Exodus 23 (TCZCHONG)

1Nangman jouthu nasei thei louding, muda jeh a thet umtah hettohsah a napan thei louding ahiye.“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

2Chule thilse bol dinga mihem chele ho jong najui a najop louhel ding, mipi nung najui louva amaho khat le khat kikah a them achan theina diuva jong hettohsah a napan louding ahiye.You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.

3Vaichaho thu kitanna jenga jong pan nalah louhel ding, sihnei langneina jeng jong nabol louding ahi.And do not show favoritism to a poor man in his lawsuit.

4Chule na melma khat sangan ahi louleh bongchal vahmang jong nadon peh louding, hiche gancha chu ama heng'a nahin lekailut peh joh ding ahi.If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.

5Nangma doumah bolpa sangan in apot apohlal tah a aopkhum ma ahile hichu, na dalhah jeng louding, sangan akitho doh theina dinga na panhu tei-tei ding ahijoi.If you see the donkey of one who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it.

6Vaicha thutanna a adinmun a konna achan ding dolla thudih chu na pampai peh louhel ding ahi.You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.

7Jouthu phot a kinilna le kihehtona chu na jamsan jeng ding, themmona beija mihem chu natha louding, ajeh chu keiman kahenai agiloupa chu them kachan sah him him louding ahiye.Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.

8Nehguh chahguh jong nakilah thei louding, ajeh chu nehguh kiti hi vaihom a pangpan amit aselmang jin chule adih a pangte chu akhup athal'a alekhup jeng ahi.Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.

9Kholjin mi jong na suhgim louding, ajeh chu kholjin mihon ichanna lunggel anei uvem ti nahe tauve, amaho banga chu nanngho jong Egypt gam'a kholjin mi a na-na um'u ahiye.Do not oppress a foreign resident, since you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners; for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

10Kumgup sung'a phatah a na gamsung'a ann-ga natu ding, muchi gasoh na kilokhom ding ahi.For six years you are to sow your land and gather its produce,

11Kum sagi alhin teng hiche kum sung'a chu na gamsung nakicholdo sah ding hichu nangma miten avaicha ho chun aneh diu, lou natong loubeh a na kichol damsah thei ding, ama hon aneh joulou aneh moh chengseu vang chu gamsa hon aneh diu ahitai. Hiche bang-bang'a chu lengpi leilai le Olive chu nabol cheh-cheh diu ahi.but in the seventh year you must let it rest and lie fallow, so that the poor among your people may eat from the field and the wild animals may consume what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and olive grove.

12Nigup sung'a hi natoh ding chan natoh ding, chule nisagi lhinni vang le na sangan jeng jong na choldam sah ding, na bongchal ahin sangan jeng jong choldo thei ding, na sohnu chapa ahin najin ho jong kicholdo thei diu ahi.For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, so that your ox and your donkey may rest and the son of your maidservant may be refreshed, as well as the foreign resident.

13Naheng uva ka seidoh hi nanit jingjeng diu, chule hichengse hi na kamsung uva jong na potdoh sah louhel diu ahi.Pay close attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips.

14Kumkhat sung'a keima dinga kut thumvei chan nabol diu ahi.Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.

15Chol solou changlhah kut, keiman phat kateppeh dungjuiya hi ding, Abib* lhasung hichu cholsolou changlhah nisagi sung sea naneh ding hiche lhasung hi Egypt gamsung'a konna na hungdohna lha ahiye. Hijeh achu khat cha jong keima angsung'a khutgoh keova hung sunglha thei louding ahi.You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

16Loulaija na lhosoh ga amasa pen-pen chu nangman lholhun Kut a dinga na katdoh jeng ding, hitobang ma a chu loulai pumpia na lhosoh ga nahin chop khom teng jong le kut nabol ding ahi.”You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

17Kum khat sung'a namite ho lah a pasal'a kai lhah kiti phot chu thaneipen Pakai ansung'a thumvei hung kilah cheh diu ahi.”Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

18Keima angsung'a kilhaina gancha kithat chu cholsosa changlhah jaona nahin totha thei louding, kaheng'a kilhaina sathao jeng jong khovah geija nakoi den louding ahi.You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.

