Minbu 9
1 Israelte chu Egypt a patna ahung kichon doh jou kum khat ahung lhing chun Sinai lhang a gamthip lah a chun Pakaiyin Mose kom a ahin seiyin,
One year after the Israelis left Egypt, during the month of March, while they were in the Sinai Desert, Yahweh said to Moses/me,
2 Kalchuh kut kiman na ding phat kitepna a hi aman ding uvin Israel mite chu seipeh tan,
“Tell the Israeli people that they must celebrate the Passover [Festival again].
3 hichu lha masa pen nisom le nili lhina a khojin chip chep phat hiding ahi. Hiche kipathanop kibol ding dan thupeh ho leh dan umho phate a najui sah ding ahi.
They must do it on the fourteenth day of this month, early in the evening, and they must obey all the instructions about it [that I gave you previously].”
4 Mosen jong mipi henga kalchuh kut kipa golnop abol ding uvin aseipeh tan ahi,
So Moses/I told the people what Yahweh had said about celebrating the Passover.
5 ajeh chu Sinai lhang gamthip lah a nisomle nili ahung lhin a khovah chip chep in ahinphah den un ahitai. Pathen in Mose thu apeh bang bang chun amahon jong kipagolnop chu aboltauvin ahi.
The people celebrated it, there in the Sinai Desert, in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses/me.
6 Ahinlah ama ho lah a mi phabep chun mithi long ana thamkhah jeh un, chonna ngai bang in akisuboh a ahitauvin, hiche nikho a Kalchuh kut kipa golnop a chun alha thei tapouve. Hiche nikho chun Mose leh Aaron kom a ahung un
But some of the Israeli people had touched a corpse, and as a result they had become unfit to celebrate the Passover. So they asked Aaron and Moses/me,
7 “keihon mithi long ka tham khah tah jeh un, chonna ngai banga atheng louva ka hi tauve. Hijong leh Israel mipin asem leng a keihon jong Pathen ang a maicham kasem mo diu ham?” ahungtiuvin ahi.
“It is true that we have touched a corpse. But why should that prevent us from celebrating the Passover Festival and offering sacrifices to Yahweh like everyone else [RHQ]?”
8 Mose chun a donbut, “Nangho ding a Pathen a kon a hilchahna kamu kah khongai un” ati.
Moses/I replied, “Wait here until I go into the Sacred Tent and find out what Yahweh says about it.”
9 Pakaiyin Mose ahin donbutna chu hiche hi ahi.
[So Moses/I went into the tent and asked Yahweh what he/I should tell the people], and this is what Yahweh said:
10 “Hiche hilchahna ho hi Israel mipite seipeh in: Tukhang hihen lang khang hunglhung ding ho hijongleh chonna ngai bang a akisuhboh kha hihen, kholgam a chedoh ho hijongleh Kalchuh kut kipa golnop a pangthei ding u ahi.
“Tell this to the Israeli people: If any of you or your descendants touch a corpse and as a result become unacceptable to me, or if you are away from home on a long trip [at the time to celebrate the Passover], you will still be permitted to celebrate it.
11 Kalchuhkut kipa golnop kichai lhakhat lhin teng kalchuh kut maicham thilto abol ding u ahi, hichu lhani lhinna a nisom le nili lhinna khojin chip chep phat hiding ahi. Hicheteng chuleh Kalchuh kut kelngoi sa chu anche kha le cholsolou changlhah toh aneh tha dingu ahi.
But you must celebrate it exactly one month later, early in the evening of the fourteenth day of that month. Eat the meat of the lamb for the Passover Festival with bread that is baked without yeast and eat bitter herbs.
12 Amahon kelngoi chu jingkah khovah geija akoi thei lou ding u, chuleh hiche agu jong asuh boh thei lou dingu ahiye. Kalchuh kut kiman na chungchang a dan umho hi ajui cheh ding u ahi.
Do not leave any of it until the next morning. And do not break any of the lamb’s bones. Obey all the regulations about celebrating the Passover.
13 “Ahin Israelmi hiya chon na ngai a aboh jong hilou, kholche a jin doh jong hilou, ahivang a Kalchuh kut nahsah lou miho chu Israel nampi akonna kah lhah’a umding ahi. Pathen maicham jong aphat tah ahin todoh lou leh achonsetna jal a themmo chang a um ding ahiuve.
