Leviticus 19
1 Yahweh also said to Moses/me,
Angraeng mah Mosi khaeah,
2 “Speak to all the people of Israel and tell them this: You must be holy, because I, Yahweh your God, am holy, [and I want you to be like me].
Israel kaminawk boih khaeah, Kai na Angraeng Sithaw loe ciimcai pongah, nangcae doeh ciimcai oh, tiah thui paeh, tiah a naa.
3 ‘Each of you must respect your father and your mother. And you must (honor/treat respectfully) the Sabbath days. I am Yahweh, your God, [and that is what I am commanding you to do].
Kaminawk boih mah amno hoi ampa to khingya han oh, ka Sabbath ninawk to zaa oh; Kai loe na Angraeng Sithaw ah ka oh.
4 ‘Do not worship idols or make metal statues of gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh, your God, [and I am the only one you must worship].
Krang bokhaih bangah angqoi o hmah loe, na bok hanah hmuen to sithaw ah sah hmah; Kai loe na Angraeng Sithaw ah ka oh.
5 ‘Then you bring an offering to maintain fellowship with me, offer it in a way that will cause me to accept it.
Angraeng khaeah angdaeh angbawnhaih na paek naah, palung huemhaih hoiah paek oh.
6 The meat should be eaten on the day that you sacrifice it, but you are permitted to eat some of it on the next day. Anything that remains until the third/next day must be completely burned.
To tiah na paek o ih hmuen to angbawnhaih ni, to tih ai boeh loe khawnbang ah caa o boih ah; ni thumto karoek to amtlai vop nahaeloe, hmai thungah va ah.
7 For any of it to be eaten on the third day is very displeasing to me, and I will not accept that offering.
Ni thumto karoek to amtlai vop nahaeloe, caak han panuet thoh boeh pongah, koeh han koi om ai boeh.
8 I will punish anyone who eats it [after the second day], because he will not have respected that what I say is holy. And that person must no longer be allowed to associate with my people.
Mi kawbaktih doeh caa nganga kami loe, Angraeng ih kaciim hmuen to ciim ai ah sak pongah, a zaehaih atho to hnu tih; to kami loe angmah ih acaeng thung hoiah pahnawt sut han oh.
9 ‘Then you harvest your grain, leave the grain at the very edge of the field, and do not pick up the grain that has fallen on the ground.
Lawk ih cang na aah o naah, lawk taki ih cangnawk to aat o bit hmah, kanghmat cangqui to akhui let hmah.
10 And when you harvest your grapes, do not go back a second time to try to harvest some more, and do not pick up the grapes that have fallen on the ground. Leave those things for the poor people and for foreigners who are living among you. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding those things].
Misurthaih doeh pakhrik bit hmah; kanghmat misurthaih to akhui hmah; kamtang kami hoi angvin han caehtaak ah; Kai loe na Angraeng Sithaw ah ka oh.
11 ‘Do not steal anything. ‘Do not tell lies. ‘Do not deceive each other.
Paqu hmah, minawk aling hmah, maeto hoi maeto amsawnlok thui hmah.
12 ‘Do not show that you do not respect me by using/saying my name to falsely promise that you will do something. [Do not forget that] I am Yahweh, your God.
Ka hmin hoiah amsoem ai lokkamhaih to sah hmah, na Sithaw ih ahmin kasae to thui hmah; Kai loe Angraeng ah ka oh.
13 ‘Do not cheat anyone or steal from anyone. [‘If you have agreed to] pay your workers at the end of the day, [do what you have promised]; do not keep those wages until the next day.
Na imtaeng kami to aling hmah, anih ih hmuen doeh lomh pae hmah; atho paek hanah na tlai ih kami hanah toksakhaih atho paek ai ah, duembang hoi khawnbang khoek to patawn pae ving hmah.
14 ‘Do not curse deaf people, and do not put things in the path of blind people to cause them to stumble.
