Judges 21
1 And the men of Israel have sworn in Mizpeh, saying, “None of us gives his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.”
Isarelnaw ni Mizpah vah, maimouh thung dawk hoi apihai Benjaminnaw ni a yu lah lat hanh seh telah lawkkamnae a sak awh.
2 And the people come to Beth-El, and sit there until the evening before God, and lift up their voice, and weep [with] a great weeping,
Tamimaya teh, Bethel vah a cei awh teh, Cathut hmalah tangmin totouh a tahung awh. Puenghoi a hram awh teh a ka awh.
3 and say, “Why, O YHWH, God of Israel, has this been in Israel—to be lacking one tribe from Israel today?”
Ahnimouh ni Oe BAWIPA, Isarelnaw e Cathut, bang dawk maw Isarelnaw rahak vah het patet e hno heh ao. Sahnin vah, Isarelnaw dawkvah, miphun buet touh a vout. Bang kecu dawk vaimoe telah ati awh.
4 And it comes to pass on the next day, that the people rise early, and build an altar there, and cause burnt-offerings and peace-offerings to ascend.
Hahoi teh, hettelah doeh. Atangtho teh tamimaya ni amom a tho awh teh, hawvah, bawknae khoungroe a sak awh. Hmaisawi thuengnae hoi lungmawng thuengnae a poe awh.
5 And the sons of Israel say, “Who [is] he that has not come up in the assembly to YHWH out of all the tribes of Israel?” For the great oath has been concerning him who has not come up to YHWH to Mizpeh, saying, “He is surely put to death.”
Isarelnaw ni, Isarel miphunnaw pueng thung dawk, BAWIPA koe ka kamkhueng hoeh e apimaw kaawm telah atipouh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Mizpah vah BAWIPA koe ka cet hoeh e naw pueng teh, thei han telah lawkkamnae kalenpoung a sak awh toe.
6 And the sons of Israel sigh concerning their brother Benjamin, and say, “Today there has been one tribe cut off from Israel,
Hahoi Isarelnaw pueng ni, a hmaunawngha Benjaminnaw koe pankângai awh leih. Sahnin Isarelnaw thung dawk hoi miphun buet touh pahma awh toe.
7 what do we do for them—for those who are left—for wives, since we have sworn by YHWH not to give to them from our daughters for wives?”
Kaawm rae thung dawk hoi a yu nahanelah bangtelamaw ti awh han. Maimae canunaw heh a yu lah la sak hoeh hanelah BAWIPA koe thoebo hoi lawk yo bout kam awh toe telah ati awh.
8 And they say, “Who is [that] one out of the tribes of Israel who has not come up to YHWH to Mizpeh?” And behold, none has come to the camp from Jabesh-Gilead—to the assembly.
Ahnimouh ni Isarel miphun thung hoi bang miphun maw Mizpah BAWIPA koe ka tho hoeh vaw telah ati. Hahoi khenhaw! ka kamkhuengnaw onae hmuen koe Jabesgileadnaw hah buet touh hai awm hoeh bo.
9 And the people numbered themselves, and behold, there is no man from the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead.
Taminaw hah a parei awh navah, Jabesgilead ram kaawm e buet touh hai awm hoeh.
10 And the congregation sends twelve thousand men of the sons of valor there, and commands them, saying, “Go—and you have struck the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants.
Hahoi kamkhuengnaw ni a tarankahawi e tami 12000 touh a patoun awh. Cet nateh, Jabeshgilead ram dawk e kaawmnaw hah napui camo hai abuemlah tahloi hoi thet awh.
11 And this [is] the thing which you do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, you devote.”
Na sak awh hane dawkvah, hettelah han. Tongpanaw hoi napuinaw ni a ikhai tangcoung e naw pueng hah na thei awh han telah kâ a poe awh.
12 And they find four hundred young women, virgins, out of the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead, who have not known man by the lying of a male, and they bring them to the camp at Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
Hahoi Jabeshgilead ram e kaawmnaw thung dawk, tangla 400 touh, tongpa ni a ikhai hoeh rae a pâphawng awh. Hat torei teh, a onae Shiloh be a thokhai awh. Hot teh Kanaan ram doeh.
13 And all the congregation sends [word] and speaks to the sons of Benjamin who [are] in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaims peace to them;
Hahoi kamkhuengnaw pueng ni tami a tha awh teh, Rimmon talung koe kaawm e Benjaminnaw hah a patopahlai awh teh, ahnimouh koe roumnae lawk a dei pouh awh.
