¹Huan, Toupan Josua kiangah, Lau kenla, lunglel sam ken: galkap thei tengteng na kiangah tonpih inla, thou inla, Ai khua ah hoh tou in: ngaiin, Ai kho kumpipa leh, a mite leh, a khua leh, a gam na khut ah ka honpeta hi:

¹And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land:

²Jeriko leh a kumpipa uh tunga na hih bangin Ai khua leh a kumpipa tungah leng na hih sin hi, gallak leh gante kia noua tuam dingin nei un: khopi guk tanna ding a nunglam ah koih un, a chi a.

²And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.

³Huchiin josua leh galkap thei tengteng Ai lama hoh tou dingin a kisata ua: huan, Josuain mi hat hangsan sing tum a telkhiaa, janin a hoh sak.

³So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night.

⁴A kiang uah, Ngai un, khopi nunglamah khopi sual dingin guk tan un: khopi akipana gamla lua ah bel pai kei unla, mansain om gige un:

⁴And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

⁵Huan, kei leh ka kianga omte tengtengin khopi ka honjuan ding ua; huan, hichi ahi dinga, tuma mahbangin hongsual dinga a hongpawt tak un, a ma uah I taikek ding ua;

⁵And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them,

⁶Huchiin hondelh dingin a pawt ding ua, khua akipan gamla sim I khem khiak phain; amau, Tuma mahbangin I ma uah taikek uh e, a chi ding ua; huchiin a ma uah I taikek ding uh;

⁶(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them.

⁷Huan, tan gukna akipan na hongpawt ding ua, khawpi na la ding uhi: TOUPA na Pathian un na khut uah a pe sin hi.

⁷Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

⁸Huan, hichi ahi dinga, khopi na lak tak un, khopi na hal ding uh: TOUPA thu bang jelinna hih ding uh ahi: ngai un, thu ka honpe khin hi, chiin thu a piaa.

⁸And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.

⁹Huan, Josuain a kuan sakta: huchiin guk tanna munah a hoh ua, Ai kho tumlamah Bethel leh Ai kho kikalah a om uh; Josua bel huai janin mipite lakah a giak hi.

⁹Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

¹⁰Huan, Josua jingkhangin a thoua, mipite a kaikhawma, huan, amah leh Israelte upate mipite maah Ai kho lamah a hoh tou ua.

¹⁰And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

¹¹Huan, mipite tengteng, a kianga galkap thei omte a hoh tou ua, a vajuan ua, khopi chinah a hoh tou ua, Ai kho mallam pangah a giak tou uh: Ai khua toh a kikal uah guam a om hi.

¹¹And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai.

¹²Huan, mi, sang nga tak a tonpiha, khopi tumlam pang Bethel leh Ai kho kikalah a guktan saka.

¹²And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.

¹³Huchiin mipi, mihonpi, khopi mallam panga sepaihte panmun leh khopi tumlam panga a guk tante panmun hoihtakin a sepa; huan, Josua bel huai janin guam lai takah a pai.

¹³And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.

¹⁴Huan, hichi ahi a, Ai kho kumpipan huai a muh takin, kintakin jingkhangin a thou a, huai khuaa mite amah leh a lawite tengteng toh, a mun seh Arab jawnah Israelte sual dingin a pawttaa, himahleh kho nunglamah amah sual dingin a guktan uh chih a theikei hi.

¹⁴And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city.

¹⁵Huan, Josua leh Israelte tengteng zohsa bang takin a om ua, gamdai lam lampi ah a tai duamduam uh.

¹⁵And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.

¹⁶Huan, khopia om tengteng amau delh dingin a sam khawm ua: huchiin Josua a delh ua, khopi akipan gamla sim khem khiakin a omta uhi.

¹⁶And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

¹⁷Huan, Ai khua ah leh Bethel khuaah Israelte delh lou khat leng a omta kei ua: khopi bangmah kal louin a pawtsanta ua, Israelte a delh uh.

¹⁷And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.

¹⁸Huan, TOUPAN Josua kiangah, Huai na teipi tawi Ai kho lam ngain lik in; na khuta honpe ding ka hi, a chi a. Huchiin, Josuain a teipi khopi lam ngain a likta.

