¹But the children of Israel committed unfaithfulness in that which had been brought under the curse: Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing; and the anger of Jehovah was kindled against the children of Israel.

¹Himahleh Israel suanten thil muhdah ah thil a honhilhkhial ta ua: Juda nama Zera ta Zabdi, huai tapa Karmi, huai tapa Akanin thil muhdah akipan a nalataa: huchiin Israel suante tungah TOUPA a hehta hi.

²And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth-Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out Ai.

²Huan, Josuain Jeriko khua akipanin Bethel suahlam Bethaven chin Ai khua ah mi a sawla, a kiang uah, Vahoh tou unla, gam vaenkhia un, chiin a gen a. Huan, mite a vahoh tou ua, Ai khua a vaenkhia uh.

³And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither, for they are few.

³Huan, Josua kiangah a kik nawn ua, a kiangah, Mi tengteng hoh tou chitchiat dah le uh; mi sang nih hiam sang thum hiam khawng vahoh tou uhenla, Ai khua sual le uh; mi tengteng vahihgim touh chitchiat ding ahi kei; tawmchik kia ahi ngal ua, a chi ua.

⁴And there went up thither of the people about three thousand men, but they fled before the men of Ai.

⁴Huchiin mipi laka mi sang thum hiam huaiah a hoh tou uh: huan, Aite maah a hongtai kek ua.

⁵And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty-six men; and they pursued them from before the gate to Shebarim, and smote them on the descent. Then the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

⁵Huan, Aiten mi sawmthum leh guk hiam mahmah a nathat ua: kulh kongpi chin akipanin Sebarim pha hialin a hondelh ua, a thumsukna uah a that ek ua: huan, mite lungtang a zul khina, tui banglel a honghi uh.

⁶And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of Jehovah until the evening, he and the elders of Israel, and threw dust upon their heads.

⁶Huan, Josuain a puante a botkeka, TOUPA bawm maah amah leh Israelte upate a mai ua lei siin nitaklam tanin a khupboh uh; huan, a lu uah leivui a buak uh.

⁷And Joshua said, Alas, Lord Jehovah, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? Oh that we had been content and had remained beyond the Jordan!

⁷Huan, Josuain, Maizen, TOUPA Pathian aw, bangdingin ahia, kou mipite hihmanthat dinga Amorte khuta piak dinga Jordan lui na honpi galkai mahmah? Jordan lui gala lungkim taka om hiathiat jawktak ding aw!

⁸Ah Lord! what shall I say after Israel have turned their backs before their enemies?

⁸TOUPA aw, hichia melmate delha Israelte a taikek mawk uh bang ka lohta dia oi?

⁹When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear [of it], they will surround us, and cut off our name from the earth. And what wilt thou do unto thy great name?

⁹kanante leh hiai lai gama teng tengtengin a za ding ua, a honum ding ua, lei akipana ka min uh hihmangthang ding eita ve ua; na min thupi tak bang na chihta dial leh? a chi a.

¹⁰And Jehovah said to Joshua, Rise up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?

¹⁰Huan, TOUPAN Josua kiangah, Thouin, Bang achia Khupboh nilouh na hia?

¹¹Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them, and they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it among their stuff.

¹¹Israelten thil a hihkhial ua ahi; ahi, ka thukhun pom dinga thu ka piak a tatleksan ua ahi; ahi, thil muhdah akipan leng a la nalai ua ahi; a gu nalai ua, a sim im behlap ua, amau van lak mahmah a sim sel uh hi.

¹²And the children of Israel shall not be able to stand before their enemies: they shall turn their backs before their enemies, for they have made themselves accursed. I will no more be with you, except ye destroy the accursed thing from your midst.

¹²Huaijiakin ahi Israel suanten a melmate a zoh theihlouh uh, muhdah thil a honghih jiak uh ahi melmate delha a taikek uh: thil muhdah pen na lak ua kipana na hihman phot kei uleh na kiang uah ka om sinta kei hi.

¹³Rise up, hallow the people, and say, Hallow yourselves for to-morrow; for thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, Israel: thou shalt not be able to stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from your midst.

¹³Thou inla, mipite hihsiangthou phot mai in, huan, a kiang uah, Jingchiang adingin kihihsiangthou un: TOUPA Israelte Pathianin, Israelte aw, na lak ua muhdah thil a oma ahi: na lak ua kipana muhdah thil na lakmang masiah uh na melmate uh na zou theikei ding uh.

