¹Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

¹Huan hiai thilte nungin, Persia kumpipa Artaksarsi vaihawm laiin, Serai tapa Ezra, Azarai tapa, Hilia tapa,

²the son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub,

²Sallum tapa, Zadok tapa, Ahitub tapa,

³the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

³Amaria tapa, Azaria tapa, Meraioth tapa,

⁴the son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki,

⁴Zerahia tapa, Uzzi tapa, Bukki tapa,

⁵the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest;

⁵Ahisua tapa, Phineha tapa, Eleazar tapa, Aron siampulian tapa:

⁶this Ezra went up from Babylon: and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which Yahweh, the God of Israel, had given; and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of Yahweh his God on him.

⁶Hiai Ezra Babulon akipan a pai tou a; huan amah Mosi dan, TOUPA Israel Pathian a piaksaa kivasa ahi a: a tunga TOUPA a Pathian khuta om dungjui bangin, a ngetna tengteng kumpipan a phalsak hi.

⁷There went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king.

⁷Huan kumpipa Artaksarsi kum sagih kumin, Jerusalem ah Israel tate laka a khen, siampute laka a khen, Levi mite, lasamite, kongkhak ngakmite leh Nithinum mite, a hoh tou ua.

⁸He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.

⁸Huchiin kumpipa kum sagih kum kha nganain Jerusalem ah Ezra a hongpaita hi.

⁹For on the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon; and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him.

⁹Babulon akipan a kha khatna ani khat niin a kuan tou pantaa, a kha ngana a ni khat niin a Pathian khut hoih a tunga a om bangjelin, Jerusalem a hongpai hi.

¹⁰For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.

¹⁰Ezrain lah TOUPA dan zong ding leh, hih ding leh, Israel thusehte leh vaihawmte sinsak dingin a lungtang a koih kip ngala.

¹¹Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even the scribe of the words of the commandments of Yahweh, and of his statutes to Israel:

¹¹Tuin kumpipa Artaksarsiin siampu, laigelhmi, TOUPA thupiakte thute gelhmi leh Israel kianga a thusehte gelhmi Ezra kianga a piak laikhak kopi hiai ahi.

¹²Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect and so forth.

¹²Artaksarsi, kumpipate kumpipan, siampu, van Pathian dan gelhmi, buching leh huchibang jelin, Ezra kiangah.

¹³I make a decree, that all those of the people of Israel, and their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are minded of their own free will to go to Jerusalem, go with you.

¹³Thupiak ka bawl hi, huchia Israela mite laka amaute tengteng, ka gamsunga, a siampute uh leh Levi mite, amau uttuh petmaha Jerusalema pai dinga theihsakte, nang kiangah pai uhen.

¹⁴Because you are sent of the king and his seven counselors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand,

¹⁴Kumpipa leh a thudotmi sagihten, na khuta om na Pathian dan dungjuia, Juda leh Jerusalem tungtang thu dan dinga, nang a honsawl bang un;

¹⁵and to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem,

¹⁵A tenna Jerusalema om, Israel Pathian kianga manneiloua kumpipa leh a thudot miten a piaksate uh dangka leh dankaeng po dingin,

¹⁶and all the silver and gold that you shall find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem;

¹⁶Babulon bial tengtenga dangka leh dangkaeng na muh tengteng, mite leh siamputen amau utthua thillat, Jerusalema om a Pathian uh in adia uttaka a lat uh tengteng toh;

¹⁷therefore you shall with all diligence buy with this money bulls, rams, lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, and shall offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

¹⁷Huaijiakin thanopna toh hiai sumin bawngtalte, belamtalte, belamnoute, na lei dinga, a anpiak thillatte uleh a dawnding thillatte uh toh, huchiin Jerusalema om na Pathian uh in maitam tungah huaite na lan ding hi.

¹⁸Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that after the will of your God.

¹⁸Huan dangka leh dangkaeng omlai hih dingdan nang leh na unauten hoih na sak dandan uh, na Pathian uh deihlam bangin huai tuh hih un.

¹⁹The vessels that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

¹⁹Huan na Pathian ina nasepna dinga tuiumbelsuan kon piak uh, Jerusalem Pathian maah piain.

²⁰Whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.

²⁰Huan na Pathian in dinga kiphamoh dangdangte, piakna ding na neih dingte, kumpipa sum in akipanin pe khiain.

²¹I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers who are beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done with all diligence,

²¹Huan kei, kumpipa kei Artaksarsi mahmahin luipi khena om sumkemmite tengteng kiangah thupiak ka bawl hi, huchia Ezra siampu, van Pathian dan laigelhmiin nou a honnget, thanuam taka hihjel a hih theihna dingin.

²²to one hundred talents of silver, and to one hundred measures of wheat, and to one hundred baths of wine, and to one hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

²²Dangka talent za khat, huit-buh tehna za khat, uain bath za khat, sathau bath za khat leh a zah gen louin chi nangawn.

²³Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

²³Bangpeuhmah van Pathianin thu a piak, van Pathian in adingin hihin om jel hen; ajiak bel bangdingin kumpipa leh a tapate gam siatna dingin thangpaihna a om dia?

²⁴Also we inform you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll, on them.

²⁴Huailouin leng ka honchi taktak uh hi, siampute leh Levi mite, lasamite, kongkhakngakmite, Nithinim mite hiam hiai Pathian in sikhate laka akua-akua tungtang ah, van leiman te, sumsinna leiman te hiam lamlian leiman te amau liau paih dan ahi kei ding hi.

²⁵You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn’t know them.

²⁵Huan nang, Ezra, na khuta om na Pathian pilna juiin, thukhenmi leh vaihawmmi, tuipi khena omte mite tengteng vaihawm dingin sepin; na Pathian dante tengteng bang; huan huaite theiloute nou sinsak un.

²⁶Whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed on him with all diligence, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

²⁶Huan kuapeuh na Pathian dan leh, kumpipa dan jui lou, sihna chiang hizongleh, thanuam takin a tungah vaihawmna bawlin om hen, ahihkeileh, khakmangna hiam, van khakna hiam, suangkulhlutna tanin, chiin.

²⁷Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king’s heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem;

²⁷Jerusalema om TOUPA in kilawm sak dinga, kumpipa lungtanga hichi banga thil koih, I pipute Pathian, TOUPA nuamsain om hen;Kumpipa leh, a thudotmite leh, kumpipa lal thiolhihteite tengteng maa ka tunga chitna honpepa. Huan ka tunga TOUPA ka Pathian khut dungjuiin hihhatin ka omta, huchiin ka kianga hoh dingin Israel akipan mi kizen tungtuan ka kaikhawmta hi.

²⁸and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king’s mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.

²⁸Kumpipa leh, a thudotmite leh, kumpipa lal thiolhihteite tengteng maa ka tunga chitna honpepa. Huan ka tunga TOUPA ka Pathian khut dungjuiin hihhatin ka omta, huchiin ka kianga hoh dingin Israel akipan mi kizen tungtuan ka kaikhawmta hi.