¹Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, for their heads, for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

¹Huan, Josuain Israel nam tengteng Sekem ah a samkhawma, Israel pawl upate, a intekpente uh, a vaihawmmite uh, a heutute uh a sam saka; huan, Pathian maah hongkimusak chiat uhi.

²Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.

²Huan, Josuain mi tengteng kiangah, TOUPA, Israelte Pathianin hichiin a chi ahi: Na pipute uh nidanglaiin Lui khen lamah a teng ua, Abraham pa leh Nahor pa tera hialte leng: amauten pathian dangte na a sem ua.

³I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

³Huan, na pu uh Abraham huai Lui gal akipan ka pi khiaa, a suante ka pungsaka, huai Isak ka pia hi.

⁴I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau Mount Seir, to possess it. Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

⁴Huan, Isaak tuh Jakob leh Esau ka piaa; huan, Esau bel a tantuam dingin Seri tang ka piaa: huan Jakob leh a tate Aigupta ah a pai suk ua.

⁵“‘I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in its midst: and afterward I brought you out.

⁵Huan, Mosi leh Aron ka sawla, Aigupta gam a lak ua thillamdang hihin ka gawta: huan, huaikhitin ka honpi khia hi.

⁶I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea. The Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and with horsemen to the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds .

⁶Huan, na pipute uh Aigupta gam akipan ka pi khiaa: huan, tuipi na vatung ua; huchiin Aigupta miten na pipute uh kangtalaite leh sakol tungtuang mite toh Tuipi San tanin a delh ua.

⁷When they cried out to Yahweh, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt: and you lived in the wilderness many days.

⁷Huan, amau TOUPA a sam ua, Aigupta mite toh na kikal uh a hongmialsak bikbeka, huan, tuipi a hontuamsaka, a tum mangtaa; huchiin Aigupta gama ka thilhih na mit un a mua: huan, gamdai ah sawtpi na om uh.

⁸“‘I brought you into the land of the Amorites, that lived beyond the Jordan: and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand. You possessed their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

⁸Huan, Jordan lui gala om Amor pawl gamah ka honpi a; huan, a hondou ua: huchiin na khut uah amau ka honpia a, a gamuh na luahta uh; huan, amaute ka honhihmansakta hi.

⁹Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. He sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

⁹Huan, Moab kumpipa Zipor tapa Balak a hongkisaa, Israel pawlte a nadoua; huan, Beor tapa Balaam nou honhamsiat dingin a samsaka:

¹⁰but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.

¹⁰Himahleh Balaam huai Balaam thu ka ngaikhe nuam keia; huaijiakin nou a honvualjawl zosopta hi: huchiin a khut akipanin a honhonkheta hi.

¹¹“‘You went over the Jordan, and came to Jericho. The men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

¹¹Huan, Jordan lui na kan ua, Jeriko khua na tung tou ua; huan, Jeriko khuaa miten a honna dou ua, Amor pawlte, Periz pawlte, Kanan pawlte, Hit pawlte, Girgas pawlte, Hiv pawlte, Jebus pawlte toh; huchiin amau na khut uah ka honpeta a.

¹²I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.

¹²Huan, na ma uah tunpi ka sawla, huaiin na ma uah a delha, Amor pawlte kumpipate nihte; na namsau uh hiam, na thalpeu uh hiam, inleng ahi sam kei hi.

¹³I gave you a land whereon you had not labored, and cities which you didn’t build, and you live in them. You eat of vineyards and olive groves which you didn’t plant.’

¹³Huan, na sepkhiak hetlouh uh gam lehna bawl het louh uh khopite ka honpiaa, huaiahte na om ua; na suan louh uh grep huan leh oliv huan ate na ne ua, chiin.

¹⁴“Now therefore fear Yahweh, and serve him in sincerity and in truth. Put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, in Egypt; and serve Yahweh.

¹⁴Huaijiakin TOUPA laudan siam unla, chihtaktak leh dik takin a na sem unla: na pipute un Lui gal leh Aigupta gama a na a sep sak uh pathiante pai vekunla; TOUPA na sem un.

¹⁵If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”

¹⁵Huan, TOUPA na sep hoih tuak lou banga na theih uh leh tuniin kua na ahia na sep ding uh tel mai un; na pipute un Lui gala a na a sep huai pathiante hia, na luah uh gam Amorte pathiante? kei leh inkuanten jaw TOUPA na ahi ka sep sin uh, a chi a.

