Minbu 1
1 Israelten Egypt gamsung ahin dalhah kal u kum khat ahung lhin chun Pathen in Sinai gamthip a houbuh a chun Mose ahoulimpi tan ahi. Hichu alhani channa nikho masapen ni ahin, Pakaiyin hitin asei peh e,
Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out] in the wilderness of Sinai [Thorn], in the Tent of Meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], saying,
2 “Israel namsung pumpi a kon in aphung cheh uva kon a gal hangsanho leh ainsung mihou min jouseu aumden ding in jihlut cheh in. Pasalho jouse chu jihlut soh hel in.
“Take a census of all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails], by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, one by one;
3 Kum somni apat chunglam gal boltheiho jouse chu Nang le Aaronnin amin u najihlut teitei lhon ding,
from twenty years old and upward, all who are able to go out to war in Israel [God prevails]. You and Aaron [Light-bringer] shall count them by their divisions.
4 chuleh hiche phungho jouse lah a kon a chu lamkai khat cheh in nangma nakithopi ding ahi.
With you there shall be a man of every tribe; everyone head of his fathers’ house.
5 “Hiche phungho a kon a Lamkai hohi nakithopi dingho chu ahiuve. Reuben Shedeur chapa Elizur
These are the names of the men who shall stand with you: Of Reuben [See, a son!]: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 Simeon Zurishaddai chapa Shelumiel
Of Simeon [Hearing]: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai [My rock almighty].
7 Judah Anminadab chapa Nahshon
Of Judah [Praised]: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8 Issachar Zuar chapa Nethanael
Of Issachar [Hire, Reward]: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
9 Zebulun Helon chapa Eliab
Of Zebulun [Living together]: Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Joseph chapa Ephraim Ammihud chapa Elishama Joseph chapa Manasseh Pedahzur chapa Gamaliel
Of the children of Joseph [May he add]: Of Ephraim [Fruit]: Elishama the son of Ammihud. Of Manasseh [Causing to forget]: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11 Benjamin Gideoni chapa Abidan
Of Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south]: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12 Dan Ammishaddai chapa Ahiezer
Of Dan [He judged]: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 Asher Ocran chapa Pagiel
Of Asher [Happy]: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
14 Gad Deuel chapa Eliasaph
Of Gad [Good fortune]: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15 Naphtali Enan chapa Ahira
Of Naphtali [My wrestling]: Ahira the son of Enan.”
16 Amahohi japilah akon a kilhengdoh lamkai cheh, apu apa phung kailhah a pat lamkaiho chuleh Israelte phung hoa kon a mi upa cheh ahiuve.”
These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel [God prevails].
17 Hichun lamkai kilhen doh chengse chu Mose le Aaron in akou khom lhonin,
Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] took these men who are mentioned by name.
18 hiche nikho ma ma chun Israelte jalhang pumpin jong akhom tup lhonin ahi. Mipiho jouse chu ama ama phung leh insung cheh kailhah a konin amin akijihlut cheh in ahi. Pathen in Mose athupeh bangin, Israel pasal kum somnia pat chunglamse chu khat khatnin akijihlut in ahi.
They assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month; and they declared their ancestry by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, one by one.
19 Hitichun Mose in amaho min jouse Sinai gamthip lai mun a chun anasutup soh keiyin ahi.
As Adonai enjoined Moses [Drawn out], so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai [Thorn].
20 Ama ama phung dungjui cheh a amin u kijihlut bang a pasal kum somnia pat achunglam galsat a konthei amijatho chu hicheng hi ahi. Phung Mijat Reuben (Jacob chapa tahpen) 46,500
The children of Reuben [See, a son!], Israel [God prevails]’s firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Reuben [See, a son!], were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22 Simeon 59,300
Of the children of Simeon [Hearing], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those who were counted of it, according to the number of the names, one by one, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Simeon [Hearing], were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 Gad 45,650
Of the children of Gad [Good fortune], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Gad [Good fortune], were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
26 Judah 74,600
Of the children of Judah [Praised], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Judah [Praised], were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 Issachar 54,400
Of the children of Issachar [Hire, Reward], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Issachar [Hire, Reward], were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 Zebulun 57,400
Of the children of Zebulun [Living together], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Zebulun [Living together], were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 Ephraim (Joseph chapa) 40,500
Of the children of Joseph [May he add], of the children of Ephraim [Fruit], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Ephraim [Fruit], were forty thousand five hundred.
