1On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and there was found written in it that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
1Huai niin mite jakin Mosi laibu sungah a sim ua; Amon mi leh Moab mi khantawnin Pathian khawmpi sungah a lut ding uh ahi kei chih, huai sunga kigelh a mu uhi;
2because they had not met the children of Israel with bread and with water, and had hired Balaam against them, to curse them; but our God turned the curse into blessing.
2Tanghou leh tuia Israel tate dawn loua, amaute hamsiat dinga, amaute siatna dinga Balaam a lak jiak un: ahihhangin i Pathian in hamsia vualjawlna a suaksak hi.
3And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.
3Dan a jak lai un, hichi ahi a, mipi kihel tengteng Israel akipan a kikhenkhe tuamta uhi.
4And before this, Eliashib the priest, who had the oversight of the chambers of the house of our God, a kinsman of Tobijah,
4Huan hiai main, siampu Eliasib i Pathian in ua dantante tunga seha ompa, Tobia toh kizomin,
5had prepared for him a great chamber, where formerly they laid the oblations, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine and the oil, which was commanded for the Levites and the singers and the doorkeepers, and the heave-offerings of the priests.
5Amah dingin dantan thupi a bawlkhola huaiah a malamin anpiak thillatte, begawte leh tuiumbelsuante leh, buhlehbal, uain, leh thaute sawmakhatte a koih ua, huaite bel Levi mite leh lasamite leh kongkhakngakmite kianga thupiaka piak ahi a; huchiin vei thillatte siampute adingin.
6And during all that [time] I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two-and-thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I came to the king; and after some time I obtained leave of the king.
6Himahleh hiai hunte khawngin, Jerusalem ah ka om kei: Babulon kumpipa Araksarsi kum sawmthum leh nih kumin kumpipa kiangah ka hoha, ni bangzah hiam nungin kumpipa phalna ka ngen ngala:
7And I came to Jerusalem, and observed the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobijah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
7Huchiin Jerusalem ah ka honga, huan Pathian in pisate sung dantan amah adia a bawlsakna ah, Eliasibin Tobia adia gilou a hih dan ka theisiam hi.
8And it grieved me much, and I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobijah out of the chamber.
8Huchiin kei a hondah sak mahmaha: huaijiakin dantana kipanin Tobia in dong tengteng ka lawn khiaa.
9And I commanded, and they purified the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, the oblation and the frankincense.
9Huan thu ka piaa, dantante a hih siang ua: huan huailaiah anpiak thillatte leh begaw toh, Pathian ina tuiumbelsuante ka honla nawn hi.
10And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given, and that the Levites and the singers that did the work had fled every one to his field.
10Huan Levi mite tante amau kiang ah piak nailouhin a om chih ka thei a; huchiin Levi mite leh lasamite, nasep semte mi chih a loulam ah a taijak uhi.
11Then I contended with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together and set them in their place.
11Huan kei tuh vaihawmmite toh kakiselta ua, Bang dinga Pathian mangngilha om ahia? ka chi a. Huan amau ka kaikhawma, a mun uah ka koih a.
12And all Judah brought the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil into the storehouses.
12Huan Juda tengteng in buhlehbal leh uain leh thau sawmakhat sumbawm ah a hontawi uh.
13And I made storekeepers over the storehouses: Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and subordinate to them, Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were esteemed faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brethren.
13Huan sumbawm adingin sumkemmite ka bawla, Selemia siampu te, Zadok laigelhmi te leh, Levi mite lakah: Pedaia: huan amua zomin Hanan Zakkur tapate, Mattania tapa: muanhuai sim ahi ngal ua, a nasep uh a unaute uh kianga hawm ding ahi.
14Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds which I have done for the house of my God, and for the charges thereof!
14Aw ka Pathian, hiai thu-ah hontheigige inla, ka Pathian in adinga ka nasep hoih ka hihte leh huaia zuihdingte nul khe ken.
15In those days I saw in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading them on asses; as also wine, grapes and figs, and all manner of burdens; and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I protested in the day on which they sold the victuals.
15Huai laiin Juda ah khawlnia kuate hiam uainsuknate chila, buhphalte hontawia, huaite toh a sabengtungte van guang ka mua; uain, grepgahte, theipite vanpuakgik chichih, khawlnia Jerusalem a hontawilut uhte leng: huan annekte a juak ni uh huai niin amaute demin thu ka gen hi.
