Ezra 4

1 Judah leh Benjamin te melmaten, mikhutna sohchang hochu ahung kinungle uvin Israel Pathen Pakai Houin chu asapha taove tithu ajataovin ahi.

Now, when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard—that, the Sons of the Exile, were building the temple, unto Yahweh, God of Israel,

2 Hijeh chun Zerubbabel leh lamkai dangho chu akimu piuvin hiti hin aseijun ahi, “Na Pathen hounao houin chu sakhommu hitin keihon jong houvung kate. Keihon jong Assyria lengpa Esarhaddon in hilaiya hi eihin puilut uva pat’a ama kom ahi kilhaina kahin bollu ahitai,” atiuve.

then drew they near unto Zerubbabel, and unto the ancestral chiefs, and said unto them, Let us build with you, for, like you, we seek your God, and, unto him, have, we, been sacrificing since the days of Esar-haddon, king of Assyria, who brought us up hither.

3 Ahinlah Zerubbabel, Jeshua chuleh Israelte lamkai danghon hiti i nana donbut un ahi, “Nanghon hichea hin chan nanei pouve, chule Persia lengpa Cyrus in eithupeh bang bang uva hiche Israel Pathen Pakai houin hi keihon bou kasahdiu ahi,” atieh tauve.

But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the ancestral chiefs of Israel, said unto them, It pertaineth not to you and to us [in common], to build a house unto our God, —but, we ourselves together, will build unto Yahweh, God of Israel, even as King Cyrus, king of Persia, hath commanded us.

4 Hijouchun hiche munna ana chengho chun, Judah mipi teho chu anatoh nauva kichat sah a sah dasah tei dingin anagong’un ahi.

Then came it to pass, that, the people of the land, were weakening the hands of the people of Judah, —and troubling them in building;

5 Amahon sumguh in mi ana thalah un, amahon anatoh ban’u suhboisah din asemdoh taove. Hitobanga amisuhmo gotnao natoh chu Persia lengpa Cyrus vaihop sungsese leh Persia lengpa Darius in laltouna ahinlo changei chun anachelha nalaiyin ahi.

and hiring against them counselors, to overturn their purpose, —all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius, king of Persia.

6 Kum phabep jou Xerxes in lengvai ahin hop phat in Judate melmaten Jerusalem’a Judah mipite dounan lekha ana thotnun ahi.

And, in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they an accusation, against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

7 Khonungin Persia lengpa Artaxerxes vaihom laijin Judah melmaten Bishlam le Mithredath chujongleh Tabeel lamkainan Judah te dounan lengpa Artaxerxes chu Aramaic paovin lekha ana thot’un hichu lengpa dingin analedoh peh un ahi.

And, in the days of Artaxerxes, wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates, unto Artaxerxes, king of Persia, —and, the writing of the letter, was written in Aramean, and was to be interpreted as Aramean.

8 Gamvaipo Rehum leh Shimshai thutanna'a lekhajih pan Jerusalem’a thil umdan chu lengpa Artaxerxes hetsah dingin lekha ana thot lhonin ahi.

Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, wrote a certain letter against Jerusalem, —to Artaxerxes the king, thus:

9 Rehum leh Shimshai chun aloi agolho jouse thalhengin jana lomtah apelhonin ahi. Aloi agol houchu thutan vaihom ho amuna um lamkaiho chuleh Tarpel, Persian ho, Babylonho, Erech le Susa (hichu Ellam ahi) mipi teho jouse chu ahiuve.

Then Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, —the Dinaites and the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Shushanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites;

10 Chuleh milen leh mithupi Ashurbanipal tin ahin toldoh Samaria gamsung leh avel gamkol sese lhumlam Euphrates vadung geija chengho thalhengin jana kahin peuve atiuve.

and the rest of the peoples, whom the great and noble Osnappar hath exiled, and set in the city of Samaria, —and the rest Beyond the River, and so forth:

11 Hichehi alekhathot’u thuchemg hochu hiche hohi ahi: “Lengpa Artaxarxes hiche lekhahi nanoija acho chaga dihtah lhumlam Euphrates vadunga chenghoa kon ahi.

This, is a copy of the letter which they sent unto him—unto Artaxerxes the king, —Thy servants, the men Beyond the River and so forth:

12 “Lengpan nahet louva khoh chu Babylon akonna hung kile Judate chu Jerusalem munnah achengun hiche khopi phalou tah galbol nomjengho chenna Jerusalem chu asapha taovin ahi. Amahon aleibul chu atungdoh taovin abaang jong ahin jovah diu ahitai.

Be it known unto the king, —that, the Jews who came up from thee unto us, are come to Jerusalem, —the rebellious and wicked city, are they building, and, the walls, have they finished, and, the foundations, will they repair.

