1Huchih laiin a unaute uh Judate dema nakpi taka kikouna mite leh a jite uh akipanin a hongomta a.
1And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews.
2Kou, ka tapate leh ka tanute uh, tampi ka hi ua: ka nek ua ka hin theihna ding un, buhlehbal honpia un, chi lah a om ngal ua.
2For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live.
3Ka loute uh, ka grephuante uh, ka inte uh ka juak uhi: kial jiakin, buhlehbal honpia un, chi kuate hiam leng a om uhi.
3Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
4Ka loute uh leh ka grephuante ua dit dingin kumpipa siah dingin sum ka leitawi uh, chi mi khenkhatte leng a om ua.
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
5Hinapiin ka sa uh ka unaute uh sa bang ahi a, ka tate uh lah amau tate bang: huan, ngai un, ka tapate uh leh ka tanute uh sikhate hi dingin tanna ah ka pi ua, ka tanute uh laka a khente tannaa piin a omkhin manhial uhi: panpih theihna ka nei het kei ua; mi dangten lah ka loute uh leh ka grephuante uh a nei ngal ua, chiin.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
6Huchia a kikouna uleh hiai thute ka jakin ka heh mahmah hi.
6And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
7Huchih laiin ka kingaihtuaha, miliante leh vaihawmmite ka kiselpiha, a kiang uah, Mi chihin a unau lakah a pung na phut uh, ka chi a. Huchiin amaute demna kikhawmpi thupi ka nei a.
7Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
8huchiin a kiang uah, Khovelmite kianga juaka omsa, i unau Judate i theih bang un i tanta ua; huan nou na unaute uh juak un, i lak ua khota om ding uh ahi maw? Ka chi a. Huan amau a dai dide ua, thu khat leng a neikei uh.
8And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.
9Na thilhih uh a hoih kei: i melmate khovelmiten hon simmohna jiak un, i Pathian laudansiama na om ding uh hi lou hia? Ka chi behlapa.
9Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?
10Huchibangmahin, ka unaute leh ka sikhate leh ken amau kiangah sum leh buhlehbal ka leitawi sak uhi. Ka honngen ahi, hiai pung om sak kei ni.
10I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury.
11Pe nawn un, ka honngen ahi, a kiang uah, tuni mahmahin a loute uh, a grephuante, a oliv huante u leh a inte uh, a sum uh a seh jana leng, buhlehbal, uain, leh sathau amau akipan na phut khiak uh.
11Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.
12Huan amau, Ka pe nawn ding ua, amau akipan bangmah ka ngiat kei ding uh; huchibangin ka hih ding ua, na chih bang mamahin, a chi ua. Huan ken siampute ka sama, a kichiamna uh ka laa, huchia hiai thuchiam banga a hihna ding un.
12Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
13Ken leng ka pheipi ka vuanga, Hiai thuchiam bawl lou peuhmah, a in akipan, a nasepna akipan Pathianin hichibangin vuang hen; hichibang taka vuan khiak ahi dinga, a hawm ding, ka chi a. Huan khawmpite tengtengin, Amen, TOUPA phatin om hen, a chi uh. Huchiin miten hiai thuchiam dungjuiin a hihta uhi.
13Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
14Huailouin Juda gama a ukpipa ding ua seha ka om laia kipan, kumpipa Artaksarsi kum sawmnih akipan kum sawmthum leh nih chiang, huai bel kum sawm leh nih ahia, kei leh ka unauten ukpipa tanghou ka ne nai kei uh.
14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
15Himahleh kei maa ukpipa masate mite tunga mohsak theih ahi ua, amau akipanin tanghou leh uain a la uh, dangka sekel sawmli sim louin; ahi, a sikhate uh nangawnin mite tungah vai a hawm uhi: himahleh ken huchibangin ka hih keia, Pathian kihtakna jiakin.
15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
16A hi, Huailou leng hiai kulhbang nasepna ah ka pang nilouhlouha, gam himhim leng i lei keiuh: huan ka sikhate tengteng huailamah nasepna ah kaihkhawmin a om uh.
16Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work.
17Huaibanah ka dohkan ah Judate leh vaihawmmite laka mi ja leh sawmnga, i kim i vel ua om khovelmite lak akipana i kiang ua hongpaite chih louh, a om uh.
17Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us.
18Huan ni khat adinga bawlkholhsa bawngtal khat leh belam hoihhoih guk ahi ua; vasate leng kei adia bawlkhawlsain a om ua, huan ni sawm sunga khatvei uain chi chih akipan koih hoih: hinapiin hiai mite tunga tanna a gik jiakin, ukpipa tanghou hiaite tengteng jiakin ka phut kei hi.Aw ka Pathian, hoihna dingin, kei lam hontheigigein, hiai mite adia ka hih tengteng.
18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
19Aw ka Pathian, hoihna dingin, kei lam hontheigigein, hiai mite adia ka hih tengteng.
19Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.