Thempu Dan 16
1 Dan toh kitoh louva Pathen angsunga thilto anabol lhon jal'a, thina chang teni Aaron chapate ni thinung in Pakai, Pathen in Mose henga hiti hin aseipeh in,
After the two sons of Aaron died because they burned incense to Yahweh [in a manner that was contrary to what Yahweh commanded], Yahweh spoke to Moses/me.
2 Pakai, Pathen in Mose henga hiti hin asei tan, “Na sopipa Aaron jah a seipeh tan pondal kidalna muntheng lailung, thingkong chunga um ngailut hepi touna maiya ama cham in alut nom phat chan in hung lut lou ding, hichu ahilouleh thi jeng thei ahi; ajeh chu hichea ngailut hepi touna chunga khu keima meiloma kilahji kahi.”
He said to him/me, “Warn your [older] brother Aaron that he must not enter the Very Holy Place inside the curtain that is in the Sacred Tent whenever he wants to, because the cover of the sacred chest is there. That is the place where the priest (makes atonement for/requests me to forgive) sins. I am present in the cloud that is over the cover of the sacred chest. If Aaron goes in that room when it is not the proper time, he will die!
3 Aaron vang hiche munthenga hi lut theia, chonset thilto dinga bongchal gol khat leh kelngoi chal khat jaonaa ahin kai ding,
“When Aaron enters the Sacred Tent area, he must bring a bull that [will be killed] to become an offering/sacrifice for sins, and a ram [to be killed] to be an offering that will be completely burned [on the altar].
4 Chule tupet ponnema kikhui sangkhol chol len chu aki ah ding, tupet ponnem a kikhui toka chol jong akichen a, chule tupet ponnem a kikhui chalchep konggah chu akong akigah a, tupet'a kikhong delkop jong akop ding, hichengse hi von lah a atheng ahin, hijeh chun thempu pan jong hiche von hochu akivon theina din atahsa pumpi tuiya kisil thengsel ding ahi.
Then he must bathe his whole body, and put on the linen underwear/undershorts and the linen gown. He must tie the linen sash/waistbands around his waist and wrap the turban around his head. Those are his sacred garments.
5 Chule Israel chate khoppi apat chu kelchal nou nitah, pumgo thiltoa to dinga kelchal khat ma akimat ding ahi.
The Israeli people must then bring to him two male goats [to be killed] as an offering/sacrifice for sin, and a ram to be [killed and] burned completely [on the altar].
6 Aaron in jong atumbeh a ama dinga bongchal khat atodoh ding, hitia chu amading leh ainsung mite dinga kithoidamna anei masat ding ahi.
“Aaron must offer the bull [to me] to be a sacrifice in order that (I will forgive his sins and the sins of his family/his sins and the sins of his family will be forgiven).
7 Chule Aaron in jong kelchal teni chu akai ding, kikhop khomna ponbuh kotbul Pathen ansunga chu adinsah a,
Then he must bring the two male goats to me at the entrance to the Sacred Tent.
8 Chule Aaron in jong kelchal teni dia phun asan ding, hiche aphunsan lah a khat chu, Pakai ding chule aphunsan khat vang chu Azazel chang ding ahi.
He must (cast lots/throw down stones that have been marked) to determine which goat will be [sacrificed] to me, and which will be the goat that will be set free.
9 Chule Aaron in jong Pakaiya dia phun, achunga phunchan chuhna kelcha chu akai ding, chonset thiltoa atodoh ding ahi.
Aaron must bring to me the goat that was chosen to be sacrificed. It will be an offering for the people’s sins.
10 Hitobanga chu Azazel chan ding phun pha, achunga phunchan chuhna kelcha chu kithoidamna dinga ahing laiya todoh ding, hichu Azazel chan dinga gamlah a ahinga lha mang ding ahi.
Aaron must also bring to me the other goat, but it is not to be killed. It will be freed while it is still alive. As a result of Aaron sending it into the desert, the people’s sins will be forgiven.
11 Aaron in jong amatah chonset thilto dinga bongchal chu atodoh ding, hiche bongchal chu ama chonset thilto dinga akitha ding ahi.
“Then Aaron must bring the young bull to me, to be an offering/sacrifice for himself and for his family. He must slaughter that bull to be an offering for their sins, [and he must drain the blood into a basin].
12 Chule Aaron in jong Pakai angsung maicham phunga pat, meiam kong khat dim hichu gimnamtui lhutna ding, chule hoitah a kisemsa gimnamtui khut dimni aham doh a, hichu pondal kikhai kal lama chu apohlut ding ahi.
