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Kolaa, Ndaataan Caux Aa^mbi^lam Nzaeng Zoux Hlo

¹Kolaa,⚓ Ndaataan, Aa^mbi^lam caux On jiez gorn doix-dekc ngaengc jienv Mose. Kolaa se Itc^haa nyei dorn, Itc^haa se Ko^haatv nyei dorn, Ko^haatv se Lewi nyei dorn. Ndaataan caux Aa^mbi^lam zoux E^li^apc nyei dorn, On zoux Beletc nyei dorn. Naaiv deix buo dauh se Lu^mben Fingx. ²Aengx maaih nyic baeqv hmz ziepc dauh, dongh zuangx baeqc fingx ginv daaih, maaih mengh dauh nyei bieiv zeiv. ³Ninh mbuo gapv zunv daaih yiem Mose caux Aalon nyei nza'hmien nzaeng gorngv, “Meih mbuo zoux jiex jaax mi'aqv. Zuangx baeqc fingx dauh dauh zungv cing-nzengc nyei. Ziouv yaac caux ninh mbuo yiem. Hnangv naaic, meih mbuo weic haaix diuc taaih ganh zoux gauh hlo jiex zuangx baeqc fingx?”
⁴Mose haiz naaiv deix waac ninh mbaapv njiec ndau ⁵yaac gorngv mbuox Kolaa caux gan Kolaa daaih wuov deix, “Njang ndorm Ziouv oix biux mengh haaix dauh benx ninh nyei mienh, haaix dauh cing-nzengc, yaac oix bun wuov dauh daaih nitv fatv ninh. Ninh oix ginv haaix dauh ziouc bun wuov dauh daaih nitv fatv ninh. ⁶Kolaa aah! Oix zuqc hnangv naaiv nor zoux. Meih caux gan meih nyei mienh oix zuqc dorh hung-louh daaih. ⁷Njang hnoi oix zuqc yiem Ziouv nyei nza'hmien zorqv douz caux hung an jienv hung-louh. Ziouv ginv haaix dauh, dongh wuov dauh cing-nzengc. ⟨Lewi Mienh⟩ aah! Meih mbuo zoux jiex jaax mi'aqv.”
⁸Mose aengx gorngv mbuox Kolaa, “Meih mbuo Lewi Mienh muangx maah! ⁹I^saa^laa^en nyei Tin-Hungh ginv meih mbuo yiem I^saa^laa^en Mienh nyei zuangx baeqc fingx mbu'ndongx cuotv daaih, dorh meih mbuo daaih nitv fatv ninh, bun meih mbuo yiem zaangc Ziouv nyei ndopv-liuh zoux gong fu-sux, yaac yiem zuangx baeqc fingx nyei nza'hmien fu-sux ninh mbuo. Naaiv meih mbuo haiz se faix-fiuv sic fai? ¹⁰Ninh dorh meih caux meih nyei zuangx gorx-youz, Lewi Mienh, daaih nitv fatv ninh. Mv baac meih mbuo corc oix nzaeng zoux sai mienh? ¹¹Hnangv naaiv, meih caux gan meih nyei zuangx mienh gapv zunv daaih caux Ziouv doix-dekc. Aalon hnangv haaix nor meih mbuo cingx ngopv ninh?”
¹²Mose paaiv mienh mingh heuc E^li^apc nyei dorn, Ndaataan caux Aa^mbi^lam daaih. Mv baac ninh mbuo gorngv, “Yie mbuo maiv mingh aqv. ¹³Meih dorh yie mbuo yiem ndau-touv longx nyei deic-bung⚓ cuotv daaih yiem deic-bung-huaang daix yie mbuo. Naaiv corc maiv gaengh gaux? Meih zungv oix zoux hlo gunv yie mbuo? ¹⁴Maiv daan mbuoqc naaiv! Meih zungv maiv dorh yie mbuo bieqc norm ndau-touv longx nyei deic-bung, yaac maiv bun yie mbuo duqv nzipc lingh deic caux a'ngunc biouv nyei huingx. Meih corc oix gueix naaiv deix mienh nyei m'zing cuotv fai?⚓ Yie mbuo za'gengh maiv mingh aqv.”
¹⁵Mose qiex jiez! haic ziouc gorngv mbuox Ziouv, “Tov maiv dungx zipv ninh mbuo fongc horc nyei ga'naaiv. Yie zungv maiv zorqv jiex ninh mbuo nyei yietc dauh lorh. Yaac maiv hoic jiex ninh mbuo nyei haaix dauh mienh.”
