Deuteronomy 20
1 When you go to war with your enemies and you see horses and chariots, and a larger army than yours, don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt is with you.
Taran tuk hanelah na kamthaw navah, namamouh hlak kapap e marang thoseh, rangleng thoseh, taminaw thoseh, na hmawt pawiteh taket hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Izip ram hoi nangmanaw katâcawtkhai e BAWIPA Cathut teh nangmouh koe ao.
2 Before you go into battle, the priest shall come and speak to the army.
Taran tuk nahane tueng a hnai toteh, vaihmanaw ni a hnai awh vaiteh,
3 He is to tell them, “Listen, men of Israel! Today you are going to fight your enemies. Don't be nervous or afraid; don't be panicked or terrified by them.
Oe Isarelnaw, sahnin taran tuk hanelah taran koe na hnai awh toe. Ahnimouh kecu dawk na lungpout awh hanh, taket awh hanh, pâyaw awh hanh, kalue awh hanh.
4 For the Lord your God is going with you to fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you the victory.”
Bangkongtetpawiteh, nangmouh na ka rungngang hanelah, BAWIPA Cathut teh nangmouh hoi rei a kamthaw teh, na tarannaw hah na tuk pouh telah taminaw koe dei awh naseh.
5 The officers shall also speak to the army and tell them, “Is there any man here who has built a new house and hasn't dedicated it to the Lord? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will dedicate it.
Ransa kacuenaw nihai, im katha ka sak niteh, Cathut koe kâhnawng hoeh rae awm pawiteh, ama im ban yawkaw seh, a im hah hnawng naseh. Hoehpawiteh, taran tuknae koe dout pawiteh, alouke ni im hah a hnawng han doeh tie ngaihri han ao.
6 Is there any man here who has planted a vineyard and hasn't yet enjoyed its fruit? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will enjoy its fruit.
Misur takha ka sak niteh, a paw ka cat hoeh rae awm pawiteh, a im ban yawkaw seh. Hoehpawiteh, taran tuknae koe dout pawiteh, alouke ni hote misur paw a ca han doeh tie ngaihrinae ao.
7 Is there any man here who is engaged to a woman and hasn't married her? He can go home, otherwise he might die in battle and another man will marry her.”
A yu sut ka pacei niteh, ka paluen hoeh rae awm pawiteh, a im ban yawkaw seh. Hoehpawiteh, taran tuknae koe dout pawiteh, alouke ni a paluen han doeh tie ngaihrinae ao.
8 The officers are also to tell the army, “Is there any man here who is afraid or nervous? He can go home, so he won't affect his fellow-soldiers and make them as frightened as himself.”
Hahoi, ransa kacuenaw teh, ka taket ni teh a lung ka pout e awm pawiteh, a im ban yawkaw seh. Hoehpawiteh, ahni a lungpout e patetlah a huinaw hai a lungpout han doeh tie ngaihrinae ao telah taminaw koe a dei awh han.
9 After the officers have finished speaking to the army, they are put commanders in charge to lead it into battle.
Ransa kacuenaw ni hottelah a dei awh hnukkhu, kâ kapoekungnaw ni taminaw hah taran tuk hanlah a kamthaw sak han.
10 When you arrive at a town, ready to attack it, you must first make an offer of peace to the people living there.
Kho buetbuet touh tuk hanelah na ceisin navah, roum nahanelah hmaloe na dei pouh han.
11 If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates to you, all the inhabitants will become your slave-laborers.
Hote kho teh, roum nahane lawk a dei teh kho longkha sut paawng pawiteh, hote kho dawk kaawm e pueng ni aphawng na poe awh vaiteh, na thaw a tawk awh han.
12 However, if they refuse to make peace with you and decide to fight you, then lay siege to the town.
Roum nahane lawk hah ngâi awh hoeh lah, nangmouh na tuk awh pawiteh, hote kho hah na kalup awh vaiteh,
13 Once the Lord your God has handed it over to you, kill every male with the sword.
na BAWIPA Cathut ni nangmae kut dawk hote kho hah na poe torei, tongpa pueng hah tahloi hoi na thei han.
14 But you can take as plunder the women, children, livestock, and everything else in the town. You can take and use all your enemies' possessions the Lord your God gives you.
Napui camo saring khothung na hmu e pueng teh, nama hanelah na la vaiteh, na BAWIPA Cathut ni taran kut dawk hoi na poe e hno hah na ca han.
15 This is the way you are to deal with all the towns that are a long way from you and don't belong to neighboring nations.
Hete miphun onae kho hloilah, ahlanae koe e kho kaawm e pueng koe hottelah na sak han.
16 However, when it comes to the towns of those nations whose land the Lord your God is giving you to occupy, don't leave anything alive that breathes.
Na BAWIPA Cathut ni râw lah na coe hane kawi dawk hete miphunnaw e kho dawkvah, ka kâha e tami buet touh boehai na hring sak mahoeh.
17 Set them apart for complete destruction—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—as the Lord your God has ordered you to do.
Hitnaw, Amornaw, Kanaannaw, Periznaw, Hivnaw, Jebusitnaw ni amamae cathutnaw koe a sak awh e panuettho e hno hah nangmouh na cangkhai awh teh,
18 This is to prevent them teaching you all the offensive things they do in worshiping their gods, and in so doing make you sin against the Lord your God.
na BAWIPA Cathut koe na yon hoeh nahanelah, na BAWIPA Cathut ni na cangkhai e patetlah hote tami pueng hah peng na raphoe han.
19 Now when you lay siege to a town and it goes on for a long time as you fight to capture it, don't destroy the fruit trees there. You can eat their fruit. Don't cut them down. Are the trees in the orchard human beings that you should also attack?
Kho buetbuet touh tuk hanelah, kasawlah na kalup pawiteh, thingkungnaw hah na tâtueng mahoeh. Talai dawk kapâw e thingkungnaw teh, tami kâkawk nahanelah ao dawkvah, a paw dueng na ca han. Kho na kalup navah akung na tâtueng mahoeh.
20 However, you may destroy the trees that you know are not fruit trees. You can use them to build siege equipment to attack the town that is fighting against you until it falls.
Hatei, cakawi hoeh e thingkungnaw teh na tâtueng vaiteh, na tuk e kho na tâ hoehroukrak, taran tuk nahanelah hnopai na sak na thai.
