1Kumpipa Daria lal kum nihna, kha gukna, a khaa a ni khat niin, Juda ukpina Sialtil tapa Zerubbabel kiang leh, siampu lian, Jehozadak tapa Josua kiangah jawlnei Haggai akipanin TOUPA thu a hongtunga.
1In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, the Word of Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations. came by Haggai, the prophet, to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,
2Hichibnagin sepaihte TOUPAN thu a gen, Hiai miten, Eite i kisak hun uh ahi kei, TOUPA in lam hun, chiin.
2“This is what Yahweh of Armies says: These people say, ‘The time hasn’t yet come, the time for Yahweh’s house to be built.’”
3Huchiin jawlnei Haggai akipanin TOUPa thu a hongtunga
3Then the Word of Yahweh came by Haggai, the prophet, saying,
4Hiai in kigawpna oma, nou adia na intungdal neite ua ten hun ahi maw? chiin.
4“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies waste?
5Huaijiakin tuin sepaihte TOUPAN huchiin a chi; Na lampite uh ngaihtuah un,
5Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.
6Tampi na tuh ua, tawm chik na la uh; na ne ua, himahleh na kham kei uh. na dawn ua, himahleh na dawn kham zou kei uh; na kisilh ua, himahleh kuamah na lum kei uh; loh muin ip vangsaa koih dingin loh a mu ahi, chiin.
6You have sown much, and bring in little. You eat, but you don’t have enough. You drink, but you aren’t filled with drink. You clothe yourselves, but no one is warm, and he who earns wages earns wages to put them into a bag with holes in it.”
7Sepaihte TOUPAN hichiin a chi; Na lampite uh ngaihtuah un.
7This is what Yahweh of Armies says: “Consider your ways.
8Tangah hohtou unla, sing vala unla, in lam un; huan, huaiah ka kipak dinga, hihthupiin ka om ding, TOUPAN a chi.
8Go up to the mountain, bring wood, and build the house. I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified,” says Yahweh.
9Tampi na lamen ua, ngai un, tawm chik a honghi hi; huan in na hontut chiang un, ka na mutmang hi. Bangdingin? sepaihte TOUPAN a chi. Mi chih noumau in tuam ah na tai chiat ua, kei in pen kigawpa a om jiakin.
9“You looked for much, and, behold, it came to little; and when you brought it home, I blew it away. Why?” says Yahweh of Armies, “Because of my house that lies waste, while each of you is busy with his own house.
10Huaijiakin nou vangin vanin a daitui a khou a, leiin a gah a khou.
10Therefore for your sake the heavens withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its fruit.
11Huchiin, gamah leh, tangte ah leh, buh ah leh, uain ah leh, sathau ah leh, leiin a honsuah khiak ah leh, mi ah leh, ganhon ah leh, khutte nasep tengteng tungah keuna ka samta hi.
11I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground brings forth, on men, on livestock, and on all the labor of the hands.”
12Huchiin Sialtil tapa Zerubbabel leh siampu lian Jehozadak tapa Josuain mi omsunte tengteng toh TOUPa a Pathian uh aw leh, Toupa a Pathian un amah a sawl, jawlnei Haggai thute a mang ua; huan TOUPA maah mite a lau taktak uhi.
12Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of Yahweh, their God The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “Elohim.” , and the words of Haggai, the prophet, as Yahweh, their God, had sent him; and the people feared Yahweh.
13Huan TOUPa thukhahin TOUPa sawltak Haggaiin mite kiangah thu a gena, TOUPAN, Na kiang uah ka om, a chi, chiiin
13Then Haggai, Yahweh’s messenger, spoke Yahweh’s message to the people, saying, “I am with you,” says Yahweh.
14Huan Juda ukpipa Siltil tapa Zerubbabel kha leh, siampu lian, Jehozadak tapa Josua kha leh, mi om sunte tengteng kha TOUPAN a tok thou a; a hongkuan ua sepaihte TOUPA, a PAthian uh in ah na a semta uhA khaa a ni sawmnih leh li ni, a kha gukna, kumpipa Daria lal kum nihnain.
14Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of Yahweh of Armies, their God,
15A khaa a ni sawmnih leh li ni, a kha gukna, kumpipa Daria lal kum nihnain.
15in the twenty-fourth day of the month, in the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king.