Numbers 20
1 In March/April [of the next year], the Israeli people traveled/walked to the Zin Desert and (camped/set up their tents) near Kadesh [town]. While they/we were there, [Moses’/my older sister] Miriam died and was buried there.
Hahoi Isarel catounnaw pueng teh, thapa yung pasuek dawkvah, Zin kahrawngum dawkvah a kâen awh. Taminaw pueng teh, Kadesh vah a hnin ao awh. Hawvah, Miriam a due teh hawvah a pakawp awh.
2 There was no water for the people to drink there, so they came to Aaron and Moses/me.
Hahoi taminaw pueng hanlah tui nei han awm hoeh toe. Hat toteh, haw vah Mosi hoi Aron taran lahoi a kamkhuengsin awh.
3 They complained and said, “We wish that we had died in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Tent when our fellow Israelis died!
Taminaw pueng ni BAWIPA hmalah hmaunawnghanaw a due nah dout ngala boipawiteh,
4 (Did you bring us, who are Yahweh’s people, into this desert to die along with our livestock?/You brought us, who are Yahweh’s people, into this desert to die along with our livestock!) [RHQ]
bangkongmaw BAWIPA e taminaw hete kahrawngum vah kamamanaw hoi saringnaw abuemlah due hanlah na ceikhai.
5 Why did you bring us from Egypt to this miserable place [RHQ]? There is no grain, there are no figs, no grapes, and no pomegranates here. And there is no water for us to drink!”
Bangkongmaw het patet kahawihoehe ram dawkvah kâenkhai hanlah Izip ram hoi na tâcokhai. Tâsong, thaibunglung kung, misurkung, tale paw hai o hoeh nah koe, tui boehai nei hane ao hoeh nah koe, telah ati awh.
6 Aaron and Moses/I turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the Sacred Tent and prostrated themselves/ourselves on the ground. Then Yahweh appeared to them/us with his bright glory,
Mosi hoi Aron teh tamimaya koehoi kamkhuengnae lukkareiim takhang koe a cei roi teh, a tabo roi. Hahoi ahnimouh roi koe BAWIPA bawilennae a kamnue.
7 and he said to Moses/me,
BAWIPA ni Mosi a pato teh,
8 “You and Aaron must take Aaron’s walking stick with you and gather all the people together. While the people are watching, command that water will flow out of that [large] rock over there. Water for the people will flow from it; all they and all their livestock will have enough water to drink.”
sonron lat nateh, nang hoi na hmau Aron ni taminaw pâkhueng awh. Ahnimae mithmu vah lungsongpui koe lawk dei pouh. Tui a tâcosak han. Hot patetlah hoiyah, lungsongpui dawk hoi tui na tâcosak vaiteh, taminaw pueng hoi saringnaw hah na nei sak han telah ati.
9 So Moses/I did what Yahweh told him/me to do. He/I took Aaron’s walking stick from the place in the Sacred Tent where it was kept.
Hot patetlah Mosi ni BAWIPA hmalah sonron hah kâ a poe e patetlah a la.
10 Then Aaron and he/I summoned all the people to gather at the rock. Then Moses/I shouted to them, “All you rebellious people, listen! Is it necessary for us to give you water from this rock?”
Mosi hoi Aron ni taminaw pueng hah lungsongpui teng a pâkhueng teh, ahnimouh koe, taran ouk ka thaw e taminaw, atu thai awh haw! hete lungsong dawk hoi nangmouh han tui ka tâcosak roeroe han maw telah atipouh.
11 Then Moses/I raised his/my hand and [instead of speaking to the rock], he/I struck the rock two times with the walking stick. And water gushed/poured out. So all the people and their livestock drank all the water that they wanted.
Hahoi teh Mosi ni a kut a dâw teh, a sonron hoi lungsongpui hah vai hni touh a hem, hat toteh, tui kapap poung lah a tâco. Taminaw pueng hoi saringnaw ni a nei awh.
12 But Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me, “You did not believe that I could demonstrate my power to the Israeli people [and give them water without your striking the rock]. So you will not lead them into the land that I am giving to them!”
BAWIPA ni Mosi hoi Aron koe kai na yuem hoeh teh, Isarel catounnaw mithmu vah, kai na barilawa hoeh dawkvah, hete taminaw pueng teh kai ni na poe awh e ram dawk na kâenkhai mahoeh, telah atipouh.
13 Later this place was called Meribah, [which means ‘arguing’], because there the Israeli people argued with Yahweh, and there he showed his power to them [by giving them water].
Isarel catounnaw ni BAWIPA rek a cusin awh teh ahnimouh thung vah ama barilawa hanlah ao dawk hote tui teh Meribah ati awh.
14 [While the people were] at Kadesh [town], Moses/I sent messengers to the king of Edom to tell him this: “Your relatives, the Israeli people, are sending you this message. You know the many troubles/hardships that have happened to us.
