Kâboutpoenae 7
1 Nange BAWIPA Cathut ni na coe awh hane ram dawk na kâenkhai awh vaiteh, Hit, Girgashite tami, Amor tami, Kanaan tami, Parizzite tami, Hiv tami, Jubusitnaw nangmouh hlak kalen ka rasang e miphun 7 touh hah a pâlei teh,
“Yahweh our God will bring you to the land that you will soon enter and occupy. As you advance, he will expel from that land seven people-groups that are more powerful and more numerous than you are. He will expel the Heth people-group, the Girgash people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group.
2 nangmae kut dawk bout na poe awh navah, na thei awh vaiteh capingkacailah na raphoe awh han, ahnimouh hoi lawkkamnae na sak awh mahoeh, na lungma awh mahoeh.
When Yahweh our God enables you to defeat [DOU] them, you must kill all of them. You must not make (an alliance/a peace treaty) with any of them. You must not act mercifully toward them.
3 Ahnimouh hoi yuvâ lah na awm awh mahoeh, na canu hoi na capa, a capa hoi na canu na kâyuva sak mahoeh.
You must not marry any of them. You must not allow your daughters to marry any of their sons or allow your sons to marry any of their daughters.
4 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh ni na ca hah kai koe thokhai laipalah, alouke cathut bawk hanelah a pasawt awh han. Hatnavah BAWIPA lungkhueknae hoi nangmouh tang na raphoe avai.
Because, if you did that, those people would cause your children to stop worshiping Yahweh and to worship other gods. If that happens, Yahweh will be very angry with you and he will get rid of you immediately.
5 Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh dawk bangtelamaw ka sak han, ahnimae thuengnae pueng ka raphoe han, kutsak pueng ka raphoe han. Asherahkungnaw ka tâtueng han. Thuk e meeikaphawk pueng hmai ka pau pouh han.
This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their (altars/places for sacrificing animals), break apart the stone pillars [that are dedicated to their male god Baal], cut down the [poles that they use when they worship the goddess] Asherah, and burn their [wooden] idols.
6 Bangkongtetpawiteh, nang teh BAWIPA Cathut hanelah kathounge miphun doeh. Talai van kaawm e miphun hlak nange BAWIPA Cathut ni coe kamcu e miphun lah o sak nahan nang teh na rawi toe.
You must do that because you are a group of people who belong to Yahweh our God. He has chosen you from among all the people-groups in the world to be his own special people.
7 Nang teh alouke miphun hlak hoe na pap dawkvah, BAWIPA Cathut ni na lungpatawnae dawk na rawi e tho hoeh, nang teh Jentelnaw hlak hoe na youn.
“It was not because you were more numerous than any other people-group that Yahweh preferred you; you are one of the smallest people-groups on the earth.
8 BAWIPA Cathut ni nang na lungma dawk thoseh, na mintoenaw koe lawkkam ka raphoe han ka ngai hoeh dawk thoseh, san lah na onae Izip ram ka uk e Faro siangpahrang kut dawk hoi thaonae kut hoi nangmouh na tâcokhai awh toe.
Instead, it is because Yahweh loved you and because he wanted to do what he vowed to your ancestors. That is the reason that he rescued you by his great power [MTY], and freed you from being slaves [MTY] of the king of Egypt.
9 Hatdawkvah, nangmae BAWIPA Cathut teh Cathut katang, yuemkamcu e Cathut, Bawipa ka lungpataw ni teh phunglawk katarawinaw e se a thongsang totouh lawkkam acak teh pahrennae kamnuek e Cathut,
So do not forget that Yahweh our God is the only/true God. He will do what he agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love (for 1,000 generations/forever) all those who love him and who obey his commandments.
10 BAWIPA kamaithoenaw raphoe hanelah, amamouh hmalah yon pathung e Cathut tie hah panuek awh. BAWIPA kamaithoenaw minhmai khen laipalah, amamae hmaitung yon moi a pathung han.
But for those who hate him, he will (pay them back/do to them what they deserve); he will punish them and quickly get rid of them.
11 Hatdawkvah, sahnin na poe e phunglawknaw hoi kâpoelawknaw hoi lawkcengnaenaw hah na tarawi awh han.
“So you must be sure to obey all the commandments and rules and regulations that I am giving to you today.
12 Hote lawkcengnaenaw nang ni na tarawi hanelah, lawk na ngâi pawiteh, na BAWIPA Cathut ni na mintoenaw hanlah lawk a kam e lawkkam hoi lungmanae hah nangmae lathueng a kangning sak han.
If you heed these commands and obey them faithfully, Yahweh our God will do what he has agreed to do for you, and he will faithfully love you, which is what he vowed to your ancestors that he would do.
13 Ahni ni nang hah na lungpataw vaiteh, yawhawinae na poe han, na pungdaw sak han. Na poe hane na mintoenaw koe lawkkam e ram dawk, na khe e na canaw hai thoseh, nange talai, a pawhik, cang, misurtui, satui, maito a pungdaw, tuhunaw hai thoseh yawhawi ka poe han.
He will love you and bless you. He will enable you to have many children [DOU]. He will bless your fields, with the result that you will have plenty of grain and [grapes to make] wine and plenty of [olive] oil. You will have many cattle and sheep. He will do all these things for you in the land that he promised to your ancestors that he would give to you.
