1But it happened that when Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.
1Himahleh hichi ahia, kulhbang i lam uh chih Sanballatin a jakin, a hehtaa, nakpi takin a thangpaia, Judate a kouta hi.
2He spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they fortify themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, since they are burned?”
2Huchiin a unaute leh Samari-a sepaih pawl maah thu a gen a, Hiai Juda jawngkhalten bang ahia a hih uh? Kihihhat ding uhia? kithoih ding uh hia? Ni khata tawpna bawl ding u hia? A kangsa a hih chih muna piin, ninneng sunvum akipana suangte bawlthak ding uhia? achia.
3Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, “What they are building, if a fox climbed up it, he would break down their stone wall.”
3Huchihlaiin Amon mi Tobia a kiangah a oma, aman, A lam uh, sehal khat kuan tou leh, a suang bang uh a lai chim ding, a chi a.
4“Hear, our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach on their own head, give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity;
4Jain, aw ka Pathian; simmohin lah ka om ngal ua: a honkouna uh amau lutungah kik sak inla, saltanna gama loh ding in amau pia in:
5don’t cover their iniquity, and don’t let their sin be blotted out from before you; for they have insulted the builders.”
5Huan a ginatlouhna uh khuh kenla, na ma akipan a khelhna uh nul mangin omsak ken: inlamte maah lah nang a honheh sakta ngal ua.
6So we built the wall; and all the wall was joined together to half its height: for the people had a mind to work.
6Huchiin bang ka bawl ua; huan bang tengteng asandan kim chiangin a kizomta hi: miten lah na sem dingin lungsim a ne ngal ua.
7But it happened that when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites heard that the repairing of the walls of Jerusalem went forward, and that the breaches began to be filled, then they were very angry;
7Himahleh hichi ahia, Sanballat te, Tobia te, Arab mite leh Amon mite, Asdo miten Jerusalem kulhbangte bawlphatnain ma a sawn tou jela, a kitapsiatna a kibawlpha, chih a jak un, a thangpai mahmah uhi;
8and they conspired all of them together to come and fight against Jerusalem, and to cause confusion therein.
8Avek ua hong kuana Jerusalem dou ding leh, huaia buaina omsak dingin a kikum khawmta uh.
9But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
9Himahleh i Pathian kiangah thumna i bawl ua, sun leh jana amaute vil ding i koih ua, a mau jiakin.
10Judah said, “The strength of the bearers of burdens is fading, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall.”
10Huan Judain, Puakgik pote hatna a bahtaa, nineng tampi a om; huchiin kulhbang bawl theilou i hi uh, a chi a.
11Our adversaries said, “They shall not know, neither see, until we come into their midst, and kill them, and cause the work to cease.”
11Huan i melmate un, A lak uh i hongtun ua, amaute i thah ua, nasep i khawlsak matan a theikei ding ua, muh leng a mu kei ding uh, a chi ua.
12It happened that when the Jews who lived by them came, they said to us ten times from all places, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
12Huan hichi ahi a, amau kianga teng Judate a hongpai lai un, sawm vei i kiang uah mun tengteng akipan hondou ding uh ahi, a honchi ua.
13Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.
13Huaijiakin kulhbang nunglam muna mun niam penpen, mun awngthawlte ah, ka koiha, mite a inkuankuan uh dungjuiin a namsaute utoh, a teipite utoh, a thalpeute utoh ka koih hi.
14I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, “Don’t be afraid of them! Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.”
14Huan ka ena, ka thoua, miliante leh, vaihawmmite leh mipi dangte kiangah, Amau lau kei un: TOUPA thupi leh lauhuai theigige unla, na unaute uh, na tapate uh leh na tanute uh adingin galdou un, na jite uh leh na inte uh adingin ka chi a.
15It happened, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, everyone to his work.
15Huan hichi ahia, i melmaten i natheita ua, Pathianin a thusawm uh bang mahlou a suaksaka, kulhbang bawl dingin i vek un mi chih a nasepna mun ah i kilehnawnta uh chih a jak lai un.
16It happened from that time forth, that half of my servants worked in the work, and half of them held the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the coats of mail; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah.
16Huchiin hichi ahia huai hun akipanin, ka sikhate laka a kimkhat nasepna ah a pang ua, alak ua kimkhatin teipi, lum leh thalpeu leh sik puannakte a len ua; huan vaihawmmite Juda inkote nungah a om vek uh.
17They all built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves; everyone with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other held his weapon;
17Kulhbang bawlte leh, vangik puaten a puak lai un, michihin a khutte uh a khat nasepnaa na semin leh, a khut khat lama galvan tawiin;
18and the builders, everyone wore his sword at his side, and so built. He who sounded the trumpet was by me.
18Inlammiten, mi chihin a namsau a pangah khaisaa neiin, huchiin a lamtou jel uh. Huan pengkul mutpa ka kiangah a om hi.
19I said to the nobles, and to the rulers and to the rest of the people, “The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another.
19Huchiin miliante kiang leh, vaihawmmite kiangah leh mite laka a dangdangte kiangah, Nasep thupiin, a tama, kulhbang tungah i kikhenjak ua, kigamlat takin:
20Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally there to us. Our God will fight for us.”
20Koilai mun peuha pengkul ging na jakna uah, i kiang uah huailamah kuan un; i Pathian un gal hondou sak ding ahi, ka chi a.
21So we worked in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning until the stars appeared.
21Huchiin nasep i sem ua: a lak ua a kimkhatin jingsang kipat akipan aksite hongkilat matan teipi a tawi ua.
22Likewise at the same time said I to the people, “Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and may labor in the day.”
22Huchibangmahin huai laiin mite kiangah, Mi chih a sikha toh Jerusalem sungah giak hen, jan chianga ei dinga galvil a hiha, sun chianga na a sep theihna ding un, ka chi a.Huchiin ken leng, ka unauten leng, ka sikhaten leng, kei hongjui galvil miten leng, i lak ua kuamahin i puante uh isuah kei ua, mi chih a galvan toh tui ah a hoh uhi.
23So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us took off our clothes. Everyone took his weapon to the water.
23Huchiin ken leng, ka unauten leng, ka sikhaten leng, kei hongjui galvil miten leng, i lak ua kuamahin i puante uh isuah kei ua, mi chih a galvan toh tui ah a hoh uhi.