Tâconae 34
1 BAWIPA ni Mosi koevah, lungphen kahni touh a hmaloe e patetlah sak nateh hote lungphen dawkvah ahmaloe e patetlah bout ka thut han.
Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Cut two slabs of stone that will be like the first slabs, the ones that you broke. Then I will engrave on them the words that were on the first slabs.
2 Tangtho vah coungkacoe lah awmh, amom Sinai mon dawk luen nateh, monsom ka hmalah kangdout.
Get ready tomorrow morning, and come up to the top of Sinai Mountain again to talk with me there.
3 Nang koe apihai tho awh hanh naseh. Mon vah apihai kamnuek awh nahanh seh. Tuhu hoi maitohu naw hai mon teng vah pâ awh nahanh seh ati.
Do not allow anyone to come up with you. I do not want anyone [else] to be anywhere on the mountain. Do not allow any sheep or cattle to graze (at the base of/near) the mountain.”
4 Hottelah lungphen kahni touh hmaloe e patetlah a sak. Hahoi Mosi teh amom vah a thaw teh BAWIPA ni kâ a poe e patetlah lungphen kahni touh hah a sin teh, Sinai mon dawk a luen.
So Moses/I cut two slabs of stone that were like the first ones. He/I arose early the next morning. He/I took the slabs and carried them in his/my hands up to the top of Sinai Mountain, as Yahweh had commanded.
5 BAWIPA teh tâmai hoi a kum teh, a teng vah a kangdue teh BAWIPA e min hah a pathang.
Then Yahweh descended in the [tall] cloud and stood with Moses/me there. He proclaimed that it was he, Yahweh, [who was going to speak to Moses/me].
6 BAWIPA ni a ceihlawi teh Jehovah, Jehovah, lungmanae hoi kakawi e Cathut, pahrennae, lungsawnae lungmanae hoi lawkkatang hoi akawi.
Then Yahweh passed in front of him/me and proclaimed, “I am Yahweh God. I always act mercifully and kindly [toward people]. I do not get angry quickly. I [truly] love [people] and I do what I promise to do for them, without changing.
7 Tami a thongsang koe pahrennae kamnueksakkung, payonnae hoi lawkeknae hoi, hawihoehnae kangaithoumkung, yonpennae ka tâcawtkhai boihoeh e, napanaw payonnae dawk canaw catoun totouh, se thum se pali totouh karekkung doeh telah a pâpho.
I love people for thousands of generations. I forgive people for all kinds of sins [TRI]. But I will certainly punish [LIT] those who are guilty. 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).”
8 Mosi ni karanglah talai dawk a tabo teh a bawk.
Moses/I quickly prostrated himself/myself on the ground and worshiped [Yahweh].
9 Ahni ni, Atuvah BAWIPA na mit dawk minhmai kahawi ka hmawt pawiteh, kai koevah kaie BAWIPA heh cet van naseh telah ka kâhei. A lung ka patak e miphun lah ka o awh nakunghai ka payonnae hoi ka yonnae hah na ngaithoum nateh, na râw lah na tawn lawih telah ati.
He/I said, “Yahweh, if you are now pleased with me, I ask that you go with us. These people are very stubborn [IDM], but forgive us for all our sins [DOU], and accept us to be people who belong to you [forever].”
10 Ahni ni, khenhaw! lawkkamnae ka sak. Talai pueng hoi miphun pueng dawk sak boihoeh e kângairu hno hah na taminaw pueng hmalah ka sak vaiteh, nangmouh kaawm e na taminaw pueng ni BAWIPA ni sak e hah a hmu awh han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmouh koe ka sak hane heh takikathopounge lah ao han.
Yahweh replied, “Note this: I am going to make a solemn agreement [with the Israeli people]. As they are watching, I will perform great miracles. They will be miracles that no one has ever done on the earth in any nation. All the people who are near you will see the great things that I, Yahweh, will do. I will do awesome things for you [all].
11 Sahnin vah kâ na poe e naw heh pouk. Khenhaw! Amornaw, Kanaannaw, Hitnaw, Hivnaw, Periznaw hoi Jebusitnaw hah na hmalah hoi ka pâlei han.