14 Nang teh miphun pueng hlak yawhawinae hoe ka coe e lah na o vaiteh, nang dawk ka ting e tongpa napui buet touh hai awm mahoeh. Saringnaw dawk ka ting e tongpa napui buet touh hai awm mahoeh.
He will bless you more than he will bless any other people-group. All of you will be able to have/produce children [LIT]. All of your livestock will be able to produce offspring.
15 Cathut nihai, patawpanat pueng nang koehoi ka takhoe vaiteh, na panue e Izip ram e pataw kathoutnaw nang dawk ka phat sak mahoeh. Nang ka maithoe e naw koe ka pha sak han.
And Yahweh will protect you from all illnesses. You will not be afflicted with any of the dreadful diseases that [our ancestors knew about] in Egypt, but all your enemies will be inflicted with those diseases.
16 Nange BAWIPA Cathut ni nang dawk na poe e miphun pueng a raphoe han. Na mit ni ahnimanaw na pahren mahoeh. Ahnimae cathut na bawk mahoeh. Na bawk pawiteh, na kamthui na rawp nahanelah ao han.
You must get rid of all the people-groups that Yahweh our God will enable you to conquer. Do not [SYN] act mercifully toward any of them. And do not worship their gods, because if you do that, it would be like falling into a trap [from which you will never be able to escape].
17 Na lung thung hoi hete miphunnaw heh maimouh hlak hoe apaphnawn, bangtelamaw pâlei thai awh han na tet awh pawiteh,
“Do not think to yourselves, ‘These people-groups are more numerous/powerful than we are, so we certainly cannot [RHQ] expel them.’
18 ahnimouh taket hanh, BAWIPA Cathut ni Faro hoi Izip tami pueng koe a sak e hah pahnim hanh awh,
Do not be afraid of them. Instead, think about what Yahweh our God did to the king of Egypt and to all the people whom he [ruled].
19 Tanouknae kalenpoung na mit hoi na hmu e naw hai thoseh, na BAWIPA Cathut ni na tâcokhai navah na patue e mitnoutnaw hai thoseh, thaonae kut a dâw e hai thoseh, kheikhei na pouk awh han. Hot patetvanlah, nang ni na taki e miphunnaw koe nange BAWIPA Cathut ni a sak han.
Do not forget the terrible plagues that your ancestors saw [Yahweh inflict on the people of Egypt], and the many [DOU] miracles [that he performed], and the very powerful [DOU, MTY] way by which he brought your ancestors out [of Egypt]. Yahweh our God will do the same kind of things to the people-groups that you are afraid of now.
20 Hothloilah, ka cawi rah niteh, kâhrawknaw a due hoehroukrak nangmae BAWIPA Cathut ni, khoingannaw ahnimouh koe a patoun han.
Furthermore, he will cause them to become terrified, and he will destroy those who remain alive and run away to hide from you.
21 Ahnimouh kecu dawk na lungpuen awh hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, takikathopounge nangmae BAWIPA Cathut teh nangmouh koe ao.
Do not be afraid of those people, because Yahweh our God will be with/among you. He is a great God; he is the one you should be afraid of.
22 Nangmae BAWIPA Cathut ni hote miphunnaw teh paiyai lahoi nangmouh koehoi na pâlei pouh han. Kahrawng e sarangnaw nangmouh koe lah pung langvaih tie puen han ao teh, ahnimouh tang pâlei kawi nahoeh.
He will expel those people-groups gradually. You should not [try to] expel all of them at one time, because if you did that, the number of wild animals would quickly increase, [and you would not be able to get rid of them].
23 Hatnavah Cathut ni ahnimouh nangmouh koe na poe vaiteh, koung a rawk totouh kalenpounge rawknae ka pha sak han.
Instead, Yahweh will enable you to defeat your enemies [one people-group at a time]. He will cause them to panic until they are destroyed.
24 Ahnimae Siangpahrangnaw hai nangmae kut dawk na poe vaiteh, ahnimae min taluenae kalvan rahim vah raphoe han. Ahnimouh ka raphoe hoehroukrak nangmae hmalah apihai kang dout thai e awm mahoeh.
He will enable you to defeat [IDM] their kings. After you kill them, their names will be forgotten {people will forget about them}. No people-group will be able to stop you; you will destroy all of them.
25 A sak e meikaphawknaw pueng hmai pau pouh han. Kutsak dawk kaawm e sui ngun na noe mahoeh, na lat mahoeh, na lat pawiteh yon lah ao hane ngaihri kawi ao. Nangmae BAWIPA Cathut ni a panuet.
You must burn the wooden idols [that represent] their gods. Do not desire to take the silver or gold [decorations] that are on those idols, because if you take them for yourselves, they will be like a trap [to cause you to want to worship those idols]. Yahweh hates [the worship of those idols].
26 Panuet kawi na im dawk thokhai hanh, na thokhai pawiteh, nang teh hot patetlah thoebo han kawi lah doeh na o tie taki ao. Hot patet e hno hah nang ni khoeroe na panuet han, thoebo kawi e hno doeh.
You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your houses, because if you do that, God will curse you like he curses them. You must hate and despise [DOU] those idols, because they are things that [Yahweh] has cursed.”
