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.

Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews that [were] in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, [even] to them.

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 rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which [is] at Jerusalem: and with them [were] the prophets of God helping 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

At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shethar-boznai, and their companions, and said thus to them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?

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

Then said we to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this 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 upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this [matter].

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

The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side of the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, who [were] on this side of the river, sent to Darius the king:

7 “Darius lengpa kajanao salam kahin peuve:

They sent a letter to him, in which was written thus; To Darius the king, 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.

Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work proceedeth rapidly, and prospereth in 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.

Then we asked those elders, [and] said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to erect these walls?

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

We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that [were] the chief of 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.

And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was erected these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up.

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 after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon.

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

But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon, [the same] king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

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 the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that [was] in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to [one], whose name [was] Sheshbazzar, whom he had made 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 said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into 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.

Then came the same Sheshbazzar, [and] laid the foundation of the house of God which [is] in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and [yet] it is not finished.

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 therefore, if it [seemeth] good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure-house, which [is] there at Babylon, whether it is [so], that a decree was made by Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter.