¹Then king Darius gave orders, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.

¹Huchihlaiin kumpipa Dariain thupaik a bawla, Babulona goute koihkhawmna, laibute in sung a zong ua.

²And there was found at Achmetha in the fortress that is in the province of Media a roll, and therein was a record thus written:

²Huan Akbetana ah, Media biala om inpi ah laijial a kimu khiaa huaiah chiamtehna dingin hichibanga gelh ahi.

³In the first year of king Cyrus, king Cyrus made a decree [concerning] the house of God at Jerusalem: Let the house be built for a place where they offer sacrifices, and let its foundations be solidly laid; its height sixty cubits, its breadth sixty cubits,

³Kumpipa Kura kum khatna kumin, Kura kumpipan thupiak a bawla: Jerusalema Pathian in tungtang, a in lam hi henla, kithoihnate a latna mun uh leh, huaia suangphumte kiptaka koih hi hen; a sanlam tong sawmguk, a zatlam tong sawmguk;

⁴[with] three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber; and let the expenses be given out of the king's house:

⁴Suang thupipi vual thum leh, sing thak vual khat toh: huan sumzatbei kumpipa in akipana piak khiak hi hen:

⁵and also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that is at Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought again to the temple that is at Jerusalem, in their place; and thou shalt put [them] in the house of God.

⁵Huan Nebukadnezzarin Jerusalema om biakin akipana a lakkhiaka, Babulon lama a lak, Pathian ina dangkaeng leh dangka tuiumbelsunate piak nawn vek hi henla, Jerusalema om biakina koih nawn vek hi hen, a munah, huan Pathian in ah amaute na koih ding hi.

⁶Therefore Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, who are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:

⁶Huaijiakin, Tattenai, luipi khena ukpipa, Setharbozenai leh na kithuahpihte uh Apharsa mite, luipi khena omte, huai akipan gamla ah om un:

⁷let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in its place.

⁷Hiai Pathian in nasepna subuai kei un; Judate ukpipa leh Judate upaten a munah hiai Pathian in lam uhen.

⁸Moreover, I give orders what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews, for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, of the tribute beyond the river, expenses be diligently given to these men, that they be not hindered.

⁸Huailouin hiai Pathian in lamna dinga hiai Juda upate kiangah na hih ding uh thu ka bawl hi: kumpipa vante akipan, luipi khena siah akipan mahmahin, hiai mite kianga sumzatnate thanopna chiteng toh a piak ding ahi, huchia dala a om louhna ding un.

⁹And that which they have need of, both young bullocks and rams and lambs, for the burnt-offerings to the God of the heavens, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests that are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail;

⁹Huan a taksapna te uh, bawngtal noute leh, belam talte leh, belamnoute, Van Pathian kianga halmang thillatte ding huit-buh te, chi te, uain te, leh thau te, Jerusalem aom siampute thu bangjelin, tatlak louin ni tengin amau piak ding ahi:

¹⁰that they may present sweet odours to the God of the heavens, and pray for the life of the king and of his sons.

¹⁰Huchia van Pathian kianga gim lim kithoihnate a lat theih ua, kumpipa hinna leh a tapate hinna adia a thum theihna ding un.

¹¹Also I have given order that whosoever shall alter this rescript, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon, and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

¹¹Thupiak ka bawl laia, kuapeuhmahin hiai thu a suklamdan leh, a in akipan inkam dohkhiak hi henla, huaiah amah dopkang touh leh hendenin om hen; hiai jiakin a in ekvuma bawl hi hen;

¹²And the God that has caused his name to dwell there overthrow every king and people that shall put forth their hand to alter [or] to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have given [this] order; let it be done diligently.

¹²Huaimah hihlamdang ding, Jerusalema om hiai Pathian in hihse dinga a khut uh kuan sak ding kumpipate tengteng leh mite tengteng Pathian huailaia teng dinga a min omsakpan paithal vek hen. Kei Dariain thupiak ka bawlta; thanopna tengteng toha hihin om hen, chiin.

¹³Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shethar-boznai, and their companions, because of that which king Darius had sent, did so diligently.

¹³Huchiin Tattenai, luipi khena ukpipa, Sethar-bozenai leh a kithuahpihte un, kumpipa Dariain a sawl jiakin, thanopna tengteng toh huchibangin a hihta uhi.

¹⁴And the elders of the Jews built; and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built and completed [it] according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.

¹⁴Huan Juda upaten in a lam ua ma a sawm jel ua, jawlnei Haggai leh Iddo tapa Zekaria genkholhna pansanin. Huan Israel Pathian thupiak dangjui leh Kura leh, Daria leh, Persia kumpipa Artaksarsi thupiak dungjuiin in a lam ua a zouta uh.

¹⁵And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of king Darius.

¹⁵Kumpipa Daria vaihawm kum gukna kuma om, Adar kha ni thumniin hiai in tuh zoh a hita hi.

¹⁶And the children of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy;

¹⁶Huan Israel tate, siampute leh Levi mite leh, saltanna ta dangten, hiai Pathian in latna nuam takin a neita uhi.

¹⁷and they presented at the dedication of this house of God a hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and for a sin-offering for all Israel, twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.

¹⁷Huan hiai Pathian in latna ah bawngtal za khat, belam tal za nih, belamnou za li a lan ua; huan Israel tenteng adia khelhna thillat dingin, keltal sawm leh nih, Israel namte zah dungjuiin.

¹⁸And they set the priests in their classes, and the Levites in their divisions, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem: as it is written in the book of Moses.

¹⁸Huchiin Jerusalema om, Pathian nasepna adingin, siampute a kihawmna uah, Levi mite a muntan uah a koih uhi; Mosi laibua kigelh bangin.

¹⁹And the children of the captivity held the passover upon the fourteenth of the first month.

¹⁹Huan saltanna taten a kha khatna a ni sawmleh li niin paikan a tang ua.

²⁰For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves as one [man]: they were all pure; and they killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.

²⁰Siampute leh Levi mite lah a kisiangsak khawm vek ngal ua; a vek un a siang ua: huchiin saltanna tate ading leh, a unaute uh siampute ading leh, amau mah adingin, paikan a gouta uhi.

²¹And the children of Israel that were come back out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Jehovah the God of Israel, did eat;

²¹Huchiiin saltanna akipana hongpai khe nawn, Israel tate leh, TOUPA, Israel Pathian zong dinga, gam khovelmite buahna akipan amau leh amau kihihkhe tuamte tengtengin, a neta ua, nuam takin ni sagih sung tanghou silngou sohlouh ankuangluina a bawlta uhi:TOUPAN lah amaute nuam a sa sakin, amau lamah Assuria kumpipa lungtang, Israel Pathian, Pathian in nasepnaa a khutte uh hatsak dingin a kiheisakta ngala.

²²and they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for Jehovah had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

²²TOUPAN lah amaute nuam a sa sakin, amau lamah Assuria kumpipa lungtang, Israel Pathian, Pathian in nasepnaa a khutte uh hatsak dingin a kiheisakta ngala.