¹And Jethro priest of Midian, father-in-law of Moses, heareth all that God hath done for Moses, and for Israel his people, that Jehovah hath brought out Israel from Egypt,

¹Jethro, Midian siampu, Mosi sungpan, Mosi ading leh a mi Israelte adinga Pathianin a hih tengteng leh Aigupta gama kipan a TOUPAN Israelte a pikhiak dan a jak laiin.

²and Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh Zipporah, wife of Moses, besides her parents,

²Huailain Jethro, Mosi sungpan, Zippora, Mosi ji, a sawlkik nungin a laa;

³and her two sons, of whom the name of the one [is] Gershom, for he said, `a sojourner I have been in a strange land:`

³Zippora tapa nihte toh; huai nih laka khat min Gersom ahi; Melmak gamah mikhual ka nahia, a chih jiakin:

⁴and the name of the other [is] Eliezer, for, `the God of my father [is] for my help, and doth deliver me from the sword of Pharaoh.`

⁴Huan a dang min Eliezer ahi; Ka pa Pathian hon panpihpa ahia, Pharo namsau akipana a hontatkhiak jiakin a chi hi!

⁵And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping — the mount of God;

⁵Huchiin Jethro, Mosi sungpa a tapate leh a ji toh gamdaiah Mosi kiangah a hong ua, Pathian tanga a puanin kaihna munah:

⁶and he saith unto Moses, `I, thy father-in-law, Jethro, am coming unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.`

⁶Huan Mosi kiangah, Kei na sungpa Jethro na kiangah ka hong, na ji leh a kianga a tapa nihte toh, achia.

⁷And Moses goeth out to meet his father-in-law, and boweth himself, and kisseth him, and they ask one at another of welfare, and come into the tent;

⁷Huciin Mosi a sungpa dawn dingin a pawt khiaa, a kuan, amah a tawpa; bang na chia uhiam chiin a kidong ua; huan puanin sungah a lut uhi.

⁸and Moses recounteth to his father-in-law all that Jehovah hath done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians, on account of Israel, all the travail which hath found them in the way, and Jehovah doth deliver them.

⁸Huchiin Mosiin a sungpa Pharo tung leh Aiguptate tunga Israelte jiaka TOUPA thilhih tengteng leh, lampia haksatna a tung ua hongtung tengteng leh huaite a kipan TOUPAN a tatkhiat dante a hilh hi.

⁹And Jethro rejoiceth for all the good which Jehovah hath done to Israel, whom He hath delivered from the hand of the Egyptians;

⁹Huan Aiguptate khuta kipana a tatkhiak, Israelte tunga TOUPAN a hih hoihna tengteng jiakin Jethroin nuam a sa hi.

¹⁰and Jethro saith, `Blessed [is] Jehovah, who hath delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians, and from the hand of Pharaoh — who hath delivered this people from under the hand of the Egyptians;

¹⁰Huan Jethroin, Aiguptate khuta kipan leh, Pharo khuta kipana hontankhepa, Aiguptate khut nuaia kipana mite tankhepa TOUPAN nuamsa hen,

¹¹now I have known that Jehovah [is] greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly — [He is] above them!`

¹¹Tuin pathiante tengteng sangin TOUPA a thupijaw chih ka thei: kisathei taka a hihna thil ua amah huaite tunga a om jiakin, a chi a.

¹²And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, taketh a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God; and Aaron cometh in, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses, before God.

¹²Huchiin Jethro Mosi sungpan, halmang thillat leh kithoihnate Pathian adingin a lana: huchiin Aron a honga, Israelte upate tengteng toh Pathian maa Mosi sungpa toh tanghou ne dingin, a hong uh.

¹³And it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Moses sitteth to judge the people, and the people stand before Moses, from the morning unto the evening;

¹³Huan hichi ahia a jingin Mosi mite vaihawm dingin a tu a: huchiin mite jingsang akipan nitaklam tanin Mosi kiangah a ding uh.

¹⁴and the father-in-law of Moses seeth all that he is doing to the people, and saith, `What [is] this thing which thou art doing to the people? wherefore art thou sitting by thyself, and all the people standing by thee from morning till evening?`

¹⁴Huchia Mosi sungpan mite kianga a hih tengteng a muhin, Mite kianga hiai thil na hih bang ahia? tang tut na chia, bangdia jingsang akipan nitaklam tana mite na kianga ding uh ahia? a chi a.

