Judges 20
1 Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as one man before the LORD at Mizpah.
Israel ca rhoek boeih capit uh tih Dan lamloh Beersheba neh Gilead kho duela rhaengpuei loh Mizpah kah BOEIPA taengah pakhat la tingtun uh.
2 The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.
Pathen kah pilnam hlangping lakli ah pilnam boeih te a cong cong ah, Israel koca rhoek khaw boeiha pai uh vaengah rhalkap hlang thawng ya li loh cunghanga pom.
3 (Meanwhile the Benjamites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) And the Israelites asked, “Tell us, how did this wicked thing happen?”
Israel ca rhoek Mizpah la a caeh uh te Benjamin ca rhoek loh a yaak uh. Te vaengah Israel ca rhoek loh, “Hekah boethae he metlama om thui uh lah,” a ti uh.
4 So the Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, answered: “I and my concubine came to Gibeah in Benjamin to spend the night.
Te dongaha ngawn uh huta kah a va Levi hlang loh a doo tih, “Benjamin kah Gibeah la kamah ka cet tih ka yula taengah ka rhaeh.
5 And during the night, the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house. They intended to kill me, but they abused my concubine, and she died.
Te vaengah Gibeah boei rhoek loh kai n'thoh thil uh tih kai te khoyin ah im neh rhen m'vael uh. Kai te ngawn ham cai uh coeng dae ka yula tea phaep uh tih duek.
6 Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
Israel khuiah boethae halang neh khonuen rhamtat la a saii uh dongah ka yula te ka loh tih ka sah phoeiah Israel kah rho, khohmuen tom la ka pat.
7 Behold, all you Israelites, give your advice and verdict here and now.”
Nangmih Israel ca boeih loh namamih kah olka neh cilsuep khaw pahoi pae uh laeh,” a ti nah.
8 Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
Te vaengah pilnam pum loh pumkhat la pai tih, “Hlang pakhat long khaw a dap la cet boel saeh lamtah pakhat khaw a im la phael boel saeh.
9 Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will go against it as the lot dictates.
Tedae tekah olka vanbangla Gibeah te hmulung neh saii sih.
10 We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thousand out of every ten thousand, to supply provisions for the army when they go to Gibeah in Benjamin to punish them for the atrocity they have committed in Israel.”
Israel khuiah boethae halang boeiha saii vanbangla Geba kah Benjamin te aka paan tih aka saii pilnam ham lampu aka lo la Israel koca boeih te yakhat ah hlang rha, thawngkhat ah yakhat, thawngrha dongah thawngkhat lo sih,” a ti uh.
11 So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.
Te dongah Israel hlang boeih loh khopuei te a capit thil uh tih pumkhat hui uh.
12 And the tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What is this wickedness that has occurred among you?
Te dongah Israel ca rhoek loh Benjamin koca rhoek boeih taengah hlanga tueih uh tih, “Balae tih hebang boethae loh na khuiaha om?
13 Hand over the wicked men of Gibeah so we can put them to death and purge Israel of this evil.” But the Benjamites refused to heed the voice of their fellow Israelites.
Gibeah kah hlang muen ca rhoek te han tloeng laeh. Amih te ka duek sak uh daengah ni Israel khui lamkah boethae te ka khoe pueng eh,” a ti nah. Tedae a pacaboeina Israel ca rhoek kah ol te Benjamin ca rhoek loh hnatun ham huem uh pawh.
14 And from their cities they came together at Gibeah to go out and fight against the Israelites.
Tedae khopuei rhoek lamkah Benjamin ca rhoek loh Israel ca rhoek taengah caemtloek la caeh ham Gibeah ah tingtun uh.
15 On that day the Benjamites mobilized 26,000 swordsmen from their cities, in addition to the 700 select men of Gibeah.
Te vaeng khohnin ah khopuei takuem lamkah Benjamin ca rhoek te soep uh thae tih cunghang aka pom hlang thawng kul thawng rhuk neh Gibeah kah aka om hlang ya rhih te a soep uh tih a coelh thil uh.
16 Among all these soldiers there were 700 select left-handers, each of whom could sling a stone at a hair without missing.
Te vaengah pilnam boeih khuikah tongpa ya rhih te a coelh uh. Amih te bantang kut aka poem la boeih om dae lungtoa dong uh vaengah sam pataeng pit tlaih pawh.
17 The Israelites, apart from Benjamin, mobilized 400,000 swordsmen, each one an experienced warrior.
Benjamin kaha voel ah Israel ca loh buel uh cunghang aka pom caemtloek hlang he a pum boeih la hlang thawng ya li louh.
18 The Israelites set out, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God, “Who of us shall go up first to fight against the Benjamites?” “Judah will be first,” the LORD replied.
