Lampahnah 13
1 BOEIPA loh Moses te a voek tih,
The Lord told Moses,
2 “Namah kah hlang rhoek te tueih lamtah Kanaan kho te yaam uh saeh. Te te Israel ca rhoek taengah ka paek coeng. A napa rhoek koca lamloh hlang pakhat, hlang pakhat tah amamih kah lamkah khoboei la boeih tueih,” a ti nah.
“Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, the country I'm giving to the Israelites. Choose one of the leaders from each of the tribes to go and do this.”
3 Te dongah BOEIPA kah olka bangla Moses loh amih te Paran khosoek lamloh a tueih. Amih tah Israel ca rhoek kah a lu hlang boeih ni.
Moses did as the Lord had ordered and sent the men out from the Desert of Paran. They were all leaders of the Israelites.
4 Te rhoek khuiah a ming la Reuben koca lamloh kah Zakkuur capa Shammua,
Their names were: Shammua son of Zaccur, from the tribe of Reuben.
5 Simeon koca lamloh Khori capa Shaphat,
Shaphat, son of Hori, from the tribe of Simeon.
6 Judah koca lamloh Jephunneh capa Kaleb,
Caleb, son of Jephunneh, from the tribe of Judah.
7 Issakhar koca lamloh Joseph capa Igal,
Igal, son of Joseph, from the tribe of Issachar.
8 Ephraim koca lamloh Nun capa Hosea,
Hoshea, son of Nun, from the tribe of Ephraim.
9 Benjamin koca lamloh Raphu capa Palti,
Palti son of Raphu, from the tribe of Benjamin.
10 Zebulun koca lamloh Sodi capa Gaddi,
Gaddiel, son of Sodi, from the tribe of Zebulun.
11 Joseph koca lamloh Manasseh koca, Susi capa Gaddiel,
Gaddi, son of Susi, from the tribe of Manasseh (a tribe of Joseph).
12 Dan koca lamloh Gemalli capa Ammiel,
Ammiel, son of Gemalli, from the tribe of Dan.
13 Asher koca lamloh Michael capa Sethur,
Sethur, son of Michael, from the tribe of Asher.
14 Naphtali koca lamloh Vophsi capa Nahbi,
Nahbi, son of Vophsi, from the tribe of Naphtali.
15 Gad koca lamloh Makhi capa Geuel,
Geuel, son of Machi, from the tribe of Gad.
16 Te kah hlang rhoek te a ming Moses loh khohmuen yaam ham a tueih. Te vaengah Moses loh Nun capa Hosea te Joshua la a khue.
These were the names of the men that Moses sent to explore the country. Moses called Hoshea Joshua.
17 Moses loh amih te Kanaan khohmuen yaam ham a tueih. Te vaengah amih te tuithim lamloh pahoi cet uh lamtah tlang la yoeng uh.
Moses sent them out to explore the land of Canaan, telling them, “Go through the Negev and on into the hill country.
18 Khohmuen neh a khuikah khosa pilnam te so uh. Aka tlungluen nim, aka kha nim, yol nim, yet nim?
See what the place looks like, and find out about the people living there—are they strong or weak? Are there many of them or only a few?
19 A khuiah kho a sak te mebang khohmuen nim? Then nim, thae nim? A khuiah kho a sak khopuei rhoek te rhaehhmuen nen nim, hmuencak nen nim?
Is the land where they're living good or bad? Are their towns like open camps, or do they have defensive walls?
20 Diklai te ul nim, caep nim? A khuiah thing om nim, om pawt nim? Moem uh thae lamtah khohmuen thaihtae te hang khuen uh. A tue khaw misur thaihcuek tue coeng ni,” a ti nah.
Is the soil productive or not? Is it forested? Be brave, and bring back some of the country's fruit.” (It was the beginning of the grape harvest.)
21 Te dongah cet uh tih khohmuen te Zin khosoek lamloh Lebokhamath Rehob duela a yaam uh.
So the men went and explored the land all the way from the Desert of Zin to Rehob, bear Lebo-hamath.