Naa pang kami to loksae hoiah tapring hmah, mikmaeng amthaek hanah a hmaa ah thing to pakhang pae khoep hmah; na Sithaw to zii ah; Kai loe Angraeng ah ka oh.
15 ‘Always [LIT] judge people fairly [DOU]. Do not do special favors for either poor people or rich people.
Katoeng lokcaekhaih to toeng ai ah takoih hmah; kamtang kami to pahnawt sut hmah loe, kalen kaminawk ih mikhmai doeh khen hmah; na imtaeng kami to toenghaih hoiah lokcaek ah.
16 ‘Do not spread false rumors about other people. ‘Do not say anything [in court] that would result in some [innocent] person being executed. I, Yahweh, [am commanding this].
Na caeng kaminawk khaeah kami prong hanah paqai hmah; na imtaeng kami ih athii palong hanah pacaeng hmah; Kai loe Angraeng ah ka oh.
17 ‘Do not hate anyone. Instead, honestly rebuke those who ought to be rebuked, in order that you also will not be guilty.
Na palung thung hoiah nam nawk to hnuma hmah; na imtaeng kami sakpazaehaih hmuen pongah athum han ai ah, anih to zoeh ah.
18 ‘Do not try to get revenge against someone or be angry with someone for a long time. Instead, love other people like you love yourself. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding this].
Nangmah ih acaeng kami nuiah a sakpazaehaih baktih toengah pathok hmah; na imtaeng kami to nangmah ih takpum baktiah palung ah; Kai loe Angraeng ah ka oh.
19 ‘Obey my laws. ‘Do not allow two different kinds of animals to mate with each other. ‘Do not plant two different kinds of seed in the [same] field. ‘Do not wear clothing made from two different kinds of material.
Kang paek ih loknawk to pazui ah. Kanghmong ai maitaw to apaa cuksak hmah; na lawk thungah kanghmong ai anmuu to haeh hmah; kanghmong ai laihaw sak hanah puu ngan hoi tuumui to patoh hmah.
20 ‘If a man has sex with a slave woman who has been promised to marry some other man, but she has not been bought by that man and is still a slave, the man who had sex with her must be punished. But because she is still a slave, she and the man who had sex with her must not be killed.
Nongpata maeto loe misong ah oh, anih loe sava sak hanah loksuek tangcae ah oh boeh, toe anih to akrang ai vop moe, misong hoiah doeh loih ai vop; to nongpata misong to nongpa maeto mah iip haih nahaeloe, anih to danpaek han oh; to nongpata loe misong hoiah loih ai vop pongah, paduek hmaek han om ai.
21 However, that man must bring a ram to [be slaughtered at] the entrance of the Sacred Tent area, to be an offering in order that he no longer be guilty for his sin.
Toe nongpa loe a sak ih zaehaih pongah angbawnhaih sak hanah, Tuu tae maeto amkhuenghaih kahni im thok taengah, Angraeng khaeah a sin han oh.
22 The priest will offer that ram to me in order that the man will be forgiven for the sin that he committed, and I will forgive him.
To nongpa loe a sak ih zaehaih thung hoi loih thai hanah, qaima mah tuu tae maeto hoiah Angraeng hmaa ah zae angbawnhaih to sah pae tih; to naah anih zaehaih to tahmen tih.
23 ‘When you enter the land [that I have promised to give to you], and when you plant various kinds of fruit trees, you must not eat any of their fruit for three years [DOU].
Prae thungah na kun o moe, congca thingthai kungnawk na thling o naah, to thingthai to tangzat hin aat ai thingthai tiah poek oh loe, to thingthai to caa o hmah: nangcae han saning thumto thung tangzat hin aat ai thingthai ah om tih.
24 In the fourth year all of their fruit must be set aside to belong to me; it must be brought to me to be an offering to praise me.
Saning palito naah loe athaih to ciim boih tih boeh, to naah Angraeng to pakoeh han oh.
