Exodus 23
1 “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.
A poeyoek kah olthang khuen boeh. Kuthlahnah kah laipai la om ham halang neh na kut hlaengtang boeh.
2 You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
Boethae dongah tah hlangping hnuk khaw om boeh. Kaengyai taengah hlangping neh kaengyai ham tuituknah dongah doo boeh.
3 And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.
Tattloel long khaw a tuituknah dongah n'hiin boel saeh.
4 If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
Na thunkha kah vaito khaw, a laak khaw a kho a hmaang te na hmuh atah amah taengla mael rhoe mael puei.
5 If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.
A taengahna tlo-oeng la na tlo-oeng mai cakhaw na lunguet kah laakte a hnorhih dangah a kol te na hmuh atah anih taengahna tlo-oenng te khaw toeng laeh.
6 You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
Na taengkah khodaengte a tuituknah dongah a laitloeknah phaelh pah boeh.
7 Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
A honghi olka lamloh lakhla lamtah halang he ka tang sak pawt dongah ommongsitoe neh aka dueng khaw ngawn boeh.
8 Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Kapbaih khaw lo boeh, kapbaih loh miktueng khaw a dael sak tih a dueng ol khaw a paimaelh.
9 Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Yinlai khaw nen boeh, Egypt kho ah yinlai la na om van dongah yinlai kah hinglu te namah dongah ming puei.
10 For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,
Na khohmuen te kum rhuk tawn lamtah a vueithaih khaw coi.
11 but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.
Tedae a kum rhihte hmil lamtah haai sak. Te daengah ni na pilnam khodaengloha caak vetih a noite khohmuen mulhingloha caak. Na misurdum ham na olive ham khaw tete saii.
12 For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.
Hnin rhuk khuiah na bibite saii lamtah a rhih hnin ah duem dae. Na vaito neh na laak khaw duem vetih na salnu kah a ca neh yinlai khaw a thasai ni.
13 Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.
Nangmih taengah a cungkuem la ka thui te ngaithuen uh. Pathen tloerhoek ming khaw phoei uh boeh, Na ka dongah ya uh boel saeh.
14 Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
Kum khat ah kai ham khotue voei thum lam uh.
15 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
Nang kan uen bangla vaidamding khotue te tuem uh lamtah hnin rhih khuiah vaidamding ca uh. Egypt lamlohna hlah uh vaengkah Abib hlate khoning la om vetih ka mikhmuhah kuttling la ha phoe boel saeh.
16 You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.
Khohmuenna tawn te na bibi dongkah thaihcuek, cangah khotue neh kum boeih kah khohmuen lamloh na bibi na khoem vaengah cangyom khotue om ni.
17 Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.
Na khuikah tongpaca boeih tah kum khat ah voei thum Boeipa Yahovah mikhmuh ah phoe saeh.
18 You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
Kai kah hmueih thiite tolrhu neh nawn boeh. Ka khotue kah maehtha khaw mincang duela rhaeh boel saeh.
19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Na khohmuen kah thaihcuek tangluete na BOEIPA Pathen kah im la khuen. Ma-ae cate a manu suktui neh thong boeh.
20 Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.
Longpuei ah nang aka ngaithuen ham neh ka hmoel hmuen hil nang aka khuen ham na mikhmuh ah puencawn kan tueih coeng ne.
21 Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
A mikhmuh ah ngaithuen lamtah a ol te hnatun. Anih te veet boeh, kai ming he a khui ah om coeng tih nangmih kah boekoeknah te duen mahpawh.
22 But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.
A ol tena hnatun rhoela na hnatun tih ka thui te boeihna ngai atah na thunkha te ka thunkhanah vetih nang aka daengdaeh te ka dum van ni.
23 For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.
Ka puencawn he nang hmai ah pongpa vetih nangte Amori neh Khitti taengla, Perizzi neh Kanaan taengla, Khivee neh Jebusi taengla n'thak vetih amih te ka thup ni.
24 You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.
Amih kah pathen taengah bakop boel lamtah amih taengah thothueng boeh. Amih kah khoboe bangla saii boeh. Te rhoek te koengloeng rhoe koengloeng lamtah a kaamte phaek la phaek pah.
25 So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
BOEIPA na Pathen taengah tho na thueng daengah ni na buh neh na tui khaw a yoethen vetih na khui lamkah tlohtat te kang khoe eh.
26 No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.
Na khohmuen ah thangyah neh caya khaw om pawt vetih na khohnin kah a tarhing te ka cup sak ni.
27 I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.
Kai taengkah mueirhih te na hmai ah ka tueih vetih a taengla na thoeng thil pilnam boeih te ka khawkkhek ni. Na thunkha boeih te nang taengah a rhawn ka duen sak.
28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
Nang mikhmuh ah khoingal te ka tueih vetih Khivee, Kanaan neh Khitti te na mikhmuh lamloh ka haek ni.
29 I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.
Kum khat nen tah na mikhmuh lamloh anih te ka haek mahpawh. Khohmuente khopong la om vetih na taengah kohong mulhing pung aih ve.
30 Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.
Na pungtai hil na mikhmuh lamloh bet bet ka haek daengah ni khohmuen tena pang eh.
31 And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.
Na khorhi te carhaek tuipuei lamloh Philisti tuipuei duela, khosoek lamloh tuiva duela kan suem bitni. Khohmuen kah khosarhoek te na kut ah kam paek vetih amihte na mikhmuh lamloh ka haek ni.
32 You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.
Amih taeng neh amih kah pathen taengah paipi saii boeh.
33 They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”
Na khohmuen ah khosa uh boel saeh, kai taengah na tholh ve. A pathen taengah tho na thueng atah na taengah hlaeh la poeh van ni.
