Nehemiah 13
1 Hot hnin vah, Mosi e cauknaw hah taminaw e hmâ lah a touk awh teh, Hote cauk dawkvah Ammonnaw hoi Moabnaw teh Cathut e taminaw kamkhuengnae hmuen koevah, bawk awh van mahoeh telah thut e lah ao.
Now on that day, they read from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people. And in it, there was found written that the Ammonites and the Moabites must not enter the church of God, even for all time,
2 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Isarelnaw vaiyei hoi tui hoi dawn laipalah, ahnimanaw thoebo sak hanelah Baalam a hlai awh. Hateiteh, kaimae Cathut ni thoebonae hah yawhawinae lah a coung sak.
because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, and they hired Balaam against them, to curse them. But our God turned the curse into a blessing.
3 Hahoi, hote kâlawknaw koung a thai awh hnukkhu, miphun katang hoeh e taminaw teh, Isarel miphun thung hoi a takhoe awh.
Now it happened that, when they had heard the law, they separated every foreigner from Israel.
4 Ha hoehnahlan teh Cathut imrakhan dawk kâtawnnae ka tawn e vaihma Eliashib teh Tobiah hoi a kâkuet awh.
And Eliashib, the priest, was over this task; he had been given charge of the treasury of the house of our God, and he was a close relative of Tobiah.
5 Hatnavah Levih tami lakasakkung longkha karingkungnaw hoi vaihmanaw ni thueng hane kâlawk poe e hoi thuengnae, hahoi hmuitui, hlaumhlaam pung hra pung touh, misurtui hoi satui pung hra pung touh, pâkuemnae hah Tobiah hanelah a sak awh.
Then he made for himself a large storeroom, and in that place, there was laid before him gifts, and frankincense, and vessels, and the tithes of grain, wine, and oil, the portions of the Levites, and of the singing men, and of the gatekeepers, and the first-fruits of the priests.
6 Hateiteh, hatnae tueng dawkvah, kai teh Jerusalem vah kaawm hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, Babilon siangpahrang Artaxerxes a bawinae kum 32 nah, siangpahrang koe ka ban toe. Hahoi ka saw lah ka o hnukkhu siangpahrang koe ca hoi tâco thainae ca bout ka hmu.
But during all this, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, the king of Babylon, I went to the king, and at the end of some days, I petitioned the king.
7 Hahoi Jerusalem ka pha toteh Cathut im dawk rakhan ka sak pouh teh, Tobiah hanelah Eliashib ni a sak e hawihoehnae teh ka panue.
And I went to Jerusalem, and I understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, such that he would make him a storeroom in the vestibules of the house of God.
8 Ka lungkuep hoeh tanglang dawkvah, Tobiah imthung hoi e hnopainaw pueng alawilah be ka tâkhawng pouh.
And it seemed to me very evil. And I cast the vessels of the house of Tobiah outside of the storeroom.
9 Imrakhannaw thoung sak hanelah kâ ka poe teh, Cathut im thung vah hnopainaw, caneikawinaw hoi, hmuituinaw hah bout ka ta.
And I gave instructions, and they cleansed again the storeroom. And I brought back, into that place, the vessels of the house of God, the sacrifice, and the frankincense.
10 Hahoi Levih taminaw, la kasakkungnaw teh ham ka poe hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, hote thaw ka tawk e Levihnaw hoi lakasakkungnaw teh amamae lawnaw koe he a cei awh tie hah bout ka panue.
And I realized that the portions of the Levites had not been given to them, and that each one had fled into his own region, from the Levites, and from the singing men, and from those who were ministering.
11 Cathut e im hah bangkongmaw na pahnawt awh vaw telah bawinaw hah yon a pen teh, Levihnaw hah a kamkhueng sak hnukkhu, amamae hmuen koe bout a hruek awh.
And I brought the case before the magistrates, and I said, “Why have we forsaken the house of God?” And I gathered them together, and I caused them to stand at their stations.