¹⁶Mose mbuox Kolaa, “Njang hnoi meih caux gan meih wuov deix mienh oix zuqc daaih yiem Ziouv nyei nza'hmien. Meih ganh caux wuov deix mienh aengx caux Aalon oix zuqc daaih. ¹⁷Gorqv-mienh oix zuqc dorh gorqv-mienh nyei hung-louh, aengx zorqv hung hietv jienv gu'nyuoz fungx bun Ziouv. Yietc zungv maaih nyic baeqv hmz ziepc norm hung-louh. Meih caux Aalon yaac oix zuqc dorh ganh nyei hung-louh daaih.” ¹⁸Gorqv-mienh ziouc dorh gorqv-mienh nyei hung-louh, zorqv douz caux hung hietv jienv gu'nyuoz, mingh caux Mose caux Aalon souv jienv Wuic Buangh Ndopv-Liuh nyei gaengh ndaangc. ¹⁹Kolaa caux gan ninh nyei mienh ziouc gapv zunv caux Mose caux Aalon souv jienv hmien doix hmien yiem Ndopv-Liuh nyei gaengh ndaangc. Ziouv nyei njang-laangc ziouc hinc cuotv bun zuangx baeqc fingx buatc.
²⁰Ziouv gorngv mbuox Mose caux Aalon, ²¹“Meih mbuo oix zuqc simv nqoi naaiv deix zuangx mienh. Ndongc nziepv dangh m'zing yie ziouc mietc nzengc ninh mbuo.”
²²Mose caux Aalon ziouc mbaapv njiec ndau gorngv, “O Tin-Hungh aac, maanc mienh nyei lingh wuonh nyei Tin-Hungh! Nduqc dauh mienh baamz zuiz, meih oix nouz zuangx baeqc fingx fai?”
²³Ziouv gorngv mbuox Mose, ²⁴“Mbuox zuangx baeqc fingx simv nqoi Kolaa, Ndaataan caux Aa^mbi^lam nyei ndopv-liuh maah!”
²⁵Mose ziouc mingh taux Ndaataan caux Aa^mbi^lam wuov. I^saa^laa^en Mienh nyei ⟨mienh gox⟩ yaac gan jienv ninh mingh. ²⁶Ninh kuinx zuangx mienh, “Simv nqoi naaiv deix mienh waaic mienh nyei ndopv-liuh. Maiv dungx muoqv ninh mbuo nyei haaix nyungc ga'naaiv. Nziex meih mbuo laaix ninh mbuo nyei zuiz zuqc guaatv mingh.” ²⁷Mienh ziouc simv nqoi Kolaa, Ndaataan caux Aa^mbi^lam nyei ndopv-liuh. Ndaataan caux Aa^mbi^lam cuotv daaih caux auv-jueiv caux fu'jueiv-faix souv jienv ganh nyei ndopv-liuh gaengh ndaangc.
²⁸Mose gorngv, “Meih mbuo oix hnangv naaiv nor hiuv duqv Ziouv paaiv yie daaih zoux naaiv deix yietc zungv sic, maiv zeiz yie ei ganh nyei hnyouv hnamv cuotv daaih zoux. ²⁹Se gorngv naaiv deix mienh daic hnangv pou-tong nyei mienh daic, fai zuqc sic hnangv pou-tong mienh haih zuqc nyei sic nor, se bun cing maiv zeiz Ziouv paaiv yie daaih. ³⁰Mv baac se gorngv Ziouv zoux siang-sic, ndau nqoi,⚓ naqv nzengc naaiv deix mienh caux ninh mbuo maaih nyei yietc zungv ga'naaiv, bun ninh mbuo liemh nangh ndortv njiec taux yiemh gen, meih mbuo ziouc hiuv duqv naaiv deix mienh mangc piex Ziouv. ”
³¹Mose gorngv setv naaiv deix waac, yiem Aa^mbi^lam mbuo nyei zaux-ndiev nyei ndau mbaaix. ³²Ndau nqoi hnangv morngx nqoi nzuih, naqv ninh mbuo caux ninh mbuo nyei jaa-dingh, caux Kolaa nyei yietc zungv mienh, aengx caux ninh mbuo nyei yietc zungv ga'naaiv. ³³Ninh mbuo liemh nangh caux jienv ninh mbuo nyei yietc zungv ga'naaiv ziouc ndortv njiec yiemh gen.⚓ Ndau ziouc gapv jienv ndipc, ngatv jienv ninh mbuo. Ninh mbuo zuqc mietc, maiv duqv caux zuangx mienh yiem aqv. ³⁴Yiem weih gormx nyei I^saa^laa^en Mienh yietc zungv haiz ninh mbuo heuc ziouc gaanv biaux, heuc jienv gorngv, “Nziex ndau oix liemh yie mbuo naqv aav loh!”
³⁵Aengx maaih douz yiem Ziouv cuotv daaih buov qui nzengc dorh hung mingh fongc horc wuov deix nyic baeqv hmz ziepc dauh mienh.

