Bawknae 27
1 Cathut ni Mosi koe, nang ni Isarelnaw koe patuen na dei pouh hane teh,
Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
2 Tami ni lawkkam e patetlah BAWIPA koe poe pawiteh, ka poe hane kawi naw, nang ni aphu tâtueng tangcoung e patetlah Cathut e hno lah ao han.
“Tell the Israeli people [that this is what I am saying to them]: If anyone solemnly promises to dedicate another person to [work solely] for me, the person who is dedicated to me is allowed to be free from having to do that by someone paying [to the priest] a fixed amount of money. The money that is given must be calculated by comparing it with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
3 Nang ni bangtelamaw aphu na tâtueng han tetpawiteh, tongpa a kum 20 hoi 60 totouh e teh ngun tangka 50 touh lah aphu na tâtueng han.
[These are the amounts that must be paid]: 50 pieces of silver for men who are between 20 and 60 years old,
4 Napui teh ngun tangka 30 touh lah aphu na tâtueng han.
30 pieces of silver for adult women [who are between 20 and 60 years old],
5 Kum panga koehoi kum 20 totouh e tongpa teh ngun tangka 20, napui teh ngun tangka phek hra touh lah aphu na tâtueng han.
20 pieces of silver for young men who are between five and 20 years old, ten pieces of silver for young women who are between five and 20 years old,
6 Kum panga a rahim e tongpa teh ngun tangka phek panga, napui teh phek thum touh lah aphu na tâtueng han.
five pieces of silver for boys who are between one month and five years old, three pieces of silver for girls who are between one month and five years old,
7 Kumrui taruk lathueng e tongpa teh ngun tangka hlaipanga, napui teh phek hra touh lah aphu na tâtueng han.
15 pieces of silver for men who are more than 60 years old, ten pieces of silver for women who are more than 60 years old.
8 Nang ni aphu na tâtueng e patetlah poe thai hoehpawiteh, vaihma koe a cei vaiteh, vaihma ni lawkkam ka sak e tami ni a poe thai e patetlah aphu a tâtueng pouh awh han.
‘If anyone who has made such a solemn promise is very poor and unable to pay, to free that person from doing what he had promised, he must take that person to the priest. The priest will set the price [for freeing him] to be what the person who made that solemn promise is able to pay.
9 Tami ni Cathut koe saring poe pawiteh, a poe e pueng teh a thoung han.
‘If someone solemnly promises to give an animal that is acceptable to be an offering to me, that animal becomes sacred [and belongs to me].
10 Kahawi thoseh, kahawihoehe thoseh, buet touh hoi buet touh na thung awh mahoeh. Thung han na ngai awh pawiteh, kahni touh hoi roi a thoung han.
The person who promised to give it must not give another animal instead of the one that he promised; he must not substitute a bad animal for a good one or even a better one than the one offered. If he would substitute one animal for the other, both animals would belong to me.
11 Cathut koe poe kawi hoeh e kathounghoehe saring lah awm pawiteh vaihma koe patue vaiteh,
If the animal that he wishes to dedicate to me is a kind that is unacceptable to be an offering to me, he must take that animal to the priest.
12 Ahawi hoi hawihoeh e patetlah vaihma ni aphu a tâtueng han. Vaihma ni a tâtueng e patetlah aphu teh ao han.
The priest will then decide what its value is, according to the animal’s good and bad points. Whatever value the priests sets will be the value of the animal, [and that is the price that the priest must pay for the animal].
13 Kapoekung ni ratang hanelah ngai pawiteh, saring phu hoi pung panga touh dawk pung touh bout a poe sin han.
If the man who gave the animal later decides that he wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] that price plus an additional 20 percent.
14 Tami ni BAWIPA hanlah a im poe pawiteh, im ahawi hoi hawihoeh e vaihma ni a khet vaiteh aphu a tâtueng han. Vaihma ni aphu a tâtueng e patetlah aphu teh ao han.
‘[Similarly], if someone dedicates his house to be a sacred gift to belong to me, the priest will decide how much it is worth, which will depend on whether the house is in good condition. Whatever the priest says that it is worth, that will be its value [and that is the price that the priest must pay for it].
15 Im kapoekung ni bout ratang hanlah ngai pawiteh, im phu hoi pung panga touh dawk pung touh bout a poe sin han.
If the man who dedicated his house to me later wants to buy it back, he must pay that price plus an additional 20 percent, and then the house will belong to him again.
16 Tami ni a lawhmuen hah BAWIPA hanlah poe pawiteh, Cati patue e patetlah aphu teh a tâtueng han. Cati hmuen touh patue e law hah ngun tangka 50 touh lah aphu tâtueng han.
‘If someone dedicates to me some of the property that belongs to him and his family, its value will be determined by the number of bushels of seed that will be needed to plant seeds on that land: Its value will be ten pieces of silver for each bushel of seed.
17 Jubili kum kamtawng nah a law hah poe pawiteh aphu teh a tâtueng yit touh a poe han.
If he dedicates the land during the Year of Celebration, its full value will be that amount.
