¹And while Ezra prayed, and made confession, weeping and falling down before the house of God, there were gathered to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children; for the people wept very much.

¹Huchia Ezra kapa Pathian in maia leisatnaa a kizata, a thuma, thupha a tawi laiin, Israel akipan pasal leh numei leh naupang tampi kikhawmte a kiangah hongkikaikhawm ua: mite lah a nak kah mahmah ngal ua.

²And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have acted unfaithfully toward our God, and have taken foreign wives of the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel concerning this thing.

²Huan Elam tapate laka khat, Jehiel tapa Sekanianin a dawnga Ezra kiangah, I Pathian tungah I natalekta ua, gama mite numei lamdangte I nakitenpihta uh: hitamahleh hiai thil thu-ah Israel adingin lametna a om lai hi.

³And now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of [my] lord, and of those that tremble at the commandments of our God; and let it be done according to the law.

³Huaijiakin tuin jite tengteng leh, amau akipana huchibanga piangte, ka toupa thihilh dungjuiin leh, I Pathian uh thupiak a laua lingte thuhilh dingjuiin, koih mang dingin I Pathian toh thu I khung ding uh; huan dan dungjuiin kihih leh

⁴Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do [it].

⁴Thou in, a thu lah nanga ahi ngala, kou leng na kiangah ka om ding uhi: hangsan takin om inla, hihin, a chi a.

⁵Then Ezra arose, and made the chiefs of the priests, of the Levites, and of all Israel, to swear that they would do according to this word. And they swore.

⁵Huchiin Ezra a thoua, hiai thu dungjuia a hih ding un, siampute leh Levi mite laka pipente leh Israel tengteng a kichiamsak ta hi. Huchiin a kichiamta uhi.

⁶And Ezra arose from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib; and when he came thither, he ate no bread and drank no water; for he mourned because of the unfaithfulness of them that had been carried away.

⁶Huan Pathian in mai akipan Ezra a thou khiaa, Eliasib tapa Jehohanan dantan sungah a lut a: huan huailaia a thongpai laiin, tanghou a ne keia, tui lah a dawn kei hi: saltanna ate tatlekna jiakin a sun ngala.

⁷And they made proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;

⁷Huan Juda leh Jerusalem tenga saltanna tate kiangah thu a puang khia ua, Jerusalem a kikaikhawm vek dingin;

⁸and that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be confiscated, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.

⁸Huan kuapeuh ni thum sunga hongpai lou, lalte leh upate thu bang jelin, a van tengteng laksak ahi dinga, amah mah saltanna omkhawmte akipana tuamkoih ahi ding.

⁹Then were all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered together at Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth of the month; and all the people sat in the open space of the house of God, trembling because of the matter, and because of the pouring rain.

⁹Huchihlaiin Juda leh Benjamin mi tengteng Jerusalem ah ni thum sungin a kikaikhawm ua; a kha kuana ahi a, a kha ni sawmnih ni: huchiin mi tengteng teng Pathian in maia mun lian ah a tu ua, hiai thu lhe vuah pi jiakin a ling uh.

¹⁰And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, Ye have acted unfaithfully, and have taken foreign wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.

¹⁰Huan Ezra siampu a dinga, a kiang uah, Na talek ua, Israel mohna khangsak dingin, numei lamdangte na kitenpih uh,

¹¹And now make confession to Jehovah the God of your fathers, and do his pleasure, and separate yourselves from the peoples of the land, and from the foreign wives.

¹¹Huaijiakin tuin na pipute uh Pathian, TOUPA kiangah thupha tawi unla, a kipahlam hih un: gama mite akipan leh, numei lamdangte akipan kituam seh un, a chi a.

¹²And the whole congregation answered and said with a loud voice, Yes, it is for us to do according to thy words.

¹²Huchiin kikhawmte tengtengin a dawng ua, aw ngaih takin, Ka tungtang uh na gen bagin, huchibangin ka hih ding uh, a chi ua.

¹³But the people are many, and it is a time of pouring rain, and it is not possible to stand without: neither is this a work for one day or two; for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.

¹³Himahleh mite tampi ahi ua, vuah tampi zuk lai ahi, huchiin inpua ah ka ding theikei ua, hiai lah ni khat hiam nasep ahi kei hi: hiai thu-ah lah nakpi takin I natalekta ngal ua.

¹⁴Let now our princes, while this matter is going on, stand for all the congregation, and let all those that have taken foreign wives in our cities come at the appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce anger of our God be turned from us.

¹⁴Tuin omkhawmte adingin I lalte ding sehin om henla, I Pathian uh thangpaihna ei akipana a kiheia, hiai thu hihbei a hih masiah, numei lamdangte kitenpihte I khopitea omte hun sehsate ah, khopi chitenga upate amau toh, huailaia vaihawmmite toh, hongpai uhen.

¹⁵Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah stood up against this; and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.

¹⁵Asahel tapa Jonathan leh Tikva tapa Jahzeia kian hiai thu a sel uh: huan Meshullam leh Sabbethai Levi miin amaute apanpih uh.

