Exodus 16 (CTH)

1Hahoi, Isarel rangpuinaw teh Elim hoi a tâco awh teh kahlawng bout a cei awh. Izip ram hoi a tâco hnukkhu, thapa yung hni, Hnin hrahlaipanga nah, Elim hoi Sinai mon rahak Sin kahrawng dawk a pha awh.On the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left the land of Egypt, the whole congregation of Israel set out from Elim and came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai.

2Hote kahrawng dawk Isarel rangpuinaw ni,And there in the desert the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron.

3Kaimouh teh Izip ram moi thawngnae hlaam teng tahung teh, ka boum lah ka ca awh navah, BAWIPA e kut hoi kadout awh pawiteh ahawihnawn. Atu vah, ka kamkhueng e taminaw kamlum sak hanelah, Hete kahrawng dawk na hrawi awh vaw telah Mosi hoi Aron yonpen awh teh a phuenang awh.“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”

4Hat navah, BAWIPA ni khenhaw! Kai ni nangmouh hanelah kalvan hoi vaiyei ka rak sak han. Taminaw ni hnin touh rawca rawi hanelah hnintangkuem a tâco awh han. Ka kâlawk patetlah a sak hoi, a sak hoeh e hottelah lahoi ahnimouh ka tanouk han.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.

5Hnin tangkuem rawi e hlak kapap lah, hnin taruk hnin teh let hni touh hoi rawi hanelah kârakueng awh, telah Mosi koe a dei pouh.Then on the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather on the other days.”

6Mosi hoi Aron nihai, BAWIPA ni nangmouh teh Izip ram hoi na hrawi a e hah atu tangmin vah na panue awh han.So Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, “This evening you will know that it was the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt,

7Amom lahai BAWIPA e bawilennae na hmu awh han. BAWIPA koe na phuenangnae lawk teh a thai toe. Kaimouh yon na pen awh teh na phuenang sin hanelah, Kaimouh teh bang patet e tami lah maw ka o awh, telah Isarelnaw koe atipouh roi.and in the morning you will see the LORD’s glory, because He has heard your grumbling against Him. For who are we, that you should grumble against us?”

8Hahoi, Mosi ni, BAWIPA ni tangmin na ca awh han e moi thoseh, Amom kaboumlah na ca awh han e vaiyei thoseh, na poe awh toteh, hete lawk heh kakuep han. Nangmouh ni na phuenangnae lawk teh BAWIPA ni a thai toe. Kaimouh teh bang patet e tami maw. Nangmouh ni na phuenangnae e heh kaimouh roi koe na hoeh, BAWIPA koe doeh na phuenang awh, telah atipouh.And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”

9Hahoi, nangmae phuenangnae lawk hah BAWIPA ni a thai dawkvah, Ama koe hnai awh, telah Isarel tamimaya pueng koe patuen dei pouh hanelah Aron koe lawkthui e patetlah,Then Moses said to Aaron, “Tell the whole congregation of Israel, ‘Come before the LORD, for He has heard your grumbling.’”

10Aron ni Isarel tamimaya koe patuen bout a dei pouh navah, ahnimouh ni kahrawng lah a khet awh teh, tâmai dawk BAWIPA e bawilennae kamnuek e hah a hmu awh.And as Aaron was speaking to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the desert, and there in a cloud the glory of the LORD appeared.

11BAWIPA ni hai Isarelnaw e phuenangnae lawk hah ka thai toe.Then the LORD said to Moses,

12Tangmin lah nangmouh ni moi na ca awh han. Amom lahai vaiyei kaboumlah na ca awh han. KAI teh nangmae BAWIPA Cathut doeh tie hah na panue han telah ahnimouh koe dei pouh telah Mosi koe atipouh.“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”

13Tangmin lah tamuemnaw teh rim koe a tho awh. Amom lahai rim petkâtue lah tadamtui a bo.That evening quail came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.

14Tadamtui a kâkayaw toteh, tadamtui kamkak e patetlah titica kamhluem e talai dawk ao.When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.

15Hote hno Isarelnaw ni a hmu awh toteh, bangmaw ti a panue awh hoeh dawkvah, buet touh hoi buet touh a kâpacei awh. Mosi ni hete naw teh nangmouh na ca hanelah BAWIPA ni na poe e vaiyei doeh.When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

16Tami pueng ni amae rim dawk kaawm e tami yit touh ni cakhuem, tami buet touh hanlah Omer buet touh rip rawi hanlah BAWIPA ni a dei e patetlah patuen bout a dei pouh.This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”

17Isarelnaw ni hottelah a sak awh teh, tami kayoun kapap e patetlah a rawi awh.So the Israelites did this. Some gathered more, and some less.

