall not show pity in judgment of the poor.
4 Chule na melma khat sangan ahi loule bongchal vah mang jong nadon peh lou ding, hiche gancha chu ama heng'a nahin le kailut peh joh ding ahi.
If you come across an ox or a donkey of your enemy, which has gone astray, lead it back to him.
5 Nangma doumah bolpa sangan in apot apoh lal tah'a aopkhum ma ahile hichu, na dalhah jeng lou ding, sangan akitho doh theina ding'a na panhu teitei ding ahi joi.
If you see the donkey of one who hates you, fallen under its burden, you shall not pass by without lifting it up with him.
6 Vaicha thutanna'a adinmunanna konna achanding dolla thudih chu napam paipeh lou hel ding ahi.
You shall not deviate in judgment of the poor.
7 Jouthu phot'a kinilna le kihehtona chu najam san jeng ding, themmona beija mihem chu natha lou ding, ajeh chu keiman kahenai agiloupa chu them kachan sah him him lou ding ahiye.
You shall flee from lies. The innocent and the just you shall not kill. For I shun the impious.
8 Nehguh chahguh jong nakilah thei lou ding, ajeh chu nehguh kitihi vaihomma pangpan amit asel mang jin chule adih'a pangte chu akhup athal'a alekhup jeng ahi.
Neither shall you accept bribes, which blind even the prudent and subvert the words of the just.
9 Kholjin mijong na suhgim lou ding, ajeh chu kholjin mihon ichanna lunggel nei uvem ti na hetauve, amaho bang chu nanngho jong Egypt gamma khol jin mi'a nanaum'u ahiye.
You shall not harass a sojourner, for you know the life of a newcomer. For you yourselves also were sojourners in the land of Egypt.
10 Kum gup sung'a phatah'a na gam sung'a ann-ga natu ding, muchi gasoh na kilokhom ding ahi.
For six years, you shall sow your land and gather its produce.
11 Kum sagi alhin teng hiche kum sung'a chu nagamsung nakicholdo sahding hiche nangma miten avaicha ho chun aneh diu, louna tong lou beh'a naki chol damsah thei ding, amahon aneh joulou aneh moh chengseo vang chu gamsa hon aneh diuva ahitai. Hiche bang bang'a chu lengpi leilai le Olive chu nabol cheh cheh diu ahi.
But in the seventh year, you shall release it and cause it to rest, so that the poor of your people may eat. And whatever remains, let the beasts of the field eat it. So shall you do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
12 Nigup sung'a hi natoh ding chan natoh ding, chule ni sagi lhinni vang le nasangan jeng jong na choldam sah ding, na bongchal ahin sangan jeng jong choldo thei ding, na sohnu chapa ahin na jin ho jong ki chol do thei diu ahi.
For six days, you shall work. On the seventh day, you shall cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and so that the newcomer and the son of your handmaid may be refreshed.
13 Naheng uva kasei doh hi nanit jeng jing diu, chule hichengse hi nakam sung uva jong napotdoh sah lou hel diu ahi.
Preserve all that I have said to you. And by the names of foreign gods you shall not swear; neither shall these be heard from your mouth.
14 Kumkhat sung'a keima dinga kut thumvei chan nabol ding ahi.
Three times in each year, you shall celebrate feasts to me.
15 Chol solou chang-lhah kut, keiman phat katepeh dung juiya hi ding, Abib lhasung hichu cholsolou changlhah ni sagi sung sea naneh ding hiche lhasung'a hi Egypt gamsung'a kon'a na hung doh na lha ahiye. Hijeh achu khat cha jong keima angsung'a khut goh keuva hung sung lha thei lou ding ahi.
You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, at the time of the month of new grain, when you departed from Egypt. You shall not appear empty-handed in my sight,
16 Loulaija na lhosoh ga amasapen penchu nangman lholhun kut'a ding'a na kat doh jeng ding, hi tabang ma chu lou lai pumpia na lhosoh ga nahin chop khom teng jong le kut nabol ding ahi.”
for it is the solemnity of the harvest of the first-fruits of your work, of whatever you have sown in the field. Likewise, it is a solemnity at the end of the season, when you will have gathered in all your crops from the field.
17 Kum khat sung'a namite holah'a pasal'a kai lhah kiti phot chu Pakai Pathen keima ansung'a thumvei hung ki lah cheh diu ahi.”
Three times a year, all your males shall appear before the Lord your God.
18 Keima angsung'a kilhaina gancha kithat chu cholsosa changlhah jaona nahin totha thei lou ding, kaheng'a kilhaina sathao jeng jong khovah geija nakoi den lou ding ahi.
You shall not immolate the blood of my victim over leaven, nor shall the fat of my solemnity remain until morning.
19 Na leiset ga soh lah'a gamasa pen pen chu na Pakai na Pathen heng'a na hin poh lut masat pen ding, kelngoi sakithat jeng jong chu api noitwi mangcha'a nahon lou ding ahi.
