¹On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God forever,

¹Huai niin mite jakin Mosi laibu sungah a sim ua; Amon mi leh Moab mi khantawnin Pathian khawmpi sungah a lut ding uh ahi kei chih, huai sunga kigelh a mu uhi;

²because they didn’t meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

²Tanghou leh tuia Israel tate dawn loua, amaute hamsiat dinga, amaute siatna dinga Balaam a lak jiak un: ahihhangin i Pathian in hamsia vualjawlna a suaksak hi.

³It came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude.

³Dan a jak lai un, hichi ahi a, mipi kihel tengteng Israel akipan a kikhenkhe tuamta uhi.

⁴Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the rooms of the house of our God, being allied to Tobiah,

⁴Huan hiai main, siampu Eliasib i Pathian in ua dantante tunga seha ompa, Tobia toh kizomin,

⁵had prepared for him a great room, where before they laid the meal offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the wave offerings for the priests.

⁵Amah dingin dantan thupi a bawlkhola huaiah a malamin anpiak thillatte, begawte leh tuiumbelsuante leh, buhlehbal, uain, leh thaute sawmakhatte a koih ua, huaite bel Levi mite leh lasamite leh kongkhakngakmite kianga thupiaka piak ahi a; huchiin vei thillatte siampute adingin.

⁶But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

⁶Himahleh hiai hunte khawngin, Jerusalem ah ka om kei: Babulon kumpipa Araksarsi kum sawmthum leh nih kumin kumpipa kiangah ka hoha, ni bangzah hiam nungin kumpipa phalna ka ngen ngala:

⁷and I came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a room in the courts of God’s house.

⁷Huchiin Jerusalem ah ka honga, huan Pathian in pisate sung dantan amah adia a bawlsakna ah, Eliasibin Tobia adia gilou a hih dan ka theisiam hi.

⁸It grieved me severely: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the room.

⁸Huchiin kei a hondah sak mahmaha: huaijiakin dantana kipanin Tobia in dong tengteng ka lawn khiaa.

⁹Then I commanded, and they cleansed the rooms: and there brought I again the vessels of God’s house, with the meal offerings and the frankincense.

⁹Huan thu ka piaa, dantante a hih siang ua: huan huailaiah anpiak thillatte leh begaw toh, Pathian ina tuiumbelsuante ka honla nawn hi.

¹⁰I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled everyone to his field.

¹⁰Huan Levi mite tante amau kiang ah piak nailouhin a om chih ka thei a; huchiin Levi mite leh lasamite, nasep semte mi chih a loulam ah a taijak uhi.

¹¹Then I contended with the rulers, and said, “Why is God’s house forsaken?” I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

¹¹Huan kei tuh vaihawmmite toh kakiselta ua, Bang dinga Pathian mangngilha om ahia? ka chi a. Huan amau ka kaikhawma, a mun uah ka koih a.

¹²Then brought all Judah the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries.

¹²Huan Juda tengteng in buhlehbal leh uain leh thau sawmakhat sumbawm ah a hontawi uh.

¹³I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their business was to distribute to their brothers.

¹³Huan sumbawm adingin sumkemmite ka bawla, Selemia siampu te, Zadok laigelhmi te leh, Levi mite lakah: Pedaia: huan amua zomin Hanan Zakkur tapate, Mattania tapa: muanhuai sim ahi ngal ua, a nasep uh a unaute uh kianga hawm ding ahi.

¹⁴Remember me, my God, concerning this, and don’t wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for its observances.

¹⁴Aw ka Pathian, hiai thu-ah hontheigige inla, ka Pathian in adinga ka nasep hoih ka hihte leh huaia zuihdingte nul khe ken.

¹⁵In those days saw I in Judah some men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all kinds of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day in which they sold food.

¹⁵Huai laiin Juda ah khawlnia kuate hiam uainsuknate chila, buhphalte hontawia, huaite toh a sabengtungte van guang ka mua; uain, grepgahte, theipite vanpuakgik chichih, khawlnia Jerusalem a hontawilut uhte leng: huan annekte a juak ni uh huai niin amaute demin thu ka gen hi.

¹⁶There lived men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all kinds of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

¹⁶Huaiah Tura mite leng a om ua, ngasa a hontawi ua, van chituamtuam toh, Juda tate kiang leh Jerusalem ah khawlniin a juak uhi.

