Oekyuk 31
1 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Folokin nu sin mwet Midian ke ma elos tuh oru nu sin mwet Israel. Toko, na kom fah misa.”
“Punish the Midianites because of what they did to the Israelites. After that you will join your forefathers in death.”
3 Ouinge Moses el fahk nu sin mwet uh, “Akola nu ke mweun, tuh kowos fah ku in tuyak lain mwet Midian ac kalyaelos ke sripen ma elos oru nu sin LEUM GOD.
Moses instructed the people, “Have some of your men get ready for battle, so they can go and attack the Midianites and carry out the Lord's punishment on them.
4 Kowos in supwala kais sie tausin mwet mweun ke kais sie sruf lun Israel.”
You are to contribute one thousand men from each Israelite tribe.”
5 Ouinge sie tausin mwet solla liki kais sie sruf, orala pisa lulap se ke mwet singoul luo tausin su akola nu ke mweun.
So one thousand men were chosen from each Israelite tribe, making twelve thousand troops ready for battle.
6 Moses el supwalosla nu ke mweun ye koko lal Phinehas, wen natul Eleazar mwet tol, su us kufwa ke lohm nuknuk mutal ac mwe ukuk in sulkakin pacl in mweun.
Moses sent them into battle, one thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas, son of Eleazar the priest. He carried with him the holy objects from the sanctuary and the trumpets used for giving signals.
7 Elos mutawauk mweuni mwet Midian oana LEUM GOD El sapkin nu sel Moses, ac onela mukul nukewa,
They attacked the Midianites, as the Lord had told Moses to do, and they killed all the men.
8 weang tokosra limekosr lun Midian inge: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, ac Reba. Elos oayapa unilya Balaam wen natul Beor.
Among those killed were the five kings of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam, son of Beor, with the sword.
9 Mwet Israel elos sruokya mutan Midian ac tulik natulos, oayapa cow ac un sheep ac nani natulos, ac usla ma lalos nukewa.
The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children, and they took as plunder all their herds, flocks, and possessions.
10 Elos esukak siti nukewa selos, ac nien aktuktuk selos.
They set fire to all the Midianite towns and camps where they had lived,
11 Elos eis ma wap nukewa, wi mwet sruoh ac kosro uh,
and carried away all the plunder and loot, including people and animals.
12 ac use ma inge nu yorol Moses ac Eleazar ac mwet Israel nukewa su muta in nien aktuktuk se in acn mwesis lun Moab, kutulap in Infacl Jordan, tulanang Jericho.
They brought the prisoners, loot, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the rest of the Israelites where they were camped on the plains of Moab, beside the Jordan opposite Jericho.
13 Moses, Eleazar, ac mwet kol nukewa saya lun mwet Israel elos illa liki nien aktuktuk in osun nu sin mwet mweun.
Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the Israelite leaders went out of the camp to meet them.
14 Moses el kasrkusrakak sin mwet kol lun un mwet mweun, captain lun tausin ac captain lun foko, su foloko liki mweun uh.
Moses was angry with the army officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who returned from the battle.
15 El siyuk selos, “Efu kowos ku lela mutan inge nukewa in moul na?
“Why did you let all the women live?” he asked them.
16 Esam lah mutan inge pa tuh ukwe na ma Balaam el fahk nu selos, na in acn Peor elos kolla mwet uh in tia pwaye nu sin LEUM GOD. Pa sis mwe lokoalok upa sac tuh sikyak nu sin mwet lun God.
“You realize that these were the women seduced the Israelite men, leading them to be unfaithful to the Lord at Peor, following Balaam's advice! That's why the Lord's people suffered from the plague!
17 Ke ma inge, uniya tulik mukul nukewa, oayapa mutan nukewa su etu mukul tari,
So go and kill all the boys and every woman who has had slept with a man.
18 tusruktu karinganang nu suwos tulik mutan nukewa ac mutan su soenna etu mukul.
Let all the girls who are virgins live. They are yours.
19 Inge kowos nukewa su uniya kutena mwet, ku pusralla kutena mano misa, enenu in muta likin nien aktuktuk uh ke len itkosr. Ke len se aktolu ac len se akitkosr, kowos in aknasnasye kowos sifacna ac mutan ma sruhu ke mweun.
All those of you who killed someone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. Purify yourselves and your prisoners on the third day and the seventh day.
20 Kowos oayapa enenu in aknasnasye nuknuk lowos nukewa ac ma nukewa ma orekla ke kulun kosro, unen nani, ku ma orekla ke sak.”
Also purify all your clothing garment and anything made of leather, goat's hair, or wood.”
21 Eleazar mwet tol el fahk nu sin mukul nukewa su foloko liki mweun, “Pa inge ma LEUM GOD El sapkin nu sel Moses:
Eleazar the priest told the soldiers who had gone into battle, “These are the legal regulations that the Lord has ordered Moses to be carried out:
22 Gold, silver, bronze, osra, tin, ac lead —
All that's made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, and lead—
23 ma nukewa ma tia motok e, ac fah aknasnasyeyuk in e uh. Tusruktu enenu pac in aknasnasyeyuk ke kof in aknasnas. Ac kutena ma su motok e, ac fah isosyang nu in kof sac.
anything that doesn't burn—must be put through fire to make it clean. But it still has to be purified using water of purification. Anything that burns must be put through the water.
24 Ke len se akitkosr kowos fah ohlla nuknuk lowos, na kowos fah nasnasla, ac kowos fah ku in ilyak nu in nien aktuktuk.”
Wash your clothes on the seventh day and you will be clean. Then you can enter the camp.”
