Deuteronomy 20
1 WHEN thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Na thunkha taengah caem lana cet tih nang lakahaka yet pilnam kah marhang neh leng te na hmu cakhaw Egypt kho lamloh nangaka khuen BOEIPA na Pathente nang taenglaaom dongah amih te rhih boeh.
2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
Caemtloek neh na yoei vaengah khaw khosoih loh ha mop van saeh lamtah pilnam taengah ol aka thui la om van saeh.
3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
Te vaengah amih te, “Israel nangloh hnatun lah. Tihnin kah na thunkharhoek taengah caemtloek lana mopuhvaengah na thinko phoena sak boeh, rhihuh boeh, tamtouh boeh, amih mikhmuh ahna sarhinguh boeh.
4 For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Na thunkharhoek te nangmih hamaka tloektih nangmihaka khang hamni BOEIPA na Pathenloh nangmih taengaha pongpa,” ti nah saeh.
5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Rhoiboei rhoek long khaw pilnam te voek uh saeh lamtah, “Hlang khat khat loh im thaia sak tiha uum pawt atah cet saeh lamtah amah im la bal saeh. Caemtloek vaengah duek vetih hlang tloe loh vik uum pah ve.
6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
Hlang khat khat loh misura ling tih a uem hlan atah cet saeh lamtah amah im la bal saeh. Caemtloek vaengah duek vetih hlang tloe loh vik uem pah ve.
7 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.
Hlang khat khat loh yuua bae tiha loh hlan atah cet saeh lamtah a im la bal saeh. Caemtloek vaengah duek vetih hlang tloe loh vik loh pah ve,” ti nah saeh.
8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
Te phoeiah pilnam taengaha thui ham rhoiboei rhoek loh thap uh saeh lamtah, “Hlang khat khat long ni a rhih tiha thinkoa mongkawt atah cet saeh lamtah amah im la bal saeh. Te daengahni anihkaha thinko bangla a manuca rhoek kah a thinko khaw a yut pawt eh?,” ti na uh saeh.
9 And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
Pilnam taengkah olthui te rhoiboei rhoek loh a khah phoeiah pilnamkaha lu dongah caempueirhoek kah mangpate hlah la om saeh.
10 When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it.
Khopuei tena paan tih na vathoh thil vaengah anih te rhoepnah neh tuentah dae.
11 And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee.
Te vaengah nangte rhoepnah neh n'doo tih nang hamla thohka aka onga om atah a khuikah m'hmuh pilnam boeih neh saldong khaw nang hamla om saeh lamtah nang taengah thotat uh saeh.
12 And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Tedae nang te n'thuung pawt tih nang te caem la m'hmoel atah amah tena dum van ni.
13 And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
Te vaengah anihte BOEIPA na Pathenloh na kut dongah han tloeng vetih cunghang ha neh amah tongpaca te boeihna tloek bitni.
14 But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.
Huta camoe neh rhamsa khaw, khopuei khuikahaka om boeih neh a kutbuem boeih khaw namah hamna poel na yoe vetih BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah m'paek na thunkha rhoek kah a kutbuem tena caak ni.
15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.
A yoei kah namtom khopueirhoek he pawt tih namah taeng lamloh bahoengaka hla khopueirhoek te boeihna saii ni.
16 But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
Tedae BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang taengah rho la m'paek, pilnamrhoek kah khopuei ah hiil aka khueh boeih tah na hlun mahpawh.
17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:
Te dongah amih Khitti neh Amori, Kanaani neh Perizzi, Khivee neh Jebusi ngawn tah BOEIPA na Pathenloh nang ng'uen vanbanglana thup rhoe na thup ni.
18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.
Amamih kah pathenrhoek taengaha saiiuh tueilaehkoi boeih te saii hamla na cang mahpawh. BOEIPA na Pathen taengahna tholh van ve.
19 When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:
Khopuei te tuuk ham neh tloek hamla khohnina senna dum atah a taengah hai neh hehtih a thing tena hum mahpawh. Amih tena caak thai dongahna vung mahpawh. Na mikhmuh kah vongup khuiahna paan te khaw khohmuen thingkung lamkah hlang boeiloeih ni.
20 Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.
Tedae thingkung te a thaih aka om pawh thingkung lana ming atah na phae thai. Te vaengahna hum vetih nang taengah caemaka saii khopueiloh a tim hlandue tah vongsoel la na saii thai.