Tedae thoo uh tih Bethel la a yoeng vaengah Pathen tea dawt uh hatah Israel ca rhoek loh, “Benjamin ca rhoek te caemtloek thil ham kaimih ah ulae lamhma la aka cet eh?,” a ti na uh. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh, “Judah te lamhma saeh,” a ti nah.
19 The next morning the Israelites set out and camped near Gibeah.
Te dongah Israel ca rhoek loh mincang ah thoo uh tih Gibeah ah rhaeh uh.
20 And the men of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin and took up their battle positions at Gibeah.
Benjamin te caemtloek thil ham Israel hlang te cet tih Israel caemtloek hlang he Gibeah ah yaal uh.
21 And the Benjamites came out of Gibeah and cut down 22,000 Israelites on the battlefield that day.
Te vaengah Gibeah lamkah Benjamin ca rhoek ha pawk uh tih lohma sa ah Israel hlang thawng kul thawng hnih te hnin at dongaha phop.
22 But the Israelite army took courage and again took their battle positions in the same place where they had arrayed themselves on the first day.
Tedae Israel hlang pilnam loh a thaa a huel tih lamhma khohnin kah rhongpai hmuen ah caemtloek ham te rhong koepa pai uh.
23 They went up and wept before the LORD until evening, inquiring of Him, “Should we again draw near for battle against our brothers the Benjamites?” And the LORD answered, “Go up against them.”
Te daengah Israel ca rhoek loh cet uh tih kholaeh duela BOEIPA mikhmuh ah rhap uh. BOEIPA te a dawt uh tih, “Ka manuca Benjamin ca rhoek te caemtloek la thoeih ham ka khoep aya?,” a ti na uh. Te vaengah BOEIPA loh, “Anih te caeh thil uh,” a ti nah.
24 On the second day the Israelites advanced against the Benjamites.
Te dongaha hnin bae dongah Israel ca rhoek loh Benjamin ca rhoek taengla mop uh.
25 That same day the Benjamites came out against them from Gibeah and cut down another 18,000 Israelites, all of them armed with swords.
A hnin bae dongah tah amih aka doe ham te Benjamin khaw Gibeah lamkah ha pawk tih Israel ca khui lamkah cunghang aka pom hlang thawng hlai rhet te lohma sa ah boeiha thup uh bal.
26 Then the Israelites, all the people, went up to Bethel, where they sat weeping before the LORD. That day they fasted until evening and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
Te dongah Israel ca rhoek boeih neh pilnam pum loh cet uh tih Bethela paan uh. Te vaengaha rhah doela BOEIPA mikhmuh ah ngol uh. Hnin at neh kholaeh duelaa yaeh tih BOEIPA mikhmuh ah hmueihhlutnah neh rhoepnah te a nawn uh.
27 And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
Te phoeiah BOEIPA te Israel ca rhoek loh a dawt uh. Te vaeng tue ah tah Pathen kah paipi thingkawng khaw te ah te om.
28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, served before it.) The Israelites asked, “Should we again go out to battle against our brothers the Benjamites, or should we stop?” The LORD answered, “Fight, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”
Te vaeng tue ah Aaron koca Eleazar ca Phinekha tah paipi thingkawng hmai ah pai tih, “Ka manuca Benjamin ca rhoek taengah caemtloek la caeh ham te koep ka rhaep aya, ka toeng pawn aya?,” a ti nah. Tedae BOEIPA loh, “Anih te thangvuen ah tah nang kut dongla kan tloeng ham coeng dongah cet ngawn,” a ti nah.
29 So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.
Te dongah Israel loh Gibeah kaepvai ah rhongngola khueh.
30 On the third day the Israelites went up against the Benjamites and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as they had done before.
A hnin thum dongah tah Benjamin ca rhoek te Israel ca rhoek loh a paan uh tiha noek noek kah bangla Gibeah te rhong a pai thiluh.
31 The Benjamites came out against them and were drawn away from the city. They began to attack the people as before, killing about thirty men of Israel in the fields and on the roads, one of which led up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah.
Te vaengah pilnam aka doe ham te Benjamin ca rhoek ha hlah uh tih khopuei lamloh baat cing uh. A noek noek kah bangla pilnam soaha rhok la tloek banlak ham te Bethel neh Gibeah la aka pawk longpuei aha tong uh tih Israel hlang sawmthum tluk te lohma sa ah a ngawnuh.
32 “We are defeating them as before,” said the Benjamites. But the Israelites said, “Let us retreat and draw them away from the city onto the roads.”
Te vaengah Benjamin ca rhoek loh, “Lamhma kah bangla mamih mikhmuh ah yawk uh coeng,” a ti uh. Tedae Israel ca rhoek loh, “Rhaelrham uh sih lamtah khopuei lamloh longpuei la cing tak sih,” a ti uh.
33 So all the men of Israel got up from their places and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar, and the Israelites in ambush charged from their positions west of Gibeah.