16Men of Tyre also dwelt therein, who brought fish and all manner of ware, and sold it on the sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
16Huaiah Tura mite leng a om ua, ngasa a hontawi ua, van chituamtuam toh, Juda tate kiang leh Jerusalem ah khawlniin a juak uhi.
17And I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this which ye do, profaning the sabbath day?
17Huchiin ken Judate miliante ka kiselpiha, a kiang uah, Bang thil gilou ahia hiai na hih ua, khawlni na hihnit uh?
18Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? And ye will bring more wrath against Israel by profaning the sabbath.
18Na pipute un huchibangin a hih kei ua hia, huan i Pathianin ei tung leh hiaikhopi tungah hiai hoihlou tengteng a hontun ahi kei maw? hinapi in nou lah khawlni hihninin Israel tungah thangpaihna tamsem na tun ua, ka chi a.
19And it came to pass, that when it began to be dark in the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut; and I commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath. And I set [some] of my servants at the gates, so that no burden should be brought in on the sabbath day.
19Huan Jerusalem kongpite khawlni maa a mial pat lain, hichi ahi a, kongkhakte khak dingin thu ka piaa, khawlni khit matan kihong lou dingin thu ka piaa: huan ka sikhate laka a khen kongpi tungah ka pangsaka, huchia khawl nia puakgik a hongkilak lut louh na dingin.
20And the dealers and sellers of all kind of ware passed the night without Jerusalem once or twice.
20Huchiin khatvei hiam nihvei hiam sumsinmite leh van chiteng juakmite Jerusalem polamah a giak uhi.
21And I testified against them, and said to them, Why do ye pass the night before the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth they came not on the sabbath.
21Huan amaute demin thu ka gena, a kiang uah, Bang dinga kulhbang kima giak na hi ua? na hih nawn uleh, na tunguah khut ka kha ding, ka chi a. Huan hun akipanin khawlni in a hong pai nawnta kei uhi.
22And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to hallow the sabbath day. Remember this also for me, my God, and spare me according to thy great loving-kindness!
22Huan kisiangsak ding leh hongkuana kongpite ngak ding, khawl ni siangsak dingin, Levi mite thu ka piaa. Aw ka Pathian, hiaiah leng kei hongtheigigein, na chitna letdan dungjuiin kei honhawiin.
23In those days also I saw Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab.
23Huai laiin Judate a Asdod, Ammon leh Moab numeite kitenpihte leng ka mua:
24And their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
24Huchiin a tate Asdod pau kimkhat a zang ua, Judate pauin a pau theikei uh, himahleh mi chih pau dungjuiin.
25And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them and plucked off their hair, and adjured them by God [saying], Ye shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.
25Huan amaute ka kiselpiha, ka hamsiat khuma, a lak ua kuate hiam ka khena, a mul uh ka bohkhiak saka, Pathian louin ka kichiam saka, Na tanute uh a tapate uh dingin na pe kei ding ua, na tapate uh ading hiam, noumau ading hiamin leng a tanute uh na la ding uh ahi kei, chiin.
26Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among the many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; but even him did foreign wives cause to sin.
26Israel kumpipa Solomon hiaitein a khial kei maw? ninapiin lah nam tampite lakah amah bang kumpipa a om keia, a Pathian itin a om a, Israel tengteng tungah Pathianin kumpipain a bawl hi: himahleh amah nangawn numei lamdangten a khialsak uhi.
27And should we hearken to you to do all this great evil, to act unfaithfully to our God by marrying foreign wives?
27Ahihleh hiai gilou mahmah khawng hih dingin, numei lamdangte kitenpiha i Pathian tunga talek dingin, na thu honjui ding ka hi umaw?
28And [one] of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; and I chased him from me.
28Huan Joiada tapate laka khat, siampu lian Eliasib tapa, Horon mi Sanballat tanu pasal ahia: huaijiakin keia kipan ka delh khia hi.
29Remember them, my God, for they are polluters of the priesthood, and of the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites!
29Aw ka Pathian, siamputna, siamputna thukhun, leh Levi mitea a hihnit jiak un, amau theigige in.
30And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;
30Huchiin mikhualte tengteng akipan in amaute ka sawpsianga, siampute a ding leh Levi mite adingin, mi chih a nasep uah, nasep dante ka sehsaka;Huan a hunte sehsaa sing thillat ading, leh gah masa adingin, Aw ka pathian, hoihna dingin kei hon theigige in.
31and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good!
31Huan a hunte sehsaa sing thillat ading, leh gah masa adingin, Aw ka pathian, hoihna dingin kei hon theigige in.