[Each Israeli] person must obey what I am commanding you this day. Do not forget that [if you obey me], I will expel the Amor, Canaan, Heth, Periz, Hiv, and Jebus people-groups [from the land]. But be careful that you do not make any [peace] agreements with any of the people who live in the land into which you are going, because if you do that, [you will begin to do the evil things that they do]. It will be [like] falling into a trap.
12 Kâhruetcuet, hoehpawiteh na cei nahane ram dawk kaawmnaw hoi lawkkamnae na sak awh vaiteh, nangmouh hanlah karap lah awm payon vaih.
13 Hateiteh ahnimae khoungroe hah, koung na raphoe pouh han. Talung a ung awh e hai rekrek dei awh nateh, thing meikaphawk hah koung tâtueng pouh awh.
You must tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down [the poles that they use to worship their female goddess] Asherah.
14 A min patenghai dipma Jehovah lah ao, Cathut teh a dipma thai dawkvah Cathut alouke roeroe na bawk awh mahoeh.
You must worship only me, [and] not worship any other god, because I, Yahweh, cannot endure any rivals.
15 Hoehpawiteh hote ram dawk e taminaw hoi lawk na kam awh vaiteh, ahnimae cathut koe kâyo laihoi ahnimae cathut koe thueng laihoi buetbuet touh coun vaiteh, thuengnae moi hah ca hoi,
Do not make peace agreements with [any group] that lives in that land. When they worship their gods and offer sacrifices to their gods, and they invite you to join them, do not join them. If [you join them], you will eat the food that they sacrifice to their gods, and [you will not be faithful to me. You will be like people who] commit adultery, [who are not being faithful to their spouses] [MET].
16 na capanaw hanelah ahnimae canunaw hah na paluen vaiteh, a canunaw ni a cathutnaw koe a kâyo awhnae koe, na capanaw hai kâyawt payon awh langvaih.
If you take some of their women to be wives for your sons, and these women worship their own gods, they will persuade your sons also to worship their gods.
17 Thuk e meikaphawk cathut hah na sak awh mahoeh.
Do not pour melted metal into molds to make statues for you to worship.
18 Tonphuenhoehe vaiyei pawi na sak han. Kâ na poe awh e patetlah, hnin sari touh thung tonphuenhoehe hah Abib thapa dawk khoe e tueng nah na ca han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Abib thapa dawkvah Izip ram hoi na tâco awh.
[Each year], during the month [of/named] Abib, celebrate the Festival of Eating Bread Made Without Yeast. [During that festival], for seven days you must not eat bread made with yeast, as I commanded you, because it was in that month that you left Egypt.
19 Camoim ka paawng e pueng kaie doeh. Na saring pueng maito hoi tu camin teh kaie doeh.
Your firstborn sons and the firstborn [male] animals of your cattle and sheep [and goats] belong to me.
20 Hatei la camin teh tuca hoi na ratang han. Na ratang ngaihoeh pawiteh, a lahuen na kapai pouh han. Na capa camin teh na ratang han. Ka hmaitung vah apihai kuthrawng hoi na tâcawt awh mahoeh.
The firstborn of your [male] donkeys [also belong to me]. But you may buy them back by [offering to me] lambs [in their place]. If you do not do that, you must [kill these animals by] breaking their necks. You must also buy back your firstborn sons. You must bring an offering to me [LIT] each time you come to [worship] me.
21 Hnin taruk touh thung thaw na tawk han. Asari hnin dawk na kâhat han. Laikawk na tawk tue nah hoi canga tue nahai na kâhat han.
[Each week] you may work for six days, but on the seventh day you must rest. [Even] during the times when you plow [the ground] and harvest [your crops], you must rest [on the seventh day].
22 Yat pawi, takhawk pawi, cavanca pawi na to han.
[Each year] celebrate the Harvest Festival, when you begin to harvest the first crop of wheat, and also celebrate the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, when you finish harvesting [the grain and fruit].
23 Tongpa pueng kum touh dawk vai thum touh Bawipa Jehovah Isarel Cathut hmalah a tâco awh han.
Three times each year all the men must come to worship me, Yahweh, the God of the Israeli people.
24 Bangkongtetpawiteh, na hmalah miphunnaw ka pâlei vaiteh na ramri hah ka kaw sak han, kum touh dawk vai thum touh BAWIPA na Cathut hmalah na tâco awh nahanlah na cei toteh apinihai na ram hah noe awh mahoeh.
