Thothuengnah 19
1 Moses te BOEIPA loh a voek tih,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Israel ca rhoek rhaengpuei boeih te voek lamtah thui pah. Na Pathen BOEIPA kamah he ka cim dongah a cim la om uh.
“Tell all the Israelites: You must be holy because I am holy; I am the Lord your God.
3 Hlang boeih loh a manu neh a napa te rhih lamtah ka Sabbath khaw tuem uh. Kai tah na BOEIPA Pathen.
Show respect for your mother and father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
4 Mueirhol rhoek taengla hooi uh boeh. Mueihlawn pathen rhoek khaw namamih ham saii uh boeh. Kai tah na Pathen BOEIPA ni.
Don't turn to idols for help or make for metal images of gods. I am the Lord your God.
5 BOEIPA taengah rhoepnah hmueih na nawn vaengah khaw nangmih taengah kolonah la nawn uh.
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, make sure you do it correctly so God will accept you.
6 Na hmueih te amah khohnin neh a vuen ah ca. Tedae a thum hnin duela a coih atah hmai neh hoeh saeh.
It needs to be eaten the day you sacrifice it, or the next day. Whatever is left over on the third day must be burned.
7 A thum hnin ah dikyik dikyak te koep a caak la a caak atah anih te moeithen mahpawh.
If you do eat some of it on the third day, the sacrifice becomes repulsive and won't be accepted.
8 Te te aka ca loh BOEIPA kah a cimcaihnah te a poeih dongah amah kathaesainah te phuei saeh. Tekah hlanghing te a pilnam lamloh hnawt saeh.
Anyone who eats it eats it will bear responsibility for their guilt, for they have made unclean what is holy to the Lord. They must be expelled from their people.
9 Na khohmuen kah cang na ah uh vaengah khaw na lo saa te boeih at boel lamtah na cangvuei kah a mo khaw boeih yoep boeh.
When you harvest the crops grown on your land, don't harvest right up to the edges of your field, or collect what has been missed.
10 Na misur khaw boeih yun boel lamtah na misur mo te koep rhut boeh. Te tah mangdaeng ham neh yinlai ham hnoo pah. Kai tah nangmih kah BOEIPA Pathen ni.
Don't take every last grape from your vineyard or pick up the ones that have fallen. Leave them for the poor people and foreigners. I am the Lord your God.
11 Huen uh boeh. Basa uh boeh. Hlang khat neh khat loh a imben taengah rhilat uh boeh.
Don't steal. Don't lie. Don't deceive each other.
12 Kai ming neh a honghi te toemngam uh boeh kai BOEIPA na Pathen ming he na poeih uh ve.
Don't swear oaths in my name that are not true, otherwise you defame the character of your God. I am the Lord.
13 Na hui te hnaemtaek boeh, rheth khaw rheth boeh. Kutloh kah thaphu te namah taengah mincang duela rhaeh sak boeh.
Don't cheat others or rob them. Don't refuse to pay wages due to workers until the morning.
14 Hnapang te tap boeh, mikdael hmai ah hmuitoel khueh boeh. Na Pathen te rhih lah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
Don't speak badly about deaf people. Don't put objects in the way of blind people to trip them up. Instead show respect to your God. I am the Lord.
15 Tiktamnah te dumlai la saii uh boeh. tattloel maelhmai khaw dan uh boeh, hlanglen maelhmai khaw hiin uh boeh. Na imben kah lai te duengnah neh tloek uh.
Don't be a corrupt judge. Don't show favoritism to the poor or to the rich. Judge others fairly.
16 Na pilnam taengah caemtuh ham dongpoeng boeh, na hui kah a thii te pai thil boeh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
Don't go around spreading false rumors about people. Don't keep quiet when the lives of others are at risk. I am the Lord.
17 Na manuca te na thin neh hmuhuet boeh. Na tluung tueng atah na imben khaw tluung lamtah anih kah tholhnah te tah rhooi boeh.
Don't hold onto hateful feelings towards others. Talk honestly with your neighbors, so that you don't sin because of them.
18 Na pilnam koca taengah phulo boel lamtah lunguen boeh. Tedae na hui te namah pum bangla lungnah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
Don't look for revenge or hold a grudge against anybody, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.
19 Ka khosing he ngaithuen uh, na rhamsa khaw a coom neh kui sak boeh. Na lo ah cangti aka coom tuh boeh. Himbai khaw a coom la a yaep te na pum dongah khueh boeh.
Do what I tell you! Don't make different kinds of livestock breed together. Don't sow your fields with two different kinds of seed. Don't wear clothes made of two different kinds of material.
