Milu Pareinae 16
1 Levih miphun Kohath capa Izhar, ahnie capa Karah teh, Reuben miphun Eliab capa Dathan hoi Abiram, hoi Peleth capa On tinaw hah a ceikhai teh,
One day Korah, who was the son of Izhar and a descendant of Levi’s son Kohath, conspired with Dathan and Abiram, who were the sons of Eliab, and On, who was the son of Peleth. Those three men were from the tribe of Reuben.
2 Isarel catoun thung hoi a min bet kamsawngnaw dawk hoi a lungkahanaw hoi lawkcengkung lah rawi e naw thung dawk hoi tami 250 touh Mosi hmalah a kangdue awh.
Korah and those other three men incited 250 other people who were leaders among the Israeli people to join them in rebelling against Moses/me.
3 Mosi hoi Aron taranlahoi ahnimouh koe, hloi na lui awh toe. Bangdawk tetpawiteh a tamimaya koung a thoung awh teh, taminaw pueng koe BAWIPA ao doeh. Bangkongmaw BAWIPA e tamimaya van vah ka taluepoung lah na kâpouk roi telah atipouh.
They came together to criticize Aaron and Moses/me. They said to them/us, “You two are using more [authority] than you should! Yahweh has set apart all of us Israeli people, and he is with/helping all of us. So why do you act as though you are more important than the rest of us people who belong to Yahweh [RHQ]?”
4 Hot hah Mosi ni a thai toteh a tabo teh,
When Moses/I heard what they were saying, he/I prostrated himself/myself on the ground.
5 Korah hoi a huinaw pueng koe, tangtho vah BAWIPA ni apimaw amae lah kaawm niteh, apimaw kathoung tie a kamnue sak vaiteh, ama rek hnai hanelah ati han doeh.
Then he/I said to Korah and those [Israeli leaders] who were with Korah, “Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his [priest], and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit [only] those whom he chooses to come into his presence.
6 Hetheh sak awh, Korah hoi na huinaw pueng ni hmai lanae tongben lat awh nateh,
So Korah, tomorrow you and those who are with you must prepare your pans to burn incense.
7 tangtho vah, athung vah hmai hah tat nateh hmuitui hah BAWIPA hmalah phum awh. Hahoi BAWIPA ni a rawi e pueng teh kathounge lah ao han. Nangmouh Levih capanaw ekvoi na lui awh toe telah a ti.
Then you must light a fire in them and burn the incense in the presence of Yahweh. Then we will see which one of us Yahweh has chosen to be his holy servant. It is you men who are descendants of Levi who are trying to use more [authority] than you should!”
8 Mosi ni Korah koevah, nangmouh Levih capanaw thaihaw,
Then Moses/I spoke again to Korah. He/I said, “You men who are descendants of Levi, listen to me!
9 BAWIPA bawknae rim dawkvah thaw a tawk teh tamimaya hmalah thaw tawk hanlah kangdout e Isarelnaw, Cathut ni ama hnai hanelah Isarel taminaw pueng koehoi a kapek e,
The God of us Israelis has chosen all of you to be close to him in order that you can work for him at his Sacred Tent and serve the people. (Is that unimportant/Does that mean nothing) to you [RHQ]?
10 Levih capa na hmaunawnghanaw hoi ama hnai sak hanlah a ta e naw heh, hno kathoungcalah na pouk awh dawk maw vaihma lah onae na tawng awh rah.
Yahweh has brought you, [Korah], and your fellow descendants of Levi, near to himself. Now are you demanding to become priests also?
11 Hatdawkvah, nang nama hoi na hu pueng teh BAWIPA taranlahoi na kamkhueng awh vaw. Aron heh bangpatet lae tami lah maw ao teh, ahni koevah na phuenang awh vaw telah a ti.
It is really Yahweh against whom you and your fellow descendants of Levi are rebelling. Aaron is not the one about whom you are really complaining [RHQ].”
12 Mosi ni Eliab capa Dathan hoi Abiram a kaw sak, hatei ahnimouh ni ka takhang awh mahoeh.
Then Moses/I summoned Dathan and Abiram, but [they refused to come]. They [sent a message] saying, “We will not come to you!
