Joshua 9
1 Jordan tui kanîloumlah mon dawkvah, tanghling Lebanon mon namran tuipui tengpam pueng kaawm e, Hitnaw, Amornaw, Kanaannaw, Periznaw, Hivnaw, hoi Jebusitnaw e siangpahrang pueng ni kamthang a thai toteh,
There were several kings [who ruled in lands that are] on the west side of the Jordan River. They were the kings of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group. They lived in the hilly area, in the foothills further west, and [on the plains] along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. They heard [about what happened at Ai].
2 Joshua hoi Isarelnaw tuk hanelah lung kângingcalah a kamkhueng sak awh.
So they all gathered [their armies] to fight Joshua and the Israeli army.
3 Hahoi Gibeon kaawm e taminaw ni Jeriko kho, Ai kho dawkvah Joshua ni a sak e hno a thai awh torei teh,
When the people who lived in Gibeon [city] heard that Joshua’s army had defeated the people of Jericho and Ai,
4 huenghai hoi laicei patetlah a kâsak teh, la dawkvah ka pon e yawngyanaw a phu sak awh, ka pon ni teh a bo awh e misurumnaw a sin awh.
they decided to trick the Israelis. They gathered some old sacks and some old leather wine bags that had been mended after they were cracked, and they put these on the backs of their donkeys.
5 Karuem e a bo awh e khokkhawmnaw a khawm awh teh, karuem e khohnanaw a khohna awh. Amo ka cawt e naw hah lamvon lah a sin awh.
They put on old sandals that had been patched, and wore old ragged clothes. And they took along bread that was dry and moldy.
6 Joshua onae Gilgal rim koe a pha toteh, kaimanaw teh, kâhuiko hanelah, kahlatpoung e ram koehoi ka tho awh telah Joshua hoi Isarelnaw koe ati awh.
They traveled to where Joshua [and the other Israelis] had set up their tents near Gilgal. They said to Joshua and the other Israeli leaders, “We have traveled from a distant land. We want you to make a peace agreement with us.”
7 Isarel miphunnaw ni nangmanaw teh kaimae teng na o hoi na o hoeh hane hai ka panuek thai awh hoeh. Bangtelah hoi maw lawkkamnae na sak thai telah atipouh navah,
The Israeli leaders said to those men from [Gilead who were from] the Hiv people-group, “[We do not know if you truly live far from us]. If you live near us, we cannot [RHQ] make a peace agreement with you, [because God has commanded us to get rid of the people that are living near us].”
8 ahnimouh ni kaimanaw teh, nangmae san doeh telah Joshua koe atipouh awh. Joshua ni nangmanaw teh bangtelae tami maw, na lahoi maw na tho awh telah a pacei.
They replied to Joshua, “[If you make a peace agreement with us], we will be your servants.” But Joshua answered, “What people-group are you? Where do you come from?”
9 Ahnimouh ni nange BAWIPA Cathut min kecu dawk nange na sannaw ni ka hlatpoung e ram koehoi ka tho awh toe. BAWIPA Cathut e kamthang hah Izip ram hoi a sak e hnonaw hoi,
The men from Gibeon answered, “[We want to be] your [. We] have come here from a distant land, because we have heard about the great things that your god has done. We have heard about everything that he did in Egypt [to help you].
10 Jordan palang kanîtholah kaawm e Amor siangpahrang Heshbon, Sihon, Ashtaroth kaawm e Bashan Siangpahrang Og dawkvah a sak e pueng hah a thai awh toe.
We have heard that he [enabled you to] defeat [the armies of] two kings of the Amor people-group, on the east side of the Jordan River—Sihon, the king who ruled in Heshbon [city], and Og, the king who ruled in Ashtaroth in the Bashan [area].
11 Hatdawkvah kaimouh koevah kacuenaw hoi kho ka sak e abuemlah ni lamvon sin awh vaiteh, ahnimouh dawn hanelah cet awh. Maimanaw teh, ahnimae san lah o hane hoi kâhuiko hanelah kâhei awh han telah lawk na thui toe.
So our leaders and the rest of our people said to us, ‘Take some food and go to talk with the Israelis. Tell them, “We want to be your servants. So make a peace agreement with us.”’
12 Nang koe tho hanelah kamthaw hnin vah lamvon hanelah kamamouh im hoi na sin awh e vaiyai teh, ka bethuepcalah, ao rah. Atu khenhaw! ka ke ni teh a mocu toe.
Look at our bread. It was fresh and warm [from having been baked] on the day that we left our area, but now it is dry and moldy.
13 Misur ka kawi e misurumnaw hai a katha e ei, khenhaw! a kâbawng toe. Khohna e, khokkhawmnaw hai ka hlatpoung e lah ao dawkvah a ruem toe ati awh.
Look at our leather wine bags. They were new when we filled them with wine [before we left], but now they are cracked and old. Our clothes and our sandals are worn out from traveling [on the long road] to come here.”
