1Then there arose a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews.
1Huchih laiin a unaute uh Judate dema nakpi taka kikouna mite leh a jite uh akipanin a hongomta a.
2For there were that said, “We, our sons and our daughters, are many. Let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”
2Kou, ka tapate leh ka tanute uh, tampi ka hi ua: ka nek ua ka hin theihna ding un, buhlehbal honpia un, chi lah a om ngal ua.
3Some also there were that said, “We are mortgaging our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses. Let us get grain, because of the famine.”
3Ka loute uh, ka grephuante uh, ka inte uh ka juak uhi: kial jiakin, buhlehbal honpia un, chi kuate hiam leng a om uhi.
4There were also some who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute using our fields and our vineyards as collateral.
4Ka loute uh leh ka grephuante ua dit dingin kumpipa siah dingin sum ka leitawi uh, chi mi khenkhatte leng a om ua.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children. Behold, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters have been brought into bondage. Neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.”
5Hinapiin ka sa uh ka unaute uh sa bang ahi a, ka tate uh lah amau tate bang: huan, ngai un, ka tapate uh leh ka tanute uh sikhate hi dingin tanna ah ka pi ua, ka tanute uh laka a khente tannaa piin a omkhin manhial uhi: panpih theihna ka nei het kei ua; mi dangten lah ka loute uh leh ka grephuante uh a nei ngal ua, chiin.
6I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words.
6Huchia a kikouna uleh hiai thute ka jakin ka heh mahmah hi.
7Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said to them, “You exact usury, everyone of his brother.” I held a great assembly against them.
7Huchih laiin ka kingaihtuaha, miliante leh vaihawmmite ka kiselpiha, a kiang uah, Mi chihin a unau lakah a pung na phut uh, ka chi a. Huchiin amaute demna kikhawmpi thupi ka nei a.
8I said to them, “We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?” Then they held their peace, and found never a word.
8huchiin a kiang uah, Khovelmite kianga juaka omsa, i unau Judate i theih bang un i tanta ua; huan nou na unaute uh juak un, i lak ua khota om ding uh ahi maw? Ka chi a. Huan amau a dai dide ua, thu khat leng a neikei uh.
9Also I said, “The thing that you do is not good. Ought you not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the nations our enemies?
9Na thilhih uh a hoih kei: i melmate khovelmiten hon simmohna jiak un, i Pathian laudansiama na om ding uh hi lou hia? Ka chi behlapa.
10I likewise, my brothers and my servants, lend them money and grain. Please let us stop this usury.
10Huchibangmahin, ka unaute leh ka sikhate leh ken amau kiangah sum leh buhlehbal ka leitawi sak uhi. Ka honngen ahi, hiai pung om sak kei ni.
11Please restore to them, even this day, their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the grain, the new wine, and the oil, that you are charging them.”
11Pe nawn un, ka honngen ahi, a kiang uah, tuni mahmahin a loute uh, a grephuante, a oliv huante u leh a inte uh, a sum uh a seh jana leng, buhlehbal, uain, leh sathau amau akipan na phut khiak uh.
12Then they said, “We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do, even as you say.” Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they would do according to this promise.
12Huan amau, Ka pe nawn ding ua, amau akipan bangmah ka ngiat kei ding uh; huchibangin ka hih ding ua, na chih bang mamahin, a chi ua. Huan ken siampute ka sama, a kichiamna uh ka laa, huchia hiai thuchiam banga a hihna ding un.
13Also I shook out my lap, and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn’t perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied.” All the assembly said, “Amen,” and praised Yahweh. The people did according to this promise.
13Ken leng ka pheipi ka vuanga, Hiai thuchiam bawl lou peuhmah, a in akipan, a nasepna akipan Pathianin hichibangin vuang hen; hichibang taka vuan khiak ahi dinga, a hawm ding, ka chi a. Huan khawmpite tengtengin, Amen, TOUPA phatin om hen, a chi uh. Huchiin miten hiai thuchiam dungjuiin a hihta uhi.
14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
14Huailouin Juda gama a ukpipa ding ua seha ka om laia kipan, kumpipa Artaksarsi kum sawmnih akipan kum sawmthum leh nih chiang, huai bel kum sawm leh nih ahia, kei leh ka unauten ukpipa tanghou ka ne nai kei uh.
15But the former governors who were before me were supported by the people, and took bread and wine from them, besides forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants ruled over the people: but I didn’t do so, because of the fear of God.
15Himahleh kei maa ukpipa masate mite tunga mohsak theih ahi ua, amau akipanin tanghou leh uain a la uh, dangka sekel sawmli sim louin; ahi, a sikhate uh nangawnin mite tungah vai a hawm uhi: himahleh ken huchibangin ka hih keia, Pathian kihtakna jiakin.
16Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered there to the work.
16A hi, Huailou leng hiai kulhbang nasepna ah ka pang nilouhlouha, gam himhim leng i lei keiuh: huan ka sikhate tengteng huailamah nasepna ah kaihkhawmin a om uh.
17Moreover there were at my table, of the Jews and the rulers, one hundred fifty men, besides those who came to us from among the nations that were around us.
17Huaibanah ka dohkan ah Judate leh vaihawmmite laka mi ja leh sawmnga, i kim i vel ua om khovelmite lak akipana i kiang ua hongpaite chih louh, a om uh.
18Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this I didn’t demand the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
18Huan ni khat adinga bawlkholhsa bawngtal khat leh belam hoihhoih guk ahi ua; vasate leng kei adia bawlkhawlsain a om ua, huan ni sawm sunga khatvei uain chi chih akipan koih hoih: hinapiin hiai mite tunga tanna a gik jiakin, ukpipa tanghou hiaite tengteng jiakin ka phut kei hi.Aw ka Pathian, hoihna dingin, kei lam hontheigigein, hiai mite adia ka hih tengteng.
19Remember to me, my God, for good, all that I have done for this people.
19Aw ka Pathian, hoihna dingin, kei lam hontheigigein, hiai mite adia ka hih tengteng.