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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

⁵Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

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.

⁶Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

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

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

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.

⁸And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a 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, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

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

⁹And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea;

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.

¹⁰And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

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.

¹¹And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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

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

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

¹³Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments:

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

¹⁴And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant:

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.

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

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

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

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.

¹⁷And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.

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;

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

²²Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

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.

²³Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

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.

²⁴So 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, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would.

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.

²⁵And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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.

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

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.

²⁷Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

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;

²⁸But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

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.

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

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.

³⁰Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands.

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.

³¹Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.

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.

³²Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, 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 time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

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

³³Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly:

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.

³⁴Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them.

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.

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

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,

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

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.

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

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.

³⁸And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it.