Joshua 9
1 And it came to pass, when all the kings who [were] on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite heard [these things],
Jordan khotlak, tlang neh kolrhawk kah long khaw, tuili puei langkaeng boeih kah neh Lebanon imdan kah Khitti, Amori, Kanaani, Perizzi, Khivee neh Jebusi manghai rhoek loh boeih a yaak uh.
2 That they assembled themselves, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
Te dongah Joshua vathoh thil ham neh Israel te ol thikat thil ham tun coi uh thae.
3 And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
Tedae Gibeon khosa rhoek long khaw Joshua loh Jerikho neh Ai taengah a saii te a yaak.
4 They did work craftily, and went and made as if they had been embassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;
Te dongah amih te taengnah neh a saii uh tih cet uh. Te phoeiah sayuep bangla a laak dongah tolkhui a rhuem, misur tuitang a rhuem, a hep tih a ben te a khuen uh.
5 And old shoes and patched upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry [and] moldy.
A kho dongkah khokhom rhuem tih tairhi coeng. A pum dongkah himbai khaw rhuem coeng tih a buham buh boeih rhae tih a ap om coeng.
6 And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We have come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us.
Gilgal rhaehhmuen kah Joshua taengla a pha uh vaengah tah Joshua taeng neh Israel hlang rhoek taengah, “Kho hla lamkah ka pawk uh coeng dongah kaimih neh moi bop uh pawn sih,” a ti na uh.
7 And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, It may be ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you?
Tedae Israel hlang rhoek loh Khivee te a doo tih, “Nang he kai khui ah kho na sak khaming, tedae balae tih nang taengah moi ka boh khaw ka boh eh,” a ti nah.
8 And they said to Joshua, we [are] thy servants. And Joshua said to them, Who [are] ye? and whence come ye?
Joshua taengah khaw, “Kaimih he na sal rhoek ni,” a ti na uh vaengah amih te Joshua loh, “Nangmih te ulae, me lamkah lae na lo uh?” a ti nah.
9 And they said to him, From a very far country thy servants have come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,
Te vaengah anih te, “BOEIPA na Pathen ming kah a thang neh Egypt ah a saii boeih te ka yaak uh dongah na sal rhoek tah kho hla tloe lamkah ha pawk uh coeng.
10 And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that [were] beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who [was] at Ashtaroth.
Te dongah Jordan rhalvang kah Amori manghai rhoi, Heshbon manghai Sihon neh Ashtaroth kah Bashan manghai Oga taengah a saii boeih te khaw.
11 Wherefore our elders, and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take provisions with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We [are] your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us:
Te dongah kaimih kah a hamca rhoek neh ka khohmuen kah khosa boeih loh kaimih he ng'uen uh tih, ‘Na kut dongah longpueng kah ham lampu khuen uh lamtah amih aka doe la cet uh laeh. Te vaengah amih te, “Kaimih he na sal rhoek ni, kaimih neh paipi saii uh pawn sih,” ti nah,’ a ti.
12 This our bread we took hot [for] our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is moldy:
‘Nangmih taengla lo ham ka hlah uh hnin ah ka im kah buh bae kan cun uh dae tahae ah daeh tih a ap om coeng he.
13 And these bottles of wine which we filled, [were] new, and behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey.
Tuitang he khaw misur a thai ni ka loei uh dae vik ueth coeng he. Ka himbai neh ka khokhom longpueng te set puet ah hmawn boeih coeng,’ ti na uh,” a ti nah.
14 And the men took of their provisions, and asked not [counsel] at the mouth of the LORD.
Te vaengah BOEIPA yilka a dawt uh mueh la amih kah buhcun te a hlang rhoek loh a paco uh.
15 And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
Te dongah Joshua loh amih neh rhoepnah a saii tih amih hing sak ham paipi khaw a saii. Khoboei rhaengpuei long khaw amih taengah ol a caeng uh.
16 And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they [were] their neighbors, and [that] they dwelt among them.
Tedae amih neh moi a boh uh phoeikah hnin thum dongah amih te a kaepvai neh a yoei kah khosa rhoek ni tila a yaak uh.
17 And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities [were] Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.
Te dongah Israel ca rhoek loh cet uh tih a hnin thum dongah tah amih kah khopuei la pawk uh. Te vaengah amih kah khopuei la Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth neh Kiriathjearim om.
18 And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Israel Pathen BOEIPA rhang neh khoboei rhaengpuei loh amih taengah a toemngam coeng dongah Israel ca rhoek loh amih te tloek uh van pawh. Te dongah khoboei rhoek te rhaengpuei loh boeih a rhaehba tak.
19 But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them.
Te dongah rhaengpuei boeih taengah khoboei rhoek boeih loh, “Israel Pathen BOEIPA rhang neh mamih loh amih taengah n'toemngam uh coeng dongah amih te ben ham a coeng moenih.
20 This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we swore to them.
Amih te hing sak ham he n'saii uh van daengah ni amih taengah n'toemngam uh olhlo loh mamih soah thinhul bat la a om pawt eh,” a ti na uh.
21 And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood, and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.
Te dongah amih te, “Khoboei rhoek tah hing uh mai saeh. Khoboei rhoek loh amih taengkah a thui vanbangla rhaengpuei boeih kah thing top neh tui than la om uh saeh,” a ti na uh.
22 And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have ye deceived us, saying, We [are] very far from you; when ye dwell among us?
Te dongah Joshua loh amih te a khue tih a voek. Amih te, “Balae tih kaimih nan phok uh tih, ‘Kaimih he khohla tloe lamkah ni,’ na ti uh. Tedae nangmih he kaimih khui kah khosa rhoek ni.
23 Now therefore ye [are] cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bond-men, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God.
Te dongah nangmih tah thaephoei thil la om vetih na khui lamkah sal pataeng lohnaa mueh la ka Pathen im ham thing top neh tui than la om laeh,” a ti nah.
24 And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were greatly afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
Te dongah Joshua te a doo uh tih, “BOEIPA na Pathen loh nangmih taengah khohmuen pum a paek ham a sal Moses a uen tih khohmuen kah khosa boeih khaw na mikhmuh lamloh a mitmoeng sak te na sal rhoek taengah a thui, a thui vaengah ka hinglu ham khaw nangmih te mat kang rhih uh dongah ni hekah hno he ka saii uh.
25 And now, behold, we [are] in thy hand: do as it seemeth good and right to thee to do to us,
Tedae kaimih he na kut dongah ka om uh. Kaimih taengah na saii ham tueng tah na mikhmuh ah then tih thuem na ti bangla saii mai,” a ti na uh.
26 And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.
Te tlam te amih a saii van tih amih te Israel ca kut lamloh a huul coeng dongah amih te ngawn uh pawh.
27 And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose.
Te vaeng khohnin ah amih te tihnin duela rhaengpuei neh a hmuen tuek ah BOEIPA hmueihtuk ham thing top neh tui than la Joshua loh a khueh.
