Kâboutpoenae 11
1 Hatdawkvah, nang teh na BAWIPA na Cathut lungpataw han, kâ na poe e phunglawk, lawkcengnae hoi kâpoelawknaw hah pou na tarawi han.
“[Because of all that] Yahweh your God [has done for you], you must love him and continually obey all his rules and regulations and commandments.
2 Nange BAWIPA ni na toun awh e hai thoseh, a lentoenae thoseh, a thaonae kut a dâw e thoseh,
It was you and your ancestors, not your children, whom he disciplined [by causing all of you to have/experience difficulties]. So, starting today, continue to think about how very great and very powerful he is [DOU, MTY].
3 mitnoutnae thoseh, Izip ram dawk, Izip siangpahrang, Faro siangpahrang hoi khocanaw koe a sak e hno hai thoseh,
Think about the various miracles [DOU] that he performed in Egypt. Think about what he did to the king of Egypt and to his country.
4 Izip ransanaw lah kaawm e a marang, rangleng lathueng hno a sak e thoseh, nangmouh na ka pâlei e naw hah tuipui paling a ramuk sak teh, sahnin totouh a thei e hai thoseh,
Think about what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots. Think about how he caused the Red Sea to flood/cover over them while they were pursuing your ancestors, and how the army of Egypt was completely (wiped out/destroyed).
5 Hete a hmuen koe na pha totouh, kahrawng vah na kâhei awh navah nangmouh han a sak e hno hai thoseh,
Think about what Yahweh did for your ancestors in the desert before you arrived at this place.
6 Reuben miphun Eliab capa Dathan hoi Abiram ti koe ka sak e hno hai thoseh, talai ni a ang teh a imthungkhu abuemlah, a rimnaw, a tawnta e hnopainaw hoi Isarelnaw e rahak vah, a payon e thoseh, kahmawt awh hoeh e na canaw koe kai ni ka dei hoeh, hotteh namamouh ni panuek awh.
Think about what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the two sons of Eliab from the tribe of Reuben. While all of your ancestors were watching, the earth split open, and they fell into the opening [and disappeared], along with their families and their tents, their servants, and their animals.
7 BAWIPA ni a sak e hno kalenpoungnaw pueng hah namamouh roeroe ni na hmu awh toe.
You [SYN] and your ancestors have seen all these miracles that Yahweh performed.
8 Hatdawkvah nangmouh ni na cei awh vaiteh, na coe a hane ram sanutui hoi khoitui a lawngnae ram.
So, obey all the commandments that I am giving you today, in order that you will be strong and able to cross the river and occupy the land that you are about to enter,
9 Na mintoe hoi catounnaw koe poe hane BAWIPA ni lawk a kam e ramnaw dawk, moikasawlah kho na sak a thai nahan, a tu kâ na poe e kâ lawknaw pueng na tarawi a han.
and in order that you will live for a long time in that land, the land that Yahweh solemnly promised your ancestors that he would give to them and to their descendants, a land that is very fertile [IDM].
10 Nangmouh ni na cei awh teh na coe a hane ram laikawk patetlah cati ka hei teh khok hoi tui awi e ram nangmouh na tâconae Izip ram hoi kâ van hoeh.
The land that you are about to enter and occupy is not like the land of Egypt, where your ancestors lived. In Egypt, after they planted seeds, it was necessary for them to work hard [MTY] to water [the plants that grew].
11 Nangmouh ni na cei awh teh na coe awh hane ram teh monnaw, tanghlingnaw hoi a kawi vaiteh, kho ratui hah ka net e ram.
But the land that you are about to enter is a land where there are many hills and valleys, where there is plenty of rain.
12 BAWIPA cathut ni a khetyawt e kum touh thung a khetyawt e ram doeh.
Yahweh takes care of that land. He [SYN] watches over it every day, from the beginning of each year to the end of each year.
13 Nangmae BAWIPA Cathut hah na lungthin abuemlahoi, na hringnae abuem lahoi lungpataw awh. A thaw na tawk awh nahanelah, sahnin kai ni kâ na poe e naw kâpoelawknaw hah na tarawi awh pawiteh,
Today I am commanding you to love Yahweh our God and to serve him with your entire inner beings. If you do that,
14 nangmouh teh cakang, misurtui, satuinaw hah na pâkhueng sak nahanelah, ratui kho, a hnukteng e kho hah nangmae ram ka rak sak han.
each year he will send rain on your land at the (right times/times when it is needed), (in the autumn/at the end of the dry season) and (in the spring/before the next dry season starts). As a result, you will have grain and [grapes to make] wine and [olives to make olive] oil.
15 Kaboumcalah na ca nahan, na saringnaw han remke dawk hram kanaw e ka sai sak han.
And he will cause grass to grow in your fields for your livestock [to eat]. You will have all the food that you want.
16 Nangmouh teh kahawihoehe koe lah na lungthin na kamlang awh vaiteh, Cathut alouknaw na bawk awh hoeh nahan namamouh kâhruetcuet awh.
“But I warn you, do not turn away from Yahweh our God and start to worship other gods,
17 Hoehpawiteh BAWIPA a lungkhuek vaiteh, khorak laipalah talai dawk a pawhik tâcawt laipalah, kalvan hah a khan han. BAWIPA ni na poe e kahawipoung e ram dawk karangpoung lah na kahmakata awh han.
because if you do that, Yahweh will become very angry with you. He will prevent any rain from falling. As a result, the crops will not grow, and you will soon die [from hunger] in the good land that Yahweh is about to give to you.
