¹Now in the twenty-fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloth, and earth on them.

¹Huan hiai kha ni sawmnih leh li niin Israel tate anngawl kawm leh, saiippuan silh kawm leh a tung ua lei kibuak kawmin a kikhawm ua.

²The seed of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.

²Huan Israel chite mikhual tengteng akipanin a kituam seh ua, a ding ua a khelhnate uh leh, a pipute uh thulimlouhnate thupha a tawi uh.

³They stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of Yahweh their God a fourth part of the day; and a fourth part they confessed, and worshiped Yahweh their God.

³Huan a mun uah a ding ua, TOUPA a Pathian uh dan laibu sungah ni khata a sehlina teng a sim ua; a sehlina teng thupha a tawi ua, TOUPA Pathian uh a beta uhi.

⁴Then Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani of the Levites stood up on the stairs, and cried with a loud voice to Yahweh their God.

⁴Huchihlaiin Levi mite, Jesua, Bani, Kadmiel, Sebania, Bunni, Serebia, Bani, Chenani te dohkan tungah a ding ua, TOUPA a Pathian kiang uah aw ngaih takin a kikou uhi.

⁵Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting! Bessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise!

⁵Huailaiin Levi mite, Jesua te, Kadmiel te, Bani te, Hasabneia te, Serbia te, Hodia te, Sebania te, Pethahia ten, Ding unla khantawn akipan khantawn phain TOUPA na Pathian uh vualjawl un: huchiin vualjawlna leh phatna tengteng tunglama tawisanga om, na min thupia vualjawlin om hen.

⁶You are Yahweh, even you alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their army, the earth and all things that are on it, the seas and all that is in them, and you preserve them all. The army of heaven worships you.

⁶Nang TOUPA na hi, nang kia mahmah; van, vante van, a sepaihte tengteng utoh, lei leh a tunga om thil tengteng, tuipite leh a sung ua om tengteng na bawltaa, a vek un na hawia; huan van sepaihten nang a honbia uhi.

⁷You are Yahweh, the God who chose Abram, and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,

⁷Abram tela, Kaldaite Ur akipana amah pi khiaa, a kianga Abraham min pepa, TOUPA Pathian na hi a;

⁸and found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite, and the Girgashite, to give it to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous.

⁸Na maa a lungtang ginom na mu a, Kanaan mite, Hit mi, Amor mi, Jebus m, Girgas mi te gam pe dinga amah toh thukhun bawlpa, a chite kiang nasana pe dingin, na thute bawlpichinga; nang lah na diktat ngala.

⁹“You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red Sea or, Sea of Reeds ,

⁹Huan Aiguptaa ka pipute uh gimthuakna na mu a, Tuipi Sana a kahna uh na jaa;

¹⁰and showed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, and against all his servants, and against all the people of his land; for you knew that they dealt proudly against them, and made a name for yourself, as it is this day.

¹⁰Huan Pharo tung leh, a sikhate tengteng tung leh a gama mite tengteng tungah chiamtehna leh thillamdangte na ensaka; amaute siatna dingin kisatheitakin a gamtang uh chih lah na thei ngal hi; tunia bangin, min na kimuh hi.

¹¹You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.

¹¹A ma uah tuipi na khena, huchiin gam hul tungah tuipi lakah a pai suak ua; amau delhte nang tuithuk sungate, tui hattak sunga suang bangin na pai lut hi.

¹²Moreover, in a pillar of cloud you led them by day; and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light in the way in which they should go.

¹²Huailouin sunin meipi kitungin amaute na piaa; janin mei kitungin, a paina ding lampi ua vakna amaute kianga pe dingin.

¹³“You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,

¹³Sinai vumah leng na hoh suka, van akipanin amau na houpiha, vaihawm dikte leh dan dikte, thuseh leh thupiak hoihte na piaa:

¹⁴and made known to them your holy Sabbath, and commanded them commandments, and statutes, and a law, by Moses your servant,

¹⁴Amau kiangah na khawlni siangthou na theisaka, na sikha Mosi khutin, thupiakte leh, thusehte leh dan amaute na thupiakin na pia hi:

¹⁵and gave them bread from the sky for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them.

