¹Huan, Josua sih nungin hichi ahia, Israel suanten, Kanante doua ei adia sual dingin kua ahia va hohtou masa phot peuhmah ding? chiin TOUPA a dong ua.

¹It happened after the death of Joshua, the children of Israel asked of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. saying, “Who should go up for us first against the Canaanites, to fight against them?”

²Huan, TOUPAN, Juda va hoh heh: ngai un, a khut ah gam ka peta hi, a chi a.

²Yahweh said, “Judah shall go up. Behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.”

³Huan, Judain a unau Simeon kiangah, Kanante sual ding ka gam tantuam ah hongpai tou samin; kei leng ka gamtantuamah ka hongpai na ding hi, a chi a. Huchiin Simeon a kiangah a hoh teitaa.

³Judah said to Simeon his brother, “Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot.” So Simeon went with him.

⁴Huan, Juda a vahoha; huchiin Kanante leh Perizte TOUPAN a khut uah a petaa: huan, Bezek khuaah mi singkhat a that uh.

⁴Judah went up; and Yahweh delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they struck of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

⁵Huan, Bezek khua ah Adonibezek a mu ua: huan, a sual ua, Kanante leh Perizte a that ek uh.

⁵They found Adoni-Bezek in Bezek; and they fought against him, and they struck the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

⁶Adoni-bezek bel a taia; huchiin a delh ua, a man ua, a khutpi leh a khepi a tansak uh.

⁶But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

⁷Huan, Adoni-bezekin, kumpipa sawmsagih khutpi leh khepi tan khiakten ka dohkan nuaia anneng a tawm nak ua: ka hihbang geiha Pathianin honthuk eita ve, a chi a. Huan, Jerusalem khua ah a pi ua, huailaiah a sita hi.

⁷Adoni-Bezek said, “Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, scavenged under my table: as I have done, so God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” has requited me.” They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

⁸Huan, Juda suanten, Jerusalem khua a dou ua, a la ua, namsauin a sual ua a khopi a hal uh.

⁸The children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

⁹Huan, huai nungin Juda suante Kanante tanggam a omte, simlama omte, phaijanga omte dou dingin a kuan suk ua.

⁹Afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who lived in the hill country, and in the South, and in the lowland.

¹⁰Huan, Judain, Kanante Hebron khuaa omte a vasuala: (a main Hebron kho min Kiriath-arba ahi: ) huchiin Sesai te, Ahiman te, Talmai te a that uh.

¹⁰Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron before was Kiriath Arba); and they struck Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

¹¹Huan, huai akipanin Debir khuaa omte a sual uh. (Ama in Debir kho min bel Kiriath-sepher ahi. )

¹¹From there he went against the inhabitants of Debir. (Now the name of Debir before was Kiriath Sepher.)

¹²Huan, Kalebin, Kuapeuh Kiriath-sepher khua suala, la peuhmah ka tanu Aksa ji dingin ka neisak ding, a chi a.

¹²Caleb said, “He who strikes Kiriath Sepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife.”

¹³Huan, kaleb nau Kenazi tapa Othnielin a laa: huchiin a tanu Aksa ji dingin a neihsak ta hi.

¹³Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife.

¹⁴Huan, hichi ahia, a kiang a vatunin a pa bel gam ngen dingin achiala: huan, sabengtung akipan a kuma; huan, Kalebin a kiangah, bang na deiha? a na chia,

¹⁴It happened, when she came, that she got him to ask her father for a field: and she alighted from off her donkey; and Caleb said to her, “What would you like?”

¹⁵Huan, a man a kiangah, Honvualjawlin; simlam gamah lah non na omsakta ngala, tuinakneite leng hon pelaiin, a chi a. Huchiin Kalebin tuinaknei Khangnungte a peta hi.

¹⁵She said to him, “Give me a blessing; for that you have set me in the land of the South, give me also springs of water.” Then Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs.

¹⁶Huan, Mosi puzon Ken suante Arad simlama Juda gamdai ah Juda suante toh tum khopi akipan a hoh tou ua; a lak uah a va teng theita uhi.

¹⁶The children of the Kenite, Moses’ brother-in-law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people.

¹⁷Huan, Juda bel a unau Simeon toh a kisa ua, Zephath khuaa om Kanante a that ua, a hihchimit vek uhi. Huai khopi min Horma a chi uh.

¹⁷Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. The name of the city was called Hormah.

¹⁸Huan, Juda in Gaza khua a tuipiau tanin, Askelon khua a tuipiau tanin, Ekron khua a tuipiau tanin a lasam hi.

