4 Kuo a tawtbawlna a na mat sek uh? Kuo a kam lien tak tak ka a, lei na thâk dawk khum sek uh? Nang haw hi thil sukhielte cha, lepchieh gente suon hilo na hiu hi?
A taksa utnau suktai na dinga, sun chang lai taka guolvak a kipei buoi chuh nuom a sak lam uh ahi a; na guolvaknau a a hung tel un, zahchâkna leh muolphona ahiu a, mithepna guolvak a tel a hih sek ziekun!
E! nam gilo, manlohna a dim, thil phalo tak hih sek leh, migilo na hi! Na gitlohna chun a hun hihniem a Lalpa Israel Pathien thiengtho chuh na deih puoh a, amah chuh na kiheimangsan uh a, na nungchawn tau hi.
Chun, Isu’n a sinsakte kawmah, “Kuole, nang haw thu ngai chuh, kei thu ngai ahi a, kuole, a hun deihlo chuh, kei ei deihlo ahiu hi; chun, kuole, kei ei deihlo chuh ei sawlpa deihlo ahi,” a ti a.
Chun, linglukhuk a phêk u a, a khuk sak tau a; a khut changlama luong mawlh a chawih sak u a; a masangah a bawkkhup uh a, “Chibai, Judate leng!” tin chiemnuih bawlna’n a mang tau a.
Lalpa chun, “Israel chate hin, gitlohna Gibeah a a hih guol u khan, ka chunga a gitlohnau hi a haihsan diek puou ui. Zieziekchun, Gibeah a chun kidona’n tun khum ding ahi.
Ka chunga na lungnat ziek leh, na husa chuh ka bil a a hung lut tâk ziekin, ka ngakuoi chuh na nak ah vawh ing ka ting, thik bah chule na mûk ah vawh ka ting, na hungna lampi mah a khan hun leh kaih ding ka hi,” ti’n.
Lalpa chun, “Cha, helchîngte chung chuh a gik hi! Ziete chun mi thu a dawng u a, kei chu vang ei dawng puou a; a gitlohna chung u a gitlohna behlapna dingin khuhna’n a khuh u a, ka thagau thu’n vang a khuh puoh ngâl u a.
Himahlele, Lalpa chun, “Heicha chun a mang pa chuh a uon khum dinga ahim? Thing-âtna chun a ât pa chuh a nuoisieh dinga ahim? Khetbûk in a dawm pa chuh a dawm zaw dinga ahim? mawlh in mi a mang thei puo a, mi’n mawlh a dawp zawk uh ahi ngâl a,” ti’n.
Mi chengcheng chuh Joshua kawm lam ah Makedah achun gâlmuong takin a hungkit tau hi; tichun, Israel chate kalh in thu kam khat chale kuoma’n a gen puou hi.
Mi genhakte ti a heta um zing na hih ziekun, gingcha puo’n lau tih ka he him hi. Ziehaw chuh na bil u a a lut khâk loh ziekin, ziehaw hi na helo him uh ahi.
Himahleh Pathien mi sawlte chu a na musit u a, a thugen chu a ngaihsak puou a, Thiemgau te chu a nuihsan u a, suohchak na himhim umlo khawpa, Lalpa lungnatna a mite chunga a tun ma chun.
Thu ka gen cheng leh ka kap dawk seka, “Kipawngbawlna leh suksietna” ti’n ka kiko dawk a. Lalpa thu chuh kei a dingin sun ni tum a dem leh muhsit lawhna mai ahih ziekin.