34 Manaseh(Joseph chapa) 32,200
Of the children of Manasseh [Causing to forget], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Manasseh [Causing to forget], were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 Benjamin 35,400
Of the children of Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Benjamin [Son of right hand, Son of south], were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 Dan 62,700
Of the children of Dan [He judged], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Dan [He judged], were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 Asher 41,500
Of the children of Asher [Happy], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Asher [Happy], were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 Napthali 53,400
Of the children of Naphtali [My wrestling], their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war;
those who were counted of them, of the tribe of Naphtali [My wrestling], were fifty-three thousand four hundred.
44 Israel phung somleni lamkaiho toh Mose le Aaron in akhumlut u pasalho cheng hi abonchauva ama ama phung chilhah dungjui cheh a kikhumlut cheh ahi uve.
These are those who were counted, whom Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer] counted, and the princes of Israel [God prevails], being twelve men: they were each one for his fathers’ house.
45 Amaho chu ama ama insung duijui cheh a kikhumlut ahiuve - Israelte pasal kiti pou kum somni apat chunglam gal bolthei jouse hi abonchauva a insung dung jui'a kijihlut cheh ahiuve.
So all those who were counted of the children of Israel [God prevails] by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel [God prevails];
46 Amaho chu agomma 603,550 ahiuve.
even all those who were counted were six hundred three thousand five hundred fifty.
47 Ahinlah hiche kisim khomna a hin Levite vang apang pon ahi,
But the Levites [Descendants of United with] after the tribe of their fathers was not counted among them.
48 Ajehchu, Pathen in Mose kom hitihin ana seiyin ahi,
For Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,
49 Min najihlut teng Levite hi najihlut loubeh ding, Israel mite lah a nasim tha loubeh ding ahi.
“Only the tribe of Levi [United with] you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel [God prevails];
50 Kikhop khomna ponbuh le aki mangcha thilho aboncha a Levite mopohna napehding, nachena chan uva Ponbuh le aman chah chengse aboncha amahon apoh uva, akimvella ngahmun semtoh thoa alhacha a pang ding ahiuve.
but appoint the Levites [Descendants of United with] over the Tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its furnishings, and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle, and all its furnishings; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp around it.
51 Kikhop khomna ngahmun chon phat alhin teng, Levi chapate cheng in aphet lhah diu, hitia chu ngahmun nalhun teng uleh amahon thah sondoh kit diu, ama vang koi hileh phalna beiya kikhop khomna ponbuh ganailut behseh chan chu thiding ahi.
When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites [Descendants of United with] shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites [Descendants of United with] shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
52 Phung jousen ama ama insung ponlap cheh utoh ngahmun akisem diu ahi.
The children of Israel [God prevails] shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, according to their divisions.
53 Israel pumpi chung a Pakai lunghan louna dinga Levi chapaten vang kitepna ponbuh kimvella ngahmun akisem cheh uva avetsui diu ahi. Hitia chu hiche ponbuh ventupna chu Levite mopohna hiding ahi.
But the Levites [Descendants of United with] shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails]: and the Levites [Descendants of United with] shall be responsible for the Tabernacle of the Testimony.”
54 Hitichun Pathen in Mose henga athupeh bangtah chun Israel chaten emajouse aboltauvin ahi.
Thus the children of Israel [God prevails] did. According to all that Adonai enjoined Moses [Drawn out], so they did.
