Ezra 5

1 Hiche phat laitah chun Haggai themgao le Iddo chapa Zechariah themgaovin Jerusalem leh Judah gam sunga Judate lah a gaothu ana sei lhonin ahi. Amanin achung'uva vaihom’ah Israel Pathen min in gaothu anasei lhonin ahi.

Now Haggai, the prophet, and Zechariah, the son of Iddo, prophesying to the Jews who were in Judea and Jerusalem, prophesied in the name of the God of Israel.

2 Shealtiel chapa Zerubbabel leh Jehozadak chapa Jeshua in amani thusei ajahdoh lhon phat’in Jerusalam houin sahphatna natoh apan lhontan ahileh hiche themgao teni jong chun akithopi lhonin ahi.

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, rose up and began to build the temple of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, assisting them.

3 Ahin Euphrates vadung lhumlam gamkaiya gamvai popa Tettanai leh Shethar-bozenai chuleh atoh khompi hocheng chu gangtah in Jerusalem ah ahung’un ajah uva, “Hitiahi houin sahphatna dinga koipen in thu napeh uva, amun jonghi koi thusah a nagon toh uham?” hiti chun thudoh ana neijun ahi

Then, at the same time, Tattenai, who was the governor beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and their counselors came to them. And they spoke in this way to them: “Who has given you counsel, so that you would build this house and repair its walls?”

4 Hiche houin sahna-a kimangchaho chu koikoi ham tin amin u jong adongin ahi.

We responded to this by giving them the names of the men who were the founders of that building.

5 Ahivangin amaho chu a Pathen un avetsui jing jengu ahiyeh in, hiche thudol Darius lengpa henga akiseipeh a chutengleh aman athu umchan dingdol ahinle thot kit tokah in ahouin sah natoh uchu ana ngadeh pouvin ahi.

But the eye of their God was set over the elders of the Jews, and so they were unable to hinder them. And it was agreed that the matter should be referred to Darius, and then they would give a reply against that accusation.

6 Tattenai gamvaipo pa leh Setharbozenai chuleh Euphrates lhumlam gamkaija vaihom a pang jousen Darius lengpa chu hiti hin lekha ana thot un ahi:

A copy of the letter that Tattenai, the governor of the region beyond the river, and Shetharbozenai, and his counselors, the rulers who were beyond the river, sent to Darius the king.

7 “Darius lengpa kajanao salam kahin peuve:

The word that they sent him was written in this way: “To Darius, the king of all peace.

8 Lengpa nangman nahet tei dia kadei u chu ahile, Judah gamsunga kaga khol’un, loupitah a Pathen houin asahnao mun kagaphah uva thil umdan kamu houhi nahet teiding ngai kasaove. Hiche kisahphat ah in song phatah a kikheng ho akimangin, apaljong thing apum kikehso ho in akigen pantan ahi. Hiche anatoh uhi ahapan jeh un amachal lheh jengun ahi.

Let it be known to the king, that we went to the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which they are building with rough stones, and with timber set into the walls. And this work is being built up diligently, and it increases by their hands.

9 Keihon alamkai hojah a hiche houin hi sahphat nading leh amun gontoh nading’a hi koipen in phalna napeh uham tin kadongun ahi.

Therefore, we questioned those elders, and we spoke to them in this way: ‘Who has given authority to you, so that you would build this house and repair these walls?’

10 Chuleh alamkai hou minjong kahin hetsah theina diuvin kadongun ahi.

But we also required of them their names, so that we might report to you. And we have written down the names of their men, those who are leaders among them.

11 Amahon hitihin eidinbut un ahi, “Keihohi lei leh van Pathen lhachate kahiuve, chuleh kum tamtah masanga Israel leng lentah khat’in anasahdohsa houin chu keihon asha phat kit u ahi,” atiuve.

Then they responded a word to us in this manner, saying: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth. And we are building the temple that was constructed these many years before, and which a great king of Israel had built and constructed.

12 Ahinlah kapu kapa teuvin van Pathen chu ana sulunghang’un ahileh aman Babylon lengpa Nebuchadnezzer khutna ana pehdoh uva, aman houin chu asuhset’a amaho chu Babylon a sohchang ding in anakoijin ahi.

But afterward, our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, so he delivered them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, the Chaldean. And he destroyed this house, and he transferred its people to Babylon.

13 Ahivangin, Babylon lengpa Cyrus in ama leng chanjou kumkhat sungin hiche Pathen houin hi sahphatna dingin thupeh ana neiyin ahi.

Then, in the first year of Cyrus, the king of Babylon, king Cyrus issued a decree, so that this house of God would be built.

14 Nebuchadnezzer in Jerusalem a Pathen houin sung’a kona ana lahdoh, sana leh dangka khon, Babylon houin a anakoi hojong chu anale lahdoh in ahi. Hiche khon ana la doh hochu, Cyrus lengpan Judah gam vaipoa ana nganse Sheshbazzar khut’ah ana pelut in ahi.

And now the vessels of gold and silver from the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem, and which he had carried away to the temple of Babylon, king Cyrus brought out of the temple of Babylon, and they were given to one called Sheshbazzar, whom he also appointed as governor.

15 Lengpan chun hiche khon hochu Jerusalem a alethah lut kit ding le Pathen houin chu amun mama a chu sahphat kit dingin thu anape in ahi.

And he said to him: “Take these vessels, and go, and set them in the temple that is in Jerusalem. And let the house of God be built in its place.”

16 Hijeh chun Sheshbazzar chu ahung in Jerusalem ah Pathen houin munchu ahung semtoh tan ahi. Hichea pat achu amipiten ana atoh pat’ u ahitan ahinla anajolou laiyu ahi.

And so this same Sheshbazzar then came and set the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. And from that time, even until now, it is being built, and it is not yet completed.’

17 Hijeh chun lengpa lunglam ahiding leh, Jerusalem a Pathen Houin chu sahphatna dinga thupeh umham um louham ti Babylon lengte thusimbu chu kikholchil leh tia ka-nga u ahi. Chujoutengle lengpan hiche thudolla nalunggel chu neihin hetsah diuva kahin ngeh u ahi,” atiuve.

Now then, if it seems good to the king, let him search in the king’s library, which is in Babylon, to see whether it was ordered by king Cyrus, that the house of God in Jerusalem should be built. And may the will of the king be sent to us about this matter.”