Numbers 25
1 While the Israelis were camped at a place called Acacia [Grove], some of the men caused themselves to become unacceptable to God by having sex with some of the women of the Moab [people-group who lived in that area].
Israel mite chu Acacia Grove mun’a aum laitah uchun Pasal chengse Moab mite numeiho toh ajong tauve.
2 Then those women invited the men to come when the sacrifices were being offered to their gods. The Israeli men [accepted]. They went to the feasts with the women and worshiped the gods of the Moab people-group.
Hiche Moab numei techun a Pathen kom uvah kilhan doh din atem uvin ahi. Israel mite chun akilhan na thilho’u chu ane uvin hiche a pathen angsung uvah jong abohkhup tauve.
3 By doing that, those Israeli people joined the women in worshiping the god Baal [add] the Moab people-group thought lived on Peor Mountain. That caused Yahweh to become very angry with his people.
Hiti pichun Israel miten Baal-Peor kiti ahou uchu ajop tauvin; Pathen lunghan na chu ahung deu jah jeng tai.
4 Yahweh said this to Moses/me: “Seize all the leaders of those men who are doing this and execute them while I am watching. Do that in the daytime. After you do that, I will no longer be angry with the Israeli people.”
Pathen in Mose chu a houlimpin hiche mite lamkai hohi kou khom un Pathen masang ah; sunkim laitah leh amaho hinkhom in alamkai na’u lahdoh pehtan, hiche jeh achu Israel mite chunga Pathen lunghanna aki chon mang thei na ding in, ati.
5 So Moses/I said to the other Israeli leaders, “Each of you must execute your men who have joined [others] in worshiping Baal.”
Hichun Mose’n Israelte Thutan lamkai ho thu atan tai: Nang hon namite lah uva koi hitajong leh Baal-Peor hou nungjui jouse na thadoh diu ahi ati.
6 [But later], while Moses/I and many [HYP] other people were crying at the entrance of the Sacred Tent, while they/we were watching, one of the Israeli men brought a woman from the Midian people-group into his tent [and started to have sex with her].
Hichun Israel mi khat nin Ama insung mite masanga Midian numei khat Mose masang laitah achun ahin puilut’e; Hichu Israel mipite chu houbuh masanga kap le maova aum lai tah u ahiye.
7 When Phinehas, who was the grandson of Aaron, saw that, he grabbed a spear
Chuin Phinehas kiti Eleazer chapa Aaron thempu pa tupa chun amu phat in, Israel mipi kikhopna chu a dalhan, achom doh phut in, a khutna tengcha a kichoi jin ahi.
8 and rushed into the man’s tent. He thrust the spear completely through the man’s body and into the woman’s belly [and killed both of them]. When he did that, the (plague/serious illness) [that had started to strike the Israelis] stopped.
Apon buh sunggei ajui lut in, A tengpi hin choi chun Pasal pa tahsa leh numeinu oipoh chu asun peijin akilbeh tha jeng tai. Hiche jeh chun Israel mite chunga gotna Hise lang chu atang hel tai.
9 But 24,000 people had already died [from that plague].
Pul’a thi mi jat mong mong chu sang-somni le sangli ahi.
10 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Chuin Pakaiyin Mose henga hiti hin thu aseiyin ahi.
11 “Phinehas has caused me to stop being angry with the Israeli people, by being as eager as I am [to stop this sinful behavior]. I was ready to get rid of all the Israeli people because I was extremely angry, but Phinehas has prevented me from doing that.
Eleazer chapa Phenahas kiti Aaron thempu tupa ama tah hin Israel chate chunga ka lung hanna jouse eisuh mang peh’a; ei kipasah ahitai. Ajeh chu amapa hi keima dinga thangtom tah leh gunchu tah in apang in, hiche ho jeh a chu Israel chate ka suh mang lou ding ahi tai, tin a seije.
12 Now tell him that I am making a special peace agreement with him.
Tun ama ga seipeh un; Israel te chungah Cham le lungmon anei tah diuvin kitepna kabol e.
13 In this agreement, I am promising to give to him and to his descendants the right/authority to be priests. I am doing this because [he showed that] he was very eager to honor me, his God, by stopping this sinful behavior. He has caused the Israeli people to become acceptable to me again by causing them to be forgiven for their sin.”
Ka kitepna ahin keiman Ama ahin Ama chilhah ho chunga atonsot na thempu phunga ka semdoh ding ahi ajeh chu Phenehas chu a Pathen ding’a thang tom tah a pang ahi tan Israel chate ding a ki suhtheng na maicham sem dohpa kiti ding ahi tai.
14 The Israeli man who was killed with the woman of the Moab people-group was named Zimri. He was the son of Salu, who was the leader of a family from the tribe of Simeon.
Midian numei toh thi khom pasal pa min chu Zimri ahin, Salu chapa ahin Simeon phung lamkai pa chilhah ho ahi.
15 The woman’s name was Cozbi. She was the daughter of Zur, who was the leader of one of the clans of the Midian people-group.
Chuleh Midian numei thina toh chu ahi leh Cozbi akitin Zur chanu ahin Zur chu ahile Midian te insung phung lamkai ahi.
16 Then Yahweh said to Moses/me,
Chuin PakaiyinMose henga thu hiti hin aseiyin ahi.
17 “[Take your men and] attack the Midian people-group and kill them.
Midian mite chu sugimtan chule amaho chunga gimna nalhunsah ding ahi, ati.
18 They have become your enemies, because they tricked you Israeli people and induced/persuaded many of you to worship Baal, and because [one of your men had sex with] Cozbi, who was the daughter of a leader of the Midian people-group. She was killed at the time the plague [started because the people sinned] at Peor [Mountain].”
Ajeh chu Moab mite in na suhgam thei’u ahin Peor Baal kimanchah na dung juiya Cozbi thua jong nabol sahtan, Midian te lamkai pa chanu jong chu pulla thi lo ahitai. Ijeh nam itileh Peor Baar jeh a hichu lhung ahiye.
