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.
On that day they read in the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and therein was found written, that an Ammonite and a Moabite should not enter into the assembly of God for ever;
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 met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them; howbeit 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.
And it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the alien mixture.
4 Ha hoehnahlan teh Cathut imrakhan dawk kâtawnnae ka tawn e vaihma Eliashib teh Tobiah hoi a kâkuet awh.
Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being allied unto 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.
had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meal-offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the wine, and the oil, which were given by commandment to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the heave-offerings for 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 in all this time I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went unto the king, and after certain days asked I leave of 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 came to Jerusalem, and understood the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God.
8 Ka lungkuep hoeh tanglang dawkvah, Tobiah imthung hoi e hnopainaw pueng alawilah be ka tâkhawng pouh.
And it grieved me sore; therefore I cast forth all the household stuff of Tobiah out of the chamber.
9 Imrakhannaw thoung sak hanelah kâ ka poe teh, Cathut im thung vah hnopainaw, caneikawinaw hoi, hmuituinaw hah bout ka ta.
Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings 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 perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them; so that the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field.
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.
Then contended I with the rulers, and said: 'Why is the house of God forsaken?' And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
12 Hatnavah, Judah ram pueng ni cakang, misurtui, satui pung hra pung touh hah hnoim dawk bout a thokhai awh.
Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the wine and the oil unto the treasuries.
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 I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah; and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren.
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, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the wards thereof.
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 saw I in Judah some treading winepresses on the sabbath, and bringing in heaps of corn, and lading asses therewith; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day; and I forewarned them in the day wherein they sold victuals.
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.
There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, who brought in fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem.
17 Hatnavah kai ni, nangmouh ni sabbath hnin hah na raphoe awh teh, na yon awh e bangtelah namaw.
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them: 'What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane 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 your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning 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 came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened till after the sabbath; and some of my servants set I over the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day.
20 Hno kayawtnaw, hnocawngca kayawtnaw teh, Jerusalem khopui alawilah avaivai a i awh.
So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice.
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.
Then I forewarned them, and said unto them: 'Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you.' From that time forth came they no more 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.
And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember unto me, O my God, this also, and spare me according to the greatness of Thy mercy.
23 Hat navah, Judah tami Ashdod, Amom hoi Moab napuinaw a yu lah a la e hah ka hmu awh.
In those days also saw I the Jews that had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab;
24 A canaw hah Ashdod lawk a pan awh. Hote lawk hloilah teh, Hebru lawk hai pan thai awh hoeh.
and their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.
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 contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God: 'Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons, or for yourselves.
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 by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, and he was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless even him did the foreign women cause to sin.
27 Hot patetlah ram alouknaw yu lah la vaiteh, Cathut lathueng vah kahawihoehe hno sak hanelah tarawi han nama, telah ka ti pouh.
Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to break faith with our God in marrying foreign women?'
28 Vaihma kacue Eliashib capa, Jehoiada capa buet touh teh, Haron tami Sanballat e cava lah ao dawkvah, kai koehoi tang ka pâlei sak.
And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.
29 Oe Cathut, vaihma lah onae, vaihma lah lawkkamnae, Levihnaw e lawkkamnae, kamhnawng sak dawkvah, pahnim hanh la a.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
30 Hot patetlah talai hnonaw pueng dawk hoi kathoung sak, vaihmanaw hai Levih ni amamae thaw lengkaleng tawk hanelah,
Thus cleansed I them from everything foreign, and appointed wards for the priests and for the Levites, every one in his work;
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.
and for the wood-offering, at times appointed, and for the first-fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.
