¹In the seventh [month], in the one and twentieth [day] of the month, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

¹Kha sagihna, khaa a ni sawmnih leh khatnain, jawlnei Haggai akipanin TOUPA thu a hongtunga

²Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people, saying,

²Juda ukpipa Sialtil tapa Zerubbabel kiangah, leh siampu lian, Jehozadak tapa Josua kiang leh, mi omsunte kiangah tuin thu genin, chiin.

³Who is left among you that saw this house in its former glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?

³Tumaa a thupinaa hiai in mu na lak uah kua na om lai ua? huan tuin bangchibangin na mu ua? na mitmuh un bangmah lou bang ahi maw? chiin.

⁴Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith Jehovah; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith Jehovah, and work: for I am with you, saith Jehovah of hosts,

⁴Hita mahleh, Zerubbabel aw, hat takin omin, TOUPAN a chi; Josua, siampu lian, Jehozadak tapa aw, hat takin om in; nou gama mite tengteng aw, hat takin om unla, nasem un, TOUPAN a chi; na kiang ua ka om jiakin, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁵[according to] the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, and my Spirit abode among you: fear ye not.

⁵Aigupta gam akipan na hong pai khiak lai ua na kinag ua thu ka khuna, na lak ua ka kha a om gigedan theigige un; lau kei un.

⁶For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;

⁶TOUPAN lah hichiin a chi ngala; Khatvei lai, sawtlou kalin, vante leh, lei leh, tuipi leh, gam hul ka sing ding.

⁷and I will shake all nations; and the precious things of all nations shall come; and I will fill this house with glory, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁷Huan, nam tengteng ka sing dinga, huchiin nam tengteng thil deihte a hongtung ding, huchiin hiai in thupinain ka dimsak ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi hi.

⁸The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁸Dangka keia ahi, dangkaeng keia ahi, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

⁹The latter glory of this house shall be greater than the former, saith Jehovah of hosts; and in this place will I give peace, saith Jehovah of hosts.

⁹Hiai in thupina nanung a masa sangin, a thupizo ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi; huan hiailai mun ah muanna ka pe ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

¹⁰In the four and twentieth [day] of the ninth [month], in the second year of Darius, came the word of Jehovah by Haggai the prophet, saying,

¹⁰Daria kum nihna, a kha kua a ni sawmnih leh linain, jawlnei Haggai akipanin TOUPa thu a hongtunga.

¹¹Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying,

¹¹Sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin ahi. Tuin dan lam thua siampute dong un

¹²If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

¹²Min a puansilh puanten ah sa siangthou lo leh, huan a puantenin tanghau Hiam, meh hiam, uain hiam, sa hiam sukhata leh a hongsiangthou diam>? chiin. Huan siamputen, li, chiin a dawn uh

¹³Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by reason of a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

¹³Huan Haggaiin, Misi luang jiaka mi ninin hiaite-a abangpeuh khoih leh siangin a om diam? a chi a. Huan siamputen a dawng ua, Siang louin a om ding a chi uh.

¹⁴Then answered Haggai and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith Jehovah; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

¹⁴Huan Haggaiin a dawnga, TOUPAN, Huchi bangin hiai mite, leh huchi bangin hiai nam ka maah ahi uh; huchi bangin a khutte uh nasep chteng; leh huailaia a thillat uh a siang kei hi, a chi, chiin.

¹⁵And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.

¹⁵Huchiin tuin, ka honngen ahi, Tunia kipan leh abanbanin, TOUA biakin-a suang a kichian main ngaihtuah un

¹⁶Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty [measures], there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty [vessels], there were but twenty.

¹⁶Tehna sawmnih kivum min a hongmuh lai, huai nite a om nung siah, sawmkhat kia a om hil bawm sawmngaa dim khe dinga min uain thau a honmuh laiin, sawmnih kia a om hi.

¹⁷I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the work of your hands; yet ye [turned] not to me, saith Jehovah.

¹⁷Na khut nasepte tengteng uah keuna leh kawtluatna leh gialin ka hon gawta; huchipiin leng kei lam na hongnga kei uh. TOUPAN a chi hi.

¹⁸Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth [month], since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.

¹⁸Ka honngen ahi tunia kipan leh abanbanin, TOUPA biakin suangphum a kiphah ni akipan, a kha kuana a ni sawmnih leh li nia kipan, ngaihtuah un,

¹⁹Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless [you].

¹⁹Pang sungah haichi a om lai hia? ahi, grepgui, theipi kung, pomgranet, oliv sing a hongsuak kei laia; tunia kipanin ka honvualjawl ding hi.

²⁰And the word of Jehovah came the second time unto Haggai in the four and twentieth [day] of the month, saying,

²⁰Khaa ni sawmnih leh ni li niin Haggai kiangah a nihveinain TOUPa thu a hongtunga

²¹Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

²¹Juda ukpipa Zerubbabel kiangah, Vante leh lei ka sing dinga

²²and I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms; and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother.

²²Lalgamte laltutphah ka lumlet dinga, namte, lalgamte hatna ka suse ding kangtalaite leh, huaia tuangte ka pai ding; huchiin sakolte leh a tung ua tuangmite a hongkum ding uh, mi chih a unau namsauin, a chi, chiin thugenin.Huai ni chiangin AW Zerubbabel, ka sikha, Sialtil tapa, ka honla ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, suai bangin ka honbawl ding, TOUPAN, a chi; nang lah ka hontelta ngala, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.

²³In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts.

²³Huai ni chiangin AW Zerubbabel, ka sikha, Sialtil tapa, ka honla ding, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi, suai bangin ka honbawl ding, TOUPAN, a chi; nang lah ka hontelta ngala, sepaihte TOUPAN a chi.