Nehemiah 5

1 Te vaengah pilnam neh a yuu rhoek tah a manuca Judah taengah pangngawlnah muep om.

and to be cry [the] people and woman: wife their great: large to(wards) brother: compatriot their [the] Jew

2 Te vaengah, “Ka capa neh ka canu neh ka ping dongah cangpai ka dang uh daengah ni ka caak uh vetih ka hing uh eh,” aka ti om.

and there which to say son: child our and daughter our we many and to take: take grain and to eat and to live

3 Ka khohmuen, ka misurdum neh ka im khaw ka hol mai vetih khokha vaengah he cangpai ka phil uh mai mako,” aka ti khaw om.

and there which to say land: country our and vineyard our and house: home our we to pledge and to take: take grain in/on/with famine

4 “Ka khohmuen neh ka misurdum kah manghai mangmu ham te tangka la ka rhong.

and there which to say to borrow silver: money to/for tribute [the] king land: country our and vineyard our

5 Mah manuca kah pumsa khaw mamih kah pumsa banghui coeng ni. Amih ca rhoek khaw mah ca rhoek banghui ni. Te cakhaw mamih loh mah ca tongpa neh mah ca huta rhoek te sal la ka khoh sak aya? Kaimih canu lakah khaw a khoh rhoek om coeng. Tedae mamih kah khohmuen neh mamih kah misurdum a tloe taengla om coeng tih mamih kut he Pathen pum dongah a om moenih,” ti.

and now like/as flesh brother: compatriot our flesh our like/as son: child their son: child our and behold we to subdue [obj] son: child our and [obj] daughter our to/for servant/slave and there from daughter our to subdue and nothing to/for god: power hand: power our and land: country our and vineyard our to/for another

6 Amih kah a pang neh ol he ka yaak vaengah kai taengah muep sai coeng.

and to be incensed to/for me much like/as as which to hear: hear [obj] outcry their and [obj] [the] word [the] these

7 Tedae ka khuikah ka lungbuei tah a manghai van dongah hlangcoelh rhoek neh ukkung rhoek te ka toel. Te vaengah amih te, “A manuca taengkah a casai aka ca hlang nang loh lai na ba,” ka ti nah tih amih te vangpum duel ka khue thil.

and to advise heart my upon me and to contend [emph?] with [the] noble and with [the] ruler and to say [emph?] to/for them interest man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his you(m. p.) (to lift: aid *Q(K)*) and to give: make upon them assembly great: large

8 Te phoeiah amih te, “Namtom taengla a yoih mah manuca Judah rhoek te mah taengah a coengnah bangla mamih loh n'lai coeng dae nangmih loh na manuca rhoek te na yoih uh dongah mamih taengla koep han yoih uh dongah ngam uh tih ol om voel pawh.

and to say [emph?] to/for them we to buy [obj] brother: compatriot our [the] Jew [the] to sell to/for nation like/as sufficiency in/on/with us and also you(m. p.) to sell [obj] brother: compatriot your and to sell to/for us and be quiet and not to find word

9 Ka thui cakhaw ol then na vai uh pawt dongah ni ka thui. Mamih kah thunkha namtom kah kokhahnah dong mai ah mamih kah Pathen hinyahnah neh na pongpa uh pawh nama?

(and to say *Q(K)*) not pleasant [the] word: thing which you(m. p.) to make: do not in/on/with fear God our to go: walk from reproach [the] nation enemy our

10 Kamah khaw, ka manuca rhoek neh ka ca rhoek khaw, amih taengah tangka neh cangpai aka hlah rhoek loh a casai he tah hnoo uh pawn sih.

and also I brother: male-sibling my and youth my to lend in/on/with them silver: money and grain to leave: forsake please [obj] [the] interest [the] this

11 A khohmuen neh a misurdum khaw, olive khaw, a im khaw, amih taengkah casai na caak te tangka yakhat khaw, cangpai misur thai neh situi khaw tihnin kah bangla amih taengah mael uh laeh,” ka ti nah.