20 Hlang khat khat loh huta taengah yalh tih yangtui a hlah phoeiah hlang kah salnu te a veet mai ni. Te vaengah a lat ham dae lat uh pawt tih poenghalnah a paek pawt atah huta te lai la om cakhaw hlang hoeng la a om pawt dongah duek sak uh boel saeh.
If a man has sex with a servant girl promised to become another man's wife, but who hasn't yet been bought or set free, then compensation has to be paid. However, they are not to be killed, because she hadn't been set free.
21 Tedae tongpa loh hmaithennah tutal te tingtunnah dap thohka kah BOEIPA taengah hmaithennah la khuen saeh.
But the man must bring a ram as his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
22 Tongpa khaw tholhnah neh lai a hmuh coeng dongah amah ham hmaithennah tutal neh BOEIPA mikhmuh ah khosoih loh dawth pah saeh. Te vaengah anih te tholhnah neh a laihmuh khui lamloh khodawkngai saeh.
The priest will set things right for him before the Lord using the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.
23 Khohmuen la na kun uh tih caak ok kung khat khat na ling uh vaengah a thaih te yahhmui rhet banghui la a muel la ca boeh kum thum om sak dae.
When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, treat the fruit at first as unclean. For three years you are forbidden to eat it.
24 A kum li dongkah a thaih boeih te tah BOEIPA taengah cangkoeinah buhcim la om saeh.
The fourth year all the fruit must be dedicated to the Lord as a praise offering.
25 Tedae a kum nga dongkah a thaih te ca uh lamtah a vuei khaw nangmih ham tomthap saeh. Kai tah nangmih kah Pathen BOEIPA ni.
However, the fifth year you may eat the fruit and in this way you will have an even greater harvest. I am the Lord your God.
26 Thii te ca uh boeh, lungso uh boeh, kutyaek khaw so uh boeh.
Don't eat meat with blood in it. Don't use fortune-telling or witchcraft.
27 Na lu kah baengki te rhuep uh boeh. Na hmuimul ngalh ngalh kuet uh boeh.
Don't cut your hair on the sides of your head or trim the sides of your beard,
28 Hinglu ham namah saa te a boenahhma khueh uh boeh. Na pum dongah mangthun ngo khaw khueh uh boeh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
don't cut your bodies in some pagan ritual for the dead, and don't get yourselves tattoos. I am the Lord.
29 Cukhalh dongah na tanu te poeih uh boeih. Te daengah ni khohmuen loh cukhalh pawt vetih khohmuen ah khonuen rhamtat a baetawt pawt eh.
Don't bring shame on your daughter by making her a prostitute, otherwise the land will become morally and spiritually depraved.
30 Kai kah Sabbath he ngaithuen uh lamtah ka rhokso khaw rhih uh. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
Keep my Sabbaths and show respect for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
31 Nangmih aka poeih ham rhaitonghma taengla hooi uh boeh. Hnam khaw tlap uh boeh. Kai tah nangmih kah Pathen BOEIPA ni.
Don't try and find help from mediums or spiritists—don't even go looking for them, otherwise they will corrupt you. I am the Lord your God.
32 Sampok hmai ah thoh pah lamtah patong maelhmai hiin lah. Te phoeiah na Pathen khaw rhih lah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni.
Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.
33 Na khohmuen ah aka bakuep yinlai te vuelvaek boeh.
Don't mistreat foreigners who live in your country.
34 Nangmih taengah aka bakuep yinlai te namamih lamkah mupoe bangla om van saeh. Egypt kho ah yinlai la na om uh van dongah anih te namah pum bangla lungnah. Kai tah na Pathen BOEIPA ni.
Treat them in the same way as a fellow citizen, and love them as you love yourself, because you were once foreigners living in Egypt. I am the Lord your God.
35 Laitloeknah dongkah cungnueh ham, a khiing ham neh khoe ham dumlai la saii boeh.
Don't use dishonest weights and measures.
36 Nangmih taengah duengnah cooi, duengnah coilung, duengnah cangnoek, neh duengnah bunang mah dawk om saeh. Kai tah Egypt kho lamkah nangmih aka khuen na Pathen BOEIPA ni.
Make sure your scales and weights are accurate, that your measures of ephah and hin are correct. I am the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt.
37 Ka khosing boeih te ngaithuen uh lamtah ka laitloeknah boeih te vai uh lah. Kai tah BOEIPA ni,” a ti nah.
Keep all my rules and regulations, and make sure you follow them. I am the Lord.”