¹⁵A gilkial un van akipan tanghou amaute na piaa, a dangtak un suangpi akipan amaute adin tui na pawt khe saka, huan amaute pe dinga na khut na lik gam nei ding a kuan dingin amaute thu na piaa.

¹⁶“But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardened their neck, didn’t listen to your commandments,

¹⁶Himahleh amaute leh a pipute un kisatheitakin a hih ua, a paupeng ua, na thupiakte a ngaikhe kei ua,

¹⁷and refused to obey, neither were they mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage. But you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and didn’t forsake them.

¹⁷Thu a mang nuam kei ua, a lak ua na hih na thillamdangte leng a limsak sam kei uh; himahleh a kiuangsak ua, a helna uah a tanna ua kik nawn dingin heutu khat a sep uhi: himahleh nang ngaidam dia mansa, lainatnaa dim leh hehpihsiam, heh mengmenglou, chitna hau, leh amaute lehngatsan lou Pathian na hi a.

¹⁸Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and had committed awful blasphemies;

¹⁸A hi, bawngnou sun a bawl lai un, Aigupta akipana nang honpikhepa hiai na Pathian ahi, a chi ua, nakpitaka thangpaihnate a bawl lai un;

¹⁹yet you in your manifold mercies didn’t forsake them in the wilderness: the pillar of cloud didn’t depart from over them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way in which they should go.

¹⁹Huchi hina piin nang na chitna tampi jiakin amaute gamdai ah na lehngatsan kei hi: sunin a tung ua kipan meipi kitung a pai mang keia, amaute pi dingin; vakna amau pe ding, jana mei kitung leng, a paina lam pi uah.

²⁰You gave also your good Spirit to instruct them, and didn’t withhold your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst.

²⁰Amaute chil dingin na kha hoih leng na piaa, a kam ua kipan na manna na phallou keia, amaute a dangtak un tui na pia hi.

²¹“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.

²¹A hi, kum sawmli gamdai ah amaute na vaka, bangmah a tasam kei ua; a puansilhte uh a tul keia, a khepekte uh a bawk kei hi.

²²Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.

²²Huaibanah gamte leh mite amau na piaa, a tantuante uh dungjuia na piakkhiakte: Huchiin Sihonn gam, Hesbon kumpipa gam amahmah, leh Basan kumpipa Og gam a lata uh.

²³You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.

²³Vana aksite bangin a tate uh na pungsaka, gamsungah na pi luta, nei dingin a lut ding uh ahi chia, a pipute uh kianga a tanchin na gen mah.

²⁴“So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased.

²⁴Huchiin tate tuh a lut ua gam a neita ua, a ma uah gama tengte na satpuka, Kanaan mite, a kumpipate uh leh, gama mite, amau khut ah na pia hi, huchia a utdan ua a tung ua hih theihna ding un.

²⁵They took fortified cities, and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.

²⁵Huan khopi umte, gam hoih, a la ua, thil hoih tengtenga dim inte a nei ua, tuibel sekte, grephuante, oliv huante, a tama tam thei kungte: huchiin a ne ua, a vah ua ahongthau ua, na hoihna thupi jiakin kipahhuai a sa mahmah uh.

²⁶“Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their back, and killed your prophets that testified against them to turn them again to you, and they committed awful blasphemies.

²⁶Hinapiin lah thu a mang kei ua, na tungah a hel ua, na dan a nung lam uah a pai ua, na kianglam amaute nga nawn sak dinga, amaute dema thugen na jawlneite a that ua, thangpaihna thupi mahmah a bawl uhi.

²⁷Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors who saved them out of the hand of their adversaries.

²⁷Huaijiakin a melmate uh khut ah amau na piaa, amau a hih genthei uh: a nuai ni ua na kianga hongkah lai un, van akipanin na jaa; na chitna tampi dungjuiin a melmate uh khut akipana amaute dondamte hondammite a kiang uah na pia hi.

