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,
Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, 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, 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, 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. You and Aaron 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, each one 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: Elizur the son of Shedeur.
6 Simeon Zurishaddai chapa Shelumiel
Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
7 Judah Anminadab chapa Nahshon
Of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
8 Issachar Zuar chapa Nethanael
Of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar.
9 Zebulun Helon chapa Eliab
Of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon.
10 Joseph chapa Ephraim Ammihud chapa Elishama Joseph chapa Manasseh Pedahzur chapa Gamaliel
Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim: Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
11 Benjamin Gideoni chapa Abidan
Of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni.
12 Dan Ammishaddai chapa Ahiezer
Of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
13 Asher Ocran chapa Pagiel
Of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran.
14 Gad Deuel chapa Eliasaph
Of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
15 Naphtali Enan chapa Ahira
Of Naphtali: 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.
17 Hichun lamkai kilhen doh chengse chu Mose le Aaron in akou khom lhonin,
Moses and Aaron 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 Yahweh commanded Moses, so he counted them in the wilderness of Sinai.
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, Israel’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, were forty-six thousand five hundred.
22 Simeon 59,300
Of the children of Simeon, 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, were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.
24 Gad 45,650
Of the children of Gad, 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, were forty-five thousand six hundred fifty.
26 Judah 74,600
Of the children of Judah, 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, were seventy-four thousand six hundred.
28 Issachar 54,400
Of the children of Issachar, 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, were fifty-four thousand four hundred.
30 Zebulun 57,400
Of the children of Zebulun, 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, were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.
32 Ephraim (Joseph chapa) 40,500
Of the children of Joseph: of the children of Ephraim, 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, were forty thousand five hundred.
34 Manaseh(Joseph chapa) 32,200
Of the children of Manasseh, 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, were thirty-two thousand two hundred.
36 Benjamin 35,400
Of the children of Benjamin, 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, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.
38 Dan 62,700
Of the children of Dan, 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, were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.
40 Asher 41,500
Of the children of Asher, 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, were forty-one thousand five hundred.
42 Napthali 53,400
Of the children of Naphtali, 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, 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 and Aaron counted, and the twelve men who were princes of Israel, 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 by their fathers’ houses, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go out to war in Israel—
46 Amaho chu agomma 603,550 ahiuve.
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 after the tribe of their fathers were not counted among them.
48 Ajehchu, Pathen in Mose kom hitihin ana seiyin ahi,
For Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
49 Min najihlut teng Levite hi najihlut loubeh ding, Israel mite lah a nasim tha loubeh ding ahi.
“Only the tribe of Levi you shall not count, neither shall you take a census of them among the children of Israel;
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 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 shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites 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 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 shall encamp around the Tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel. The Levites 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 did. According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so they did.