Te dongah Israel hlang boeih tah a hmuen lamloh thoo uh tih Baaltamar la rhong a pai uh. Te vaengah Israel khuikah aka rhongngol te Gibeah pool lamloh amah hmuen la a poh.
34 Then 10,000 select men from all Israel made a frontal assault against Gibeah, and the battle was fierce. But the Benjamites did not realize that disaster was upon them.
Te phoeiah Israel boeih khui lamkah hlang thawng rhaa coelh loh Gibeah imdan tea paan uh hatah caemtloek khaw a lalh na uh. Tedae yoethae loh amih taenglaa paan te Benjamin ca rhoek ming uh pawh.
35 The LORD defeated Benjamin in the presence of Israel, and on that day the Israelites slaughtered 25,100 Benjamites, all armed with swords.
Benjamin te Israel mikhmuh ah BOEIPA loh a yawk sak coeng dongah Benjamin khui lamkah cunghang aka pom hlang thawng kul thawng nga yakhat te hnin at nen ni Israel ca rhoek loh a thup.
36 Then the Benjamites realized they had been defeated. Now the men of Israel had retreated before Benjamin because they were relying on the ambush they had set against Gibeah.
Amamih a yawk uh te Benjamin ca rhoek loh a hmuh uh. Te vaengah Israel hlang tah Gibeah kaha khueh rhongngol donglaa pangtung coeng dongah Benjamin ca rhoek loh a hmuen vik a paek.
37 The men in ambush rushed suddenly against Gibeah; they advanced and put the whole city to the sword.
Rhongngol rhoek long khaw Gibeah la tawn uh tih capit uh tih rhongngol patoeng te a sol dongah khopuei pum te cunghang ha donglaa kaeh.
38 The men of Israel had arranged a signal with the men in ambush: When they sent up a great cloud of smoke from the city,
Israel hlang neh rhongngol te tingtunnaha om vaengah khopuei lamkah hmaikhu loh cangpaiso bangla muep luei.
39 the men of Israel would turn in the battle. When the Benjamites had begun to strike them down, killing about thirty men of Israel, they said, “They are defeated before us as in the first battle.”
Tedae caemtloek vaengah Israel hlang loh ki a buung hatah Israel hlang la hlang sawmthum tluk te Benjamin loh a rhok la pahoia tloek tih, “Lamhma kah caemtloek bangla mamih mikhmuh ah yawk rhoela yawk ngawn coeng,” a ti uh.
40 But when the column of smoke began to go up from the city, the Benjamites looked behind them and saw the whole city going up in smoke.
Tedae hmaikhu tung te khopuei lamloh cangpaiso neh koe luei. Benjamin khaw a hnuk la a mael hatah khopuei pum te vaan la tarha ana khuu pah.
41 Then the men of Israel turned back on them, and the men of Benjamin were terrified when they realized that disaster had come upon them.
Te vaengah Israel hlang te ha mael van hatah yoethae loh n'rhul thil coeng tila Benjamin hlang loh a hmuh dongah hlawt let.
42 So they fled before the men of Israel toward the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, and the men coming out of the cities struck them down there.
Te dongah Israel hlang kah mikhmuh ah khosoek longpuei la hooi uh. Tedae amih te caem loh han cuuk thil tih khopuei lamkah rhoek long khaw amih te a laklo aha thup.
43 They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and easily overtook them in the vicinity of Gibeah on the east.
Benjamin tea hloem uh tih a dum uh coeng dongah Gibeah khocuk duea yoeikoek la a cuuk uh.
44 And 18,000 Benjamites fell, all men of valor.
Te vaengah Benjamin khui lamkah tatthai hlang kak hlang thawng hlai rhet cungku.
45 Then the Benjamites turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel cut down 5,000 men on the roads. And they overtook them at Gidom and struck down 2,000 more.
Te dongah hooi uh tih khosoek kah Rimmon thaelpang la rhaelrham uh. Tedae longpueng ah hlang thawng ngaa paco uh. Te vaengah Gidom duelaa cuuk uh tih hlanga thawng thawng laa ngawn uh.
46 That day 25,000 Benjamite swordsmen fell, all men of valor.
Te vaengah Benjamin khui lamkah aka cungku rhoek boeih he hnin at dongah mah cunghang aka pom tatthai hlang kak te hlang thawng kul thawng nga om.
47 But 600 men turned and fled into the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, where they stayed four months.
Tedae hlang ya rhuk tah hooi uh tih khosoek kah Rimmon thaelpang laa rhaelrham uh dongah Rimmon thaelpang ah hla li om uh.
48 And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
Te phoeiah Israel hlang loh Benjamin ca rhoek tea mael thil uh tih cunghang ha neha ngawn uh. Khopuei lamkah hlang boeih neh a hmuh sarhui rhamsa khaw, kho tom kah a hmuh sarhui te khaw hmai neha hla thiluh.