19Na leiset ga soh lah a gamasa pen-pen chu Pakai na Pathen heng'a nahin pohlut masat pen ding, kelngoi sa kithat jeng jong chu api noitwi mangcha a nahon louding ahi.Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.

20Ven, na chena channa nangma na vengtup ding le na lhonpi jing dingin na masang lama vantil khat ka solpeh in ahi.Behold, I am sending an angel before you to protect you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.

21Vantil khu jabol inlang, athu na palkeh thei louding, ama doumah thei himhim nabol louding ahiye, ajeh chu aman na suhkhel chan u ngaidam intin, ajeh chu ama sung'a khu keima min um jeng'a ahi.Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

22Aman asei chan lunglut tah a na ngai jing ding, keiman kasei chan nabol'a ahile, na melmate dia melma a kapan ding, nadou te dinga adouva pang ding kahi.But if you will listen carefully to his voice and do everything I say, I will be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

23Ka vantil chu na masang lama lamkai jing ding, Amor mite, Hit mite, Periz mite, Canaan mite, Hivi mite, chule Jebus mite jouse abonchauva nahin pui tengleh keima tah in abonchauva ka suhmang hel jeng ding ahi.For My angel will go before you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will annihilate them.

24Chule mihem in asemthu milim doi pathen ho masang kitia na bohkhup louding, hiche ho dinga jong chu na kisahlal louhel ding, anatoh bang-bang uva jong ima natoh thei louding aboncha na phuhlhuh ding, a songkhom tincheng jong na lekhup jeng ding ahiye.You must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.

25Naboncha uva Pakai na Pathen nahou uva ama kin jeng nabol diu ahi. Na boncha uva Pakai na Pathen kin jenga na kisahlel diu, ama tah in na changlhah neh diu le na twidon ding jengu jong phatthei aboh ding, chuteng keiman na jalah uva konna phatthei nasatah kahin boh ding ahi.So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.

26Nangma gamsunga chu koima aching kalval jong um thei louding, amavang nangma hinkho chu kasuh bukim sel joh ding ahi.No woman in your land will miscarry or be barren; I will fulfill the number of your days.

27Na masang tinna mihem ten akichat thei chan kamasol peh ding, kidoupi dinga nahin tup chan lungsung kasuhmol peh jing ding, chuteng nangma nahin doute jam cheh diu nangma nunglam jeng'a bou khodah diu ahi.I will send My terror ahead of you and throw into confusion every nation you encounter. I will make all your enemies turn and run.

28Na masang'a khoi-ngel te kalha masat peh ding, Hivi mite, Canaan mite, Hit mtie abonchauva khoingel ten adelmang hel diu ahi.I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.

29Na masang'a vang amaho chu kumkhat sung'a kadel cheh louding ahi, ajeh chu gamsung ahomkeova aum khah le gamsa hungpung lha jeng ding gamsa ten nangma nahin dou khah diu ahi.I will not drive them out before you in a single year; otherwise the land would become desolate and wild animals would multiply against you.

30Nangma na hung punbe jing ding, chuteng amaho khu aloiloija kadel cheh ding ahiuve.Little by little I will drive them out ahead of you, until you become fruitful and possess the land.

31Na gamgi chu Twipi San a kipat Mediterranean Dillen chan hop a ka kaipeh ding, solam gammang lah a kipat Euphrates vadung channa kakai peh ding nahiye, ajeh chu hiche gamsung ana lo jouse keiman nangho khut a kapeh doh ding, amaho chu nangman jong nadel cheh jeng diu ahi.And I will establish your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the Euphrates. For I will deliver the inhabitants into your hand, and you will drive them out before you.

32Amite jouse lah hihen asemthu u pathen hijongleh kitepna neocha jong nanei thei louding ahi.You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods.

33Amaho jouse khu khat jeng cha jong na gamsung'a cheng theilou diu ahi, ahinlah amaho pathen limsemthu ho kin nabol khah ngai ngaiya ahile vang, hichea chu nasatah a nangma nakipal lhuh ding ahi.They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

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