Nehemiah 1
1 Hacaliah chapa Nehemiah tohdoh chengse ho chu ahi, Artaxerxes in lengvai apoh kal kum somni lhin kum Kislev lhasungin, keima Nehemiah hi gamsung’a khopi lenpen Susa khopi sunga kana um'in ahi.
The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the palace,
2 Kasopi ho lah a mikhat Hanani kitipa chun mi phabep khat toh Judah gam'a konin eihung vil’un ahi. Keiman amaho chu Juda teho Babylon a asohchan nauva akona ana kile kit ho chu itobang nauvem chule Jerusalem chu itobang nam tithu kana dongin ahi.
Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.
3 Amahon hiti hin eidonbut uve, “Sohchan naova konna hung kile Judate chu, hinkho hahsa tah le Avella cheng namdan ten anoise lheh uve, Chule Jerusalem kulpi bang chu akisuchim nia pat, kelkot ho jouse jong meiya ana kihal lhah gam jou apat semphat louvin aum e,” ti eiseipeh un ahi.
They said to me, “The remnant who are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burnt with fire.”
4 Hiche thuhi kajah phat in katou lha jengin kakap jah tai. Chuti chun nikho phabep sung chun lunghem tah in an ka-ngol’in chule van Pathen koma kataovin ahi.
When I heard these words, I sat down and wept, and mourned several days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
5 “O Pakai, van Pathen, nathupeh nit hole nangma ngailu jingho chunga na milungset nale nakitepna chepi jinga oupe tah le tijat umtah Pathen nahi!
and said, “I beg you, LORD, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
6 Nami Israelte dinga sun le jana kataona hi venlang chule kataona hi neihin ngaipeh in! Ajeh chu keiho hi nangma douna a chonse kahi tauve, keima insung le keima tah jeng jong kachonse tauve tia kaphondoh ahi.
let your ear now be attentive and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
7 Chule nalhachapa Mose a kona neipeh’u nathupeh ho le chonna dan chule neithu gah na ho kanit pouvin melse tah in kachonse tauve.
We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
8 Chule nangman nalhachapa Mose koma nanaseisa, “Nangho keima koma nakitah lou’ule keiman chitin namtin laha kathe cheh ding nahiuve.
“Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you amongst the peoples;
9 Amavang nangho kaheng’a nahung kile hei’uva kathu peh nanit’uva hiche dungjuiya chu nachon’uva ahileh leiset kol mong geiya ana kithe chehsa hijong leu chun kamin dopsang na dinga keiman kagon pehnau gam ma chu kahin nung puilut kit diu ahi nati,” chu hingel doh kit’in.
but if you return to me, and keep my commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the uttermost part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen, to cause my name to dwell there.’
10 Hiche nam mite hi nalhacha te ahiuve, naban gol thahat nale natha neina’a nahuh dohsa ahiuve.
“Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power and by your strong hand.
11 O Pakai kataona hi lungset tah in neingai peh in! Nangma ja bolna a thanomte taona ngaipeh in, tuni hin lengpa khohsah na neimu sah in lang neilolhin sah in; lengpa lungsunga khoto na neimu sah in.” kati. Hiche phatlai chun, lengpa juhaidom in kana pange.
Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.