18 Hatdawkvah, kai ni ka dei e lawk hah na lung dawk pâkuem nateh, nout nahan na kut dawk nout hanelah na kawm awh vaiteh, na mit rahak e rui patetlah na kawm awh han.
So, keep thinking [IDM] about these commands. Write them [on tiny scrolls] and fasten them to your arms/wrists, and write them on bands that you fasten to your foreheads [to help you to remember them].
19 Hote lawk hah nangmouh ni im dawk na tahung nah thoseh, lam na cei nahai thoseh, na i na thaw nahai thoseh na dei awh vaiteh, na canaw hai na cangkhai awh han.
Teach them to your children again and again. Talk about them [all the time]: When you are in your houses and when you are walking outside; talk about them when you are lying down at night and when you are getting up in the morning.
20 Im takhang dawk hai thoseh, longkha dawk hai thoseh na thut awh han.
Write them on the doorposts and on the gates of your houses.
21 Hottelah na sak awh pawiteh, na mintoenaw ka poe hanelah lawk ka kam e ram dawk nangmae hringnae, na canaw hringnae, kalvan hring sawnae patetlah talai van a hring a saw awh han.
Do that in order that you and your children will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them. That land will belong to you [and your descendants] as long as there is a sky above the earth.
22 Nangmouh teh namamae BAWIPA Cathut hah lungpatawnae hoi a lamthung dawk na dawn awh vaiteh, BAWIPA dawk na kâhnai thai nahan kai ni lawk na poe e hete kâpoelawk pueng hah tawksak hanlah kâhruetcuet lahoi na tarawi awh pawiteh,
“Faithfully continue to obey what I am commanding you to do—to love Yahweh our God, and to conduct your lives as he wants you to do, and to (be faithful to/have a close relationship with) him.
23 BAWIPA ni miphunnaw pueng hah nangmae hmalah hoi be pâlei vaiteh, nangmouh hlak athakaawme kapappoung e miphunnaw hah na uk awh han.
If you do that, Yahweh will expel all the people-groups in that land as you advance, people-groups that are more numerous and more powerful than you are.
24 Nangmouh ni na khok hoi na coungroe e pueng namamouh hanlah na la awh vaiteh, kahrawng hoi kamtawng vaiteh, Lebanon mon totouh Euphrates tuipui hoi kamtawng teh, talîpui totouh thoseh, pou kâbet e talai hah nangmae ram lah ao han.
All the ground [in that land] on which you walk will be yours. Your territory will extend from the desert [in the south] to the Lebanon [Mountains in the north], and from the Euphrates River [in the east] to the [Mediterranean] Sea in the west.
25 Nangmae hmalah apihai kangdout thai mahoeh. Nangmouh ni na coungroe e hmuen dawk kaawm e naw teh, nangmanaw hah na taki awh vaiteh, nangmae BAWIPA Cathut ni, lawk a kam e patetlah a sak han.
Yahweh our God will cause all the people in that land to be afraid of you, which is what he promised, with the result that no people-group will be able to stop you.
26 Khenhaw! Sahnin vah nangmae hmalah yawhawinae hoi thoebonae ka hruek.
“Listen carefully: Today I am telling you [that Yahweh will either] bless [you or he will] curse you.
27 Sahnin ka dei e nangmae BAWIPA Cathut e kâpoelawknaw hah na tarawi awh pawiteh, Yawhawi poenae,
If you obey the commandments of Yahweh our God that I am giving to you today, he will bless you.
28 nangmae BAWIPA Cathut e kâpoelawknaw na tarawi laipalah, sahnin lawk na thui e lamthung dawk hoi na phen awh teh, na panue boihoeh e alouke cathut hah na bawk awh pawiteh, thoebo lah na o awh han.
If you do not obey them, and if you turn away from him to worship other gods that you have never known about before, he will curse you.
29 Nangmouh ni na cei awh teh, na coe awh hane ram BAWIPA Cathut ni na kâenkhai awh toteh, yawhawinae teh Gerizim mon dawk na hruek awh vaiteh, thoebonae teh Ebal vah na hruek awh han.
And when Yahweh brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy, [some of you must stand on top of] Gerizim Mountain and proclaim what will cause Yahweh to bless you, and [the others must stand on top of] Ebal Mountain and proclaim [what will cause Yahweh to] curse you.”
30 Hote monnaw teh, Jordan tuipui kanîloumlah, Kanaannaw a onae Moreh kathenkungnaw, Gilgal khopui, hoi kâkuen e na ram dawk ao awh nahoehmaw.
(Those two mountains are [RHQ] west of the Jordan [River], west of the Jordan Valley near the huge oak tree at Moreh [village] in the land where the Canaan people-group lives. They live close to the sacred trees near Gilgal.)
31 Nangmae BAWIPA Cathut ni na poe awh e ram hah na coe awh hanlah, Jordan tuipui namran lah na raka awh vaiteh, hote ram hah na coe awh vaiteh, na o awh han.
“You will soon cross the Jordan [River] to occupy the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. When you enter that land and start to live there,
32 Sahnin nangmae hmalah ka hruek e phunglawk hoi lawkcengnae pueng na hringkhai awh han han.
be sure to obey all the rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.”
