Deuteronomy 20
1 “When your [soldiers] go to fight your enemies, and you see that they have many horses and chariots and that their army is much bigger than yours, do not be afraid of them, because Yahweh our God, who brought your [ancestors safely] out of Egypt, will be with you.
Nagal miteu toh kisat dinga nakon doh tenguleh, sakol ahin kangtalai, nanghoa sanga tamjo namu diu, hinlah nakichat lou diu ahi. Ajeh chu nangho Egypt gamsunga kona nahinpui doh'pau Pakai, Pathen in naumpi jing uve!
2 When you are ready to start the battle, the Supreme Priest must stand in front of the troops.
Galmun nalhun masang kahseuva, nalah uva thempupa chu mipi jouse masang lama namakai sah diu ahi.
3 He must say to them, ‘You Israeli men, listen to me! Today you are going to fight against your enemies. Do not be timid or afraid [DOU] or tremble or panic [DOU],
Chule mipi henga thu asei ding, Vo Israelte ngaiyun! Kichatna jong neihih un, ajeh chu tunia nangho nacheuva amaho khu naga kisatpi diu ahi! Nagal miteu kichat nan kihot hih unlang, gin jong nagin loudiu ahi.
4 because Yahweh our God will go with you. He will fight your enemies for you, and he will enable you to defeat them.’
Ajeh chu Pakai, Pathen in nangho dinga gal asat ding! Na masang lam uva lamkai jing ding, galjona nachan diu ahi!
5 Then the army officers must say to the troops, ‘If anyone among you has just built a new house [RHQ] and has not dedicated it [to God], he should go home [and dedicate the house]. If he does not do that, if he dies in the battle, someone else will dedicate the house [and live in it].
Chuphat leh gal vaipoa pang hon mipi henga hitia hi asei diu ahi. Koiham inthah tungdoh a thenso louva koi? Nalah uva hitobang mihem chu auma ahileh, ama chu galmuna thiden jeng thei ahi. Athiden khah tah’a ahileh, a in chu mi dang dinga thensona um ding ahi.
6 If anyone among you has planted a vineyard and has not yet harvested any grapes from it [RHQ], he should go home. If he [stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will [harvest the grapes and] enjoy [the wine made from them].
Lengpi lei laiya natonga lengpi thei tepkha lou koiham? Amapa jong chu inlama kile jeng thei ahi. Achuti louva ahileh galmuna thina ato jeng thei, alengpi lei jeng jong mi dang chan lo ding ahi.
7 If anyone among you has become engaged to marry a woman [but has not married her yet] [RHQ], he should go home. If [he stays here and] dies in the battle, someone else will marry her.’
Hiche bang chun pasal koi tobang khat chu jinei dinga kigosa dem a umta, ahinlah jinei loulai koi ham? Ama jong chu in kilea jinei thei ahi. Ajeh chu galmuna thina nachan'a naji ding nu chu mi dang chang jeng thei ahi.
8 “Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid [RHQ], he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’
Chule sepai vaihom natonga pang hon mipi henga hitia hi asei nah lai diu ahi. Meidoi, kichase um em? Aumleh in a kile hen, ajeh chu midang asuh meidoilo ding ahi, tia aseidiu ahi.
9 And when the officers have finished speaking to the troops, they must appoint commanders [to lead the groups of soldiers].
Sepai vaihom natonga pangho chun sepai ho henga hitia chu asei chaisoh kei tenguleh, aloi loiya lamkai alhendoh diu ahi.
10 “When you come near a city [that is far away] to attack it, first tell the people there that if they surrender, you will not attack them.
Chule khopi khat nabulhu konu leh, amasan hiche khopi chu ki champi din tem un.
11 If they open the gates of the city and surrender, they all will become your slaves to work for you.
Hiche khopi chun natepnau ahin ngaiyuva, kelkotpi chu nahonpeh uva ahileh, na vaihomna noiyuva umdiu, nakinu bollea pang diu ahi.
12 But if they refuse to [surrender] peacefully, and decide instead to fight against you, your troops must surround the city [and break through the walls].
Ahinlah kicham ding gel louva kidoupi ding joh ageluva ahileh, khopi chu nabulu tei ding ahi.
13 Then, when Yahweh our God enables you to capture [IDM] the city, you must kill all the men in the city.
Chuteng Pakai, Pathen in hiche khopi chu nangho khut a ahin pehlut ding, na chemjam'uva pasal jouse natha diu ahi.
14 But you are allowed to take for yourselves the women, the children, the livestock, and everything else [that you want to take] from the city. You will be allowed to enjoy all the things that belonged to your enemies; it is Yahweh our God who has given those things to you.
Hinlah numei le chapang, thilkeo ho nakikoi khom diu ahi. Ajeh chu Pakai, Pathen in khopi sunga kona chu nopsa tah a naman chah diuva napeh'u ahitai.
15 You should do that in all the cities that are far from the land in which you will settle.
Nachen nauva kona gamlha tah a um khopi ho, hitia chu nabol sohkei diu ahi.
16 “But in the cities that are in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you, you must kill all the people and all the animals [LIT].
Pakai, Pathen in napeh nau hiche khopi chengsea chu naum tenguleh, ahing thei jouse nasuh gam diu ahi.
17 You must get rid of them completely. Get rid of the Heth people-group, the Amor people-group, the Canaan people-group, the Periz people-group, the Hiv people-group, and the Jebus people-group; that is what Yahweh our God commanded you to do.
Ajeh chu Pakai, Pathen in naseipeh bang uva, Hit mite, Amor mite, Canan mite, Periz mite, Hiv mite chule Jebus mite hijongleh abonchauva nasuh gam hel diu ahi.
18 If you do not do that, they will teach you to sin against Yahweh our God and do the disgusting things that they do when they worship their gods.
Chutileh hiche mite akona chu milim doi kisem thuhoa kona nakihei mang thei diu, amaho pathen semthua kona nakiven tup uva, nalhah lutlou diu ahi.
19 “When you surround a city for a long time, trying to capture it, do not cut down the fruit trees [outside the city]. You are allowed to eat the fruit from the trees, but do not get rid of the trees, because they certainly are not [RHQ] your enemies.
Khopi khat bulu dinga phatsotpi naumkim tenguleh thingphung naphuh lou diu ahi. Aga neuvin, hinlah aphung phuh hih un, thingphung hochu nagalmiteu ahipoi.
20 You are permitted to cut down the other trees and use the wood to make ladders and towers to enable you to [go over the walls and] capture the city.”
Hinlah thingphung aphachompoi tia nagel houvang chu naphuh uva, khopi sunga galmite toh kidouna galmanchah a naman theiyu ahi.
