¹And on the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.

¹Huan hiai kha ni sawmnih leh li niin Israel tate anngawl kawm leh, saiippuan silh kawm leh a tung ua lei kibuak kawmin a kikhawm ua.

²And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

²Huan Israel chite mikhual tengteng akipanin a kituam seh ua, a ding ua a khelhnate uh leh, a pipute uh thulimlouhnate thupha a tawi uh.

³And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Jehovah their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshipped Jehovah their God.

³Huan a mun uah a ding ua, TOUPA a Pathian uh dan laibu sungah ni khata a sehlina teng a sim ua; a sehlina teng thupha a tawi ua, TOUPA Pathian uh a beta uhi.

⁴Then stood up upon the platform of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to Jehovah their God.

⁴Huchihlaiin Levi mite, Jesua, Bani, Kadmiel, Sebania, Bunni, Serebia, Bani, Chenani te dohkan tungah a ding ua, TOUPA a Pathian kiang uah aw ngaih takin a kikou uhi.

⁵And the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, Pethahiah, said, Stand up, bless Jehovah your God from eternity to eternity. And let [men] bless the name of thy glory, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

⁵Huailaiin Levi mite, Jesua te, Kadmiel te, Bani te, Hasabneia te, Serbia te, Hodia te, Sebania te, Pethahia ten, Ding unla khantawn akipan khantawn phain TOUPA na Pathian uh vualjawl un: huchiin vualjawlna leh phatna tengteng tunglama tawisanga om, na min thupia vualjawlin om hen.

⁶Thou art the Same, thou alone, Jehovah, who hast made the heaven of heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is therein, the seas and all that is therein. And thou quickenest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

⁶Nang TOUPA na hi, nang kia mahmah; van, vante van, a sepaihte tengteng utoh, lei leh a tunga om thil tengteng, tuipite leh a sung ua om tengteng na bawltaa, a vek un na hawia; huan van sepaihten nang a honbia uhi.

⁷Thou art the Same, Jehovah Elohim, who didst choose Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham;

⁷Abram tela, Kaldaite Ur akipana amah pi khiaa, a kianga Abraham min pepa, TOUPA Pathian na hi a;

⁸and foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest the covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, -- to give it to his seed; and thou hast performed thy words, for thou art righteous.

⁸Na maa a lungtang ginom na mu a, Kanaan mite, Hit mi, Amor mi, Jebus m, Girgas mi te gam pe dinga amah toh thukhun bawlpa, a chite kiang nasana pe dingin, na thute bawlpichinga; nang lah na diktat ngala.

⁹And thou sawest the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red Sea;

⁹Huan Aiguptaa ka pipute uh gimthuakna na mu a, Tuipi Sana a kahna uh na jaa;

¹⁰and didst shew signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants, and upon all the people of his land; for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them, and thou didst make thee a name, as it is this day.

¹⁰Huan Pharo tung leh, a sikhate tengteng tung leh a gama mite tengteng tungah chiamtehna leh thillamdangte na ensaka; amaute siatna dingin kisatheitakin a gamtang uh chih lah na thei ngal hi; tunia bangin, min na kimuh hi.

¹¹And thou didst divide the sea before them, and they went through the midst of the sea on dry [ground]; and their pursuers thou threwest into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

¹¹A ma uah tuipi na khena, huchiin gam hul tungah tuipi lakah a pai suak ua; amau delhte nang tuithuk sungate, tui hattak sunga suang bangin na pai lut hi.

¹²And thou leddest them in the day by a pillar of cloud, and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go.

¹²Huailouin sunin meipi kitungin amaute na piaa; janin mei kitungin, a paina ding lampi ua vakna amaute kianga pe dingin.

¹³And thou camest down on mount Sinai, and didst speak with them from the heavens, and gavest them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

¹³Sinai vumah leng na hoh suka, van akipanin amau na houpiha, vaihawm dikte leh dan dikte, thuseh leh thupiak hoihte na piaa:

¹⁴And thou madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and prescribedst for them commandments and statutes and a law, through Moses thy servant.