14 Isarelnaw ni BAWIPA koe pacei laipalah ahnimae lamvon teh a ca awh.
The Israeli leaders tasted the bread, but they did not ask Yahweh what to do.
15 Joshua ni hai ahnimouh teh, kâtuknae dawk hoi hlout sak teh, hlout awh nahanelah kâhuikokhai awh. Rangpui kahrawinaw hai thoekâbonae sak.
So Joshua agreed to make a peace agreement with the men from Gibeon to not kill them. All the Israeli leaders vowed to do what Joshua said in the agreement. [Then the men from Gibeon returned home].
16 Kâhuikonae a sak awh hnukkhu, hnin thum touh a loum toteh, ahnimanaw teh, kho thung kaawm e telah Isarel miphunnaw a panue awh.
Three days later the Israelis found out that the men from Gibeon lived nearby.
17 Hat toteh, apâthum hnin vah, ahnimae khonaw dawk a pha awh. Ahnimouh khonaw teh, Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, Kiriath-Jearim doeh.
So they went to where the men from Gibeon lived. After traveling [only] three days, they came to their cities: Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-Jearim.
18 Rangpui kahrawinaw ni Isarel miphunnaw e BAWIPA Cathut koe thoekâbonae lawkkam a sak awh toung dawkvah Isarel miphunnaw ni ahnimanaw teh thet awh hoeh. Rangpuinaw ni kahrawikungnaw yon a pen awh.
But the Israelis did not attack the people of those cities, because they had promised [to live peacefully with them], and Yahweh had heard them promise [to do that]. All the Israeli people grumbled against their leaders [for doing that].
19 Kahrawikungnaw ni maimanaw teh Isarel miphunnaw e BAWIPA Cathut koe thoebonae lawkkam toung dawkvah, ahnimanaw hah tek thai awh mahoeh toe.
But the leaders answered, “We promised to [live peacefully with them], and Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis [worship], heard us promise [to do that]. So now we cannot attack [EUP] them.
20 Ahnimouh koe thoebonae sak awh toung dawkvah, a lungkhueknae phat langvaih tie a taki awh. A hringnae hlout sak dawkvah bangtelamaw ti han tie teh,
This is what we will do: We will not kill them. If we kill them, God will be very angry with us [and punish us] because of not doing what we promised to do.
21 Kahrawikungnaw ni lawk a kam e patetlah a hringnae hlout sak vaiteh, rangpuinaw hanelah thing ka bouk hane, tui ka do hanelah o sak han telah rangpuinaw koe atipouh.
So we must allow them to live. But they will cut wood for us, and they will carry water for us.” So the Israeli leaders did what they had promised.
22 Joshua ni ahnimanaw a kaw teh, nangmanaw teh kaimae teng na o awh nahlangva, ka hlatpoung koehoi ka tho e na kâti awh teh, bangkongmaw kaimouh na dum awh.
Then Joshua summoned the men from Gibeon and asked them, “Why did you lie to us? Your land was near to where we had set up our tents, but you told us that you were from a distant land!
23 Atuteh nangmanaw ni thoe na kâbo awh toung dawkvah, san lah na o awh vaiteh, kaie Cathut e im hanelah, thing bouk, tuido, e thaw buet touh hai na hlout awh mahoeh, atipouh.
So now you will become our slaves. You will always be forced to cut wood and carry water for [us Israeli people who worship in] the temple of our God.”
24 Ahnimouh ni hai hete ram pueng hah nangmanaw na poe teh, khocaramca pueng teh, nangmae hmalah be thei hanelah, nange BAWIPA Cathut ni amae san Mosi koe lawk a thui tie hah, kaimouh ni khei ka thai awh teh ka panue awh dawkvah, nangmae kut dawk due hanelah ka takipoung dawkvah, hete hno hah ka sak awh toe.
The men from Gibeon replied, “We lied to you because we were afraid that you would kill us. We heard that Yahweh, your God, declared to his servant Moses that he would enable you to conquer all the people in this land and to kill all the people who lived in it.
25 Atu kaimouh teh nange kut dawk ka o awh. Kaimouh dawk na sak hanelah a kamcu tie na pouk e patetlah sak yawkaw telah Joshua koe atipouh awh.
So now you can decide what you will do with us. Do what you think is right.”
26 Hottelah Joshua ni a sak teh, ahnimae a hring hlout nahanelah, Isarelnaw e kut dawk hoi a rungngang.
So Joshua saved the lives of the people of Gibeon by not allowing the Israelis to kill them.
27 BAWIPA ni a rawi e hmuen koe thuengnae khoungroe hane hoi rangpuinaw hanelah ahnimanaw ni atu totouh thing a bouk awh teh, tui do nahanelah, hatnae tueng dawkvah lawk a tâtueng awh.
Instead, he forced them to become the Israelis’ slaves. They cut wood and carried water for the Israelis. They also brought the wood and water [that was needed for] the sacred altar of Yahweh, to whatever place Yahweh decided that they should build one. And the people of Gibeon are still doing that.
