Tâconae 20
1 Hat navah, Cathut ni a dei e lawk teh,
Then God said this [to the Israeli people: ]
2 Kai teh nangmouh santoungnae hmuen, Izip ram dawk hoi na ka tâcawtkhai e nangmae Cathut Jehovah doeh.
“I am Yahweh God, the one you [worship]. I am the one who brought you out of Egypt. I am the one who freed you from being slaves [there].
3 Kai hloilah alouke cathut na bawk awh mahoeh.
[So] you must worship [only] me; you must not worship any other god.
4 Lathueng kalvan thoseh, rahim talai dawk thoseh, talai rahim tui dawk thoseh, kaawm e hno hoi mei kâvan lah, meikaphawk bawk hanlah na sak mahoeh.
You must not carve/make for yourselves any idol that represents anything in the sky or that is on the ground or that is in the water under the ground/earth.
5 A hmalah tabo hoi na bawk mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, nange Cathut kai Jehovah teh nang dawk yon ao telah tang ka yuem e Cathut, kai na kahmuhmanaw e ca catoun se thum, se pali totouh a napanaw e yon hah a capanaw koe ka pathung e Cathut lah ka o.
You must not bow down to any idol and worship it, because I am Yahweh God, and I (am very jealous/want you to worship me only). I will punish those who sin and hate me. I will punish not only them, but I will punish (their descendants, down to the third and fourth generation/their children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren).
6 Kai hah lungpataw ni teh ka kâpoelawknaw ka tarawi e a ca catoun, a se thongsang totouh lungmanae ka kamnuek sak e Cathut lah ka o.
But I will steadfastly love thousands of generations of those who love me and obey my commandments (OR, I will love for thousands of generations.)
7 Nange Cathut Jehovah e min hah laithoe lah dei awh hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, A min laithoe lah ka dei e tami teh yon tawn hoeh telah BAWIPA ni pouk mahoeh.
Do not use my name carelessly (OR, for wrong/evil purposes), because I am Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship], and I will certainly punish those who use my name for wrong/evil purposes [LIT].
8 Sabbath hnin thoung sak hanelah, hote hnin hah pahnim awh hanh.
Do not forget that the seventh day [of every week] is mine, so dedicate those days to me.
9 Hnin taruk touh thung thaw panki hoi tawk awh.
There are six days each week for you to do all your work,
10 Hnin sari hnin teh na BAWIPA Cathut e Sabbath hnin lah ao. Hote hnin dawk, nang hoi na canaw, na sannu sanpanaw, saring, nange longkha thung kaawm e imyinnaw hai thaw tawk awh mahoeh.
but the seventh day is a day of rest, a day dedicated to me, Yahweh God, the one whom you [should worship]. On that day you must not do any work. You and your sons and daughters and your male and female slaves must not work. You must not even force your livestock to work, and you must not allow foreigners to work, those who are living in your country.
11 Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni kalvan, talai, hmuen pueng koe kaawmnaw pueng hah hnin taruk touh thung a sak teh, hnin sari hnin nah, a kâhat. Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni hnin sari hnin hah yawhawi a poe teh a thoungsak.
I, Yahweh, created the sky, the earth, the ocean, and everything that is in them, in six days. Then I stopped my work of creating everything, and rested on the seventh day. That is the reason that I, Yahweh, have blessed the rest day and set it apart [to be a sacred/special day].
12 Na Cathut Jehovah ni na poe e ram dawk na hringsaw nahanelah, na manu hoi na pa barih.
Honor/Respect your fathers and your mothers, in order that you may live a long time in the land that I, Yahweh God, will give you.
13 Tami thet hanh.
Do not murder anyone.
14 Uicuk hanh.
Do not (commit adultery/have sex with anyone other than your spouse).
15 Ayâ e hno parawt hanh.
Do not steal anything.
16 Na imri koe kalan hoeh e kapanuekkhaikung lah awm hanh.
Do not falsely accuse anyone [of committing a crime].
17 Imri e im, a yu, a sannu sanpa, maito, marang hoi hnopai buet touh haiyah lungthin radueknae tawn hanh telah atipouh.
Do not (covet/desire to have) someone else’s house, someone else’s wife, someone else’s male or female slave, someone else’s livestock, someone else’s donkeys, or anything else that some other person owns.”
18 Taminaw ni keitat lawk, sumpapalik, mongka ueng lawk, mon hoi hmaikhu a tâco e naw hah a hmu awh toteh, a taki awh dawkvah, a kâhnawn awh teh ahlanae koe vah a kangdue awh.
When the people heard the thunder and saw the lightning, and when they heard the sound of the trumpet and saw the smoke on the mountain, they were afraid and trembled. They stood at a distance,
19 Mosi koevah Nang ni lawk dei lah ka ngai awh han. Kaimouh koe Cathut lawk dei han naseh. Kaimouh ka due hane hah puen ao telah atipouh.
and said to Moses/me, “If you speak to us, we will listen. But do not let God speak any more to us. [We are afraid that] if he speaks [any more] to us, we will die.”
20 Mosi ni hai na lungpuen awh hanh. Nangmouh tanouk hanelah thoseh, nangmouh teh sak payonnae dawk hoi hlout hanelah ama taki hanelah thoseh, Cathut a tho toe telah taminaw koe a dei pouh.
Moses/I replied, “Do not be afraid! God has come to determine/test [how you will behave]. He wants you to revere him, and to not sin.”
21 Taminaw ni ahlanae koe vah a kangdue awh. Mosi teh Cathut onae koe kinghmonae koe lah a hnai.
Then, as the people [watched from] a distance, Moses/I went close to the black cloud where God was.
22 BAWIPA ni Isarelnaw bout a dei pouh e teh, kai ni kalvan hoi nangmouh na pato e hah na panue awh toe.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Say this to the Israeli people: ‘You have heard how I, Yahweh, have spoken to you from heaven. I told you that you must not make any idols of silver or gold [that you will worship instead] of me.
23 Kai bawknae dawk namamouh hno hanlah ngun cathut thoseh, sui cathut thoseh na sak awh mahoeh.
24 Kai hanelah talai khoungroe hah na sak awh han. Hote khoungroe dawk nange hmaisawi sathei, yonthanae sathei lah kaawm e nange tu, maitonaw hah na thueng awh han. Ka min na bawknae hmuen pueng dawk nang koe ka tho vaiteh yawhawinae na poe han.
Make for me an altar from dirt. Sacrifice on it the animals that you will burn completely. Also sacrifice on it the animals that you will not burn completely, to maintain fellowship with me. Worship me [MTY] in any place that I choose for you to honor/worship me; and if you do that, I will come to you and bless you.
25 Nang ni talung khoungroe hah kai hanlah na sak pawiteh, talung dei e hoi na sak mahoeh. Sum hoi thuk e talung hoi sak e khoungroe teh khinnae ao.
If you make for me an altar from stones, do not make it from stones that you have cut [to make them look nice], because you will make the altar unsuitable for [worshiping] me if you use tools to cut the stones.
26 Nang dawk kayanae ao hoeh nahanelah, khoungroe dawk khalai hoi na luen mahoeh telah ati.
Do not make an altar that has steps in front of it, because if you do that, [people] could see your naked [buttocks] as you go up the steps.’”