12 Hatnavah, Judah ram pueng ni cakang, misurtui, satui pung hra pung touh hah hnoim dawk bout a thokhai awh.
And all of Judah brought the tithes of the grain, and the wine, and the oil into the storehouses.
13 Vaihma, Shelemiah, kâlawk kacangkhaikung Zadok hoi, Levihnaw thung dawk e Pedaiah hah thaw ka poe teh, kabawmkung lah Mathaniah capa Zakkur e capa Hanan hah thaw ka poe. Ahnimanaw teh, yuemkamcu hnokahawi ka sak e lah ao teh, a hmaunawnghanaw koe thaw a rei.
And we appointed over the storehouses, Shelemiah, the priest, and Zadok, the scribe, and Pedaiah from the Levites, and next to them Hanan, the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah. For they had proven to be faithful. And so the portions of their brothers were entrusted to them.
14 Oe ka Cathut, hete kong dawk kai na pahnim hanh. Kaie Cathut im hanelah, a thaw ka tawk hane kai ni ka sak e hah raphoe hanh.
Remember me, O my God, because of this, and may you not wipe away my acts of compassion, which I have done for the house of my God and for his ceremonies.
15 Hatnae tueng navah, Judah ram thungvah sabbath hnin nah misur katinnae tangkom dawk misur bawm hoi cabong moikapap a hrawm awh teh, la e van a thueng awh e thoseh, misurtui hoi, misur paw, thai paw, hotnaw na thueng awh teh, Jerusalem khopui koe lah na phu awh e thoseh ka hmu. Hah hoi ca kawi yo hnin vah kâhruetcuetnae ka poe.
In those days, I saw, in Judah, some who were treading the presses on the Sabbath, and who were carrying sheaves, and placing on donkeys burdens of wine, and of grapes, and of figs, and all manner of burdens, and who were bringing these into Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I contended with them, so that they would sell on a day when it was permitted to sell.
16 Hote hmuen koe kaawm e Tairenaw ni hai, tanga hoi hnopainaw hah Jerusalem khopui koe a phu awh teh, sabbath hnin dawk Judahnaw koe ouk a yo awh.
And some Tyrians dwelt within, who were bringing fish and all kinds of items for sale. And they were selling on the Sabbaths to the sons of Judah in Jerusalem.
17 Hatnavah kai ni, nangmouh ni sabbath hnin hah na raphoe awh teh, na yon awh e bangtelah namaw.
And I put the nobles of Judah under oath, and I said to them: “What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?
18 Mintoenaw ni hottelah a sak awh dawkvah, hettelah e kalenpoung roedeng runae hah maimouh dawk thoseh, hete khopui dawk thoseh, Cathut ni phat sak hoeh namaw. Nangmouh ni sabbath hnin na raphoenae lahoi hoe kapatawpoung lah a lungkhueknae hah Isarelnaw koe bout na pha sak han rah maw telah Judah bawinaw hah ka yue.
Did not our fathers do these things, and so our God brought all this evil upon us and upon this city? And you are adding more wrath upon Israel by violating the Sabbath!”
19 Sabbath hnin navah Jerusalem longkhanaw koe khohmo teh, longkha khan han telah kâ ka poe teh, Sabbath hnin abaw hoehnahlan, paawng mahoeh telah kâ bout ka poe. Sabbath hnin nah, bang hno hai kâenkhai hoeh nahanelah, ka sannaw thung e a tangawn longkha ka ring sak.
And it happened that, when the gates of Jerusalem had rested on the day of the Sabbath, I spoke, and they closed the gates. And I instructed that they should not open them until after the Sabbath. And I appointed some of my servants over the gates, so that no one would carry in a burden on the day of the Sabbath.
20 Hno kayawtnaw, hnocawngca kayawtnaw teh, Jerusalem khopui alawilah avaivai a i awh.
And so the merchants and those who sold all kinds of items remained just outside of Jerusalem, once and again.