¹⁶And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest [and] certain of the chief fathers were separated according to their fathers' houses, and all of them [expressed] by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

¹⁶Huan huchibangin saltanna akipan kiknawnten a hihta uh. Huan siampu Ezra, a pipute uh inkote dungjuia, pipute inkote laka lupen kuatete hiam toh, leh a min te ua amaute tengteng, tuamseh khiakin a om ua; huchiin a thu entel dingin a kha sawmna ni khat niin a tuta uh.

¹⁷And they ended with all the men that had taken foreign wives by the first day of the first month.

¹⁷Huan a kha khatna a ni khat niin numei namdang kitenpihmite tengteng a hih khin ua.

¹⁸And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken foreign wives, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.

¹⁸Huchiin siampute tapate lakah numei lamdang kiten pih muhin a oma: huaite, Jesua tapate, Jozadak tapa leh, a unaute, Maaseia te, Eliezer te, Jarib te, leh Gedalia te.

¹⁹And they gave their hand to send away their wives; and they offered a ram of the flock, as trespass-offering for their guilt.

¹⁹Huan a jite uh koih mang dingin pha a sa ua; a moh jiak un, a mohna adingin belamhon laka belamtal a lanta uhi.

²⁰And of the children of Immer: Hanani, and Zebadiah.

²⁰Huan Immer tapate lakah; Hanani leh Zebadia.

²¹And of the children of Harim: Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.

²¹Huan Harim tapate lakah; Maaseia, leh Elijal leh Semai leh, Jehiel leh, Uzzia.

²²And of the children of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

²²Huan Pashur tapate lakah; Elioenai, Maasea Ismael, Nethanel, Jozabad leh, Elasa.

²³And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

²³Huan Levi mite lakah; Jozabad leh, Simei leh Kalai (huai mah tuh Kelita a hi), Pethahia, Juda, leh Eliezer.

²⁴And of the singers: Eliashib. And of the doorkeepers: Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

²⁴Huan lasamite lakah; Eliasib: huan konkhakngakmite lakah; Sallum leh, Telem leh, Uri.

²⁵And of Israel; of the children of Parosh: Ramiah, and Jizzijah, and Malchijah, and Mijamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah.

²⁵Huan Israel lakah: Paros tapate lakah; Ramia leh, Izzia, leh Malkija leh Mijamin leh, Eleazar leh, Hasabia leh Benia.

²⁶And of the children of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Elijah.

²⁶Huan Elam tapate lakah; Mattania, Zekaria, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremot leh Elija.

²⁷And of the children of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

²⁷Huan Zattu tapate lakah: Elionai, Eliasib, Mattania, Jeremot, Zabad, leh Aziza.

²⁸And of the children of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, Athlai.

²⁸Huan Bebai tapate lakah; Jehohanan, Hanania, Zabbai, Athlai.

²⁹And of the children of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth.

²⁹Huan Bani tapate laka; Mesullam, Malluk, leh Adaia Jasub Sial, leh Jeremot.

³⁰And of the children of Pahath-Moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

³⁰Huan Pahath-moab tapate lakah; Adna, Silal, Benaia, Maasea, Mattania, Bezalel, Binnui, leh Manasi.

³¹And the children of Harim: Eliezer, Jishijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Simeon,

³¹Huan Harim tapate lakah; Eliezer, Issija, Malkija, Semai, Simeon;

³²Benjamin, Malluch, Shemariah.

³²Benjamin, Malluk Semaria.

³³Of the children of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, Shimei.

³³Hasum tapate lakah; Mattenai, Mattatta, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasi, Simei.

³⁴Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, and Uel,

³⁴Bani tapate lakah; Maadai, Amram, leh Uel;

³⁵Benaiah, Bediah, Cheluhu,

³⁵Benai, Bedei, Siluhi;

³⁶Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib,

³⁶Vania, Meremot, Eliasib;

³⁷Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasai,

³⁷Mattania, Mattenai, leh Jaasu;

³⁸and Bani, and Binnui, Shimei,

³⁸Hani, leh Binnui, Simei;

³⁹and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

³⁹Selemia leh, Nathan leh, Adaia;

⁴⁰Machnadbai, Shashai, Sharai,

⁴⁰Maknadebai, Sasai, Sarai;

⁴¹Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah,

⁴¹Azarel leh, Selemaia, Semaria;

⁴²Shallum, Amariah, Joseph.

⁴²Sallum, Amaria, Joseph.

⁴³Of the children of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, and Joel, Benaiah.

⁴³Nabo tapate lakah; Jeiel, Mattithia, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo leh Joel, Benaia.Hiaite tengteng ji lamdante a pi ua: huan a lak ua khenkhatten ji a nei ua huaite akipan tate a nei uhi.

⁴⁴All these had taken foreign wives; and there were among them wives who had had children.

⁴⁴Hiaite tengteng ji lamdante a pi ua: huan a lak ua khenkhatten ji a nei ua huaite akipan tate a nei uhi.