¹⁸And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.

¹⁹Huan, guktan mite a omna ua kipanin a hongpai khe pah ua, huan, a khut a jak takin a tai ua, khopi ah a lut ua, a lata ua; huan, khua a hal pah uh.

¹⁹And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.

²⁰Huan, Aiten a nunglam uh a et uleh, ngaiin, khopi van lama khutou ngoingoiin a mu ua, a koilam lamah leng tai theihna himhim a neikei ua: huchiin gamdaia taiten amau delhte a naleh delh ua.

²⁰And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

²¹Huan, Josua leh Israelte tengtengin guktanten khopi a lak ua, khopi khu paitou ngoingoi a muh tak un a kik nawn ua, Aite a that uh.

²¹And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

²²Huan, mi dangte amau sual dingin khopi sung akipan a hongpawt khia ua huchiin Israelten a kalh teh ta ua, khen a langkhat ah a om ua, a khen a langkhat ah: huchiin a that ua, khat lel leng hawi leh khah mahmah a neikei uh.

²²And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

²³Huan, Ai kho kumpipa a hingmat ua, Josua kiangah a hongpi ua.

²³And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.

²⁴Huan, hichi ahi a, Israelten Ai kho mi gamlaka om tengteng, gamdai gama a vadelhna mun ua a thah khit ua, a vek ua temsau a a thah gam khit nung un, Israelte tengteng Ai kho lamah a kik nawn ua, temsauin a vasual uh.

²⁴And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

²⁵Huan, huai nia si tengteng numei pasal sing khat leh sang nih ahi ua, Ai khuaa mite tengteng.

²⁵And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

²⁶Josuain lah a teipi likna khut Aite tengteng a hihman keuhkeuh masiah a kaiton ngal keia.

²⁶For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

²⁷TOUPAN Josua thu a piaka, hih ding a chih bangbanga huai khopia gante leh gallakte kia Israelte adingin amau tuam dingin a tangta uhi.

²⁷Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua.

²⁸Huchiin Josuain Ai khua a hal a, khantawn adingin leivumin a bawla, tutanin hihgam ahi hi.

²⁸And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day.

²⁹Huan, Ai kho kumpipa nitak tanin singdawn ah a khaia: huan, ni tum kuanin Josuain thu a piaa, huchiin a luang sing dawn akipan a lakhia ua, khopi kulh kongpi lutna ah a pai ua, a tungah suang a vum venvon ua, tu tanin om lai hi.

²⁹And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day.

³⁰Huan, Josuain Ebal tangah TOUPA, Israelte Pathian adingin maitam a doha,

³⁰Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal,

³¹Mosi dan laibu-a gelhsa bangin, TOUPA sikha Mosiin Israel suante tuh a napiaksa bangin, suang seklouh, kuamahin sika a sek ngei nai het louh uh maitam a bawla: huaiah TOUPA adingin halmang thillatte a lana, lemna kithoihin a kithoih uh.

³¹As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.

³²Huan, huaiah Israel suante ma mahmahah Mosiin a dan gelh suangte khawngah a tei sawma.

³²And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel.

³³Huan, Israelte tengteng, a upate uh leh heutute, a vaihawmte u toh, Levi chi siampute, TOUPA thukhun bawm jawngte maah, bawm langkhat tuaktuak ah nam dang leng, huai gama piangte leng a ding khawm vek ua; a kimkhat Gerizim tang pangah a om ua, a kimkhat Ebal tang pangah a om ua; TOUPA sikha Mosiin Israelten phat ding uh ahi chia thu a napiak bangin.

³³And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.

³⁴Huan, huai khitin danthu tengteng, vualjawlna thu leh hamsethuak thu a sima, dan laibua tuang tengteng bang.Mosi thupiak tengteng Israelte omkhawm tengteng leh, numeite leh naupang neuchikchikte leh, a lak ua nam dangte maah josuain sim louh himhim a neikei.

³⁴And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law.

³⁵Mosi thupiak tengteng Israelte omkhawm tengteng leh, numeite leh naupang neuchikchikte leh, a lak ua nam dangte maah josuain sim louh himhim a neikei.

³⁵There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.