¹⁴And ye shall be brought near in the morning according to your tribes; and it shall be, that the tribe which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by families, and the family which Jehovah taketh shall come forward by households; and the household which Jehovah taketh shall come forward man by man.

¹⁴Huchiin jingchiangin a chichi-a hongkilat sak ding uh ahi: Huan, hichi ahi dinga, TOUPAN huai chi a namat pen a namnama na na honkilat nawn ding uh ahi; huan, TOUPAN huai nam a namat pen a inkuankuan ua na hongkilat nawn ding uh ahi: huan, TOUPAN huai inkuan a namat pen a malmalin na hongkilat nawn ding uh ahi.

¹⁵And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.

¹⁵Huan, hichi ahi dinga, kuapeuh muhdah thil nala peuhmah amah leh a neih tengteng meia hal vek ding ahi ding: TOUPA thukhun a tatleksan jiak leh, Israelte laka thil gilou haihuaitak a hih jiakin, a chi ahi, na chi ding uh, a chi a.

¹⁶And Joshua rose early in the morning, and caused Israel to come forward by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

¹⁶Huchiin Josua jingkhangin a thoua, Israelte a chichiin a hongkilang saka; huan, juda chite mat a honghita ua;

¹⁷And he caused the families of Judah to come forward, and he took the family of the Zarhites. And he caused the family of the Zarhites to come forward man by man, and Zabdi was taken.

¹⁷Huan, Juda namte a hongkilang sak nawna: huan, Zer namte a namana: Huan, Zerte inkuante a malmalin a hongkilang nawn ua; huan, Zabdi mat a nahi:

¹⁸And he caused his household to come forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

¹⁸Huan, a inkuante a malmalin a hongkilang sak nawna: huchiin Juda chia Zer tapa Abadi, huai tapa karmi, huai tapa Akan mat a honghita hi.

¹⁹And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to Jehovah the God of Israel, and make confession to him: tell me now what thou hast done, keep it not back from me.

¹⁹Huan, Josuain Akan kiangah, Ka tapa, TOUPA Israelte Pathian phatin aw; a kiangah kigen sukin; na thilhih honhilh dih; kei lakah im ken, a chi a.

²⁰And Achan answered Joshua and said, Indeed I have sinned against Jehovah the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done.

²⁰Huan, Akanin Josua a dawnga, a kiangah, TOUPA Israelte Pathian tungah thil ka nahihkhialta ngei ngut hi, hichibangin ahi ka nahih:

²¹I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.

²¹Gallak laka Babulon puan hoihtak leh, dangka sekel za nih leh dangkaeng tang sekel sawmnga buk ka mua, ka enlah luaa, ka lata mai hi; huan, ngaiin, ka puanin sunga leia guksel ahia, dangka pen huai nuaiah a om, a chi a.

²²And Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent, and behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.

²²Huchiin Josuain mite a sawla, puanin sungah a vatai ua; huan, ngaiin, a puanin ah guksel ahi ngeia, a nuaiah dangka a om hi.

²³And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before Jehovah.

²³Huchiin puanin sung akipan a laa, Josua leh Israel suante tengteng kiangah a hontawi ua; huan amau TOUPA maah a koih uh.

²⁴Then Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the bar of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them up into the valley of Achor.

²⁴Huan, Josua leh Israelte tengteng Zer tapa Akan dangkate, puante, dangkaeng tangte, a tapate, a tanute, a bawngpate, a sabengtungte, a belamte, a puaninte leh a neih tengtengte toh a pi ua: Akor guam ah a pai touh pih uhi.

²⁵And Joshua said, How hast thou troubled us! Jehovah will trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.

²⁵Huan, Josuain, Bangdinga honhihmangbang na hia? TOUPAN tuniin nang leng honhihmangbang sam ding eive, a chi a. Huchiin Israelte tengtengin amah suangin a deng ua; huan, amau meiin a hal ua, suangin a deng uh.Huan, a tungah suang achiang vum ngehngoh ua, tutanin a omlai; huan, TOUPAN a heh petmahna tuh a kiheisan a. Huchiin huai mun min dingin tutanin Akor guam a chi lailai uh.

²⁶And they raised over him a great heap of stones, [which is there] to this day. And Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Therefore the name of that place was called, The Valley of Achor, to this day.

²⁶Huan, a tungah suang achiang vum ngehngoh ua, tutanin a omlai; huan, TOUPAN a heh petmahna tuh a kiheisan a. Huchiin huai mun min dingin tutanin Akor guam a chi lailai uh.