25 But in the fifth/next year, you will be permitted to eat their fruit. If you do that, your trees will produce much fruit. I, Yahweh your God, [am promising that].
Toe saning pangato naah loe, thingthai to na caa o tih boeh; to tiah na sak o nahaeloe na thling o ih thingthai to pung tih; Kai loe na Angraeng Sithaw ah ka oh.
26 ‘Do not eat any meat that still has [the animal’s] blood in it. ‘Do not consult spirits to find out what will happen in the future, and do not practice sorcery.
Athii kaom kawbaktih moi doeh caa o hmah; lungh khethaih hoi atue pakoephaih to doeh sah o hmah.
27 ‘Do not shave the hair at the sides of your heads [like pagan people do].
Na lu taeng ih sam to aat o boih hmah; toektaboe mui doeh aat o hmah.
28 ‘Do not cut your bodies [when you are mourning] for people who have died, and do not put tattoos on your bodies. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding this].
Kadueh kami hanah na taksa to aat o hmah; na takpum nuiah angmathaih sah o hmah; Kai loe Angraeng ah ka oh.
29 ‘Do not disgrace your daughters by forcing them to become prostitutes. If you cause them to become prostitutes, soon the land will be filled with prostitutes and all other kinds of people’s wicked behavior.
Na canu to takpum zaw kami ah angcoengsak hanah sah hmah; to tih ai nahaeloe na prae kami boih mah na takpum to zaw o ueloe, na prae to sethaih hoiah koi tih.
30 ‘Honor my Sabbath days and revere my Sacred Tent, because I, Yahweh, [live there].
Kai ih Sababth ninawk to zaa ah loe, Ka hmuenciim to saiqathaih paek ah; Kai loe Angraeng ah ka oh.
31 ‘Do not seek advice from those who (consult/talk with) the spirits of dead people [DOU], because if you do that, they will defile you. I, Yahweh your God, [am the one you should consult].
Kadueh pakhranawk khaeah caeh o hmah; nam hnong o han ai ah lungh aat kop kaminawk khaeah doeh caeh o hmah; Kai loe na Angraeng Sithaw ah ka oh.
32 ‘Stand up when old people [enter the room], and show that you respect them, and also revere me, your God; [that is what] I, Yahweh, [am commanding].
Sampok kami hmaa ah angdoe ah loe, saning coeh kami to saiqat ah; na Sithaw to saiqat ah; Kai loe na Angraeng ah ka oh.
33 ‘When foreigners live among you [in your land], do not mistreat them.
Na prae thung kaom angvin to poek angphosak hmah.
34 You must treat them like you treat your fellow-citizens. Love them like you love yourselves, and do not forget that once, when you were foreigners in Egypt, [you were badly mistreated by the people of Egypt]. I, Yahweh your God, [am commanding you to do this].
Nangcae khaeah kaom angvin to aimah acaeng kami baktiah poek oh loe, nangmah ih takpum baktih toengah palung ah; nangcae doeh Izip prae ah angvin ah ni na oh o; Kai loe na Angraeng Sithaw ah ka oh.
35 ‘When you are measuring things, to see how long they are or how much they weigh or how many there are,
Hmuen tahhaih, kazit tahhaih hoi hmuen noek naah, katoeng ai tahhaih to patoh hmah.
36 use correct [measuring sticks and] scales and weights [on the scales] and measuring baskets and other measuring containers. I Yahweh, your God, who brought you out of Egypt, [am giving you these laws].
Katoeng hmuenzit tahhaih, katoeng tahhaih ephah hoi katoeng situi tahhaih hint to patoh ah; Kai loe Izip prae thung hoi nangcae zaehoikung, na Angraeng Sithaw ah ka oh.
37 ‘Obey carefully [DOU] all my laws and decrees, because I, Yahweh, [am the one who am commanding them].’”
To pongah kang paek ih loknawk hoi ka lok takroekhaihnawk hae pazui o boih ah; Kai loe Angraeng ah ka oh, tiah a thuih, tiah a naa.
