Bawknae 20
1 BAWIPA ni Mosi koe, nang ni Isarel miphunnaw koe bout na dei pouh hane teh,
Yahweh also said this to Moses/me:
2 Isarel taminaw thoseh, Isarelnaw koe kho ka sak e alouke miphunnaw thoseh, amae canaw Molek koe, ka poe e tami teh thei roeroe han. Khocanaw ni talung hoi a dei awh han.
“Tell the Israeli people, ‘[This is what Yahweh says]: Any Israeli or any foreigner who is living in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to be an offering to the god Molech must be executed. The people of the town must kill him by throwing stones at him.
3 Kaie hmuen kathoung kakhin sak niteh, Ka min kathoung kamathout sak niteh, amae canaw Molek koe ka poe e tami teh, Kai ni mithmaithung sin vaiteh, a miphun dawk hoi ka takhoe han.
I will reject [IDM] such people and command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
4 Amae canaw Molek koe ka poe e tami hah, khocanaw ni nout laipalah thet awh hoeh pawiteh,
If the people of that man’s town ignore it when he kills one of his children to offer him as a sacrifice to Molech, and if they do not execute that person,
5 Hottelah kaawm e tami hoi a imthungkhunaw hah, Kai ni mithmaithung sin vaiteh, ahni hai thoseh, ahni hoi cungtalah Molek koe, ka kâyawtnaw hai thoseh, ahnimae miphun dawk hoi ka takhoe han.
I myself will punish that person and his family, and I will command that he no longer be able to associate with my people. And I will do the same thing to any others who do the same thing that he did to worship Molech.
6 Lam ka phen ni teh kahrai khueyue koe kamlang e taminaw hoi camkathoumnaw koe kâyawt e naw hah, mithmaithung sin vaiteh, a miphun dawk hoi ka takhoe han.
‘will reject [IDM] those who go to those who (consult/talk with) the spirits of dead people and fortune-tellers to seek advice from them. I will command that they no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
7 Nangmae BAWIPA KAI Cathut teh kathoung dawkvah nangmouh hai kâthoung sak awh nateh, kathoung lah awm awh.
‘Set yourselves apart and be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, [and I want you to be like me].
8 Kaie ka phunglamnaw hah na tarawi awh han. Kai teh BAWIPA, nangmouh na kathoung sak e BAWIPA doeh.
Obey carefully [DOU] all my laws. I am Yahweh, the one will cause you to be holy.
9 Apipatethai a manu, hoi a na pa thoe ka bo e tami pueng teh, thei roeroe lah ao han. A manu hoi a na pa thoe a bo dawkvah, a thi phu teh amae lû dawk a bo han.
‘If anyone curses his father or his mother, he must be executed. He himself will be responsible for his own death [MTY].
10 Ayâ yu yonkhai pawiteh, ka uicuk e napui hoi tongpa hah mek thei lah ao han.
‘If a man commits adultery with some other man’s wife, both of them, the man and the woman, must be executed.
11 Apihai a na pa e yu yonkhai pawiteh, a na pa kaya sak e lah ao dawkvah, hote napui hoi tongpa mek thei lah ao han. Ahnimae thi phu teh amae lû dawk a bo han.
‘If a man has sex with [EUP] one of his father’s wives, he has disgraced his father. So both that man and that woman must be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
12 Apihai amae langa ipkhai pawiteh, ahnimouh roi panuettho e hno hah a sak dawkvah, mek thei lah ao han.
‘If a man has sex with [EUP] his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. What they have done is very perverse; and they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
13 Apihai napui ikhai e patetlah tongpa reira ipkhai pawiteh, ahnimouh roi teh panuettho e hno a sak roi dawkvah, mek thei lah ao han. Ahnimouh roi e thi phu teh amamouh roi dawk a bo han.
‘If two men have sex together, they have done something detestable. They must both be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
14 Apihai a manu hoi canu a yu lah mek lat pawiteh, Hot teh, kahawihoehe hno doeh. Nangmouh koevah kahawihoehe hno ao hoeh nahanelah, ahnimanaw teh hmai na sawi awh han.
‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, that is a wicked thing. All three of them must be burned to death, in order that such a wicked practice will not [continue to be done] among you.
15 Apihai saring ipkhai pawiteh, ahni teh thei lah ao han. Hote saring hai thei lah ao han.
‘If a man has sex with an animal, he must be executed, and you must also kill that animal.
16 Napui ni saring koe kâ ipkhai sak pawiteh, hote napui hoi saring teh mek thei lah ao han. Ahnie thi phu teh amae lû dawk a bo han.