¹⁶The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh, to serve other gods;

¹⁶Huan, mipiten, TOUPA Pathian pen paisana pathian dangte na ka sep louh dingdan uh;

¹⁷for it is Yahweh our God who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way in which we went, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed.

¹⁷Amah TOUPA i Pathian ngeiin ahi i pipute toh Aigupta gam sal akipan honpi khiaa, i mitmuha chiamtehna thupi taktak hiha, i paina peuh leh, mipi tengteng i nawk paisuaknaa leng honvengbitpa:

¹⁸Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God.”

¹⁸Huchiin TOUPAN i ma ngei uah nam chih huai gama om Amor pawlte ngei a delhkhe veka: huaijiakin kou leng TOUPA na ahi ka sep sin uh: amah leh ka pathian uh ahi ngala, a chi ua, a dawng uhi.

¹⁹Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.

¹⁹Huan, Josuain mipite kiangah, TOUPA na na sem theikei ding uh; amah jaw Pathian siangthou ahi ngala; mullit hat Pathian ahia; na tatleknate uh lehna khelhnate uh a ngaidam kei ding.

²⁰If you forsake Yahweh, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after he has done you good.”

²⁰TOUPA na paisan ua, nam dang pathiante na na sep uleh jaw, na tung ua hoihna piin na tunguah thil hoihlouin a honhih dinga, a hihmang mai ding ahi, a chi a.

²¹The people said to Joshua, “No; but we will serve Yahweh.”

²¹Huan, mipiten, Josua kiangah, Hi lou e, TOUPA na ka sem kinken zo sin uh hi, a chi ua.

²²Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen Yahweh yourselves, to serve him.” They said, “We are witnesses.”

²²Huan, Josuain mipite kiangah, A na sep tumin TOUPA na telta ngei mai uh chih thu theihpihte noumau mahmah na hi uhi, a chi a. Huan, amau Thu theihpihte ka hi uhi, a chi ua.

²³“Now therefore put away the foreign gods which are among you, and incline your heart to Yahweh, the God of Israel.”

²³Huan, amahmahin, Huchi a hihleh na lak ua nam dang pathian omte koih mang unla, na lungtangte uh TOUPA, Israelte Pathian lamah hoisak un, achia.

²⁴The people said to Joshua, “We will serve Yahweh our God, and we will listen to his voice.”

²⁴Huan, mipitenJosua kiangah, TOUPA i Pathian na ka sem ding ua, a thu ka jui jel ding uh, a chi uh.

²⁵So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

²⁵Huchiin Josuain huai niinmipite kiangah thu a khunga, Sekem khua ah dan leh vaihawmna a sehsak hi.

²⁶Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.

²⁶Huchiin Josuain huai thu Pathian dan bu ah a gelha; huan, suang lianpi a laaTOUPA mun siangthou china tosaw nuaiah a phut hi.

²⁷Joshua said to all the people, “Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us. It shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.”

²⁷Huan, Josuain mipi hon tengteng kiangah, Ngai un, hiai suang i thu hontheihpihtu hi hen; TOUPAN i kiang ua a thu a gen tengteng a za vekta hi: huaijiakin na thu uh hontheihpihtu ahi sin hi, huchi lou-in jaw Pathian na kitheihmohbawl kha ding uh, a chi a.

²⁸So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.

²⁸Huchiin Josuain mipite amau tantuam gam chiat ah a pai sakta hi.

²⁹It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred and ten years old.

²⁹Huan, hichi ahi a, huai thil khitin Nun tapa Josua, TOUPA sikha kum za leh kum sawma upa a si a.

³⁰They buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

³⁰Huan, Gas tang mallampang, Ephraim tang gama amah tantuam gamgi sung Tinath-sera ah a vuita uh.

³¹Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.

³¹Huan, Josua dam sung leh, upate khupa damte, TOUPAN Israelte adia thil a hih tengteng theihpihmite damsungin Israelten TOUPA na a sem jel uh.

³²They buried the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for a hundred pieces of money. They became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

³²Huan, Israel suanten Aigupta gam akipan Joseph guh a puak touh uh sekem khuaa mun, Sekem pa Hamor tate akipana Jakobin dangka zaa a leinaah a vui ua; huan, huaite Joseph suante tuamin a hongomta a.Huan, Aron tapa Eleazar a si a; huan, Ephraim tang gama a tuam dia a piak uah a tapa Phinehas tangah a vui uh.

³³Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.

³³Huan, Aron tapa Eleazar a si a; huan, Ephraim tang gama a tuam dia a piak uah a tapa Phinehas tangah a vui uh.