¹⁷Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, “What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the Sabbath day?

¹⁷Huchiin ken Judate miliante ka kiselpiha, a kiang uah, Bang thil gilou ahia hiai na hih ua, khawlni na hihnit uh?

¹⁸Didn’t your fathers do thus, and didn’t our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? Yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the Sabbath.”

¹⁸Na pipute un huchibangin a hih kei ua hia, huan i Pathianin ei tung leh hiaikhopi tungah hiai hoihlou tengteng a hontun ahi kei maw? hinapi in nou lah khawlni hihninin Israel tungah thangpaihna tamsem na tun ua, ka chi a.

¹⁹It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.

¹⁹Huan Jerusalem kongpite khawlni maa a mial pat lain, hichi ahi a, kongkhakte khak dingin thu ka piaa, khawlni khit matan kihong lou dingin thu ka piaa: huan ka sikhate laka a khen kongpi tungah ka pangsaka, huchia khawl nia puakgik a hongkilak lut louh na dingin.

²⁰So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside of Jerusalem once or twice.

²⁰Huchiin khatvei hiam nihvei hiam sumsinmite leh van chiteng juakmite Jerusalem polamah a giak uhi.

²¹Then I testified against them, and said to them, “Why do you stay around the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you.” From that time on, they didn’t come on the Sabbath.

²¹Huan amaute demin thu ka gena, a kiang uah, Bang dinga kulhbang kima giak na hi ua? na hih nawn uleh, na tunguah khut ka kha ding, ka chi a. Huan hun akipanin khawlni in a hong pai nawnta kei uhi.

²²I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the Sabbath day. Remember to me, my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your loving kindness.

²²Huan kisiangsak ding leh hongkuana kongpite ngak ding, khawl ni siangsak dingin, Levi mite thu ka piaa. Aw ka Pathian, hiaiah leng kei hongtheigigein, na chitna letdan dungjuiin kei honhawiin.

²³In those days also saw I the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

²³Huai laiin Judate a Asdod, Ammon leh Moab numeite kitenpihte leng ka mua:

²⁴and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.

²⁴Huchiin a tate Asdod pau kimkhat a zang ua, Judate pauin a pau theikei uh, himahleh mi chih pau dungjuiin.

²⁵I contended with them, and cursed them, and struck certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.

²⁵Huan amaute ka kiselpiha, ka hamsiat khuma, a lak ua kuate hiam ka khena, a mul uh ka bohkhiak saka, Pathian louin ka kichiam saka, Na tanute uh a tapate uh dingin na pe kei ding ua, na tapate uh ading hiam, noumau ading hiamin leng a tanute uh na la ding uh ahi kei, chiin.

²⁶Didn’t Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? Yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel. Nevertheless foreign women caused even him to sin.

²⁶Israel kumpipa Solomon hiaitein a khial kei maw? ninapiin lah nam tampite lakah amah bang kumpipa a om keia, a Pathian itin a om a, Israel tengteng tungah Pathianin kumpipain a bawl hi: himahleh amah nangawn numei lamdangten a khialsak uhi.

²⁷Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to trespass against our God in marrying foreign women?”

²⁷Ahihleh hiai gilou mahmah khawng hih dingin, numei lamdangte kitenpiha i Pathian tunga talek dingin, na thu honjui ding ka hi umaw?

²⁸One of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.

²⁸Huan Joiada tapate laka khat, siampu lian Eliasib tapa, Horon mi Sanballat tanu pasal ahia: huaijiakin keia kipan ka delh khia hi.

²⁹Remember them, my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

²⁹Aw ka Pathian, siamputna, siamputna thukhun, leh Levi mitea a hihnit jiak un, amau theigige in.

³⁰Thus I cleansed them from all foreigners, and appointed duties for the priests and for the Levites, everyone in his work;

³⁰Huchiin mikhualte tengteng akipan in amaute ka sawpsianga, siampute a ding leh Levi mite adingin, mi chih a nasep uah, nasep dante ka sehsaka;Huan a hunte sehsaa sing thillat ading, leh gah masa adingin, Aw ka pathian, hoihna dingin kei hon theigige in.

³¹and for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, my God, for good.

³¹Huan a hunte sehsaa sing thillat ading, leh gah masa adingin, Aw ka pathian, hoihna dingin kei hon theigige in.