Joshua 23

1 A long time after the LORD had given Israel rest from all the enemies around them, when Joshua was old and well along in years,

Kum te yeta om phoeiaha kaepvai thunkha boeih taeng lamkah Israel te BOEIPA loh a duem sak tih Joshua khaw a khohnin loh patong ben laa paan coeng.

2 he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,

Te dongah Israel pum kah a hamca rhoek neha lu rhoek, laitloek rhoek neh rhoiboei rhoek te Joshua loh a khue tih, “Kai he ka khohnin loh patong ben la ka paan coeng.

3 “and you have seen everything that the LORD your God has done to all these nations for your sake, because it was the LORD your God who fought for you.

Namtom boeih taengah BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih mikhmuh aha saii boeih te na hmuh uh coeng. BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih hama vathoh thil coeng.

4 See, I have allotted as an inheritance to your tribes these remaining nations, including all the nations I have already cut off, from the Jordan westward to the Great Sea.

Namtom aka sueng he nangmih koca rhoek kah rho la nangmih taengah kan tael tih Jordan lamkah namtom boeih pataeng khotlak tuili puei due ka saii te na hmuh uh.

5 The LORD your God will push them out of your way and drive them out before you, so that you can take possession of their land, as the LORD your God promised you.

Amih te BOEIPA na Pathen loh na mikhmuh lamkaha haek vetih na mikhmuh lamkaha tulh bitni. Te vaengah BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih taengaha thui vanbangla a khohmuen te na pang pa uh bitni.

6 Be very strong, then, so that you can keep and obey all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, not turning aside from it to the right or to the left.

Tedae Moses kah olkhueng cabu dongah daek tangtae te banvoei bantang lamloh taengphael tak mueh la ngaithuen ham neh boeih vai ham taoe thahuel uh.

7 So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

Nangmih lakli ah aka sueng namtom rhoek he kun thil uh boeh. A pathen ming te phoei uh boeh, toemngam uh boeh, amih taengah thothueng uh boeh, amih taengah bakop uh boeh.

8 Instead, you shall hold fast to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day.

Tahae khohnin due na saii uh vanbangla BOEIPA na Pathen taeng bueng ah mah hangdang uh.

9 The LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.

Namtom vangpuei pilnu pataeng BOEIPA loh na mikhmuh lamkaha haek tih tihnin due nangmih mikhmuh ah hlang pakhat khaw a pai voel moenih.

10 One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

Nangmih taengaha thui vanbangla BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih hama vathoh coeng dongah nangmih lamkah hlang pakhat long mah thawngkhat khaw a hloem coeng.

11 Therefore watch yourselves carefully, that you love the LORD your God.

Te dongah BOEIPA na Pathen te na hinglu neh lungnah ham rhep ngaithuen uh.

12 For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,

Tedae nangmih taengkah aka sueng namtom hlangrhuel taengah na mael na mael uh tih na hangdang uh, amih neh na yuva uh tih amih neh nangmih te na pawnhlai uh thae atah,

13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

namtom rhoek he BOEIPA na Pathen loh na mikhmuh lamkah haek ham khoep voel mahpawh tila ming rhoe ming uh. BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih taengah m'paek khohmuen then lamkah na milh uh hil nangmih ham pael neh hlaeh bangla, na vae ah cungcik la, na mik khuiah tlaeh la om uh ni.

14 Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know with all your heart and soul that not one of the good promises the LORD your God made to you has failed. Everything was fulfilled for you; not one promise has failed.

Tihnin ah Kai loh diklai pum kah longpuei ah ka cet coeng. BOEIPA na Pathen loh nang taengaha thui ol then boeih te tah ol pakhat khaw dalh pawh tila na thinko boeih, na hinglu boeih neh na ming uh. Nangmih ham boeih ha thoeng tih a ol pakhat pataeng khaw a dalh sak moenih.

15 But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you.

BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih taengaha thui ol then boeih loh nangmih hama thoeng vanbangla BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih m'paek khohmuen then dong lamkah nangmih m'mitmoeng sak hlan khuiah hno thae cungkuem te nangmih soah BOEIPA loh hang khuen van ni.

16 If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih ng'uen paipi te na poe uh, na cet uh tih pathen tloe rhoek taengah tho na thueng uh, amih te na bakop thil atah BOEIPA kah thintoek loh nangmih taengah ha sai vetih nangmih taengah m'paek khohmuen then dong lamkah baang na milh uh ni,” a ti nah.