¹⁵And Moses saith to his father-in-law, `Because the people come unto me to seek God;

¹⁵Mosiin a sungpa kiangah, Pathian tanchin dong dinga mite a hong jiak un:

¹⁶when they have a matter, it hath come unto me, and I have judged between a man and his neighbour, and made known the statutes of God, and His laws.`

¹⁶Thu a neih chiang un, ka kiang ah a hong ua; khat leh a dang kikalah vai ka hawma, Pathian thusehte leh a dante ka theisak hi, a chi hi.

¹⁷And the father-in-law of Moses saith unto him, `The thing which thou art doing [is] not good;

¹⁷Huan Mosi sungpan a kiangah, Na thil hih a hoih kei.

¹⁸thou dost surely wear away, both thou, and this people which [is] with thee, for the thing is too heavy for thee, thou art not able to do it by thyself.

¹⁸Na se gawp mahmah ding, nang leh na kianga om hiai mite: nang adingin hiai thil a gik luat jiakin; nang kiain na hih theikei hi.

¹⁹`Now, hearken to my voice, I counsel thee, and God is with thee: be thou for the people over-against God, and thou hast brought in the things unto God;

¹⁹Tuin ka aw ngaikhiain, ka hon thuhilh ding hi, huan na kiangah Pathian a om ding: Pathian lamah mite ading hiin, Pathian kianga a jiakte na tut theihna dingin:

²⁰and thou hast warned them [concerning] the statutes and the laws, and hast made known to them the way in which they go, and the work which they do.

²⁰Thusehte leh dante amau na chil dia, a paina ding lam uh na ensak dia, a nasep ding uh toh.

²¹`And thou — thou dost provide out of all the people men of ability, fearing God, men of truth, hating dishonest gain, and hast placed [these] over them, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

²¹Huailouin mite akipanin mi hithei, Pathian kihtakdan siamte, thutak mite, enna hote, na tel khe ding; huchibangte a tunguah na koih ding, sang tampi vaihawmte, za tampi vaihawmte, sawmnga tampi vaihawmte leh, sawm tampite vaihawmte hi dingin:

²²and they have judged the people at all times; and it hath come to pass, every great matter they bring in unto thee, and every small matter they judge themselves; and lighten it from off thyself, and they have borne with thee.

²²Huan hun tengtengin mite vaihawm sak uhen: huan hichi ahi ding. thu lian chiteng nang kiang a tun ding ua, thu neu chiteng bel amau a ngaihtuah ding uh: huchiin nanga dingin a baihlam jaw dinga, huan puakgik a honpuak pih ding uh.

²³If thou dost this thing, and God hath commanded thee, then thou hast been able to stand, and all this people also goeth in unto its place in peace.`

²³Hiai thil na hiha, huchibang Pathianin thu a honpiak leh, huaichiangin na pang zou dinga, hiai mite leng lungdamin a mun uah a pai ding uh, a chi a.

²⁴And Moses hearkeneth to the voice of his father-in-law, and doth all that he said,

²⁴Huchiin Mosiin a sungpa aw a ngaihkhetaa, a gen tengteng a hihta hi.

²⁵and Moses chooseth men of ability out of all Israel, and maketh them chiefs over the people, heads of thousands, heads of hundreds, heads of fifties, and heads of tens,

²⁵Israelte tengteng akipanin Mosiin mi hitheite a tel khiaa, mite tunga lutangin a bawlta, sang tampite vaihawmte, za tampite vaihawmte, sawmnga tampite vaihawmte leh sawm tampite vaihawmtein.

²⁶and they have judged the people at all times; the hard matter they bring in unto Moses, and every small matter they judge themselves.

²⁶Huan hun tengtengin mite vai a hawmsak uh: thu haksate Mosi kiangah a tun ua, thu neu chik bel amau a ngaihtuah uh.Huchiin Mosiin a sungpa a paisaka; amah gam lamah a pai vengveng hi.

²⁷And Moses sendeth his father-in-law away, and he goeth away unto his own land.

²⁷Huchiin Mosiin a sungpa a paisaka; amah gam lamah a pai vengveng hi.