18Omer hoi a nue awh navah, kapap ka rawi e ni hoe tawn hoeh. Kayoun ka rawi e ni hai hoe vout hoeh. Abuemlah cakhuem koung a rawi awh.When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.

19Mosi ni api nang hai amom totouh na tat awh mahoeh atipouh eiteh,Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”

20Tami tangawn ni Mosi e lawk ngai laipalah, amom totouh a ta awh dawkvah a pâri teh a hmui a tho dawk Mosi teh a lungkhuek.But they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.

21Hote tami tangkuem ni amamouh cakhuem hnintangkuem a rawi awh. Khumbeithoe nah atui lah a tho.Every morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

22A hnin taruk hnin navah, vaiyei let hni touh, tami buet touh hanelah Omer kahni touh rip a rawi awh. Hote akong hah tamimaya ka ukkungnaw ni Mosi koe a thai sak awh.On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.

23Ahni ni hai tangtho teh BAWIPA hmalah kathounge Sabbath hnin, Kâhatnae hnin lah ao. Vaiyei thawng hanlah na ngai e patetlah thawng awh. Bue hanlah na ngai pawiteh bue awh. Kacawie teh tangtho amom hanelah na ta awh han telah BAWIPA ni a dei e hah bout a dei pouh.He told them, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of complete rest, a holy Sabbath to the LORD. So bake what you want to bake, and boil what you want to boil. Then set aside whatever remains and keep it until morning.’”

24Mosi ni lawkthui a e patetlah atangtho amom hanelah hai a ta awh. Hotteh, a hmui tho hoeh. Pâri hai pâri hoeh.So they set it aside until morning as Moses had commanded, and it did not smell or contain any maggots.

25Mosi ni hai kacawie sahnin cat awh. Sabbath teh BAWIPA e hnin doeh. Hote hno kahrawngum sahnin vah na hmawt awh mahoeh.“Eat it today,” Moses said, “because today is a Sabbath to the LORD. Today you will not find anything in the field.

26Hnin taruk touh thung a rawi awh. Sabbath hnin lah kaawm e hnin sari hnin nah awm hoeh, na hmawt hai na hmawt awh mahoeh telah ati.For six days you may gather, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, it will not be there.”

27Hnin sari hnin nah, Tami tangawn ni rawi hanelah a tâco awh teh a tawng awh navah hmawt awh hoeh.Yet on the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they did not find anything.

28BAWIPA ni hai nangmouh ni kaie kâpoelawknaw hoi kâlawknaw na totouh maw na pahnawt awh han rah.Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?

29BAWIPA ni Sabbath hnin teh nangmouh na poe awh. Hatdawkvah, hnin taruk hnin nah, hnin hni touh hane vaiyei hah na poe awh. Taminaw pueng ama onae hmuen koe awm naseh. Hnin sari hnin nah, a onae hmuen koehoi nahai cetsak hanh telah Mosi koe atipouh.Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”

30Taminaw ni hnin sari hnin nah a kâhat awh han.So the people rested on the seventh day.

31Isarelnaw ni hote cakawi hah mana telah ati awh. Songsuenmu patetlah ao teh a pangaw. Khoitui hoi kalawt e vaiyei hoi a tuinae a kâvan.Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

32Mosi ni nangmouh Izip ram hoi na hrawi awh navah, Kahrawng na paca e vaiyei hah na ca catounnaw pueng ni a hmu a nahan e lah, Omer buet touh tat telah BAWIPA ni a dei e hah bout a dei pouh.Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”

33Mosi ni Aron koevah hlaam lat nateh, mana Omer buet touh athung vah tat. Na ca catoun totouh ta hanelah, BAWIPA hmalah na kuem han atipouh.So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”

34BAWIPA ni Mosi koe lawkthui e patetlah hote mana hah Aron ni pou a kuem hanelah lawkpanuesaknae hmalah a hung.And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

35Isarelnaw ni khosaknae ram dawk a pha awh hoeh roukrak, a kum 40 touh thung mana a ca awh. Kanaan ramri koe a pha hoeh roukrak mana a ca awh.The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.

36Omer buet touh e teh ephah pung hra pung touh e kuk lah ao. (Omer buet touh teh ephah pung hra pung touh hoi a kâvan teh, ephah buet touh teh 22 liters hoi a kâvan)(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)

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