²⁸But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

²⁸Himahleh a tawldam nung un, na maah gilou a hih nawn ua: huaijiakin a melmate uh khut ah amau na nusiaa, huchiin amau a tunguah thu a nei ua: hinapiin ahongkihei ua, na kianga hongkah un, van akipan na jaa; na chitnate dungjuiin amaute tam veipi na hun khiaa;

²⁹and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn’t listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man does, he shall live in them), turned their backs, stiffened their neck, and would not hear.

²⁹Na dana amaute na pi lut theih nawnna dingin, amau na dem a: himahleh kisatheitakin a hih ua, na thupiakte a limsakkei ua, na vaihawmte tungah a khial zosop uhi, (huai min a hih aleh, huaiah ahing ding), liang a sawisak ua, a kiuangsak ua, a za nuam kei uh.

³⁰Yet many years you put up with them, and testified against them by your Spirit through your prophets. Yet would they not give ear. Therefore you gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

³⁰Himahleh kum tampi amaute na thuaktheia, na jawlneitein na kha zangin amaute na dema: ahihhganin a ngaikhe nuam kei ua: huaijiakin gamte mite khut ah amau na peta hi.

³¹“Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you did not make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God.

³¹Huchinapiin na chitna tampi jiakin amaute na hih bei keuhkeuh keia, na lehngatsan gige kei; nang lah hehpihthei leh ching thei Pathian na hi ngala.

³²Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness, don’t let all the travail seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day.

³²Huaijiakin tuin, ka Pathian uh, thupi Pathian hat leh kihtakhuai, thukhun leh chitna vompa, na maah, ka tung uh, ka kumpipate uh tung, ka lalte uh tung, ka siampute uh tung, ka jawlneite uh tung, ka pipute uh tung, na mite, Assuria kumpipate damlai akipana tuni tan, na mite tunga, nauveina bangmah thamlou bangin kilang kei hen.

³³However you are just in all that has come on us; for you have dealt truly, but we have done wickedly;

³³Akoiabangin ka tung ua hongtung tengtengah nang lah diktakin na hih ngala, kou bel gilou takin ka hih uh:

³⁴neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies with which you testified against them.

³⁴Ka kumpipate uh hiam, ka lalte uh hiam, ka siampute uh hiam, ka pipute uh hiamin na dan a jui kei ua, na thupiakte leh na thutheihpihnate, amaute dema na theihpihnate lah a ngaikhe nuam sam kei uhi.

³⁵For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and rich land which you gave before them, neither did they turn from their wicked works.

³⁵A gam uah lah nang na a sem kei ua, na hoih mahmahna jiaka amau na piak, a ma ua na piak gam lian leh hoih, a nasep gilou ua kipan in lah a kileh hei sam kei uh.

³⁶“Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat its fruit and its good, behold, we are servants in it.

³⁶Ngaiin, tuniin sikhate ka hi ua, a gah nekna ding leh huaia hoihte neihna dia ka pipute uh kianga na piak gam a hihleh, ngaiin, a sungah sikhate ka hi uhi,

³⁷It yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have power over our bodies, and over our livestock, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

³⁷Huan ka khelhna jiak ua ka tung ua na koih kumpipate adingin a nak pun mahmah a: a thu thu un, ka pumpite uleh, ka gantate uh tunga thilhih theihna leng a nei ua, huchiin kou ka nak gim mahmah uhi.Huan hiaite tengteng huchibang hita zongleh thukhun muanhuai ka bawl ua, ka gelh ua; huan ka lalte uh, ka Levi mite uleh ka siampute un, huaiah suai a bawl uhi.

³⁸Yet for all this, we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, our Levites, and our priests, seal it.”

³⁸Huan hiaite tengteng huchibang hita zongleh thukhun muanhuai ka bawl ua, ka gelh ua; huan ka lalte uh, ka Levi mite uleh ka siampute un, huaiah suai a bawl uhi.