1Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, “There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin as wife.”
1Huan, Israel miten Mizpa khua ah, I lak ua mi kuamahin i tanute Benjamin pawl ji dingin i paisak het kei ding, chiin a kichiam ua.
2The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept severely.
2Huan, mipite Bethelah a hoh ua, Pathian maah nitak tanin a tu ua, a awte uh suahin a kap vongvong uh.
3They said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, why has this happened in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel?”
3Amau bel, Aw TOUPA, Israelte Pathian, bangchi dan ahia Israelte laka hichibang thil a hongom? a chi ua.
4It happened on the next day that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
4Huan, hichi ahia, ajingin jingkhangin a thou ua, huailaiah maitam a bawl ua, halmang thillatte leh lemna thillatte a lan uh.
5The children of Israel said, “Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up in the assembly to Yahweh?” For they had made a great oath concerning him who didn’t come up to Yahweh to Mizpah, saying, “He shall surely be put to death.”
5Huan, Israel suanten, Israel nam tengteng laka TOUPA kianga paikhawm pawl laka vatel tei lou kuate ahi ua? a chi ua. Mizpa khuaa TOUPA kianga vahoh tei lou peumahte bel, Hihlup ngei ding ahi ding, chiin a na kichiamta ngal ua.
6The children of Israel grieved for Benjamin their brother, and said, “There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
6Huan, Israel suante a unaupa uh Benjamin pawl tungthu ah a kisik ua, Tuniin Israel pawlte lakah lah nam khat sat khiak a hita ngala.
7How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since we have sworn by Yahweh that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?”
7A omsungte adingin a ji ding uh bangchiin i hihta dia oi? I tanute lah ji dinga neisak het lou dingin TOUPA min louin i nakichiamta ngal ua, a chi ua.
8They said, “What one is there of the tribes of Israel who didn’t come up to Yahweh to Mizpah?” Behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh Gilead to the assembly.
8Huan, amau, Israel pawl nam laka mi kua nampen ahia Mizpa khuaa TOUPA maa vakilak tei lou? a chi ua. Huan, ngaiin, kikhawm pawl omna munah Jabes-gilead mite jaw khat kia leng a hoh kei uh.
9For when the people were numbered, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead there.
9Mipite a kisim uleh, ngaiin, Jabes-gilead gama omte khat leh leng a naomta kei uh.
10The congregation sent there twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, “Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones.
10Huan, kikhawm khawmten mi hangsan hoih ngen sing khat leh sang nih a sawl ua, Kuan unla, Jabes-gilead gama omte numei leh a tanu neute u toh namsauin vasat lum vek un.
11This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman who has lain with a man.”
11Na hih ding dan uh hichibang ahi, mi tengteng leh numei, pasal luppih khinsa peuhmah hihmang thang vek un, chiin thu a pia ua.
12They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young virgins, who had not known man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
12Huan, Jabes-gilead gama omte lakah nungak za li, pasal kithuahpih ngei het louh a mu ua; huchiin a omna uh Silo khua ah a pi ua, huai bel Kanan gamahi.
13The whole congregation sent and spoke to the children of Benjamin who were in the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them.
13Huan, kikhawm khawmte tengtengin mi a sawl ua, Rimon suangpia om Benjaminpawl a vahoupih ua, a kiang uah kilepthu a puangta uh.
14Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren’t enough for them.
14Huan, huaitakin Benjamin-pawl a paisakta ua; huan, Jabes gilead gama numeipawl a hawite uh a pia ua: huchiin leng a kiching nai sam kei uh.
15The people grieved for Benjamin, because that Yahweh had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
15Huan, Israel nam laka TOUPAN kihihtuamna a nabawl jiakin mipite Benjamin pawl thu ah a kisikta uhi.
16Then the elders of the congregation said, “How shall we provide wives for those who remain, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?”
16Huchiin kikhawmte upaten, A damlaite ji ding bang i chih ding ua leh, Benjaminpawl laka a numeite uh lah hihmang a hita ngal ua? a chi ua.
17They said, “There must be an inheritance for those who are escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe not be blotted out from Israel.
17Amau, Israel nam hihmana a om louhna dingin Benjamin pawl om sunte bangchiin suan i neisak ding uam aw?
18However we may not give them wives of our daughters, for the children of Israel had sworn, saying, ‘Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin.’”
18I tanute uh lah ji dingin i neisak thei ngal kei ua, a chi ua: Israel suanten, Kuapeuh Benjamin pawl ji dia neisak peuhmah hamsiatin om uhen, chiin a nakichiamta ngal ua.
19They said, “Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.”
19Huan, amau, Ngai un, Bethel mallam, Bethel akipana Sekem zotna lamlian suahlampanga Lebona simlama om Silokhua ah kum chihin TOUPA adingin ankuangluina a om sek a, a chi ua.
20They commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, “Go and lie in wait in the vineyards,
20Huan, amau Benjamin suante pawl kiangah, Va hoh unla, grep munah va guk tan un;
21and see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards, and each man catch his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
21Huan, na naen unla, huchiin ngai un, Silo khuaa nungakte lamnaa lam dinga a hongpawt uleh, grep mun akipan hongpawt unla, Silo nungakte na ji ding un man chiat unla, Benjaminte gamah pai vek un.
22It shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we will say to them, ‘Grant them graciously to us, because we didn’t take for each man his wife in battle, neither did you give them to them, otherwise you would now be guilty.’”
22Huan, hichi ahi dinga, a pate uh hiam, a sanggampate uh hiam kalh dinga i kiang ua a hong uh leh, a kianguah, Hon hehpih un: kidouna ah lah a ji ding uh ka na matsakta ngal kei ua: nou lahnou na pe kei ua: na pia hi le uchin jaw, lah mohsakin na om sin ngal ua, ka na chi ding uhi, chiin, thu a pia ua.
23The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off. They went and returned to their inheritance, built the cities, and lived in them.
23Huan, Benjamin suanten huchibangin a hih ua, lampawlte laka mi amau zah chiat ji dingin a man ua, a paimangpihta uh: huan, a gamlam uah a pai ua, khopite a puah nawn ua, huaiah a omta uhi.
24The children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance.
24Huan, huaitakin huai akipanin Israel suante bel amau chichi leh amau namnamin a kihuituam nawn ua, huai nungsiah amau gam chiatah a pai nawnta uh.Huai lain Israelte lakah kumpipa himhim a om kei ua: mi chihin amau phatsak lam zongin a gamtang mai uhi.
25In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
25Huai lain Israelte lakah kumpipa himhim a om kei ua: mi chihin amau phatsak lam zongin a gamtang mai uhi.