13 Kahrawngum vah thei rumram hanelah sanutui hoi khoitui a lawngnae ram koehoi na tâcokhai e hah hno kathoengcae na maw, kaimouh lathueng vah bawi lah o han thouk na ngai bo aw.
You brought us out of Egypt, which was a very fertile [IDM] land, in order to cause us to die here in this desert. That was bad. But now you are also trying to boss us [RHQ], and that is worse.
14 Sanutui hoi khoitui a lawngnae ram dawk na ceikhai laipalah law hoi misur takha hai râw hanlah na poe kalawn hoeh. Hetnaw e mit heh ton na phuen pouh han na maw. Ka takhang awh roeroe mahoeh telah a ti.
You have not given us a new land to live in, a land that has good fields and vineyards. You are only trying to [RHQ] trick these people. So we will not come to you.”
15 Mosi teh a lungphuen poung teh, BAWIPA koe vah a poe awh e teh dâw pouh hanh. Ahnimae la buet touh boehai ka lat pouh hoeh. Apihai patawnae ka poe hoeh a ti.
Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, “Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, [so they have no reason to complain about me].”
16 Mosi ni Korah koevah tangtho vah nang nama hoi na huinaw pueng Aron hoi BAWIPA hmalah la awm awh.
Then Moses/I said to Korah, “You and all those who are with you must come here tomorrow and stand in front of Yahweh. Aaron will also be here.
17 Hahoi hmai lanae tongben rip sin awh naseh. Hmuitui koung phuen awh naseh. BAWIPA hmalah hmai lanae 250 touh hah sin awh naseh. Nang nama hoi Aron ni hai hmai na lanae tongben reirei sin roih telah atipouh.
You and all the 250 men who are with you must each take a pan in which to burn incense, and put incense in it, to [burn it to be] an offering to Yahweh. Aaron will do the same thing.”
18 Hahoi teh tami pueng ni hmai lanae rip a sin awh teh, hmai a ta awh teh hmuitui a phuen awh. Mosi hoi Aron teh kamkhuengnae lukkareiim takhang koe a kangdue roi.
So [the next day] each of those men got a pan to burn incense. They put in it incense and hot coals to light it, and then they all stood at the entrance of the Sacred Tent with Aaron and Moses/me.
19 Hahoi Korah ni tamimayanaw pueng hah ama taran lahoi kamkhuengnae lukkareiim takhang koe a pâkhueng awh. Hahoi hote tamimaya lathueng BAWIPA bawilennae a kamnue.
Then Korah summoned all the people who supported him and who were against Moses/me, and they also gathered at the entrance of the tent. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all of them/us,
20 Hahoi BAWIPA ni Mosi hoi Aron a pato teh,
and Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
21 hete tamihu heh tawkkadekca dawk be a kahma thai nahanlah ahnimouh koehoi alouklah awm awh telah a ti.
“Get away from all these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately!”
22 Hottelah ahnimouh a tabo awh teh, Oe! Cathut takthainaw pueng e muitha Cathut, buet touh yon kecu dawk taminaw pueng koe na lungkhuek han maw telah a ti.
But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. We pleaded with Yahweh, saying, “God, you are the one who caused all these people to live [MTY]. Only one of these men has sinned; so, (is it right for you to be angry with all the people?/it is not right for you to be angry with all the people!) [RHQ]”
23 BAWIPA ni Mosi a pato teh,
Yahweh said to Moses/me,
24 taminaw pueng koe dei pouh. Korah hoi Dathan hoi Abiram tinaw e roenae rim dawk hoi yawng awh telah tet pouh.
“[Okay], but tell all the people to get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.”
25 Mosi a thaw teh Dathan hoi Abiram koe a cei teh, Isarel kacuenaw a kambawng awh.
So Moses/I stood up and went to the tents of Dathan and Abiram. The Israeli leaders followed him/me.