You shall carry the first grain of the land to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not cook a young goat in the milk of its mother.
20 Ven! Na chena channa nangma na ventup ding le na lhon pijing ding'in namasang lama vantil khat ka sol peh in ahi.”
Behold, I will send my Angel, who will go before you, and preserve you on your journey, and lead you into the place that I have prepared.
21 Vantil khu jabol'in lang, athu napal keh thei louding, ama doumah thei himhim nabol lou ding ahiye, ajeh chu aman nasuhkhel channu ngaidam intin, ajeh chu amasung'a khu keima min um jeng'a ahi.
Heed him, and hear his voice, and do not hold him in disregard. For he will not release you when you have sinned, and my name is in him.
22 Aman aseichan lunglut tah'a nangai jing ding, keiman kasei chan nabol'a ahile, namel mate dia melma'a kapan ding, nadoute ding'a adouva pang ding kahi, ati.
But if you listen to his voice and do all that I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will afflict those who afflict you.
23 Ka Vantil chu namasang lama lamkai jing ding, Amor mite, Hit mite, Periz mite, Canaan mite, Hivi mite, chule Jebus mite jouse abonchaova nahin pui teng leh keima tah in abonchauva ka suhmang hel jeng ding ahi, ati.
And my Angel will go before you, and he will bring you to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, whom I will crush.
24 Chule mihem in asem thu milim doi pathen ho masang kitia naboh khup lou ding, hicheho ding'a jong chu na kisahlal louhel ding, anatoh bang bang uva jong ima natoh thei lou ding aboncha na phuhlhuh ding, a songkhom tincheng jong na lekhup jeng ding ahiye.
You shall not adore their gods, nor worship them. You shall not do their works, but you shall destroy them and break apart their statues.
25 Na boncha uva na Pakai Na Pathen nahou uva ama kin jeng na bol diu ahi.” Na boncha uva na Pakai na Pathen kin jeng a na kisah lel diu, amatah in na changlhah neh diu le na twidon ding jing ujong phatthei aboh ding, chu teng keiman na jalah uva konna phatthei nasa tah ka hin boh ding ahi, ati.”
And you shall serve the Lord your God, so that I may bless your bread and your waters, and so that I may take away sickness from your midst.
26 Nangma gamsung achu koima aching kal val jong um thei lou ding, ama vang nangma hinkho chu ka suh bukim sel joh ding ahi.
There will not be fruitless or barren ones in your land. I will fill up the number of your days.
27 Na masang tinna mihem ten aki chat thei chan ka ma sol peh ding, kidoupi ding'a nahin tupchan lungsung kasuh mol peh jing ding, chuteng nangma nahin doute jamcheh diu nangma nung lam jeng'a bou khodah diu ahi.
I will send my terror to run ahead of you, and I will kill all the people to whom you will enter. And I will turn the backs of all your enemies before you,
28 Na masang'a khoi-ngel te kalha masat peh ding, Hivi mite, Canaan mite, Hit mie abonchauva khoingel ten a delmang hel diu ahi.
sending wasps ahead, so that they will put to flight the Hivite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, before you enter.
29 Na masang'a vang amahochu kumkhat sung'a kadel cheh lou ding ahi, ajeh chu gamsung ahomkeu va aum khah le gamsa hungpung lha jeng ding gamsa ten nagma nahin dou khah diuva ahi.
I will not cast them out from your face in one year, lest the land be reduced to a wilderness and the wild beasts increase against you.
30 Nangma na hung pun be jing ding, chuteng amaho khu aloiloija ka del cheh ding ahiuve, ati.
I will expel them little by little from your sight, until you have expanded and may possess the land.
31 Na gam gi chu twisan dung len aki pat Palistinete twikhanglen chan hop'a ka kaipeh ding, gamang lah akipat Euphrates vadung channa kakai peh ding nahiye, ajeh chu hiche gamsung ana lo jouse keiman nangho khut a kapeh doh ding, amaho chu nangman jong nadelcheh jeng diu ahiye, ati.
Then I will set your limits to be from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Palestinians, and from the desert all the way to the river. I will deliver into your hands the inhabitants of the land, and I will cast them out from your sight.
32 Amite jouse lah hihen a semthu uva pathen hijong le kitepna neocha jong nanei theilou ding ahi.
You shall not enter into a pact with them, nor with their gods.
33 Amaho jouse khu khat jeng cha jong na gamsung'a cheng thei loudiu ahi, ahinlah amaho pathen lim sem thuho kin nabol khah ngai ngaiya ahile vang, hichea chu nasatah'a nangma na kipel lhuh ding ahi, ati.
They may not live on your land, lest perhaps they may cause you to sin against me, if you serve their gods, which certainly would be a temptation for you.”

< Potdohbu 23 >