13 Chuleh lengpan nahet louva khoh chu hiche khopi hi ahin sahphat kit uva abaang jonghi ahin chaiteng uleh hiche Judate hin nang komma apeh dingdollu kai jatchom chomho chu ahin peh nomlou ding nang dinga phaloutah mite hung hidiu ahi.”

Now be it known to the king, that, if this city, be built, and, the walls thereof, be finished, neither, tribute, excise, nor toll, will they render, and so, the revenue of the kings, shalt thou damage.

14 “Keihohi nang khochaga dihtah kahiyeh un hitobanga hi min jaloutah a nahin boldiu hi kadeilou jeh uva hiche thuhi nangma jong nahet ding kadei jeh uva hiche lekha kahin thotnu ahi.

Now, because the salt of the palace we have eaten, the impoverishment of the king, it is not meet for us to see, —therefore have we sent, and certified the king;

15 Lengpan jong napu napate leng chan laiya thusimbu chu pha tahin kholtoh lechun tumasanga hiche khopi hi gal lungthim pojing mi ahiuve ti namudoh teiding ahi. Atah bah in hiche khopi hin achunga vaihomte douna a gal anasat jeh uva, hiche khopi hi ana kisubeisa ahidan namudoh ding ahi.

so that search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers, so shalt thou find out in the book of records—and shalt ascertain, that, this city, is a rebellious city, and one that causeth damage unto kings and provinces, and that, rebellion, have they been wont to cause in the midst thereof since the days of age-past time, —for this cause, was this city laid waste.

16 Keihon lengpa nangma kom’a kahin hetsah nom pentah uchu ahileh, amahon hiche khopihi ahin semphat uva abang jonghi ahin semchai tenguleh lhumlam Euphrates vadung gam kolsunghi nanga kona mangthah teiding’u ahi.” Atiuvin ahi.

We do certify the king that, if, this city, be built, and, the walls thereof, finished, for that very reason, portion Beyond the River, shalt thou have none.

17 Hichun lengpa Artaxerxas in hiche thuhi ana le thotnin ahi: “Gamvaipo Rehum, thutanna lekha jeh Shimshai chuleh Samaria leh lhumlam Euphrates vadung gamkol sunga chengho jouse salam kahin bol uve.

The king sent, a message, unto Rehum holder of judicial authority, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates, who were dwelling in Samaria, and the rest Beyond the River, Peace and so forth.

18 “Neihin thot u lekhathot chu akiledoh in kahet theidin eikiseipeh in ahi.

The letter which ye sent unto us, was distinctly read before me;

19 Keiman lekha ana kijihlut hochu kakhol chil sah in ahileh Jerusalem in achunga vaihom ho dounan gal anabol jingui tihi akimudoh in ahi. Tahbeh in amahohi galbolna hinkho chepi ana hijengun ahi!

And, from me, went forth an edict, and they have made search and found, that, this city, since the days of age-past time, against kings, hath lifted herself up, —and, sedition and rebellion, have been made therein;

20 Lhumlam Euphrates vadung kol gamsunga chu leng hattah tah noija anaum ma, kai jatchom analahnao ahi ti akimudoh in ahi.

and, mighty kings, have there been over Jerusalem, and bearing rule everywhere Beyond the River, —and, tribute, excise, and toll, have been given to them.

21 Hijeh chun hiche mite natoh hi angah nadiuvin thu anapetan. Keiman thupeh kicheh tah kahin peh tilouvin hiche khopi chu kisapha theilou ding ahitai.

Now, issue ye an edict, to forbid these men, —that, this city, be not built, until, from me, the edict be issued.

22 Hiche thuhi nahsah mon anabol hih in, tu khonungleh lengpa chunga thil phalou ahung umdoh louna dingin chingtheitah in na anatongin,” tin ana lethot in ahi.

Beware, then, of failure to do thus, —wherefore should the damage increase, to inflict loss on the kings?

23 Hiche lekhathot hi Artaxerxes lengpa a akonna Rehum leh Shimshai chuleh atoh khompi hokom ahunglhun phat’in amaho Jerusalem ah alhailut loichal jengun ahi. Hiti chun athaneinao apodoh un anatoh uchu asutang taovin ahi.

Then, when, the copy of the letter of Artaxerxes the king, had been read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their associates, they journeyed in haste to Jerusalem, unto the Jews, and forbade them, with arm and force.

24 Hiti chun Jerusalem ma Pathen houin dinga nakitong chu atang tan ahi, chuleh Persia lengpa Darius vaipoh akum ni channa ahunglhun tokah sen hiti chun anatang dentan ahi.

Then ceased the work of the house of God, which was in Jerusalem, —yea it did cease, until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.