Kâboutpoenae 22
1 Na hmaunawngha e maito hoehpawiteh tu kahmat e hah na hmu nahlangva laplap khen hanh.
If you see someone's cow or sheep wandering around, don't just ignore it. Make sure you take it back to its owner.
2 Na hmaunawngha ahlanae koe ao e hah na panue hoeh nakunghai na im vah na hrawi pouh han. Na hmaunawngha ni a tawng hoeh roukrak na im vah na hruek pouh han. Hathnukkhu, na hmaunawngha koe bout na poe han.
If its owner doesn't live near you, or if you don't know who it is, take the animal home with you and keep it until the owner comes looking, then you can return it.
3 La hai thoseh, hnicu hai thoseh, buetbuet touh a kahma e hah na hmawt pawiteh, laplap khen laipalah, hottelah na sak han.
Do the same for whatever else you find that someone has lost—a donkey, a cloak, anything. Don't just ignore it.
4 Na hmaunawngha e maitotan nakunghai, la nakunghai lam dawk sut kamlet e na hmawt pawiteh, na kâhrawk takhai mahoeh. Na pathaw roeroe han.
If you see someone's donkey or cow that has fallen down on the road, don't just ignore it. Help lift it up.
5 Napui ni tongpa e khohna hah khohnat mahoeh. Hottelah ka khohnat e teh nangmae BAWIPA Cathut ni a panuet.
A woman must not wear men's clothing, and a man must not wear women's clothing. Anyone who does this offends the Lord your God.
6 Lamthung teng thingkung dawk na ou, talai dawk na ou, tavacanaw hoi hoehpawiteh, a taduinaw khuehoi tavatabu na hmu teh, a manu ma ni awt boipawiteh, a canaw khuehoi a manu mek na lat mahoeh.
If you happen to find a bird's nest with chicks or eggs, whether it's in a tree or on the ground beside the road, and the mother is sitting on the chicks or eggs, don't take the mother with the young.
7 Nang ni hnokahawi na coe teh na hringyung vang nahanelah, a canaw na la nakunghai, a manu ma teh na tha han.
You may take the young, but make sure you let the mother go, so that you will do well and have a good long life.
8 Im katha na sak navah, lemphu hah na tumdum han. Hottelah na sak pawiteh, tami buetbuet touh bawt payon pawiteh, nange im teh thipalawngnae im lah awm mahoeh.
When you build a new house, be sure to install a railing around your roof, so that you won't be held guilty if someone dies falling from it.
9 Misur dawk kâvan hoeh e atimu na kahei mahoeh. Hottelah na kahei pawiteh, misur paw hoi atimu paw mek a rawk han.
Don't plant your vineyard with another kind of crop. Otherwise everything you produce—the crop you planted and the fruit of your vineyard—must be dedicated to the Lord.
10 Maito hoi la cungtalah laikawk na thawn sak mahoeh.
Don't harness an ox and a donkey together when you plow.
11 Pahla hoi tumuen kacokalei e khohna na khohnat mahoeh.
Don't wear clothes made of wool and linen woven together.
12 Na kâkayo e hni hah, arai pali touh dawk na yep han.
Put tassels on the hem of the cloak you use to cover yourself.
13 Tami buet touh ni a yu a Paluen teh a ikhai hnukkhu a ma teh,
If a man marries a woman and sleeps with her, but ends up hating her,
14 kai ni hete napui teh ka yu lah ka la toe. Ka ikhai hnukkhu, ahni teh, kacuem e nahoeh tie ka panue telah ati teh, dudamnae lahoi a min mathout sak pawiteh,
and accuses her of being immoral, giving her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and slept with her, but I found out she wasn't a virgin.”
15 hote napui e a manu hoi na pa ni, tanglakacuem lah a onae hah, kacuenaw koe kho longkha koe a thokhai awh han.
The woman's parents are to bring the proof of her virginity to the elders at the town gate,
16 Hote napui e a na pa ni kacuenaw koe a dei hane teh, kai ni ka canu teh, hete tongpa koe a yu lah ka poe toe. Hatei, ahni ni a pahnawt.
and the father will explain to them, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has ended up hating her.
17 Khen haw, nange canu teh kacuem e nahoeh ati teh, dudamnae lahoi a min a mathoe sak. Hatei, hetnaw teh ka canu tanglakacuem lah a onae doeh, telah a dei han. Ahnimouh ni kacuenaw e hmalah hni hah a kadai awh han.