‘[Similarly], if a woman has sex with an animal, both the woman and that animal must be killed [DOU]; they are responsible for their own deaths [MTY].
17 Tongpa ni a tawncanu, a na pa e canu, na hoehpawiteh, a manu e canu a yu lah a paluen teh ipkhai pawiteh, hot hateh, kamsoumhoehe hno doeh. Ahnimouh roi teh a taminaw e hmaitung hoi takhoe lah ao han. Hote tongpa teh amae tawncanu a okhai dawkvah a yonnae phu ama ni a khang han.
‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his mother or his father, and they have sex together, that is disgraceful. They must not be allowed to continue to associate with my people. And because he has disgraced his sister, he must be punished.
18 Tongpa ni kampheng lahun e napui ipkhai pawiteh, thi palawng hanlah a lungkuep roi dawkvah, ahnimouh roi teh a miphun dawk hoi takhoe lah ao han.
‘If a man has sex with [EUP, DOU] a woman during her monthly menstrual period, they have both revealed why she was bleeding, so both of them must not be allowed to associate with my people any more.
19 Na mani hoi na manta na ipkhai mahoeh. Hottelah, kâhnai e imthung hoi ka ipawm e tami teh amamae yonnae a khang han.
‘Do not have sex with the sister of either your father or your mother, because that would be disgracing someone who is a close relative. And you and the woman must both be punished.
20 Tongpa ni a na pa e hmaunawngha yu ipkhai pawiteh, a na pa e hmaunawngha hoi dueng kâkuen e a ikhai dawkvah, ahnimouh teh amae yon phu teh amae lû dawk a bo han. Carôe laihoi a due han.
‘If a man has sex [EUP] with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. I will punish both of them by causing them to die without having any children.
21 Tami ni a hmaunawngha e yu ipkhai pawiteh, kakhin e hno lah ao. A hmaunawngha hoi dueng kâkuen e a ikhai dawkvah, ahnimouh teh carôe lahoi a due han.
‘If a man marries his brother’s wife [while his brother is still living], that is disgraceful. He has dishonored his brother; and they both will die without having any children.
22 Kai ni nangmouh na hrawi awh teh, kho na sak hane ram ni na palo awh hoeh nahanelah, Kaie phunglawknaw pueng na tarawi awh han.
‘Obey all my laws/decrees [DOU] carefully, in order that you will not be forced to leave [MET] the land to which I am bringing you.
23 Nangmae hmalah ka takhoe e miphunnaw e singyoe hah na tarawi awh mahoeh. Ahnimanaw ni hot patet e hno a sak awh dawkvah ka panuet.
Do not imitate/adopt the customs of the people of the land from which I will expel them as you advance. I hated them because they did all those things.
24 Ahnimae ram lah kaawm e sanutui hoi khoitui a lawngnae ram hah, nangmouh ni râw lah na coe awh hanelah, Kai ni khoeroe na poe awh han telah Kai ni kâ na poe awh toe. Kai teh alouke miphunnaw hoi nangmouh na kapek e nangmae BAWIPA Cathut lah ka o.
But I said to you, “You will take their land from them; I will give it to you to be yours, a land that is very fertile [IDM]. I am Yahweh your God, who has set you apart from the people of other nations.”
25 Hatdawkvah, kathounge moi, kathounghoehe moi, kathounge tava, kathounghoehe tavanaw hah na kapek han. Kai ni kapek e patetlah Kathounghoehe moi, tava, talai dawk a von hoi kâva e saring buetbuet touh lahoi namahoima kâkhinsak awh hanh.
‘So you must distinguish between birds and animals that are unacceptable to me and those that are acceptable to me. Do not defile yourselves by [eating] birds or animals, or anything that scurries across the ground, that I have said are unacceptable for you.
26 Kai Cathut, kathoung dawkvah nangmouh na panki teh Jentelnaw hoi na kapek dawkvah, Kai hanelah na kâthoung awh han.
You must behave in ways that I consider to be holy, because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the [ungodly people of other] nations to belong to me.
27 Tongpa thoseh, napui thoseh, kahrai khueyue, camkathoum lah kaawm e tami teh thei roeroe lah ao han. Hot patet e tami teh, talung hoi dei lah ao han. Amae thi phu amae lû dawk a bo han.
‘You must execute any man or woman among you who (consults/talks with) the spirits of dead people or who is a fortune-teller. Kill them by [throwing] stones at them; but they will be responsible for their own deaths.’”