¹⁸Also Judah took Gaza with its border, and Ashkelon with its border, and Ekron with its border.

¹⁹Huan, TOUPA Juda kiangah a oma; huchiin tang gama tengte a delh mang veka: guama tengte bel sik kangtalaite a neih jiak un a delh khe theikei hi.

¹⁹Yahweh was with Judah; and drove out the inhabitants of the hill country; for he could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

²⁰Huan, Mosiin a nagensa bangin Hebron khua pen Kaleb a pia uh: huaia mi Anak tapa thumte bel a delh khia.

²⁰They gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had spoken: and he drove out there the three sons of Anak.

²¹Huan, Benjamin suanten Jebuste Jerusalem khuaa omte a delh khia ua: Jebuste bel Benjamin suante toh tu tanin Jerusalemah a teng nilouh uhi.

²¹The children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.

²²Huan, Joseph inkuante leng Bethel kho sual dingin a kisa tou ua: huan, a kiang uah TOUPA a om.

²²The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.

²³Huan, Joseph inkuanten Bethel khua ah enkhemite a sawl uhi. (Amain huai kho min Luz ahi. )

²³The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

²⁴Huan, enkhemiten mi khat kho sung akipana hongpawt khia a mu ua, a kiangah, Hepih takin khopi sung lutna honensak dih ve, huchiin hoih takin ka honhih na ding uhi, achi ua.

²⁴The watchers saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, “Please show us the entrance into the city, and we will deal kindly with you.”

²⁵Huan, khopi sung lutna a ensaka, huchiin namsauin huai khua a sual ua; huai mipa leh a inkuanpihte tengteng bel a hawi uhi.

²⁵He showed them the entrance into the city; and they struck the city with the edge of the sword; but they let the man go and all his family.

²⁶Huan, huai mipa Hitte gamah a luta, khua a sata, huai kho min dingin Luz achia: tu tanin huai kho min a pu lailai hi.

²⁶The man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called its name Luz, which is its name to this day.

²⁷Huan, Manassi leh Beth-sean khua leh a khopela omte, Dor khua leh a khopela omte, Ibleam khua leh a khopela omte, Megido khua leh a khopela omte a delh khe kei; huai gamah bel Kanante a om nilouhta uhi.

²⁷Manasseh did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shean and its towns, nor Taanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

²⁸Huan, hichi ahia, Israel suante a honghat hiaihiai nungsiah uh kanante nasem dia zat dingin a omsak ua, a delh khe siang vek kei uhi.

²⁸It happened, when Israel had grown strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, and did not utterly drive them out.

²⁹Huan, Ephraimin Gezer khuaa kanan omte a delh khe kei; Kanante bel Gezel khua ah a lak uah a teng tei zota uhi.

²⁹Ephraim didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

³⁰Zebuluin Kitron khua a omte leh Nahalal khuaa omte a delh khe kei; Kanante bel a lak uah a teng sam ua, nasema zat dingin a om zota uhi.

³⁰Zebulun didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites lived among them, and became subject to forced labor.

³¹Aserin Ako khuaa omte, Zidon khuaa omte, Ahlab khuaa omte, Akzib khuaa omte, Helba khuaa omte, Aphik khuaa omte, Rehob khuaa omte a delh khe kei:

³¹Asher didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Acco, nor the inhabitants of Sidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob;

³²Aser suante bel huai gama om kanante lakah a teng teita uhi: amau a delh khe kei uhi.

³²but the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out.

³³Naphtaliin Beth-semes khuaa omte, Beth-anath khuaa omte a delh khe kei; huai gama om kanante lakah a teng samta uhi: ahihhangin Beth-semes khuaa omte leh Beth-anath khuaa omte a na uh sepsak dingin a omta uhi.

³³Naphtali didn’t drive out the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth Anath; but he lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh and of Beth Anath became subject to forced labor.

³⁴Huan, Amorten Dan suante tanggam ah a hawl tou ua; guama a paisuak uh lah a pha ngal kei ua:

³⁴The Amorites forced the children of Dan into the hill country; for they would not allow them to come down to the valley;

³⁵Amorte bel tangah khawng, Aijalon khuaa khawng, Saalbim khua ah khawng a om thek ua: himahleh Joseph inkuante khut bel a hata, a na uh sem dinga lak dingin a naomta uhi.Huan, Amorte gam chiang Akrabim tungkahna leh Sela akipanin a tungkah tou pek hi.

³⁵but the Amorites would dwell in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor.

³⁶Huan, Amorte gam chiang Akrabim tungkahna leh Sela akipanin a tungkah tou pek hi.

³⁶The border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.