Now he has accused her of being immoral, saying, ‘I found out that your daughter wasn't a virgin.’ But here's the proof of her virginity.” The parents shall spread out the sheet in front of the town elders.
18 Hathnukkhu, kacuenaw ni hote tongpa hah a hem awh vaiteh a yue awh han.
Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
19 Ahnimouh ni ahni hah shekel 100 touh a rawng sak awh vaiteh, napui e a na pa hah a poe awh han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Isarelnaw e tanglakacuem koe min mathoenae hah a sak dawk doeh. Hote napui teh ahnie a yu lah ao han. A due hoeh roukrak hote napui hoi kampek mahoeh.
They shall also fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give the money to the young woman's father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad name. She is to remain his wife; he is not allowed to divorce her as long as he lives.
20 Hatei, tongpa ni a dei patetlah, awm boi, napui e tanglakacuem lah a onae patue thai hoeh pawiteh,
But if the accusation is true, and there's no proof of the woman's virginity,
21 khothung e tongpanaw ni hote napui hah a na pa im takhang koe a tâco khai awh vaiteh, talung hoi ka dout lah a dei awh han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a na pa im vah tak a kâyo e lahoi Isarelnaw koe min mathoenae a kamnue sak toe. Hatdawkvah, nangmouh thung hoi yonnae hah na takhoe awh han.
she is to be taken to the door of her father's house, and there the men of her town are to stone her to death. She has done something disgraceful in Israel by acting immorally in her father's house. You must eliminate the evil from among you.
22 Tongpa buet touh teh, a vâ ka tawn e napui buet touh hoi a i roi e hah hmawt pawiteh, napui koe ka ip e tongpa hoi hote napui mek thei han. Hottelah Isarelnaw thung hoi yonnae hah na takhoe awh han.
If a man is found sleeping with someone else's wife, both the man and the woman must die. You must eliminate the evil from Israel.
23 Tanglakacuem hah tongpa ni a hâ hnukkhu, alouke tongpa ni a kho thung vah a hmu teh, ipkhai pawiteh,
If a man meets a girl, a virgin engaged to another man, and sleeps with her there in the town,
24 hote napui ni kho thungvah a hram hoeh dawk thoseh, tongpa hai a imri e a yu thama lahoi a ikhai dawk thoseh, nangmouh ni ahni maroi hah kho longkha koe na ceikhai awh vaiteh, talung hoi kadout lah na dei awh han. Hottelah hoi nangmouh thung hoi yonnae hah na takhoe awh han.
then you must take both of them to the town gate and stone them to death. The young woman is guilty because she did not cry out for help in the town, and the man is guilty because he has brought shame on someone else's fiancée. You must eliminate the evil from among you.
25 Tongpa buet touh ni tongpa buet touh hoi sut kâhâ tangcoung e napui hah a hmu teh, a man teh hote napui hah ipkhai pawiteh, hote napui ka ipkhai e tongpa dueng hah na thei han.
However, if the man happens to meet a woman who is engaged out in the countryside, and he attacks her and rapes her, only the man has to die.
26 Hatei, hote napui hah bangtelah hai na tet mahoeh.
Don't do anything to the woman, because she has not committed a sin punishable by death. (This is the same kind of situation as when a man attacks someone else and murders them.)
27 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tongpa ni hote napui hah kahrawngum a hmu teh, a hâ tangcoung e napui ni a hram eiteh, ahni kabawm hanelah apihai ao hoeh dawkvah, hote lai teh tami reira kâthei e hoi a kâvan.
When the man raped the woman who was engaged out in the countryside, she shouted out, but there wasn't anyone there to rescue her.
28 Tongpa buet touh ni hâ hoeh rah e tanglakacuem hah a hmu teh a man teh, ipkhai pawiteh,
If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not engaged, and he grabs her and rapes her, and someone sees them,
29 ahni ka ipkhai e tongpa teh shekel 50 touh napui e a na pa koe a poe vaiteh, hote napui teh, hote tongpa e yu lah ao han. Ahni ni hote napui hah thama lahoi a ikhai dawk doeh. Ahni ni hote napui hah a hringyung thung kapek mahoeh.
the man must pay the woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and he must marry her because he has brought shame on her. He is not allowed to divorce her as long as he lives.
30 Apinihai na pa e yu hah lat pouh mahoeh. A na pa e hni hawng pouh mahoeh.
A man must not marry his father's wife, so that he won't bring shame on his father.