Then he must take some burning coals from the [bronze] altar and put them in the incense burner. Then he must fill his hands with fragrant finely-ground incense. Then he must take the incense and the incense burner inside the curtain into the Very Holy Place [of the Sacred Tent].
13 Hitia chu Pakai angsunga meikong lah a gimnamtui chu alelhah ding, chule hettohsahna dinga kido ngailut hepi touna chu, gimnamtui kilhutna meikhu chun atom sohhel ding ahi, hichu ahilouleh thinan alhun thei ahi.
There he must put the incense on the burning coals, with the result that a cloud of burning incense will rise up over the lid of the sacred chest. If he obeys these instructions, he will not die [like Korah’s two sons did because of offering incense incorrectly] (OR, [because of being in God’s presence]).
14 Chule bongchal thisan chu themkhat alah ding, akhut jung akona ngailut hepi touna mailah a chu athe lhah ding, ngailut hepi touna mailah a chu akhut jung akona sagi veijen athe khum ding ahi.
Then he must dip his finger into [the basin] and sprinkle some blood on the lid of the sacred chest, and also sprinkle some blood seven times against the front of the chest.
15 Hiche jouteng chule mipi dinga chonset thilto kelcha chu atha ding, athisan vang chu pondal sunglama achoilut a, hiche kelcha thisan chu bongchal thisan kibolna bang bang achu abol ding, ngailut hepi touna chungvum chule ngailut hepi touna maiya chu athin khum ding ahi.
[“Aaron must then go outside the Sacred Tent] and slaughter the goat to be an offering for the sins of the people. Then he must bring its blood into the Very Holy Place behind the curtain. There he must sprinkle [some of] that blood on the lid of the sacred chest and against the front of the chest, like he did with the bull’s blood.
16 Hitobang achu Israel chate aboh a aumna jouseu leh chonset a aumnauva kona muntheng pen chu asuhtheng ding, hitobang akona hi ngahmun lailung chu atheng loua umji ahitan, suh thengna abolji ding ahi.
By doing that, he will purify the Very Holy Place. And he must sprinkle more of the blood on the Sacred Tent, because the tent is in the midst of the camp of the Israeli people who have become unacceptable to me [because of their sins].
17 Muntheng pen suhthengna dia Aaron asung lhah a ahung potdoh kit kahsea, kikhop khomna ponbuh sunga koima umthei lou ding ahi. Amavang ama le ainsung mite chule miho dinga thensona anei ding,
When Aaron goes into the Very Holy Place [in the Sacred Tent] to purify it, no one else is permitted to enter [the other part of] the Sacred Tent. Only after Aaron has performed rituals to enable me to forgive him and his family, and all the Israeli people, is any priest permitted to enter the Sacred Tent.
18 Chule maicham phunga pumgo thilto abola suh thengna anei ding, hichea chu bongchal thisan phabep le kelcha thisan phabep alah a, maicham ninga selki hose chu anunat ding ahi.
“Then Aaron must go outside the tent to purify my altar. He must do this by smearing some of the blood from the bull and some of the blood from the goat on each of the projections at the corners of the altar.
19 Hiche thisan chu akhut junga akhoi ding, chuteng maicham chung vum lah achu athin khum ding ahi. Hitia hi Israelte chonset jal'a maicham asema athenso ding ahi.
Then Aaron must dip his finger into the [basin of] blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy [because of the sins] of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again.
20 Chule Aaron in jong muntheng pen jouse le Pakai Pathen chenna ponbuh suhthengna chule maicham sutheng naho achai kimsoh teng leh, phun phatna dia kelcha chu akatdoh ding ahi.
“When Aaron has finished purifying the Very Holy Place [inside the Sacred Tent] and all of the Sacred Tent and the altar, he must bring the goat that was chosen to be set free.
21 Chuteng Aaron in akhut teni kelcha chunga chu angap ding, chonset thil ho ahin, gitlouna jouse, Israel chaten doumah aboldoh jouseu aphondoh ding, kelcha chunga buhlhah peh banga abola, chuteng son umtah mikhat chun gammang lah a dellut ding ahi.
He must put both of his hands on the head of the goat and confess all the sins [DOU] of the Israeli people. By doing that, he will put [the guilt of] their sins on the head of the goat. Then he must give the goat to a man who is chosen, and that man will send the goat out into the desert.
