1Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was assembled as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to Yahweh at Mizpah.
1Huchiin Israel suante tengteng a kisata ua, pheikhai lualin Dan khua akipan Beer-seba kho phain Gilead gama mite toh Mizpa khuaah TOUPA kiangah a kikhawmta uh.
2The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen who drew sword.
2Huan, mi tengteng heutute, Israel chite tengteng nangawn Pathian mite kikhopkhawmna ah a vatel ua, sepaih namsau toi mi nuai li ahi ua.
3(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) The children of Israel said, “Tell us, how did this wickedness happen?”
3(Benjamin suanten Israel suante Mizpa khua ah a hohtou uh chih a ja ua. ) Huan, Israel suanten, Bangchidana hichibanga gitlouhna hongom ahia honhilh un? a chi ua.
4The Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered, “I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.
4Huan, Levi chi, numei a thah uh pasalin, Benjamin chite omna Gibea khua ah ka mei toh giah tumin ka valut ua.
5The men of Gibeah rose against me, and surrounded the house by night. They thought to have slain me, and they forced my concubine, and she is dead.
5Huan, Gibea miten a hongsualta ua, janin a hongum ua; honthah a tum ua, ka mei a bawlek ua, a sita hi.
6I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
6Huchiin ka mei luang ka sema, Israelte gam luah tengteng ah ka khak jaka: Israel gamah thil kihhuai pi leh haihuai tak lah a na hihta ngal ua.
7Behold, you children of Israel, all of you, give here your advice and counsel.”
7Nou Israel suante aw, na vek un ngai un, na ngaihdan u leh napha sak dan uh gen dih ua, a chi a.
8All the people arose as one man, saying, “None of us will go to his tent, neither will any of us turn to his house.
8Huchiin mipite tengteng pheikhai lualin a thou duam ua, Kuamah I puanin lamah i pai het kei ding, kuamah i in ah i lut kei ding.
9But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah: we will go up against it by lot;
9Gibeate i bawl ding dan hichibang ahi; ai i san ding ua: Israelte tunga thil diklou tak a hih bangbang ua a hih ua,
10and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel.”
10Gilbea muna Benjaminte i vasualna ua mipite nekdingnana pe dingin Israel nam tengteng laka mi za khat ah sawm jel, sangkhatah ja jel, sing khat ah sang jel i tel khe ding uh, a chi ua.
11So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.
11Huchiin Israel mi tengteng pheikhai lualin huai khopi sual dingin a kikhawmta uh.
12The tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, “What wickedness is this that is happen among you?
12Huan, Israel namten Benjamin nam tengtengte kiangah, Na lak ua gitlouhna hong omta mai bangchidan ahia?
13Now therefore deliver up the men, the base fellows, who are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel.” But Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the children of Israel.
13Gibea khuaa mi Belial tate honpi unla, huchiin Israel gama gitlouhna a daih theihna dingin ka na hihlum ding uh, chiin mi a sawl uh. Himahleh Benjamin chiten a unau Israel suante uh thugen a jui nuam kei ua.
14The children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel.
14Huan, Banjamin suante bel Israel suante dou dingin khopi akipante a hongpawt khawm ua, Gibea khua ah a lut dudup uhi.
15The children of Benjamin were numbered on that day out of the cities twenty-six thousand men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who were numbered seven hundred chosen men.
15Huan, huai nia Benjamin suante khopi akipan namsau tawia pawtte, Gibea khuaa mi za sagih telkhiak sim louhin sing nih leh sang guk ahi uh.
16Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left-handed; everyone could sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss.
16Huai tengteng lakah veilong za sagih, tel chiat a om ua; a vek un kaihkapa samzang chia a leng khial het lou mi ahi uh.
17The men of Israel, besides Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men who drew sword: all these were men of war.
17Huan, Israel mite Benjamin mite sim louin namsau tawi mi ngen nuai li ahi uh: Huaite tengteng galkap thei vek ahi uh.
18The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, “Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?” Yahweh said, “Judah first.”
