Nehemiah 2
1 Artexerxes vaihom na kum somni lhin Nisan lhasungin, lengpa koma a adon ding ju kadoplut peh in ahi. Keiman akoma khat vei cha lungkham mel kana put khahlou hel anahi.
And it came to pass in the month Nissan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, that wine [stood] before him; and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. But I had never been sad in his presence.
2 Hijeh chun lengpan eina dongin, “Ipi dinga hibangtah a hi lungkham a nahim? Adammo dan la nahi pon, lungkham na khohtah khat vang nanei hinte eiti; hichun keima kati ajalheh jengin ahi.
Then said the king unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing but an illness of heart. Then was I very greatly afraid.
3 Ahinlah keiman kadonbut’in, “Lengpa hingsot’in! Keima iti kalungkham da ding ham? Kapu kapate ana kivuina khopi chu amangthah tan, chuleh akulpi kelkot hojong meiyin akalha gamtai,” kati.
And I said unto the king, May the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth ruined, and her gates are consumed by fire?
4 Hichun lengpan eidongin’ “Aphai; chuti chu ahileh ipi lampen a kaki thopi thei ding ham?” eiti; hichun keima van Pathen koma kataovin;
Then said the king unto me, For what then dost thou make request? Then did I pray to the God of heaven.
5 Hitin kadonbut tai, “Lengpa nasohpa keima chunga khoto na naneiya nalunglhaina ahi dingle Judah gam'a neisol’in lang kapu kapate kivuina khopi chu gasa phange” kati.
And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant might be pleasing in thy presence, [I desire] that thou wouldst send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it.
6 Hiche pet’a chu lengnu toh toukhom lhon ahin, lengpan phat itih chan naga sulut dem? itih donleh nahung kile thei dem?” eiti, Keiman phat itih chan kaga suh lut ding ham ti kahetsah jou chun aman eiphat sah peh tai.
And the king said unto me, while the queen was sitting beside him, When is thy journey to be undertaken? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to let me go; and I indicated to him a time.
7 Lengpa koma chun keiman kaseibe kitin, “Lengpa nalung alhai dinga ahile, Eupharates vadung gal lhanglam gamkaiya gam vaipo ho koma lekha eijih peh in lang Judah gam kajot na a agamsungu boilouhel a kajot galkai theina dingin thupeh neithot peh in,” kati.
And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, let letters be given unto me for the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till the time that I come into Judah;
8 “Chule lengpa thing gampo pa Asaph koma lekha neijih peh in lang, Houin kulpi khopi kulbang sah na dingle keima chen na ding in sahna a Kaman chah ding thing eipeh thei na dingin thupeh neithot peh in,” kati. Hichun Pathenin kachunga khotona anei jal'in lengpan kathum jouse eiphal pehin ahi.
Also a letter unto Assaph the keeper of the king's forests, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which appertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall move into. And the king gave [them] to me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
9 Eupharates vadung lhumlam gamkaiya gamvaipo ho kom kalhun phat in lengpa lekha jih ho chu kape lutin ahi. Gahseibe ding chun lengpan sakol sepai hole vaipo ho keima eiveng dingin eihin solpeh in ahi.
And [so] came I to the governors beyond the river, and I gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.
10 Ahin Horon mi Samballat leh Ammon mi Tobiah leng lhacha a pang teni hin kavai lhun ahetdoh lhon phatin Israel chate panpi ding mikhat ahungtai tin alung nom mo lheh jeng lhonin ahi.
When Sanballat the Choronite, and Tobiyah the servant, the 'Ammonite, heard of it, it displeased them exceedingly, that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
11 Hiti hin nithum jouvin Jerusalem kaga lhung tai.
So came I to Jerusalem, and remained there three days.
12 Jankhangin aguh in kathoudoh in mi phabep toh kahin, Pathenin Jerusalem a eitoh sah nom ho chu koima cha kasei peh pon ahi. Katouna sa-ngan tailou gancha dang khat cha kapui pouvin ahi.
Then arose I in the night, I and some few men with me; but I had not told any man what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem: nor was there any beast with me, save the beast on which I rode.
13 Hiti chun jan khang kim in kapot doh’un phaicham kelkot langa kacheuvin, Sial twikul chu kaho pauvin, ehbohna kelkot geiyin kacheuvin akivo chimsa pal hole akihal lha kakhol toh soh keiyun ahi.
And I went out through the gate of the valley by night, even toward the direction of the dragon-well, and to the dung-gate; and I was viewing the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates whereof were consumed by fire.
14 Chujouvin, twisam putna kelkot le lengpa twikul geiyin kacheuvin ahileh katounau sa-ngan chu songchip ho lah a chun athol tapoi.
Then passed I on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool; but there was no space for the beast that was under me to pass through.
15 Hiti chun jan khanglai chun Kidron phaicham geiyin kachen, palchu kahin kholpeh in, chujouvin kahung kilen phaicham kelkot langa kahung lut tai.
Then went I up through the valley in the night, and I was viewing the wall, and I returned and entered through the gate of the valley, and so returned home.
16 Hiti chun khopi vaihom hon itih a kapot doh a ipi kaga bol ham ti ahepouve; ajeh chu keiman katoh gon chu koima cha kana hetsah pon ahi. Judah lamkai hole thempu ho, chule mithupi hole vaihom ho ahilou leh vaihom na muna umho khat cha kana hetsahpon ahi.
And the rulers knew not whither I was gone, or what I was doing: nor had I as yet told it to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the superintendents of the work.
17 Tun vang keiman amaho chu kahet sah tan ahi, “Itobang hahsat na itou hitam Jerusalem hi khopigem ahitan, akelkot ho jousela maiyin akavam soh tai tihi nanghon nahe soh kei’uve; tun eihon Jerusalem kulpi pal hi sapha kitnu hitin ijum nao hi subei tao hite,” katin ahi.
Then said I unto them, Ye see the misery in which we are, how Jerusalem lieth in ruins, and its gates are burnt with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no more be for a reproach.
18 Hiche jou chun keiman itibang Pathen kaihoi kachan ham chuleh lengpa toh iti kahung kihou lim lhon ham ti kasei peh tan ahi.
And I told them of the hand of my God, which was good upon me, as also the king's words which he had spoken unto me. And they said, We will rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
19 Ahin lah Samballat, Tobiah le Arab mi Geshem te hon katoh gon’u chu ahet doh phat’un noise tah in eina houvun ahi. “Ipi nabol’u ham? Lengpa douna a na natoh u ham?” tin eidongun ahi.
But when Sanballat the Choronite, and Tobiyah the servant, the 'Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye are doing? are ye rebelling against the king?
20 Hichun keiman kadonbut’in, “Van Pathenin eipan hu’uva eitoh chai sah diu ahi. chule keiho ama lhachaten khopi pal hi kasah phat diu ahi; amavang nanghon hiche ahin chan anei pouve, thanei na jong nanei pouve, Jerusalem khopi ahin nachan diu goujong nanei pouvin ahi,” kati.
And I returned them an answer, and said unto them, The God of heaven will indeed give us prosperity, and we his servants will truly rise up and build; but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
