¹Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

¹Huan, Hichi ahia, TOUPA sikha Mosi sih nungin Mosi nasempa Nun tapa Josua kiangah TOUPAN,

²“Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I give to them, even to the children of Israel.

²Ka sikha Mosi a sitaa; huchiin thou inla, nang leh hiai mipite tengteng toh Jordan lui kan unla, amau, Israel suante ka piak gamah pai un.

³I have given you every place that the sole of your foot will tread on, as I told Moses.

³Mosi kianga ka gensa bangin na khepek ua na sik peuhmah uh ka pe vek ding.

⁴From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border.

⁴Gamdai akipan leh hiai Lebanon tang akipana lui lianpi Euphrates lui phaa, Hitte gam tengteng, ni tumna lama tuipi zatak phain na gamgi uh ahi ding.

⁵No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.

⁵Na damsung teng kuamah himhimin honnangzou kei ding: Mosi kianga ka om bangin, nang kiangah leng ka om tei sin hi; ka honjuausan kei dinga, pai leng ka honpaisan sam kei ding hi.

⁶“Be strong and courageous; for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.

⁶Hat tak leh hang takin omin: a suante uh kichiama piak ka nachiamsa gam, hiaite lah na luahsak sin ngala.

⁷Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.

⁷Ka sikha Mosiin dan tengteng jui dinga thu a honpiak jui chinten dingin hattak leh hangtakin om peuhmah photin: na paina peuha na lamzanjel theihna dingin na taklamah hiam, na veilamah hiam pialsan het ken.

⁸This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.

⁸Hiai dan buin na kam pawtsan het kei hen; huai thu gelhtengteng na zuih chinten theihna dingin sun leh janin na ngaihtuah zo ding hi: huchiin na lampite na tuahphasak dia, na honglamzang jel ding hi.

⁹Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed: for Yahweh your God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” is with you wherever you go.”

⁹Thu ka honpia hi lou hiam? Hat tak leh hang takin omin; lau kenla, lunglel sam ke: TOUPA na Pathian na paina peuha na kianga om jel ding ahi, chiin a gen a.

¹⁰Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

¹⁰Huchiin Josuain mipi heutute thu a piaa,

¹¹“Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, ‘Prepare food; for within three days you are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh your God gives you to possess it.’”

¹¹Giahmun vasik unla, mipite kiangah, Nekding khawng su tuahdih ua, nithum sungin TOUPA na Pathian un gam luah ding a honpiak luah dingin Jordan lui na kan sin uhi, chiin, thu pia un chiin.

¹²Joshua spoke to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, saying,

¹²Huan, Reuben te, Gad te leh Manassi nam kimkhatte kiangah Josuain,

¹³“Remember the word which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, saying, ‘Yahweh your God gives you rest, and will give you this land.

¹³TOUPA na Pathian un khawlna a honpiaa, hiai a honpe sin chia TOUPA sikha Mosiin thu a honpiak theigige un.

¹⁴Your wives, your little ones, and your livestock, shall live in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but you shall pass over before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them

¹⁴Na jite uh, na ta neu chikchikte u leh na gan honte uh jaw Jordan lui gala Mosiin gamahonna piak ah a om ding ua; nou mi hat hangsante teng bel na galvan un nana pai masa ding ua, na unaute uh na panpih ding ua,

¹⁵until Yahweh has given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they have also possessed the land which Yahweh your God gives them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Yahweh gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise.’”

¹⁵TOUPAN na unaute uh noute bangmaha khawlna a piaka, TOUPA na Pathian un a hon gam piak amauten leng a luah mateng uh: huchiin TOUPA sikha Mosiin Jordan lui gal, ni suahna lam gam noua tuam dia honna piakna lamah na kihei nawn ding ua, na luah ding uh ahi, chiin a gen a.

¹⁶They answered Joshua, saying, “All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

¹⁶Huan, amau, Hih dinga na honthupiak tengteng ka hih jel ding uh, huan, na honsawlna peuh ah leng ka pai jel ding uh.

¹⁷Just as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you. Only may Yahweh your God be with you, as he was with Moses.

¹⁷Banglam peuha Mosi thu ka jui jel uh bangin, nang thu leng ka jui jel ding uh; TOUPA na Pathian Mosi kianga a om sek bangin nang kiangah leng om peuhmah phot hen.Kuapeuh na thupiak tunga hela, thu na piak peuhmah jui nuam lou jaw hihlup dinga hi ding uh; hattakin leh hangtakin ompeuhmah photin, chiin Josua a dawng uh.

¹⁸Whoever rebels against your commandment, and doesn’t listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death. Only be strong and courageous.”

¹⁸Kuapeuh na thupiak tunga hela, thu na piak peuhmah jui nuam lou jaw hihlup dinga hi ding uh; hattakin leh hangtakin ompeuhmah photin, chiin Josua a dawng uh.