to return: return please to/for them like/as [the] day land: country their vineyard their olive their and house: home their and hundred [the] silver: money and [the] grain [the] new wine and [the] oil which you(m. p.) to lend in/on/with them

12 Te daengah, “Ka mael uh vetih amih taengah ka suk uh voel mahpawh. Na thui bangla ka vai uh tangloeng bitni,” a ti uh. Te phoeiah khosoih rhoek te ka khue tih he ol bangla saii ham amih te ka toemngam sak.

and to say to return: rescue and from them not to seek so to make: do like/as as which you(m. s.) to say and to call: call to [obj] [the] priest and to swear them to/for to make: do like/as Chronicles [the] this

13 Ka poehla te ka khong tih, “He ol he aka pai puei pawt hlang boeih te tah Pathen loh he tlam he khong saeh. A im lamkah neh a thaphu lamlong khaw khong saeh lamtah a hong la om van saeh,” ka ti. Te vaengah hlangping boeih loh, “Amen, BOEIPA te thangthen uh pai saeh, pilnam khaw he ol bangla a saii,” a ti uh.

also bosom my to shake and to say [emph?] thus to shake [the] God [obj] all [the] man which not to arise: establish [obj] [the] word: promised [the] this from house: home his and from toil his and thus to be to shake and worthless and to say all [the] assembly amen and to boast: praise [obj] LORD and to make: do [the] people like/as Chronicles [the] this

14 Te pataeng kai he Judah khohmuen ah amih kah rhalboei la om ham n'uen khohnin lamkah te, manghai Artaxerxes kah kum kul lamloh sawmthum kum nit hil, kum hlai nit ka om coeng dae ka manuca rhoek kah rhalboei buh khaw ka caak moenih.

also from day which to command [obj] me to/for to be governor their in/on/with land: country/planet Judah from year twenty and till year thirty and two to/for Artaxerxes [the] king year two ten I and brother: male-sibling my food: allowance [the] governor not to eat

15 Tedae rhalboei lamhma rhoek loh ka mikhmuh ah pilnam te a nan tih amih taengkah buh neh misurtui khaw, tangka shekel sawmli khaw a loh uh. A ca rhoek te pilnam soah a taemrhai sak. Tedae kai tah Pathen kah hinyahnah hmai ah te tlam te ka saii moenih.

and [the] governor [the] first: previous which to/for face: before my to honor: heavy upon [the] people and to take: take from them in/on/with food: allowance and wine after silver: money shekel forty also youth their to domineer upon [the] people and I not to make: do so from face: because fear God

16 Te phoeiah vongtung kah bitat ham rhaitat he tah thaa ka huel tih khohmuen ka lai uh moenih. Ka taengkah camoe boeih khaw bitat ham pahoi ka coi.

and also in/on/with work [the] wall [the] this to strengthen: persevere and land: country not to buy and all youth my to gather there upon [the] work

17 Te vaengah Judah neh ukkung rhoek te hlang ya sawmnga neh namtom lamkah kaimih taengla aka pawk te ka caboei kah kaimih m'vael uh.

and [the] Jew and [the] ruler hundred and fifty man and [the] to come (in): come to(wards) us from [the] nation which around us upon table my

18 Kai ham te hnin at ham he vaito pummat a ngawn tih, boiva pumrhuk a coelh, vaa a tawn a khaw, hnin rha khuiah misurtui cungkuem neh ka kum ham akhaw rhalboei buh he ka hoem moenih, he tah pilnam soah thohtatnah la aka nan rhung ni.

and which to be to make: do to/for day one cattle one flock six to purify and bird to make: do to/for me and between ten day in/on/with all wine to/for to multiply and with this food: allowance [the] governor not to seek for to honor: heavy [the] service upon [the] people [the] this

19 Ka Pathen aw he pilnam ham hnothen la boeih ka saii he kai ham khaw poek van lah.

to remember [emph?] to/for me God my to/for welfare all which to make: do upon [the] people [the] this