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

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.

²For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy seed have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass.”

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.

³When I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down confounded.

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.

⁴Then were assembled to me everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of their trespass of the captivity; and I sat confounded until the evening offering.

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.

⁵At the evening offering I arose up from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn; and I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to Yahweh my God;

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;

⁶and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.

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.

⁷Since the days of our fathers we have been exceeding guilty to this day; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests, have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plunder, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

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.

⁸Now for a little moment grace has been shown from Yahweh 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.

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.

⁹For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to 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 its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

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.

¹⁰“Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,

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

¹¹which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, ‘The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land through the uncleanness of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their filthiness.

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.

¹²Now therefore don’t give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.’

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.

¹³“After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,

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,

¹⁴shall we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the peoples that do these abominations? Wouldn’t you be angry with us until you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?

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.

¹⁵Yahweh, the God of Israel, you are righteous; for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before you in our guiltiness; for none can stand before you because of this.”

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.