22 Hiche kelcha chun achonsetna ho jouseu chu, chenna loubeh gammang lah khat a apohmang ding ahi.
[It is as though] the goat will carry away into the desert [the guilt for] the sins of all the people.
23 Chujouteng muntheng sung alut masanga, thempu vona kivon chengse chu kikhop khomna ponbuh lut a Aaron in aga puilut ding, hiche muna chu ahin dalhah diu ahi.
“When Aaron approaches the Sacred Tent, he must take off the linen clothes that he wore when he [previously] entered the Very Holy Place, and he must leave those clothes there.
24 Chule muntheng khat a kisil lha ding, akivona ngai banga kivona hichea chu amatah chonsetna le mipi chonset thensona dinga, pumgo thilto chu anei ding ahi.
Then he must bathe in a sacred place, put on his regular/ordinary clothes, and sacrifice the animals that will be burned completely on the altar for his own sins and for the sins of the Israeli people. By doing that he will enable me to forgive him and them.
25 Chule chonset thoidam nadia sathao jouse chu, maicham phunga agovam ding ahi.
He must also burn on the altar all the fat of the bull and the goat that were sacrificed.
26 Chule gammang lah a kelcha delmang pachu, ngahmun ahung lhun kah a avon jouse akisop lhah ding, ama jeng jong kisil lha ding ahi.
“The man who was chosen to send the other goat into the desert and free it there must afterwards wash his clothes and bathe. Then he may return to the camp.
27 Chonset thoidamna dia kithat bongchal le kelcha teni thisan jong chonset abeina thei ding in, muntheng pena kikoisa chu ngahmun polama govam ding, avun leh asa chule agil jaonaa aboncha govam ding ahi.
The carcasses of the bull and the goat that were slaughtered to be an offering/sacrifice for the people’s sins, whose blood was taken inside the Very Holy Place to enable Yahweh to forgive the Israeli people, must be carried outside the camp and burned. The hides/skins of the animals, the inner organs, and the dung must also be burned.
28 Hitia chu agouvam penpen in ngahmun asung lhah kah a, aponsil jouse asop lhah ding, chuteng ngahmun lai achu sunglha bep ding ahi.
The man who burns those things must then wash his clothes and bathe before he returns to the camp.
29 Chule hiche dan hi akhang akhanga na jui diu, lha sagi, nisom alhin nikho teng Israel chate chule alah uva cheng gamchom mihon an angol diu, na atoh louhel diu ahi.
“On (October/the month after the dry season ends), on the day that I have appointed, you all must (fast/abstain from eating food) and not do any work. This is a rule/law that will never end. It must be obeyed by you people who have been Israelis all your lives, and also by foreigners who are living among you.
30 Hou thulam dola thenna anei na ding un, hiche nikhoa chu achonset nau thoidamna nei ding ahi.
On that day, Aaron will perform rituals to enable me to forgive you all, and then I will cleanse/free you all from [the guilt of] all your sins and you will become acceptable to me.
31 Hiche nikho hi nikho theng ahin, an ngol ding natoh jong bol louva umding ahi. Hitia chu dan jouse hi akhang akhanga chepi ding ahi.
That will be a day for you to rest and not do any work, like the Sabbath days, and you must (fast/abstain from eating food) all that day. That is a permanent command/law for you all to obey.
32 Thempupa khela dantoh kitoh a thensona changsa, thempu chungnung in suh thengna kin anei ding, thempu vona kivon ding,
In future years, [after Aaron has died], this ritual/ceremony to enable me to forgive you all [DOU] will be performed by the Supreme Priest who is anointed [with olive oil] and appointed to serve instead of his ancestor Aaron. He must put on the sacred clothes made of linen
33 Pakai chenna ponbuh chule muntheng chungnung, maicham phung chule thempu ho jouse le mipi ho chu suhthengna abolpeh ding ahi.
and offer sacrifices to purify the Very Holy Place, all of the Sacred Tent, the altar, the priests, and all the Israel people [like Aaron did].
34 Hitia chu dan hichengse hi akhang akhanga jui ding ahi. Israel chate achonset nauva kona suhthengna thei dia, hiche kithoidamna hi kumseh a khatvei bol ding, hichu Pakai, Pathen thupeh bang in Mose’n jong aboltan ahi.
This will be a permanent command/law for you to obey once every year, to enable me to forgive you Israeli people for the sins that you have committed.” Moses/I obeyed all those instructions/commands that Yahweh had given to him/me.