18Huan, Israel suante a thou ua, Bethel ah a hohtou ua, Pathian a vadong ua, Benjamin suante kuan ahia vasual masa ding? a chi ua.
19The children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah.
19Huan, TOUPAN, Juda-pawl vahoh masa uheh, a chi a. Huchiin Israel suante lakah a thou ua, Gibea khua a vaumta uhi.
20The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel set the battle in array against them at Gibeah.
20Huan, Israel mite Benjamin-pawl sual dingin a kisa ua; huan, Israel miten Gibea khua ah sual dingin panmun a nabawl uh.
21The children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites on that day twenty-two thousand men.
21Huan, Benjamin suante Gibea khua akipan a hongpawt ua, huai niin Israel pawlte laka mi sing nih leh sang nih a hongthatta ek mai ua.
22The people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves, and set the battle again in array in the place where they set themselves in array the first day.
22Huan, mipite Israel mite a kihasuan nawn ua, a sual tung ni ua a sualna mun mah uah sual dingin panmun a bawl nawn ua.
23The children of Israel went up and wept before Yahweh until evening; and they asked of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I again draw near to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother?” Yahweh said, “Go up against him.”
23(Huan, Israel suante a hoh tou ua, Pathian maahnitak tanin a vakap ua, Ka unau uh Benjamin suante kava sual nawn ding ua eita? chiin TOUPA a dong ua, Huan, TOUPAN, Vasual nawn un, a chi a. )
24The children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day.
24Huan, a ni nihniin Israel suanten Benjamin suante a vanaih ua.
25Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword.
25Huan, Benjamin-pawl leng huaia ni nih niin sual dingin Gibea khua akipan a pawt sam ua, Israel suante laka mi sing khat leh sanggiat a honthat nawn ek mai ua, huaite tengteng bel namsau tawi mi ahi uh.
26Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until evening; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
26Huchiin Israel suante tengteng leh, mipite tengteng a vapai tou ua, Bethelah a hoh tou ua, a kap ua, TOUPA maah a tu ua, huai niin nitak tanin an a ngawl uh; huan, TOUPA kiangah halmang thillat leh lemna thillatte a lan uh.
27The children of Israel asked of Yahweh (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
27Huan, Israel suanten TOUPA a dong ua, (huai lain tualaiah Pathian thukhua bawm a oma,
28and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease?” Yahweh said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.”
28Huan, huailaiin Aron ta Eleazar tapa Phinehasin a na a sem jel ahi. ) Ka unau uh Benjamin suante ka vasual nawn ding uam, ka tawpsanta mai ding uam? chiin, Huan, TOUPAN, Vahoh un; jingchiangin jaw na khut uah ka honpeta ding, a chi a.
29Israel set ambushes all around Gibeah.
29Huan, Israel pawlten Gibea kho kimah tangpangmi a guk koih uhi.
30The children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and set themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times.
30Huan, Israel suante Benjamin suante sual dingin a nithum niin a kisa nawn ua, nidang mah bangin Gibea kho sual dingin panmun a bawl nawn uh.
31The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
31Huan, Benjamin suante bel huai mite sual dingin a vapawt ua, khua a pawtsan ua; huchiin nidang mahbangin mite sualin a that pan nawn ta ua, pawn ngiala Bethel kho lam lamliante ah Israel pawlte sawmthum a that uh.
32The children of Benjamin said, “They are struck down before us, as at the first.” But the children of Israel said, “Let us flee, and draw them away from the city to the highways.”
32Huan, Benjamin suanten, A ma mahbangin i ma uah a zahlak nawnta uh e achi ua. Israel suanten bel, I tai ding uh, khopi akipan lamlian lamah i tolh khe sak ding, a chi ua.
33All the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and set themselves in array at Baal Tamar: and the ambushers of Israel broke forth out of their place, even out of Maareh Geba.
33Huchiin Israel pawl tengtengin a pan mun uh a pawtsan ua, Baal-tamar munah panmun a bawl ua: huan, Israel pawl a guka na tangpangte a tanna mun uh Maaregeba mun akipan a hongpawt uh
34There came over against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they didn’t know that evil was close on them.