22 Te dongah tuithim longah cet uh tih Hebron la pawk uh. Te vaengah Anakim cahlah Sheshai Ahiman neh Talmai ana om coeng. Hebron he Egypt Zoan mikhmuh ah kum rhih khuiah a thoh.
They went through the Negev and arrived in Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak, lived. This town was built seven years before the Egyptian town of Zoan.
23 Eshkol soklong la a pawk uh vaengah thingluei te a saih uh tih misur a su pakhat te panit loh cunghloeng dongah a koh. Te vaengah tale thaih neh thaibu thaih te a khuenuh.
When they arrived at the Valley of Eshcol they chopped down a branch that had just one bunch of grapes. They had to carry it on a pole held between two men. They also collected some pomegranates and figs.
24 Israel ca rhoek loh te lamkah thaihsu te a haih uh kawng dongah te hmuen te Eshkol soklong a sui.
(The place was named the Valley of Eshcol because of the bunch of grapes they took from there.)
25 Khohnin likip a thok vaengah khohmuen aka yaam lamloh mael uh.
Forty days later the men returned from exploring the country.
26 Cet tih Moses taeng neh Aaron taengah khaw, Kadesh Paran khosoek kah Israel ca rhaengpuei boeih taengla pawk. Amih taengah olka a khuen uh tih rhaengpuei boeih taengah khohmuen thingthaih te a tueng uh.
They went to see Moses and Aaron, and all the Israelites gathered there at their camp in Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. They gave a report before everyone and showed them the fruit they had brought back from the country.
27 A taengla a puen uh vaengah, “Kaimih nan tueih nah khohmuen la ka pawk uh, suktui neh khoitui khaw long ngawn tih he he a thaih ni.
This is the report they gave to Moses: “We went and explored the country you sent us to, and it is definitely very productive, as if it was flowing with milk and honey. Just look at some of its fruit!
28 Lungli lungla la, khohmuen kah khosa pilnam khaw tlung tih khopuei vong cak khaw, bahoeng khangmai. Te phoeiah Anakim cahlah rhoek pataeng hnap ka hmuh uh.
But the people living there are strong, and their towns are big and have defensive walls. We also saw some descendants of Anak there.
29 Amalek loh tuithim khohmuen ah kho a sak, Khitti neh Jebusi neh Amori loh tlang ah kho a sak, Kanaan loh tuipuei taeng neh Jordan tuikaeng ah kho a sak,” a ti uh.
The Amalekites live in the Negev. The Hittites, Jebusites, and the Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live on the sea coast and also beside the Jordan.”
30 Tedae Kaleb loh pilnam te Moses mikhmuh ah a sim tih, “Cet rhoe cet uh sih lamtah te te pang uh sih, te te coeng rhoe coeng ta,” a ti.
Then Caleb asked for quiet as the people stood before Moses and told them, “Let's go and take over the land. We can conquer the country, no doubt about it!”
31 Te vaengah amah neh aka cet hlang rhoek loh, “Mamihs lakah tlungluen coeng tih pilnam te paan ham coeng pawh,” a ti uh.
But the men who had gone with him disagreed. “We can't go and fight these people! They're much stronger than us!”
32 Khohmuen a yaam uh te theetnah la a khuen uh tih Israel ca rhoek taengah, “Khohmuen te yaam ham te longah ka paan uh, khohmuen tah amah khosa rhoek loh a yoop tih a khui kah pilnam te cungkui hlang la boeih ka hmuh uh.
They spread a negative report among the Israelites about the country they had explored. They told people, “The country we explored destroys the people that live there. Plus everyone we saw was really big!
33 Teah te Anakim koca Nephilim te ka hmuh uh. Nephilim lamkah phoeiah tah kaimih mik ah tangku bangla kai om uh coeng tih amih mik ah khaw ka om van,” a ti uh.
We even saw giants there—people descended from Anak the giant! Compared to them we looked like grasshoppers, and we must have looked like that to them too!”