Hung-Louh

³⁶Ziouv gorngv mbuox Mose, ³⁷“Oix zuqc mbuox Aalon sai mienh nyei dorn, E^le^aa^saa, mingh zorqv yiem wuov douz gu'nyuoz wuov deix hung-louh. Aengx dorh yiem hung-louh nyei douz-taanx mingh guangc go deix nyei dorngx weic zuqc naaiv deix hung-louh cing-nzengc nyei. ³⁸Se dongh baamz zuiz ziouc zuqc guangc maengc wuov deix mienh nyei hung-louh. Oix zuqc zorqv naaiv deix hung-louh daav daaih benx yietc kuaaiv yietc kuaaiv buang jienv ziec-dorngh, weic zuqc naaiv deix hung-louh fongc horc jiex bun Ziouv ziouc cing-nzengc nyei. Hnangv naaiv se zoux jangx-hoc bun I^saa^laa^en Mienh.”
³⁹E^le^aa^saa sai mienh ziouc zorqv nzengc zuqc douz buov wuov deix mienh dorh daaih fongc horc nyei dongh siqv hung-louh, yaac bun mienh daav daaih buang jienv ziec-dorngh, ⁴⁰hnangv Ziouv longc Mose mbuox E^le^aa^saa zoux nor. Naaiv se weic tengx I^saa^laa^en Mienh jangx zuqc, cuotv liuz Aalon nyei zeiv-fun, maiv maaih haaix dauh duqv yiem Ziouv nyei nza'hmien buov hung. Nziex haih zuqc hnangv Kolaa caux gan Kolaa wuov deix mienh.

Aalon Njoux Baeqc Fingx

⁴¹Da'nyeic hnoi zuangx baeqc fingx ngopv Mose caux Aalon. Ninh mbuo gorngv, “Meih mbuo daix Ziouv nyei mienh mi'aqv.”
⁴²Zuangx mienh gapv zunv doix Mose caux Aalon wuov zanc, ninh mbuo huin mingh Wuic Buangh nyei Ndopv-Liuh wuov. Liemh zeih maaih mouc daaih om jienv Ndopv-Liuh. Ziouv nyei njang-laangc yaac hinc cuotv daaih. ⁴³Mose caux Aalon ziouc mingh taux Wuic Buangh Ndopv-Liuh nyei nza'hmien. ⁴⁴Ziouv gorngv mbuox Mose, ⁴⁵“Simv nqoi naaiv deix zuangx mienh aqv. Ndongc nziepv dangh m'zing yie oix mietc nzengc ninh mbuo.” Ninh mbuo i dauh ziouc mbaapv njiec ndau.
⁴⁶Mose gorngv mbuox Aalon, “Zorqv meih nyei hung-louh daaih, zorqv ziec-dorngh nyei douz caux jienv hung dapv jienv, gaanv mingh zuangx mienh wuov tengx ninh mbuo fiqv zuiz. Ziouv nouz haic mienh ziouc bun domh wuon-baengc jiez gorn butv cuotv aqv.” ⁴⁷Aalon ziouc ei Mose nyei waac zoux, tiux bieqc zuangx mienh mbu'ndongx. Mienh jiez gorn zuqc domh wuon-baengc, mv baac Aalon zorqv hung tengx baeqc fingx fiqv zuiz. ⁴⁸Ninh souv jienv ziangh nyei caux daic mingh nyei mienh mbu'ndongx, domh wuon-baengc ziouc dingh mi'aqv. ⁴⁹Zuqc wuon-baengc daic nyei mienh maaih yietc waanc biei cin cietv baeqv dauh, maiv funx laaix Kolaa nyei jauv zuqc daic wuov deix. ⁵⁰Wuon-baengc dingh nzengc, Aalon ziouc nzuonx Wuic Buangh Ndopv-Liuh nyei gaengh ndaangc, Mose wuov.

