Exodus 19
1 The Israeli people then left Rephidim, and exactly two months after leaving Egypt, they/we came to the desert near Sinai [Mountain]. They/We set up their/our tents at the base of the mountain.
Israel miten Egypt gamsung ahin dalhah kalseo lhani lhin'in Sinai mun gamthip ahung lhung atovin ahi.
Rephidim ngahmun ahin sukeh un ahin dalha tauvin, chuin Sinai mun'na ngahmun a kisem uvin hichu Sinai ngahmun tin aminsah uve.
3 Moses/I climbed up the mountain [to talk with] God. Yahweh called to [him/me] from [the top of] the mountain and said, “This is what I want you to say to the Israeli people, the descendants of Jacob:
Mose molchung lam akaltou tan Pakai toh agakimu ton ahile, Pakaiyin molchung'a kon'in ahin kouvin aseije, “Thupeh hicheng hi; Jacob insung le Israel mite heng'a seipeh tauvin:
4 ‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians. You have seen [what I did for all of you] and how I brought you here to me. It was as though I [lifted you up as] an eagle [carries its young eaglets] on its wings [MET].
“Egypt mite chung'a ipiti lamdolla na katoh, nang hon na musoh kei uve. Keiman nangho muvan lai lhaving'a ka hin pui uve ti namu chenset tauvin ahi.”
5 So now, if you will do what I tell you and obey all that I command you, you will be my own people. All the people-groups on the earth are mine, but you will be (dearer/more special) to me than all the other people-groups.
Chule tua hi kathu nangai uva kakitepna nakoi jing uva ahileh, nangho hi vannoi mite jouse lah'a keima dia atumbeh'a naum diu; ajeh chu vannoi leiset pumpi hi keima'a ahi.”
6 You will be people over whom I will rule, and you will all (be like priests/represent me to other nations as priests represent me to one nation) [MET], and you will be completely dedicated to me.’ That is what you must tell the Israeli people.”
“Chule keima lenggam machu nangho naleng chan diu, kagam theng nalo ding'u ahi. Hiche thuhi nangman Israel mite heng'a naseipeh teiding ahi,” ati.
7 So Moses/I went [down the mountain] and summoned the elders/leaders of the people. He/I told them everything that Yahweh had told him/me to tell them.
Chuin Mose molchung akon'in akumsuh'in Israel sung'a upa ho akou khom'in Pakaiyin a thupeh chengse abonchan a seipeh soh kei uve.
8 The people all said, “We will do everything that Yahweh has told us to do.” Then Moses/I [climbed back up the mountain and] reported to Yahweh what the people had said.
Chuin amahon adonbut cheh uvin, “Ijakai Pakai thupeh bang'a keihon kabol diu ahi,” atiuve.
9 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “[Listen carefully]: I am going to appear to you from inside a thick cloud. When I am speaking to you, the people will hear it, and they will always trust in you.” Then Moses/I went [down the mountain and reported to the people what Yahweh said. Then he/I went back up the mountain and] told Yahweh what the people replied.
Chuin Pakaiyin Mose heng'a aseijin, “Keima naheng'a meilhang kiheh bang'a kahung ding, Nangma Mose kahin houpi teng Israel miten ajah cheh diu, chuteng amahon jong nangma nahin tahsan jing diu ahitai,” ati. Mose'n jong Israel miten adonbut'na chu Pakai heng'a aseijin ahi.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go [back down] to the people [again]. [Tell them to] purify themselves today and tomorrow. [Tell them to] wash their clothes, too.
Chuin Pakajin Mose heng'a asei in, “Kumsuh inlang keima kahung nading'in Israel mite gongtup tan, tuni le jing nikhoa din seipeh uvin chule avon jeng u-jong kisop theng cheh u-hen,” ati.
11 They must do that to be ready on the day after tomorrow. On that day I will come down to Sinai Mountain to where all the people can see me.
“Nithum lhin'nia ding'in kigontup sah soh kei uvin, nithum lhin niteng a mitmu tah uva Pakai chu Sinai Mol chung'a pat hung kumlha ding ahi tipeh'un,” ati.
12 You must make a boundary around the base of the mountain, and tell them, ‘Be sure that you do not climb the mountain or even go near it. Anyone who even touches the base of the mountain must be executed.’
“Mipiho abonchauvin akimvel'uva melchih'na sempeh'in lang, seijin, kichih thei un! Koima molchung lam'a kaldoh hih hel'un chule akim vellah jeng jong koiman natham khah theilou diunahi. Koi hile molchung tham khachan chu thi jeng ding ahi,” ati.
13 Do not let anyone touch any person or any animal that touches the mountain. You must [kill any person or animal that touches the mountain] by throwing stones at it or shooting it [with arrows]. But when you hear a long [loud] trumpet sound, the people can come close to the [base of the] mountain.”