Hahoi Mosi ni Kadesh hoi Edom siangpahrang koevah, patounenaw a patoun. Na hmaunawngha Isarel ni hettelah a dei. Maimouh koe ka phat e runae kathonaw pueng,
15 You know that our ancestors went down to Egypt. You know that they stayed there for many years. They suffered because the [rulers of] Egypt caused them to become their slaves [and to work very hard].
mintoenaw Izip ram a cei awh teh, moikasaw lah Izip ram vah ka o awh teh, Izipnaw ni kai koe hoi mintoenaw totouh rucatnae na poe e hah na panue.
16 “But when they called out to Yahweh, he heard them and sent an angel who brought them out of Egypt. Now we have set up our tents here at Kadesh, a town at the border of your land.
BAWIPA koe ka hram awh e lawk hah a thai teh, kalvantaminaw a patoun teh, Izip ram hoi na tâco sak. Khenhaw, na ram hoi ka hnai poung lah, Kadesh khopui dawkvah ka o awh.
17 Please allow us to travel through your country. We will [be careful to] not walk through your fields and your vineyards. We will not even drink water from your wells. As we travel, we will stay on the king’s highway, [the main road that goes from the south to the north], and we will not leave that road until we have crossed the border [of your country in the north].”
Pahren lahoi na ram thung pou na rakan sak haw. Law thoseh, misur takha thoseh, ka coungroe awh mahoeh. tuikhu dawk e tui hai ka net mahoeh. Siangpahrang lamthungpui dawk doeh ka cei awh han, na ram ka tapoung hoeh roukrak avoilah aranglah hai kampuen awh mahoeh, telah ati.
18 But the king of Edom refused. He replied, “Stay out of my country! If you try [to enter it], I will [send my army to] attack you!”
Edom ni kai ka ram dawk na cet awh mahoeh, telah hoehpawiteh, nangmouh tuk hanelah tahloi hoi kamthaw awh han, telah ati.
19 The Israeli messengers replied, “[If we travel through your country], we will stay on the main road. If we and any of our livestock drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We want only to travel through your country. We do not want anything else.”
Isarel catounnaw ni lamthungpui dawk hoi ka cei awh vaiteh kamamouh hoi ka saringnaw ni na tui ka net awh pawiteh, aphu na poe awh han, hno alouke banghai sak laipalah, raka lah doeh pou ka raka awh ti telah atipouh awh.
20 But the king replied, “No! Stay out of our country! We will not [allow you] to travel through our land!” Then he sent the strongest soldiers in his army to prevent the Israelis [from entering his country].
Ahni ni na raka awh mahoeh atipouh. Hahoi teh, Edom teh tami moikapap hoi tami athakaawme taminaw hoi ahnimouh tuk hanlah a kamthaw awh.
21 So, because [the king of] Edom refused to allow the Israelis to travel through his country, the Israelis turned [and traveled a different way].
Hot patetlah Isarel catounnaw teh Edom ni a ram dawk dei hanlah pasoung awh hoeh. Hahoi Isarel teh ahnimouh koehoi a kamlang takhai awh.
22 The Israeli people left Kadesh. They went to Hor Mountain,
Hothloilah Isarelnaw pueng teh Kadesh hoi a kamthaw awh teh, Hor mon koe a pha awh.
23 [which is at the border of Edom]. While they were there, Yahweh said to Aaron and Moses/me,
BAWIPA ni Mosi hoi Aron teh Edom khori koe Hor mon hoi a pato teh,
24 “It is time for Aaron to die [EUP]. He will not enter the land that I am giving to you Israelis, because the two of you disobeyed me [when I told you to speak to the rock to cause] the water [to flow] at Meribah.
Aron teh a taminaw koe ceikhai han toe. Bangtelah tetpawiteh, Isarel catounnaw koe ka poe e ram dawk kâen mahoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Meribah tui koe ka lawk taran lahoi taran a thaw awh.
25 Now you, Moses, take Aaron and his son Eleazar up on Hor Mountain.
Aron hoi a capa Eleazar hah Hor mon koe a luenkhai awh.
26 There you must remove Aaron’s robes [that he wears when he does the work of a priest], and put them on his son, Eleazar. Aaron will die up there.”
Aron e khohna rading awh nateh, a capa Eleazar kâkhu sak awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Aron teh a taminaw koe ceikhai vaiteh, haw vah a due han telah ati.
27 So Moses/I did what Yahweh commanded. The three of them/us climbed up Hor Mountain, while all the Israeli people watched.
Mosi ni BAWIPA kâ poe e patetlah a sak teh, taminaw pueng e mithmu vah Hor mon vah a luen awh.
28 At the top of the mountain, Moses/I took off the robes that Aaron wore [while he did the work of a priest] and put them on Eleazar. Then Aaron died there on the top of the mountain, and Eleazar and Moses/I went back down.
Mosi ni Aron e khohna a rading pouh teh, Eleazar a kho sak teh, Aron teh monsom vah a due. Hottelah Mosi hoi Eleazar teh monsom hoi a kum roi.
29 When the Israeli people realized that Aaron had died, they all mourned for him for 30 days.
Taminaw pueng ni Aron a due tie a thai awh toteh, Isarelnaw pueng ni Aron teh hnin 30 touh a khui awh.