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Rebellion Against Moses and Aaron

¹Now ⚓Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with ⚓Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men; ²and they rose up before Moses with some of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, ⚓representatives of the congregation, men of renown. ³⚓They gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, “You take too much upon yourselves, for ⚓all the congregation is holy, every one of them, ⚓and the Lordis among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?”
⁴So when Moses heard it, he ⚓fell on his face; ⁵and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who is⚓His and who is⚓holy, and will cause him to ⚓come near to Him. That one whom He chooses He will cause to come near to Him. ⁶Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company; ⁷put fire in them and put incense in them before the Lord tomorrow, and it shall be that the man whom the Lord chooses is the holy one. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!”
⁸Then Moses said to Korah, “Hear now, you sons of Levi: ⁹Is it⚓a small thing to you that the God of Israel has ⚓separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the work of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the congregation to serve them; ¹⁰and that He has brought you near to Himself, you and all your brethren, the sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking the priesthood also? ¹¹Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. ⚓And what is Aaron that you complain against him?”
¹²And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, but they said, “We will not come up! ¹³Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of ⚓a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, that you should ⚓keep acting like a prince over us? ¹⁴Moreover ⚓you have not brought us into ⚓a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!”
¹⁵Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, ⚓“Do not respect their offering. ⚓I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them.”
¹⁶And Moses said to Korah, “Tomorrow, you and all your company be present ⚓before the Lord—you and they, as well as Aaron. ¹⁷Let each take his censer and put incense in it, and each of you bring his censer before the Lord, two hundred and fifty censers; both you and Aaron, each with his censer.” ¹⁸So every man took his censer, put fire in it, laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the tabernacle of meeting with Moses and Aaron. ¹⁹And Korah gathered all the congregation against them at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. Then ⚓the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation.
²⁰And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, ²¹⚓“Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may ⚓consume them in a moment.”
²²Then they ⚓fell on their faces, and said, “O God, ⚓the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and You be angry with all the ⚓congregation?”
²³So the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²⁴“Speak to the congregation, saying, ‘Get away from the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.’ ”
²⁵Then Moses rose and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. ²⁶And he spoke to the congregation, saying, ⚓“Depart now from the tents of these wicked men! Touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins.” ²⁷So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the door of their tents, with their wives, their sons, and their little ⚓children.
²⁸And Moses said: ⚓“By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them⚓of my own will. ²⁹If these men die naturally like all men, or if they are ⚓visited by the common fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. ³⁰But if the Lord creates ⚓a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that belongs to them, and they ⚓go down alive into the pit, then you will understand that these men have rejected the Lord.”
³¹⚓Now it came to pass, as he finished speaking all these words, that the ground split apart under them, ³²and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, with their households and ⚓all the men with Korah, with all their goods. ³³So they and all those with them went down alive into the pit; the earth closed over them, and they perished from among the assembly. ³⁴Then all Israel who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, “Lest the earth swallow us up also!”
³⁵And ⚓a fire came out from the Lord and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering incense.
³⁶Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ³⁷“Tell Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, to pick up the censers out of the blaze, for ⚓they are holy, and scatter the fire some distance away. ³⁸The censers of ⚓these men who sinned against their own souls, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar. Because they presented them before the Lord, therefore they are holy; ⚓and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel.” ³⁹So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers, which those who were burned up had presented, and they were hammered out as a covering on the altar, ⁴⁰to be a memorial to the children of Israel ⚓that no outsider, who is not a descendant of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his companions, just as the Lord had said to him through Moses.

Complaints of the People

⁴¹On the next day ⚓all the congregation of the children of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.” ⁴²Now it happened, when the congregation had gathered against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tabernacle of meeting; and suddenly ⚓the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. ⁴³Then Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of meeting.
⁴⁴And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁴⁵“Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.”
And they fell on their faces.
⁴⁶So Moses said to Aaron, “Take a censer and put fire in it from the altar, put incense on it, and take it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them; ⚓for wrath has gone out from the Lord. The plague has begun.” ⁴⁷Then Aaron took it as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the assembly; and already the plague had begun among the people. So he put in the incense and made atonement for the people. ⁴⁸And he stood between the dead and the living; ⚓so the plague was stopped. ⁴⁹Now those who died in the plague were fourteen thousand seven hundred, besides those who died in the Korah incident. ⁵⁰So Aaron returned to Moses at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, for the plague had stopped.