26 Hahoi taminaw pueng koe a dei teh, hete tamikayonnaw e rim koehoi a tâco awh. Banghai tek pouh hanh awh. Hoehpawiteh a yonae pueng dawk nangmouh hai na bawk awh langvaih telah tet pouh.
He/I told the people, “Get away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything that belongs to them! If you touch anything, you will die because of their sins!”
27 Hahoi Korah hoi Dathan hoi Abiram tinaw kathum touh teh, koung a tâcawttakhai awh. Dathan hoi Abiram teh amamae rim dawk hoi a tâco roi teh, amamae rim takhang koe a yucanaw hoi a kangdue awh.
So all the people moved away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. Dathan and Abiram came out of their tents with their wives and children and babies, and stood at the entrances of their tents.
28 Mosi ni kai kama ngainae lahoi ka sak e nahoeh. BAWIPA ni sak hanelah na patoun e doeh tie hah hete hnonaw dawk hoi na panue awh han.
Then Moses/I said, “I was not the one who decided to do all these things that I have done. It was Yahweh who [chose me and] sent me to do them. And now he will prove that to you.
29 Hete taminaw niyah ayânaw due e patetlah dout boilah, taminaw pueng rek e patetlah rek pawiteh Cathut ni na patoun hoeh e han doeh.
If these men die in a normal way, then it will be clear that Yahweh did not choose me.
30 Hatei, BAWIPA ni a katha lah hno a sak teh, talai ni a kâko ang pawiteh, amamouh hoi kâkuen e pueng koung a padoun hoiyah tangkom dawk a hringo kâen awh pawiteh, BAWIPA ni hete taminaw heh a pahnawt toe tie na panue awh han telah a ti. (Sheol h7585)
But if Yahweh does something that has never happened before, if he causes the ground [that is under their feet] to open up and swallow these men [and their families] and all their possessions, and they fall into the opening and are buried while they are still alive, then you will know that these men have insulted Yahweh.” (Sheol h7585)
31 Hahoi, hete lawknaw koung a dei hnukkhu hoi ahnimouh onae koe talai rak a kâbawng.
As soon as Moses/I said this, the ground split open beneath those men.
32 Hahoi teh talai ni a kâko a ang teh, imthung buemlahoi, Korah e taminaw pueng hoi hnopainaw pueng hoi he a payawp.
It swallowed them and their families and all those who were standing there with Korah and all of their possessions.
33 Hahoi amamouh hoi a tawn awh e naw pueng hah tangkom dawk a hringo koung a bo awh. Talai ni a kâko a cakuep teh, ka kamkhueng e naw koehoi he a kahma awh. (Sheol h7585)
They fell into the opening in the ground while they were still alive, and all their possessions fell into the opening also. They disappeared, and the ground closed back up again. (Sheol h7585)
34 Hahoi a tengpam e Isarelnaw pueng teh, hotnaw e hramki lawk dawk hoi a yawng awh teh, talai ni na payawm awh langvaih telah ati awh.
They screamed as they fell, and all the people who were standing nearby heard them scream. The people [were terrified and] cried out as they ran away, saying, “[We do not want] the ground to swallow us also!”
35 Hahoi BAWIPA koehoi hmai a tâco teh hmuitui ka thueng e tami 250 touh he a kak awh.
And then a fire from Yahweh came down [from the sky] and burned up the 250 men who were burning the incense!
36 BAWIPA ni Mosi a pato teh,
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
37 nang ni hmai hah tâkhawng nateh, vaihma Aron capa Elizur ni hmai thung e hmailanae tongben la hanelah dei pouh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, kathounge hno lah ao.
“Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men [were carrying] are (holy/dedicated to me) [because they burned incense to me in them].
38 Amamouh hringnae dawk kapayonnaw e hmailanae tongbennaw hai lat nateh, khoungroe ramuk nahanelah dêi lah awm naseh. Bangkongtetpawiteh BAWIPA hmalah poe e a tho dawkvah, kathounge lah ao teh, Isarel catounnaw hanelah mitnout lah ao han telah a ti.