¹⁴Amau kiangah na khawlni siangthou na theisaka, na sikha Mosi khutin, thupiakte leh, thusehte leh dan amaute na thupiakin na pia hi:

¹⁵And thou gavest them bread from the heavens for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and didst say to them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

¹⁵A gilkial un van akipan tanghou amaute na piaa, a dangtak un suangpi akipan amaute adin tui na pawt khe saka, huan amaute pe dinga na khut na lik gam nei ding a kuan dingin amaute thu na piaa.

¹⁶But they, our fathers, dealt proudly, and hardened their neck, and hearkened not to thy commandments,

¹⁶Himahleh amaute leh a pipute un kisatheitakin a hih ua, a paupeng ua, na thupiakte a ngaikhe kei ua,

¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of thy wonders which thou hadst done among them; but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion made a captain to return to their bondage. But thou art a +God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great loving-kindness, and thou forsookest them not.

¹⁷Thu a mang nuam kei ua, a lak ua na hih na thillamdangte leng a limsak sam kei uh; himahleh a kiuangsak ua, a helna uah a tanna ua kik nawn dingin heutu khat a sep uhi: himahleh nang ngaidam dia mansa, lainatnaa dim leh hehpihsiam, heh mengmenglou, chitna hau, leh amaute lehngatsan lou Pathian na hi a.

¹⁸Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt! and they had wrought great provocation,

¹⁸A hi, bawngnou sun a bawl lai un, Aigupta akipana nang honpikhepa hiai na Pathian ahi, a chi ua, nakpitaka thangpaihnate a bawl lai un;

¹⁹yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them on the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.

¹⁹Huchi hina piin nang na chitna tampi jiakin amaute gamdai ah na lehngatsan kei hi: sunin a tung ua kipan meipi kitung a pai mang keia, amaute pi dingin; vakna amau pe ding, jana mei kitung leng, a paina lam pi uah.

²⁰Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.

²⁰Amaute chil dingin na kha hoih leng na piaa, a kam ua kipan na manna na phallou keia, amaute a dangtak un tui na pia hi.

²¹Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing; their clothes grew not old, and their feet swelled not.

²¹A hi, kum sawmli gamdai ah amaute na vaka, bangmah a tasam kei ua; a puansilhte uh a tul keia, a khepekte uh a bawk kei hi.

²²And thou gavest them kingdoms and peoples, and didst divide them by countries; and they possessed the land of Sihon, as well the land of the king of Heshbon, as the land of Og king of Bashan.

²²Huaibanah gamte leh mite amau na piaa, a tantuante uh dungjuia na piakkhiakte: Huchiin Sihonn gam, Hesbon kumpipa gam amahmah, leh Basan kumpipa Og gam a lata uh.

²³And their children thou didst multiply as the stars of heaven, and thou broughtest them into the land concerning which thou didst say to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

²³Vana aksite bangin a tate uh na pungsaka, gamsungah na pi luta, nei dingin a lut ding uh ahi chia, a pipute uh kianga a tanchin na gen mah.

²⁴And the children went in and possessed the land; and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, both their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

²⁴Huchiin tate tuh a lut ua gam a neita ua, a ma uah gama tengte na satpuka, Kanaan mite, a kumpipate uh leh, gama mite, amau khut ah na pia hi, huchia a utdan ua a tung ua hih theihna ding un.

²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, wells digged, vineyards and olive-gardens, and fruit trees in abundance. And they did eat and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

²⁵Huan khopi umte, gam hoih, a la ua, thil hoih tengtenga dim inte a nei ua, tuibel sekte, grephuante, oliv huante, a tama tam thei kungte: huchiin a ne ua, a vah ua ahongthau ua, na hoihna thupi jiakin kipahhuai a sa mahmah uh.

²⁶But they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets who testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

²⁶Hinapiin lah thu a mang kei ua, na tungah a hel ua, na dan a nung lam uah a pai ua, na kianglam amaute nga nawn sak dinga, amaute dema thugen na jawlneite a that ua, thangpaihna thupi mahmah a bawl uhi.

²⁷And thou gavest them into the hand of their oppressors, and they oppressed them; and in the time of their distress, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from the heavens, and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their oppressors.