25 LEUM GOD El fahk nu sel Moses,
The Lord told Moses,
26 “Kom ac Eleazar, wi mwet kol saya lun mwet Israel, in oakla ma nukewa ma utuku ke mweun, wi mwet sruoh ac un kosro.
“You, Eleazar the priest, and the Israelite family leaders are to take a record of the people and animals that were captured.
27 Kitalik ma utukeni nu ke ip luo, na sang tafu lun mwet mweun, ac tafu lun mwet Israel ngia.
Then divide them between the troops who went into battle and the rest of the Israelites.
28 Ke ip lun mwet mweun an, kom fah srela sie liki inmasrlon kais lumfoko nukewa tuh in mwe takma nu sin LEUM GOD— ke mwet sruoh, ac ke un cow, donkey, sheep ac nani.
Take as a contribution to the Lord from what is allocated to the troops who went into battle one out of every five hundred people, cattle, donkeys, or sheep.
29 Sang ma ingan nu sel Eleazar mwet tol, tuh in sie mwe sang mutal nu sin LEUM GOD.
Take this from their half share and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord.
30 Ke ip lun mwet nukewa saya, kom fah srela sie liki kais lumngaul nukewa ke mwet sruoh, ac oru oapana nu ke un cow, donkey, sheep, ac nani. Sang ma inge nu sin mwet Levi su liyaung Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sin LEUM GOD.”
From the Israelites; half share, take one out of every fifty people, cattle, donkeys, or sheep, or other animals, and give them to the Levites who take care of the Lord's Tabernacle.”
31 Moses ac Eleazar oru oana ma LEUM GOD El sapkin.
Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord had ordered Moses.
32 Pisen ma wap nukewa ma un mwet mweun uh sruokya oasr ke onfoko itngoul limekosr tausin sheep ac nani,
This was the list of plunder remaining that had been looted by the troops: 675,000 sheep,
33 itngoul luo tausin cow,
72,000 cattle,
34 onngoul sie tausin donkey,
61,000 donkeys,
35 ac tolngoul luo tausin mutan su tia etu mukul.
and 32,000 virgins.
36 Ip lun mwet mweun uh, oasr ke tolfoko tolngoul itkosr tausin lumfoko sheep ac nani,
This was the half share for those who had gone to fight: 337,500 sheep,
37 ac ip kac ma itukyang nu sin LEUM GOD oasr ke onfoko itngoul limekosr sheep ac nani.
with a contribution for the Lord of 675,
38 Pisen cow uh oasr ke tausin tolngoul onkosr, ac ip lun LEUM GOD kac oasr ke itngoul luo.
36,000 cattle, with a Lord's contribution of 72,
39 Pisen donkey uh oasr ke tolngoul tausin lumfoko, ac ip lun LEUM GOD kac oasr onngoul soko.
30,500 donkeys, with a Lord's contribution of 61,
40 Pisen mutan fusr uh oasr ke tausin singoul onkosr, ac ip lun LEUM GOD kac uh pa mutan tolngoul luo.
and 16,000 people, with a Lord's contribution of 32.
41 Moses el sang nu sel Eleazar takma inge, su sie mwe sang mutal nu sin LEUM GOD, oana ke LEUM GOD El sapkin.
Moses gave the contribution to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord as the Lord had ordered Moses.
42 Ac ip se lun mwet Israel, ma Moses el srela liki ma lun un mwet mweun uh,
The Israelites' half share left after Moses had given the half share to the troops who had gone to fight,
43 oasr tolfoko tolngoul itkosr tausin lumfoko sheep ac nani,
consisted of: 337,500 sheep,
44 tolngoul onkosr tausin cow,
36,000 cattle,
45 tolngoul tausin lumfoko donkey,
30,500 donkeys,
46 ac singoul onkosr tausin mutan fusr.
and 16,000 people.
47 Liki ip lun mwet Israel, Moses el eisla kais sie liki lumngaul nukewa, ke mwet sruoh ac ke kosro uh, ac el sang ma inge nu sin mwet Levi su karingin Lohm Nuknuk Mutal sin LEUM GOD, oana LEUM GOD El sapkin.
Moses took from the Israelites' half one out of every fifty people and animals and gave them the Levites who take care of the Lord's Tabernacle, as the Lord had ordered him.
48 Toko mwet kol su karingin un mwet mweun elos som nu yorol Moses
The army officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, came to Moses
49 ac fahk, “Leum se, kut oakla mwet mweun lasr, ac wangin sie selos tuhlac.
and told him, “We, your servants, have checked the troops we command and not a single man is missing.
50 Ke ma inge kut use mwe yun gold, mwe lohlpo, sein gold, ring, yaring, ah in walwal, ma kais sie sesr sifani. Kut sang ma inge nu sin LEUM GOD tuh in mwe srui lasr ke El molikutla.”
So we have brought the Lord an offering of the gold objects each man received—armlets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and necklaces—in order that we may be right before the Lord.”
51 Moses ac Eleazar eis mwe naweyuk inge nukewa ma orekla ke gold.
Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted from them all the objects made out of gold.
52 Toasriyen ma inge nukewa ma mwetkol lun mwet mweun orani, alukela paun angfoko.
The gold that the commanders of thousands and of hundreds gave as an offering to the Lord weighed in total 16,750 shekels.
53 Elos su tia oaoa in mwet kol lun mwet mweun elos sruokya na ma wap lalos uh.
(The men who had fought in the battle had each taken plunder for himself.)
54 Ouinge Moses ac Eleazar usla gold uh nu in Lohm Nuknuk Mutal, tuh LEUM GOD Elan loango mwet Israel.
Moses and Eleazar the priest accepted the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and took it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial offering for the Israelites in the presence of the Lord.
