¹Huchia hiai thilte hihkhita a omlaiin, lalte ka kiangah a hongpai nai ua, Israel mite leh, siampute leh Levi mite, gamtea mite a kipan amauleh amau a kikoihtuam kei ua, amaute kihhuainate, Kanan mite, Hit mite, Periz mite, Jebus mite, Amon mite, Moab mite, Aigupta mite leh Amor mite, dungjuiin a om uh, chiin.

¹Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.

²Amau ading leh a tapate uh adingin a tanute uh lakah a lata ngal ua; huchiin chi siangthou gamte mite toh amau leh amau a kihelkhawmta hi: ahi, hiai tatlekna ah lalte khut leh vaihawmmite a pipen ahi uhi.

²For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass.

³Huchia hiai thil ka jakin, ka puansilh leh ka puannak ka botkeka, ka khamula ka bot khiaa, lam dang sain ka tu suk maimah hi.

³And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied.

⁴Huchihlaiin saltannaa amaute tatlekna jiaka, Israelte Pathian thute jiaka laua ling michih ka kiangah a hong kikhawm ua; nitaklam kithoih hun masiah lamdang sain ka tuta hi.

⁴Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice.

⁵Huan nitaklam kithoih hun laiin ka zahlakna akipan ka thoua, ka puansilh leh ka puannak bohkeksa toh; huan ka khukdintaa, TOUPA ka Pathian lamah ka khutte ka jak khiaa;

⁵And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,

⁶Aw ka Pathian, na kianga dak tou dingin ka zumin ka zakta hi, ka Pathian: ka thulimlouhnate uh ka lu tunglam uah a pung deuhdeuha, ka mohna un vante a sunta hi.

⁶And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

⁷Ka pipute uh damlai hun akipan tu ni phain nakpiin ka namohta ua; huchiin ka thulimlouhnate uh jiakin kou, ka kumpipate uh leh, ka siampute uh, gamte kumpipate khut ah, namsau ah, saltanna ah leh, lohna ah leh, mai zumna ah, hiai ni bangin piak khiakin ka naomta uhi.

⁷Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

⁸Huan tuin sawtlou sung adin TOUPA ka Pathian ua kipanin hehpihna honglanga, suakta dinga omlai dia nutsiat dingin leh, a mun siangthoua omkipna honpe dingin, huchia ka Pathian un ka mitte uh a honsuk vak saka, ka tanna ua halhna neukha a honpiak theihna dingin.

⁸And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.

⁹Sikha lah ka hi ngal ua; huchipiin leng sikha ka hihna uah ka Pathian un a hon mangngilh keia, himahleh Persia kumpipate mitmuhin chitna a honpiaa, halhna honpe ding, ka Pathian uh in ding sak ding leh, huaia a siatna bawlpha ding leh, Juda leh Jerusalema kulhbang honpe dingin.

⁹For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

¹⁰Huan tuin, Aw ka Pathian uh, hiai zohin bang ka chi ding ua? Na thupiakte lah ka lehngatsanta ngal ua,

¹⁰And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

¹¹Na sikha jawlneite zanga, Tang dinga na paina uh, huai gam, gamtea mite nitna jiaka gam nin ahi, a kihhuainate uh, huaiin a kihhuainate uh tohkhatlam tawp akipan khatlam tawp tana hidimna jiakin.

¹¹Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness.

¹²Huaijiakin na tanute uh a tapate uh kiangah pe kei unla, a tanute uh leng na tapate uh adingin lasam kei un, a muanna uhiam a hauhsakna uhiam leng khantawnin zong sam kei uh: huchia na hat ua, gama a hoih na nek ua, khantawna na tate uh adia gouluah dia na nutsiat theihna ding un.

¹²Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.

¹³Huchia ka tat giloute uh jiaka leh ka mohna thupi mahmah jiak ua, ka tung ua hongtung tengteng zohin, nang ka Pathian un ka thulimlouhnate uh gunzah sanga hon gawt tawmjawa, hichi bang omlai non piak bang muin,

¹³And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this;

¹⁴Na thupiakte bohse nawnin, hiai kihhuaite hih mite toh kituak in ka zom ding uam? Omlai ding om lou khopa, suakta ding himhim leng omlou khopa na bawlgawp matan ka tunguah na heh sin kei dia hia?Aw TOUPA Israel Pathian, nang na diktata; a suakta omlaite na honnutsiat jiakin, hiai ni bang: ngaiin, ka mohna un na maah ka om uhi; hiai jiakin lah kuamah na maah a ding thei sin ngal kei ua.

¹⁴Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?

¹⁵Aw TOUPA Israel Pathian, nang na diktata; a suakta omlaite na honnutsiat jiakin, hiai ni bang: ngaiin, ka mohna un na maah ka om uhi; hiai jiakin lah kuamah na maah a ding thei sin ngal kei ua.

¹⁵O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this.