But if any of you has not done anything that would make you unfit to celebrate the Passover Festival, and you are not away from home on a long trip, and you do not sacrifice to me at the proper time, you will no longer be allowed to associate with my people. (You will be punished/I will punish you).
14 Nangho lah a nam dangmi Kalchuh kut golnop a jaonom aumleh, nit ding leh jui ding a kipe jouse hi anit ngaiyin, hiche dan hin Israel nam chilhah a kon hihenlang, gamdang chilhah a kon a koi hijongle akan soh kei ding ahi.
Foreigners who live among you may also celebrate the Passover Festival, if they obey all my commands concerning it.”
15 Houbuh ahin phudoh nikho uchun, meilom in Houbuh chu atom tan ahi. Houbuh chung nga meilom nilhah apat jingkah geiya umchu meikong lomtoh abang jeng in ahi.
On the day that the Sacred Tent was set up, a cloud covered it. From the time that the sun set until the time that the sun rose [the next day], the cloud resembled a [huge] fire. And that is what happened every day [that we/the Israelis were in the desert].
16 Hiche meilom houbuh chung a um, jan tengle meikong alom a hung kilah ji tobang chun aum jing tan ahi.
17 Houbuh chunga meilom chu akihohdal ji teng, Israel mipiten hiche amaicham ponbuh chu aphet lhah jiuvin meibol lom chu ajui ji uvin ahi. Chuleh hiche meilom akingah ngah na a chun Israel mipi ten ngahmun akisemkit jiuvin ahi.
When the cloud rose up and started to move [to a new location], we/they followed it. When the cloud stopped, we/the Israelis stopped there and set up their tents.
18 Hitichun che ding a Pathen thupeh amu dung juiyin lam ajot un, ngahmun asa jiuvin ahi. chuleh houbuh chung a meilom aum chan chun ngahmun dalhalouvin aum jiuvin ahi.
We/They traveled when Yahweh, [by causing the cloud to move or stop], signaled to us/them when to move and when to stop. When the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent, we/the Israelis stayed at that place.
19 Hiche meilom chu Houbuh chung nga nisot tah aum ji teng Israel techu akichol jiuvin Pathen Houna dinga atoh ding umho chu atong jiuvin ahi.
Sometimes the cloud stayed over the tent for a long time, so when that happened, we/they did not travel.
20 Phatkhat khat teng Pathen thupeh dungjui in meilom chu Houbuh chung nga ni chom chacha bou akingaji in, amaho jong ni chomcha bou akichol jiuve. Chuteng Pathen thupeh dung in ngahmun chu aphet lha uvin ache jomkit jitauvin ahi.
Sometimes the cloud remained over the tent for only a few days. We/The people stopped and set up our/their tents as Yahweh commanded us/them, and we/they traveled [to a new location] when Yahweh commanded us/them to do that.
21 Phat chomkhat kit teng Meilom chu jankhovah in aum in Jingkah teng akichon doh jin ahi. Ahinlah sun hihen jan hita jong leh hiche meilom chu ahung ki hohdoh teng ngahmun chu aphetlha jiuvin ache jom jingji un ahi.
Sometimes the cloud stayed in one place for only one day. When that happened, when the cloud rose up [into the sky] the next morning, then we/they traveled. Whenever the cloud moved, during the day or during the night, we/they traveled.
22 Houbuh maicham chunga meilom chu ni ni umhen, lhakhat umhen, ahilouleh kumkhat umjong leh, Israel mipite chu ngahmun na chun aki chol jing jiuvin apotdoh jipouvin ahi. Amavang Meilom chu Houbuh chunga ahung kihoh dal teng ngahmun chu aphet un achejom kit jitauvin ahi.
If the cloud stayed over the Sacred Tent for two days, or for a month, or for a year, during that time we/they stayed where we/they were. But when the cloud rose up [into the sky], we/they started to travel.
23 Hitichun Pakai thupeh bangtah in akichol un, akalsong jing un ahi, chule Pathen in Mose a kon a athupeh jouse chu abolkim soh jing un ahi.
When Yahweh commanded us/them to [stop and] set up our/their tents, we/they did that. When he told us/them to move, we/they moved. We/They did whatever Yahweh told Moses/me that we/they should do.