“Melchihna pal kallhah khut kiti phot'in atohkhah'a ahile, hichejeh'a chu; song'a selih jeng ding, ahilou jong le, thalpi'a kap lih ding gancha hihen mihem hile hitabang'a chonchu ahing'a kiumsah ngailou ding ahi, tin seipeh un. Sumkon ahung kimut gin apat mipi jong molchung lam'a hung kitol diu ahiye.”
14 So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people to purify themselves. They did what Moses/I told them to do, and they also washed their clothes.
Mose'n jong mipi lam chu ahin jonsuh tan. Aman mipi thenso'na anei jin, mipihon jong ama ama von cheh akisop theng uvin ahi.
15 Then Moses/I said to the people, “Be ready on the day after tomorrow. And [you men] must not have sex with [EUP] [your wives] until after then.”
Aman mipi heng'a asei jin, Nithum lhin nia ding in ki gotup cheh uvin chule numei angsung ki tiajong na lut louhel ding'u ahi,” ati.
16 Two days later, during the morning, there was thunder and lightning, and a very dark cloud on the mountain. A trumpet sounded very loudly, with the result that the people in the camp shook/trembled because they [were very afraid].
Nithum lhin'ni jingkah khovah lam'in vahthamjol aki thing'in kolphe avah in, molchung vum chu meilhang'in atom lha jeng tan ahi. Sumkon hatah'in ahung ging tan ahile, ngahmun sung lam'a um mipi abonchauvin akicha lheh jeng tauve.
17 Then Moses/I led the people outside the camp to meet with God. They stood at the base of the mountain.
Mose'n jong mipi abonchan Pathen toh kimaito ding'in ahin pui uvin, chuin mipi abonchauvin molchung kipatna lam'a chun adding den gam tauve.
18 All of Sinai Mountain was covered in smoke, because Yahweh had descended on it, surrounded by a fire. The smoke rose up like the smoke from [the chimney of] a furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently.
Sinai molchung akon in Pakai chu meikong'in ahung kum lhan ahile, lhum sung'a kon'na meikhu bang'in ahung khudoh'in ahintomlha jeng tan, ling jong akihot lha jeng'in ahi.
19 As the sound of the trumpet continued to become louder, Moses/I spoke [to Yahweh], and Yahweh answered [him/me] in [a loud voice that sounded like] thunder.
Sumkon gin chu ahat cheh cheh jeng tan ahile, Mose jong akipat'in hiti hin aseije, van gin kithong lah akon'in Pathen'in ahin houpin ahi.
20 Then Yahweh came down [again] onto the top of Sinai Mountain, and he summoned Moses/me to come up to the top of the mountain. So Moses/I went up.
Pakai chu Sinai molchung vum'a kon'in ahung kumsuh tan chuin, Molchung vum'a kon'in Pakaiyin Mose ahin kouvin ahi. Mose jong akipatdoh'in molchung lam'a chun akal touvin ahi.
21 Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Go down again and warn the people not to cross the boundary in order to look [at me]. If they [do] that, many of them will die.
Pakaiyin Mose heng'a asei in, “Kumsuh inlang mipi heng'a seipeh loijin, ajeh chu Pakai ahinmu nomuva pal kigen khu ahin tumlhah ngai uva ahile thigam bep ding'u ahiye,” ati.
22 Also, the priests who habitually come near me must purify themselves. If they do not do that, I will punish them.”
Chule thempu ho jeng jong atahsao amacheh kithenso uva eihin nailut thei diu bou ahi. Chutile Pakaiyin amaho lam pal chu atumkeh lou ding ahi, ati.
23 Then Moses/I said to Yahweh, “The people will not climb the mountain, because you commanded them, saying, ‘Set a boundary around the mountain, to make it sacred/taboo.’”
Mose'n jong Pakai heng'a aseijin, ahinlah Pakai in, mipi abonchauva Sinai molchung'a hung kal theilou diu ahi. Ajeh chu nangma thupeh bang'a molchung kimvella pal gen uvin, tia nei thupeh sa'u ahiye, ati.
24 Yahweh replied, “Go down the mountain, and bring Aaron back up with you. But do not allow the priests or other people to cross the boundary to come up to me. If they cross it, I will punish them.”
Ahinlah Pakaiyin Mose heng'a aseiyin. “Chesuh inlang Aaron gakipuiyin lang hinki lhon pitan. Amavang mipi abonchauvin thupeh neijin lang khat cha jeng jong paltum keh'a Pakai lam'a hung theilou ding'u ahiye,” ati.
25 So Moses/I went down the mountain [again] and told the people [what Yahweh had said].
Pakajin athupeh bang in Mose achesuh in mipi ho heng'a aga seipeh soh kei uve.