18 Jubili kum abaw hnukkhu law hah poe pawiteh, hmalae Jubili kum totouh e a ngai rae kumnaw hah vaihma ni a parei vaiteh, a tâtueng e law phu teh a payoun pouh han.
But if he dedicates the field after the Year of Celebration, the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration, and if there are not many years that remain, the price will be much lower [than the full price].
19 Law kapoekung ni bout ratang hanlah ngai pawiteh, a law phu hoi pung panga pung touh bout a poe sin han.
If the person who dedicated the field later wants to buy it back, he must pay [to the priest] the price that the priest says it is worth, plus an added one-fifth, and then the field will belong to that man again.
20 Ratang thai hoeh lah alouke tami koe yawt pawiteh, bout ratang han lawi naseh.
However, if he does not buy it back, or if it has been sold (OR, the priest has sold it) to someone else, that person will never be permitted to buy it back again.
21 Jubili kum akuep toteh, hote law teh BAWIPA e lah ao vaiteh vaihmanaw ni a pang han.
In the Year of Celebration, it will become sacred again, and it will be given to the priest.
22 Tami ni a ran e law hah BAWIPA hanlah poe pawiteh,
‘If someone dedicates to me some land that he has bought, land which is not part of the land that his family has always owned,
23 Jubili kum totouh hane aphu tâtueng e hah vaihma ni a kum a parei vaiteh, aphu a tâtueng e patetlah hote tami ni hote hnin dawk a poe han. Hote teh BAWIPA e doeh.
the priest will count the number of years until the next Year of Celebration to determine how much it is worth, and the man must pay that amount to the priest on that day, [and then that land will belong to that man again].
24 Jubili kum a pha toteh, hote law hah ahmaloe ka tawn ni teh kayawtkung koe bout a poe han.
But in the Year of Celebration, the land will again be owned by the person from whom he bought it, the person whose family had always owned that land.
25 Aphu tâtueng e pueng dawk ngun tangka lahoi na tâtueng han. Ngun tangka phek touh e teh gerah 20 touh hoi a kâvan.
All the silver that is paid must be compared with the official pieces of silver in the Sacred Tent.
26 BAWIPA e lah kaawm e saring camin pueng teh, apinihai ama hanlah lat mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, camin teh BAWIPA e doeh. Maito, tu hoi hmaecanaw teh BAWIPA e lah doeh ao.
‘No one is permitted to dedicate to me the firstborn of any cow or sheep, because the firstborn already belongs to me [DOU].
27 Kathounghoehe saring lah awm pawiteh, aphu tâtueng e patetlah a ratang vaiteh pung panga touh dawk pung touh bout a poe sin han. Ratang ngai hoehpawiteh, aphu tâtueng e patetlah a yo han.
If someone gives to me a kind of animal that is not acceptable to me, that person may later buy it back by paying what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent of its value. If he does not buy it back, it must be sold (OR, the priest must sell it) for its standard price.
28 Hateiteh, tami thoseh, saring thoseh, mae law thoseh, Cathut koe thoebo laihoi poe e pueng teh, apinihai bout ratang bout yawt nahanh lawi naseh. Thoebo laihoi poe e pueng teh Cathut hanlah kathoungpounge lah ao.
‘However, no slave or animal or family land that someone owns can be sold or bought back after it has been dedicated to me [and no price has been paid for it]. That kind of gift belongs to me permanently/forever.
29 Tami patenghai thoebo laihoi na poe pawiteh, bout na ratang mahoeh, na thei han.
‘No person who has [done something that I consider to be very wicked] is permitted to be freed [from being punished]; that person must surely be executed.
30 Cakang thoseh, apawhik thoseh, talai dawk hoi ka tâcawt e apawhik pueng hra touh dawk buet touh e teh BAWIPA e hno doeh. BAWIPA hanelah kathounge lah ao.
‘One tenth of all the crops and grain or fruit that is produced on anyone’s land is sacred and belongs to me.
31 Hra touh dawk buet touh e hah ratang hanelah na ngai pawiteh, Aphu hoi pung panga touh dawk pung touh bout na poe sin han.
If anyone wants to buy back any of that tenth, he must pay [to the priest] what it is worth plus an additional 20 percent.
32 Maito thoseh, tu hoi hmae thoseh, sonron rahim vah kâen e ahranae pueng teh BAWIPA hanelah kathounge lah ao han.
One of every ten domestic animals belongs to me. When a shepherd counts his animals [MTY] [to decide which ones he will give to me], he must mark every tenth one as belonging to me.
33 Ahawi hoi hawihoeh e na khen awh mahoeh. Buet touh hoi buet touh na thung awh mahoeh. Thung han na ngai awh pawiteh, kahni touh hoi rei a thoung han. Bout na ratang mahoeh telah na dei pouh han.
When he does that, he must not pick out the good ones for himself or leave the bad ones, or substitute bad ones for good ones. If he substitutes one animal for another, both animals will belong to me, and he will not be permitted to buy them back (OR, the shepherd cannot buy them back).’”
34 Hete kâpoelawknaw teh Cathut ni Sinai mon dawk Isarelnaw hanlah Mosi koe kâ a poe e naw doeh.
Those are the commands that Yahweh gave to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain [to tell to the people].