Those men have now died because of their sin; so [Eleazar must] take their pans and hammer the metal to make it become very thin. He must make a covering for the altar with that metal. Those pans were used to offer incense to me, so they are (holy/dedicated to me). [What happened to] those pans will now warn the Israeli people.”
39 Hahoi Isarel catounnaw hanelah pahnim hoeh nahanelah Aron hoeh laipateh Jentelnaw BAWIPA hanlah hmuitui hmaisawi thueng hanelah a cei awh hoeh nahan,
So Eleazar the priest collected the 250 pans for burning incense that had been used by the men who died in the fire. He hammered the pans very thin to make a covering for the altar, as Yahweh told Moses/me should be done.
40 Karah hoi a huinaw patetlah ao awh hoeh nahan, Mosi hno lahoi BAWIPA ni ahnimouh koe a dei pouh e patetlah bawknae khoungroe ramuk nahan a dêi awh.
That warned the Israeli people that only those who were descendants of Aaron were permitted to burn incense for an offering to Yahweh. If anyone else did that, the same thing that happened to Korah and those who were with him would happen to them.
41 A tangtho vah, Isarel catoun tamihu teh Mosi hoi Aron taranlahoi a phuenang awh. BAWIPA e tamihunaw na thei awh atipouh awh.
But the following morning, all the Israeli people started to complain against Aaron and Moses/me, saying “You have killed many people who belonged to Yahweh!”
42 Mosi hoi Aron hah taminaw pueng ni a kamkhueng sin navah kamkhuengnae lukkareiim koelah a kangvawi awh teh, khenhaw! tâmai ni king a kayo awh teh, BAWIPA bawilennae a kamnue.
When all the people gathered together to protest about what Aaron and Moses/I had done, they looked at the Sacred Tent and saw that the sacred cloud had covered it, and the glory of Yahweh had appeared.
43 Mosi hoi Aron teh kamkhuengnae lukkareiim hmalah a tho roi.
Aaron and Moses/I went and stood in front of the Sacred Tent.
44 BAWIPA ni Mosi a pato teh,
Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
45 hete taminaw thung hoi aloukcalah awm awh. Tawkkadekca kahma sak nahanelah, telah atipouh. Hahoi ahnimouh teh a tabo awh.
“Get away from these people, in order that I can get rid of them immediately [without injuring you two]!” But Aaron and Moses/I prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground [and prayed].
46 Mosi ni Aron koevah, hmai lanae tongben sin loe, khoungroe dawk hmai hah tat, hmuitui hah phuen nateh, taminaw pueng koe karanglah cetkhaih. Ahnimouh hanlah yontha nahan sak pouh. BAWIPA koehoi lungkhueknae a tâco toe. Patawnae lacik a kamtawng toe telah atipouh.
Moses/I said to Aaron, “Quickly take another pan and put in it some burning/hot coals from the altar. Put incense in the pan, and carry it out among the people to atone for the sins of the people. Yahweh is very angry with them, and [I know that] a (severe plague/bad sickness) has already started among them.”
47 Aron ni Mosi ni dei e patetlah a sin teh, ka kamkhueng e naw koe lah a yawng. Hahoi teh khenhaw! Lacik teh taminaw pueng koe pataw a kamtawng toe. Hmuitui a phuen teh taminaw yontha sak nahanlah a sak.
So Aaron did what Moses/I told him. He took the burning incense out among the people. The plague had already started to strike the people, but Aaron continued to burn the incense so that God would forgive them for the sins they had committed.
48 Tami kadout hoi kahring rahak a kangdue teh lacik teh a thoung.
He stood between the people who had already died and those who were still alive, and then the plague stopped.
49 Hottelah Korah kong dawk hoi kadoutnaw touksin laipalah, lacik lahoi kadoutnaw teh 14700.
But 14,700 people had already died from that plague/sickness, in addition to the people who died with Korah.
50 Aron teh kamkhuengnae lukkareiim takhang koe Mosi koe a ban teh laciknaw pueng teh a thoung.
Then after the plague had ended, Aaron and Moses/I returned to the entrance of the Sacred Tent.