34Huan, Israel pawl tengteng laka tel ngen singkhatin Gibea khua a sual ua, a kisual uh a thupi mahmah hi: himahleh amau a tan uh a hoihkei sin chih pen jaw a theikei uh.
35Yahweh struck Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of Benjamin that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
35Huan, TOUPAN Benjamin pawl Israelte maah a hihlum eka: Israel suanten huai niin Benjamin pawl mi sing nih leh sang nga leh za a that uh: huaite tengteng namsau tawi mi vek ahi uh.
36So the children of Benjamin saw that they were struck; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted the ambushers whom they had set against Gibeah.
36Huchiin Benjamin suanten a vuallelta uh chih a hongkitheita ua: Israel suanten Gibea khua sual dinga aguka tangpangte a koih uh a muan jiak un Benjamin pawl a nungtolh san uh ahi.
37The ambushers hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the ambushers drew themselves along, and struck all the city with the edge of the sword.
37Huan, aguka tangpangten Gibea khua a boh guih ua; huchiin a guka tangpangte a kiphalh jak ua, khuaa mi tengteng namsauin a sualta uhi.
38Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambushers was that they should make a great cloud of smoke rise up out of the city.
38Israel pawlte leh aguka tangpangten a kichiam uh bel khopi sunga mei khutsak nguingui ahi.
39The men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said, “Surely they are struck down before us, as in the first battle.”
39Huan, Israel pawlte a kinta dih ua, huchiin Benjamin pawlten a sual pan ua, Israel mite sawmthum tak a that uh, I kisual tung uh ni mahbangin i maah a vuallel nawn petmah uh, a chi ua.
40But when the cloud began to arise up out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them; and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the sky.
40Himahleh khopi sunga meikhu a hongkitun nguingui takin, Benjamin pawl a kihei uleh, huan, ngaiin, khopi a pumin van lamah a khu tou ngoingoi maimah hi.
41The men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were dismayed; for they saw that evil had come on them.
41Huchiin Israel pawlte a honglehhei ua, huan, Benjamin pawlten lamdang a sa mahmah ua: a tan uh a hoihkei sin chih lah a theita ngal ua.
42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in its midst.
42Huaijiakin Israel pawlte maah gamdai ah a taikekta uh; himahleh a delhjui tou pek ua; huan, khopi akipana hongpawtten huailaiah a nahihlum uhi.
43They surrounded the Benjamites, chased them, and trod them down at their resting place, as far as over against Gibeah toward the sunrise.
43Benjamin mite bel a um sip ua, a delh ua, ni suahna lam Gibea chin a a khawlna uah a phata uhi.
44There fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor.
44Benjamin pawl mi sing khat leh sang giat a si ua; a vek un mi hat hangsan chiat ahi uh.
45They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men, and followed hard after them to Gidom, and struck of them two thousand men.
45Huan, a kin ua, gamdai lam Rimon suangpiah a taikek uh: Mi sang nga lamliante ah a tom ua; Gidom tanin a delhjui pek ua, mi sang nih a that uh.
46So that all who fell that day of Benjamin were twenty-five thousand men who drew the sword; all these were men of valor.
46Huchiin huai nia Benjamin pawl si tengteng namsau tawi mi ngen sing nih leh sang nga ahi ua, a vek un mi hat hangsan ahi uh.
47But six hundred men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and stayed in the rock of Rimmon four months.
47Mi za gukte gamdai lam Rimon suangpi ah a taikek ua, huai Rimon suangpi ah kha li a om uh.Huan, Israel pawlte Benjamin pawlte tungah a kisa nawnua, khopi sunga om peuhmah gante, a muhmuh uh namsau in a sat lum jel uh: huailou leng a kho muh peuhmah uh a hal jel uh.
48The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the livestock, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
48Huan, Israel pawlte Benjamin pawlte tungah a kisa nawnua, khopi sunga om peuhmah gante, a muhmuh uh namsau in a sat lum jel uh: huailou leng a kho muh peuhmah uh a hal jel uh.