¹all the people gathered together as one man to the open place that was before the water-gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Jehovah had commanded Israel.

¹Huchiin mite tengteng tui kongpi maia om mun lian ah mi khat bangina kikhawm khawmta ua; TOUPAN Israel kiang a a piak, Mosi dan laibu hontawi dingin laigelhmi Ezra kiangah thu a gen uhi.

²And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation, both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month.

²Huan siampu Ezrain omkhawmte, pasal leh numei, theihsiamna toh za thei ding tengteng maah kha sagihna ni khat niin dan thu a honlata hi.

³And he read in it before the open place that was before the water-gate from the morning until midday, in presence of the men and the women, and those that could understand. And the ears of all the people were [attentive] to the book of the law.

³Pasal leh numeite, leh theisiam thei dingte maah, jing khang akipan sunlai tanphain tui kongpi maia om mun lian maah a simta hi; huchiin mite tengteng in dan laibu a bil uh a doh chiat uhi.

⁴And Ezra the scribe stood upon a high stage of wood, which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkijah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchijah, and Hashum, and Hashbaddana, Zechariah, Meshullam.

⁴Huchiin huai ding maha a bawl uh, sing pulpit tungah laigelhmi Ezra a dinga; a sikah Mattithia lehm Sema leh, Anaia leh, Uria leh, Hilkia, leh Maaseia, a taklam pangah a ding ua; a veilam pangah, Pedaia leh, Misael leh, Malkija leh, Hasum leh, Hasabaddana, Zekaria leh, Mesullam.

⁵And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people, for he was above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up.

⁵Huan Ezrain mite mitmuhin laibu a honga; (mite tunglamah a om ngala; ) huan a hongtan, mite tengteng a ding uh:

⁶And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen! with lifting up of their hands; and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

⁶Huan Ezrain TOUPA, Pathian thupi tuh a vualjawl a. Huchiin mite tengteng a dawn ua, Amen, Amen, a khutte uh lik kawmin, a chi ua: huan a lute uh kunsak ua a maite ua lei siin TOUPA a beta uhi.

⁷And Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law; and the people [stood] in their place.

⁷Jesua, Bani, Serebia, Jamin, Akkub, Sabbethai, Hodia, Ma-aseia, Kelita, Azaria, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelai, Levi miten mipite dan theisiam dingin a bawl ua: huchiin mite amau mun ah a ding uh.

⁸And they read in the law of God distinctly out of the book, and gave the sense, and caused [them] to understand the reading.

⁸Huan teltakin laibu ah, Pathian dan sungah a sim ua; a omdan a taklang ua, huchia laisim khiak a theihsiamna ding un.

⁹And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to Jehovah your God: mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the law.

⁹Huan Nehemia, amah Tirsatha ahi a, leh siampu Ezra laigelhmi leh, Levite mite sinsakten, mite tengteng kiangah, Tuni TOUPA na Pathian uh adia ni siangthou ahi; dah kei unla kap kei un, a chi ua. Dan thute a jak un lah mite tengteng a kap ngal ua.

¹⁰And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.

¹⁰A kiang uah, Pai unla, thau ne unla, a khum dawn unla, amah adia bangmah bawlkhawla omlou kiangah tantuante khak un: tuni lah i Toupa u adia ni siangthou ahi ngala: dah kei unla; TOUPA kipahna lah na hatna uh ahi ngala, a chi a.

¹¹And the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still! for the day is holy; neither be grieved.

¹¹Huchiin Leviten mite tengteng a daisak ua, Tuni siangthou a hihjiakin, dai n; dah sam kei un, chiin.

¹²And all the people went their way, to eat and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great rejoicing. For they had understood the words that were declared to them.

¹²Huan mite tengteng ne ding leh, dawn ding leh, vualnopna thupi bawl dingin a paita ua, a kiang ua phuankhiaka om thute lah a theisaim ta ngal ua.

¹³And on the second day were gathered together the chief fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to gain wisdom as to the words of the law.

¹³Huan a ni nih niin mite tengteng pipute inkote lupente, siampute leh, Levi mite, laigelhmi Ezra kiangah, dan thute ngaikhe dingin a kikhawm khawmta ua.

¹⁴And they found written in the law which Jehovah had commanded through Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month,

¹⁴TOUPAN Mosi zanga Israel tate a kha sagihna ankuangluinaa aidakbuktea a tendan ding uh a thu a napiakdan dana kigelh a mu uh:

¹⁵and that they should publish and proclaim through all their cities, and at Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive-branches, and wild olive-branches, and myrtle-branches, and palm-branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.

¹⁵Mual ah kuan khia unla, Oliv hiangte leh, gam oliv leh muising hiangte leh, tum hiangte leh, sing vunsakte hiangte, a kigelh banga, aidakbuk bawlna dingin vala un, chia, a khopite tengteng uh leh Jerusalema a puankhiak theihna ding un.

¹⁶And the people went forth and brought [them], and made themselves booths, everyone upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the open space of the water-gate, and in the open space of the gate of Ephraim.

¹⁶Huchiin mite a pai khia ua, a vala ua, mi chihin a in tungah leh, a pisate uah leh, Pathian pisate ah leh, tui kongpia mun lian ah leh, Ephraim kongpia mun lian ah aidakbukte a kibawlta uhi.

¹⁷And all the congregation of them that had come back from the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths. For since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun until that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

¹⁷Huan saltanna akipan hongpai nawnte omkhawmte tengtengin aidakbukte a bawl ua, aidakbute ah a tengta ua: Nun tapa Jesua damlai akipan huai ni tanphain Israel taten lah huchibangin ahih nai kei ua. Huchiin nakpia kipahna mahmah a omta hi.Huailouin ni tengin ni masapen akipan ni tawpni tanin Pathian dan laibu sungah a sim hi. Huan ankuangluina ni sagih a nei ua; a ni giatniin thuseh dungjuiin kikhopna thupi a omta hi.

¹⁸Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they observed the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

¹⁸Huailouin ni tengin ni masapen akipan ni tawpni tanin Pathian dan laibu sungah a sim hi. Huan ankuangluina ni sagih a nei ua; a ni giatniin thuseh dungjuiin kikhopna thupi a omta hi.