²⁷Huaijiakin a melmate uh khut ah amau na piaa, amau a hih genthei uh: a nuai ni ua na kianga hongkah lai un, van akipanin na jaa; na chitna tampi dungjuiin a melmate uh khut akipana amaute dondamte hondammite a kiang uah na pia hi.

²⁸But when they had rest, they did evil again before thee; and thou didst leave them in the hand of their enemies, and they had dominion over them; and again they cried unto thee, and thou heardest [them] from the heavens, and many times didst thou deliver them, according to thy mercies.

²⁸Himahleh a tawldam nung un, na maah gilou a hih nawn ua: huaijiakin a melmate uh khut ah amau na nusiaa, huchiin amau a tunguah thu a nei ua: hinapiin ahongkihei ua, na kianga hongkah un, van akipan na jaa; na chitnate dungjuiin amaute tam veipi na hun khiaa;

²⁹And thou testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law; but they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thine ordinances (which if a man do, he shall live in them); and they withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.

²⁹Na dana amaute na pi lut theih nawnna dingin, amau na dem a: himahleh kisatheitakin a hih ua, na thupiakte a limsakkei ua, na vaihawmte tungah a khial zosop uhi, (huai min a hih aleh, huaiah ahing ding), liang a sawisak ua, a kiuangsak ua, a za nuam kei uh.

³⁰And many years didst thou forbear with them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit through thy prophets; but they would not give ear: and thou gavest them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

³⁰Himahleh kum tampi amaute na thuaktheia, na jawlneitein na kha zangin amaute na dema: ahihhganin a ngaikhe nuam kei ua: huaijiakin gamte mite khut ah amau na peta hi.

³¹Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful ùGod.

³¹Huchinapiin na chitna tampi jiakin amaute na hih bei keuhkeuh keia, na lehngatsan gige kei; nang lah hehpihthei leh ching thei Pathian na hi ngala.

³²And now, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible ùGod, who keepest covenant and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the days of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

³²Huaijiakin tuin, ka Pathian uh, thupi Pathian hat leh kihtakhuai, thukhun leh chitna vompa, na maah, ka tung uh, ka kumpipate uh tung, ka lalte uh tung, ka siampute uh tung, ka jawlneite uh tung, ka pipute uh tung, na mite, Assuria kumpipate damlai akipana tuni tan, na mite tunga, nauveina bangmah thamlou bangin kilang kei hen.

³³But thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast acted according to truth, and we have done wickedly.

³³Akoiabangin ka tung ua hongtung tengtengah nang lah diktakin na hih ngala, kou bel gilou takin ka hih uh:

³⁴And our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers, have not performed thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

³⁴Ka kumpipate uh hiam, ka lalte uh hiam, ka siampute uh hiam, ka pipute uh hiamin na dan a jui kei ua, na thupiakte leh na thutheihpihnate, amaute dema na theihpihnate lah a ngaikhe nuam sam kei uhi.

³⁵And they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land that thou didst set before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

³⁵A gam uah lah nang na a sem kei ua, na hoih mahmahna jiaka amau na piak, a ma ua na piak gam lian leh hoih, a nasep gilou ua kipan in lah a kileh hei sam kei uh.

³⁶Behold, we are servants this day, and the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are bondmen in it.

³⁶Ngaiin, tuniin sikhate ka hi ua, a gah nekna ding leh huaia hoihte neihna dia ka pipute uh kianga na piak gam a hihleh, ngaiin, a sungah sikhate ka hi uhi,

³⁷And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: and they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure; and we are in great distress.

³⁷Huan ka khelhna jiak ua ka tung ua na koih kumpipate adingin a nak pun mahmah a: a thu thu un, ka pumpite uleh, ka gantate uh tunga thilhih theihna leng a nei ua, huchiin kou ka nak gim mahmah uhi.Huan hiaite tengteng huchibang hita zongleh thukhun muanhuai ka bawl ua, ka gelh ua; huan ka lalte uh, ka Levi mite uleh ka siampute un, huaiah suai a bawl uhi.

³⁸And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, [and] our priests are at the sealing.

³⁸Huan hiaite tengteng huchibang hita zongleh thukhun muanhuai ka bawl ua, ka gelh ua; huan ka lalte uh, ka Levi mite uleh ka siampute un, huaiah suai a bawl uhi.