I will expel the people-groups that live in the land [where you will be], and I will cause your territory to become very large. As a result, no group will try to conquer your country if you come to worship me each year during those three festivals.
25 Kai hanelah thuengnae thipaling teh ton phuen e vaiyei hoi na poe mahoeh. Ceitakhai pawi thuengnae haiyah atangtho totouh na awm sak mahoeh.
When you sacrifice an animal [MTY] to me, do not offer with it bread that is made with yeast. And during the Passover Festival, when you sacrifice lambs, do not keep any of the meat until the next morning.
26 Na law dawk e aluepaw teh BAWIPA im dawk na thokhai han. Hmaeca e moi hah a manu e sanutui hoi mek na thawng mahoeh.
I am Yahweh God. You must bring to my Sacred Tent the first part of the grain that you harvest each year. When you kill a young animal/kid [either a lamb or a calf], do not [prepare to eat it by] boiling it in its mother’s milk.”
27 BAWIPA ni Mosi koe, hete lawknaw heh thun haw, bangkongtetpawiteh, hete lawknaw tarawi lahoi nang koehoi Isarel koevah lawkkamnae ka sak, telah ati.
Yahweh also said to Moses/me, “Write down the words that I have told you. By giving you these commands, I have made a solemn agreement with you and with the [other] Israeli people.”
28 Hawvah BAWIPA koe hnin 40 rum 40 touh ao teh, rawca cat laipalah ao teh, tui hai net hoeh. Hahoi lungphen dawk lawkkam kâpoelawknaw hra touh a thut.
Moses/I was there [on the top of the mountain] with Yahweh for 40 days and nights. During that time he/I did not eat or drink anything [SYN]. He/I engraved on the stone slabs the words of the Ten Commandments, [which were part of Yahweh’s] solemn agreement.
29 Hahoi, Mosi teh lawkpanuesaknae lungphen kahni touh hah a kut hoi a sin teh Sinai mon hoi a kum navah, Mosi ni hottelah a kâpato dawkvah, ka minhmai vuen a ang tie hah panuek hoeh.
When Moses/I came back down the mountain, carrying in his/my hand the two stone slabs on which were written the Ten Commandments, his/my face was shining because he/I had been talking with Yahweh, but he/I did not know that his/my face was shining.
30 Aron hoi Isarelnaw pueng ni Mosi a hmu awh toteh, khenhaw! minhmai vuen a ang teh hnai ngam awh hoeh.
When Aaron and the [other] Israeli people saw Moses/me, they were amazed/surprised that his/my face was shining. So they were afraid to come near him/me.
31 Mosi ni ahnimouh teh a kaw teh, Aron hoi kamkhueng e lawkcengkungnaw pueng hah ahni koe a ban awh teh Mosi ni ahnimouh teh a pato.
But Moses/I called to them. Then Aaron and the other Israeli leaders came to him/me, and he/I talked with them.
32 Isarelnaw pueng ni a hnai awh hnukkhu Sinai mon vah BAWIPA hoi lawk a kâpato roi e naw pueng patetlah ahnimanaw hah kâ a poe.
Afterwards, all the other Israeli people came near, and he/I told them all the laws that Yahweh had given to him/me on Sinai Mountain.
33 Mosi ni lawk be a dei toteh, a minhmai teh minhmai ramuknae hoi a ramuk.
When Moses/I finished talking to the people, he/I put a veil over his/my face.
34 Hatei ahni hoi lawk kâpato hanelah BAWIPA hmalah Mosi a luen nah tangkuem vah, bout a pato hoehroukrak a minhmai ramuknae hah ouk a hawng. Hahoi a pato teh kâ a poe e naw hah Isarelnaw koe ouk a dei pouh.
But whenever Moses/I entered the Sacred Tent to talk with Yahweh, he/I removed the veil. When he/I came back out, he/I would always tell to the Israeli people everything that Yahweh had commanded him/me [to tell them].
35 Isarelnaw ni Mosi minhmai a khet awh nah tangkuem vah, Mosi minhmai vuen teh a ang. Hahoi Mosi teh Cathut hoi kâpato hanelah a kâen hoehroukrak a minhmai ramuknae hoi a minhmai teh ouk a ramuk.
The Israeli people would see that Moses’/my face was [still] shining. Then he/I would put the veil back on his/my face again until the next time that he/I went into [the Sacred Tent] to talk with Yahweh.
