Esther 3

1 Phat chomkhat jouvin leng Xerxes in Agag mipa Hamadatha chapa Haman chu atohmun akalsah in amithupi holah a achungnung pen’in apansah in, aleng gamsunga vaihom ho jouse lah a thanei pen’in apansah tan ahi.

And after this king Artaxerxes highly honored Aman [son] of Amadathes, the Bugaean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.

2 Lengpa dinga vaipo ho jousen lengpa thupeh dungjuija Haman masanga hi dilsu sohkei diu jana apeh chehdiu ahi. Ahinlah Mordecai hi adilsu nompon jana jong ape nompon ahi.

And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochaeus did not do him obeisance.

3 Hichejou hin lengpa kelkot kom’a um lengpa khopi vaipo a panghon Mordecai jah a, “Nang in ipi dinga lengpa thupeh nanit louham?” atiuvin ahi.

And they in the king's palace said to Mardochaeus, Mardochaeus, why do you transgress the commands of the king?

4 Amahon niseh in aseipeh jengun ahinlah aman thupeh chu ajuideh pon ahi. Hijeh chun amahon Mordecai chu Judate ahi chu ahet utoh kilhon chun Haman chun i-alo am ti in Mordecai umchan chu Haman chu aseipeh un ahi.

[Thus] they spoke daily to him, but he listened not to them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochaeus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochaeus had shown to them that he was a Jew.

5 Haman in Modecai chun a-anga abohkhup lou chuleh jana apehlou chu amun alung ahang lheh jeng tan ahi.

And when Aman understood that Mardochaeus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,

6 Aman Mordecai chu koi nam mi ahi ti ahin hetdoh phat in, Mordecai chung seh seh a thilse bolding chu ahin sit tan ahi. Hijeh chun Xerxes lenggam pumpin Judate te jouse suhmang dingin ahin gongtan ahi.

and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.

7 Hiti chun leng Xerxes vaipoh kum somni le kumni channa Lhatun lhasung in athilgon ho tohdoh na dinga hi ipi lhapen lhasungin phading ham tichu Haman kom’a vangvetna ana um'in ahi (Hiche vangvetna chu Purim akiti). Anikho kilhengdoh chu alha Lhakao lha nisagi ni ahin, hiche nikho chu kumkhat jou anahi.

And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to kill in one day the race of Mardochaeus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth [day] of the month which is Adar.

8 Hijouchun Haman in leng Xerxes kom’a chun achen aga sei tai, “Naleng gamsunga hin namchom jatkhat aum in ama hohi gambih jousea hin akithe thangsoh hellun, chule midanga konin atumbeh in aumin ahi. Amahon midanga toh kibanglou dan chombeh aneiyun, lengpa na dan sem jonghi anit pouvin ahi. Hijeh chun amaho hinghoi ding lengpa dingin thilpha hiponte,” ati peh tai.

And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.

9 “Hijeh chun lengpa nalung lhaina ahiding leh amaho hi suhmangna dingin dan khat semdoh jengin lang hiche din tongdoh ding hochu keiman dangka talent sang som pe nange, amahon hiche lengpa sumkholna insunga koinao vinte.” ati.

If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.

10 Lengpan aphatsah in, athulhuh nachu suhdetna in akhutna kon in akhutjem aladoh in Agag mipa Hammedatha chapa Haman Judate galmipa kom’a chun apetan ahi.

And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.

11 Lengpan aseijin, “Hiche sum chuleh mipi hochu nang khutna aum’e phante nati dan dannin boltan” ati.

And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as you will.

12 Hiti chun Lhatun nidan nisom le nisagi ni hin lengpa lekha sun hochu akoukhom un chuleh Haman dei dungjuitah chun dan khat jihdoh in aumtai. Hiche chu lengpa vaihom lenpen ho, gambih a gamvaipo ho, chuleh gambih jousea milen milal ho, amaho lekha jemleh apaocheh un akijihdoh in ahi. Hiche dan chu leng Xerxes min in akijih in achunga lengpa mohor chu akinam khum in ahi.

So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth [day], and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their [several] languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.

13 Hiche lekha hochu gangtah a aga hopdoh loi diuvin thupole a pangho chu akisoldoh in, amahon lenggam sunga gambih ho jousea agahomdoh un Judate ho jouse khangdonga patna tehse gei, numei chapang puma nikhat sunga thadoh ding, suhmang chuleh suhbeihel ding ahi akiti. Hiche kinhi kumkit alha Lhakao ni sagi nia tohdoh teidinga thupeh ahi. Hitobanga kithat Judate ho thilkeo chu athat ho chang ding ahiuve.

And [the message] was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.

14 Hiche dan kijihna lekha hi gambih jousea thot-lut sohding chuleh mijouse lekha phondoh ding hitia chu akitep nikho ahunglhung teng tohdoh jeng theina diuva kigong ahi.

And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.

15 Lengpa thupeh a kon in, dan kisodoh hochu thupole hon gangtah a ahopdoh diu, Susa khopia akiphongdoh tai. Hiche jouchun lengpa le Haman atou lhonin adonkhom lhontai; ahinla Susa khopia mipite lah achun lungkham nale boina alhungtai.

And the business was hastened, and [that] at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.