14 and Benjamin turns back at that time, and they give to them the women whom they have kept alive of the women of Jabesh-Gilead, and they have not found for [all of] them so.
Telah ati awh tahma vah, Benjaminnaw tang a ban awh teh, Jabesgilead napui a hlung awh e naw hah a poe awh. Hatei napuinaw khout hoeh rah.
15 And the people sighed concerning Benjamin, for YHWH had made a breach among the tribes of Israel.
Hahoi tamimaya teh, Benjamin kecu dawk pankângai awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA ni Isarel miphun thung ruengruengtinae a pha sak dawkvah.
16 And [the] elderly of the congregation say, “What do we do to the remnant for wives—for the women have been destroyed out of Benjamin?”
Hottelah kamkhueng e maya a lungkahanaw ni ka hring e naw a yu hane teh, bangtelamaw ti han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Benjaminnaw thung dawk napuinaw heh koung bout thei pouh awh toe telah ati awh.
17 And they say, “A possession of an escaped party [is] to Benjamin, and a tribe is not blotted out from Israel;
Ahnimouh ni Isarel dawk hoi miphun a kahma hoeh nahanelah, Benjaminnaw la kaawmnaw heh, bangtelamaw râw tawn sak thai han.
18 and we are not able to give wives to them out of our daughters, for the sons of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [is] he who is giving a wife to Benjamin.”
Maimae canunaw hai a yu lah lat thai awh hoeh ati awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Isarelnaw ni tami bangpatet hai, Benjaminnaw a yu lah ka lat e teh, thoebonae awm seh telah lawk bout kâkam toe.
19 And they say, “Behold, a festival of YHWH [is] in Shiloh, from time to time, which [is] on the north of Beth-El, at the rising of the sun, by the highway which is going up from Beth-El to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.”
Ahnimouh ni khenhaw. Bethel ceinae lam, kanîtholah, Lebanon monsom kaawm e Shiloh vah, kum tangkuem BAWIPA hanlah pawi ouk ao telah ati awh.
20 And they command the sons of Benjamin, saying, “Go—and you have laid wait in the vineyards,
Hatdawkvah, ahnimouh ni, Benjaminnaw koevah, cet awh nateh, misur takha koe arulahoi pawm awh.
21 and have seen, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances—then you have gone out from the vineyards, and each caught his wife out of the daughters of Shiloh for yourselves, and have gone to the land of Benjamin;
Khenhaw! Shiloh vah tanglanaw ni lamnae hmuen koe, a tâco toteh, misur takha koehoi tâcawt awh nateh, tami pueng ni Shiloh tangla hah yu lah man awh. Hahoi torei, Benjamin ram vah cet awh.
22 and it has been, when their fathers or their brothers come in to plead to us, that we have said to them, Favor us [by] them, for we have not each taken his wife in battle, for you have not given [wives] to them at this time, [so] you are [not] guilty.”
Hahoi, a na pa thoseh, a thangroi thoseh, lairoe hanlah tho pawiteh, ahnimouh koevah; Kaimouh kecu dawk ahnimouh hah pahren awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, taran tuknae koe ka yu hanelah, na man pouh mahoeh toe. Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimouh ni hai atu totouh napui na poe kalawn awh hoeh. Namamouh e lawkkam dawk yon na kâhnei awh telah tet pouh awh.
23 And the sons of Benjamin do so, and take women according to their number, out of the dancers whom they have seized; and they go, and return to their inheritance, and build the cities, and dwell in them.
Benjaminnaw teh, hot patetlah a sak awh. Ka lamnaw hah amamae yu hanelah lengkaleng a man awh teh, yout a ceikhai awh. A ram dawk a phakhai awh teh, khopui hah bout a pathoup awh, hawvah kho a sak awh.
24 And the sons of Israel go up and down there at that time, each to his tribe, and to his family; and they each go out there to his inheritance.
Hottelah, Isarelnaw teh, amamae miphun rip hoi amamae imthungkhu rip hai, hote hmuen koehoi a tâco awh teh, amamae kho tangkuem vah a ban awh.
25 In those days there is no king in Israel; each does that which is right in his own eyes.
Hote tueng nah, Isarel vah siangpahrang awm hoeh. Tami pueng ni a mahoima hmunae dawk ahawi tie patetlah kho a sak awh.