21 Hot patetlah a lan hoeh e ka panue teh, ahnimouh koe, bangkongmaw rapan kung koe na roe awh. Het patetlah bout na sak awh bawi pawiteh, na tak dawk ka kut ka pho han telah ka ti pouh. Hat totouh hoi teh Sabbath hnin vah tho awh hoeh toe.
And I contended with them, and I said to them: “Why are you remaining just beyond the wall? If you do this again, I will send hands upon you.” And so, from that time, they no longer came on the Sabbath.
22 Hahoi Levihnaw hah kamthoung sak vaiteh, Sabbath a thoungsak nahanelah, rapan longkha a ring awh hanelah kâ ka poe toe. Oe ka Cathut, hete kong dawk hai na pahnim hanh. Kalenpounge na pahrennae hoi na hlung haw.
I also spoke to the Levites, so that they would be cleansed, and would arrive to guard the gates and to sanctify the day of the Sabbath. Because of this also, O my God, remember me and spare me, in accord with the multitude of your mercies.
23 Hat navah, Judah tami Ashdod, Amom hoi Moab napuinaw a yu lah a la e hah ka hmu awh.
But also in those days, I saw some Jews taking wives from the Ashdodites, and the Ammonites, and the Moabites.
24 A canaw hah Ashdod lawk a pan awh. Hote lawk hloilah teh, Hebru lawk hai pan thai awh hoeh.
And their sons spoke partly in the speech of Ashdod, and they did not know how to speak the Jewish language, and they were speaking according to the language of one people or another.
25 Ahnimouh hah ka yue teh, thoe ka bo. Atangawn teh ka hemkhai, a sam ka sawn pouh. Na canunaw hah a capanaw la sak hoeh hane hoi ahnimae canu hah na capanaw ni la hoeh hanelah, ahnimouh han thoseh, mamouh han thoseh, canu capa yuvâ hoeh hanelah thoseh, Cathut noe lahoi lawk ka kam sak.
And I put them under oath, and I cursed them. And I struck some of their men, and I shaved off their hair, and I made them swear to God that they would not give their daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for their sons, nor for themselves, saying:
26 Isarel siangpahrang Solomon hai hot patetlah yonnae a sak nahoehmaw. Hateiteh miphun moikapapnaw thung dawk, ahni patet e siangpahrang awm hoeh. Cathut ni a pahren e doeh. Cathut ni Isarelnaw lathueng vah siangpahrang lah a sak. Hatei, hot patenghai yah talai napuinaw ni yonnae a sak sak awh.
“Did not Solomon, king of Israel, sin in this kind of thing? And certainly, among many nations, there was no king similar to him, and he was beloved of his God, and God set him as king over all of Israel. And yet foreign women led even him into sin!
27 Hot patetlah ram alouknaw yu lah la vaiteh, Cathut lathueng vah kahawihoehe hno sak hanelah tarawi han nama, telah ka ti pouh.
So how could we disobey and do all this great evil, so that we would transgress against our God, and take foreign wives?”
28 Vaihma kacue Eliashib capa, Jehoiada capa buet touh teh, Haron tami Sanballat e cava lah ao dawkvah, kai koehoi tang ka pâlei sak.
Now one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the high priest, was a son-in-law to Sanballat, a Horonite, and I made him flee from me.
29 Oe Cathut, vaihma lah onae, vaihma lah lawkkamnae, Levihnaw e lawkkamnae, kamhnawng sak dawkvah, pahnim hanh la a.
O Lord, my God, remember against those who defile the priesthood and the law of the priests and the Levites!
30 Hot patetlah talai hnonaw pueng dawk hoi kathoung sak, vaihmanaw hai Levih ni amamae thaw lengkaleng tawk hanelah,
And so I cleansed them from all foreigners, and I established the orders of the priests and the Levites, each one in his ministry.
31 khoe e atueng dawkvah, thuengnae thing hah, aluepaw ahmaloe e totouh thokhai hanelah, ka pouk pouh. Oe ka Cathut, hawi nahanelah na pahnim hanh.
O my God, remember me also, for good, because of the offering of wood, at the appointed times, and because of the first-fruits. Amen.
