Nehemiah 5

1 Hatnavah, napui tongpanaw ni a miphun lah kaawm e Judahnaw hah a taran awh teh puenghoi a hramki awh.

and to be cry [the] people and woman: wife their great: large to(wards) brother: compatriot their [the] Jew

2 Tangawn ni kaimae canunaw hoi capanaw moi apap. Ahnimanaw ka paca hane nâ e rawca namaw ka la awh han ati awh.

and there which to say son: child our and daughter our we many and to take: take grain and to eat and to live

3 Tangawn ni kaimae law, takha, imnaw hoi ka pâhung awh toe. Canei takangnae atueng nâ e maw ka hmu awh han vah ati awh.

and there which to say land: country our and vineyard our and house: home our we to pledge and to take: take grain in/on/with famine

4 Tangawn ni kaimouh ni siangpahrang koe aphawng poe hanelah law, takha naw hane tangka ka cawi awh toe.

and there which to say to borrow silver: money to/for tribute [the] king land: country our and vineyard our

5 Atuvah maimae takthainaw teh miphun buet touh e takthai patetlah doeh ao. Maimae canaw teh ahnimae canaw patetlah doeh ao awh. Maimae canaw hah yo vaiteh, san lah o sak han namaw. San dawk kaawm e canunaw patenghai ratang thai awh hoeh. Law hoi misur takhanaw pueng ayânaw e kut dawk a pha toe ati awh.

and now like/as flesh brother: compatriot our flesh our like/as son: child their son: child our and behold we to subdue [obj] son: child our and [obj] daughter our to/for servant/slave and there from daughter our to subdue and nothing to/for god: power hand: power our and land: country our and vineyard our to/for another

6 Hettelah hramnae lawk ka thai navah puenghoi ka lungkhuek.

and to be incensed to/for me much like/as as which to hear: hear [obj] outcry their and [obj] [the] word [the] these

7 Hahoi, kahawicalah kho ka pouk teh bawinaw hoi lawkcengkungnaw ka kaw teh, nangmouh ni na hmaunawngha koe bangkongmaw apung na ca awh vaw telah ka yue teh, hote kong kâpankhai nahanelah taminaw teh ka kamkhueng sak.

and to advise heart my upon me and to contend [emph?] with [the] noble and with [the] ruler and to say [emph?] to/for them interest man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his you(m. p.) (to lift: aid *Q(K)*) and to give: make upon them assembly great: large

8 Jentelnaw koe kaawm e hmaunawngha Judah taminaw hah a coung thai totouh ka ratang awh teh, nangmouh ni hmaunawnghanaw bout na yo awh han rah maw, nangmouh ni hmaunawnghanaw bout na kâyo awh han rah maw telah ka yue teh lawkkamuem duem ao awh teh, pathung nahane lawk tawn awh hoeh toe.

and to say [emph?] to/for them we to buy [obj] brother: compatriot our [the] Jew [the] to sell to/for nation like/as sufficiency in/on/with us and also you(m. p.) to sell [obj] brother: compatriot your and to sell to/for us and be quiet and not to find word

9 Hahoi kai ni, nangmouh ni na sak e hnonaw hawihoeh. Maimae taran lah kaawm e Jentelnaw ni na dudam awh han. Nangmouh ni Cathut taki laihoi hnokahawi sak kawi nahoehmaw ka ti pouh.

(and to say *Q(K)*) not pleasant [the] word: thing which you(m. p.) to make: do not in/on/with fear God our to go: walk from reproach [the] nation enemy our

10 Kai hoi hmaunawngha, ka sannaw ni taminaw koehoi e hnopai hoi cainaw kârei thai awh van nahoehmaw. Apung canae teh pâpout awh leih.

and also I brother: male-sibling my and youth my to lend in/on/with them silver: money and grain to leave: forsake please [obj] [the] interest [the] this

11 Sahnin roeroe vah ahnimae law, takha, Olive takhanaw hoi imnaw amamouh koehoi na kâreikhai e cai, misurtui hoi satuinaw 100 touh dawk buet touh na la awh e pueng hai bout poe awh leih ka ti pouh.

to return: return please to/for them like/as [the] day land: country their vineyard their olive their and house: home their and hundred [the] silver: money and [the] grain [the] new wine and [the] oil which you(m. p.) to lend in/on/with them

12 Ahnimouh ni hai bout ka poe awh han toe. Banghai bout ka lat awh mahoeh toe. Na dei e patetlah ka sak awh han ati awh. Hahoi vaihmanaw ka kaw teh lawkkam e patetlah tawk hanelah lawkkamnae ka sak sak.

and to say to return: rescue and from them not to seek so to make: do like/as as which you(m. s.) to say and to call: call to [obj] [the] priest and to swear them to/for to make: do like/as Chronicles [the] this

13 Kai ni hai kâkhu e ka kathuek teh, hete lawkkam ka tarawi hoeh e tami teh Cathut ni im dawk hoi thoseh, a thaw dawk hoi thoseh kathuek van naseh telah taminaw koe ka dei navah ahnimouh ni Amen telah ati awh. BAWIPA a pholen awh. Hahoi teh taminaw pueng ni lawkkam patetlah a tawksak awh.

also bosom my to shake and to say [emph?] thus to shake [the] God [obj] all [the] man which not to arise: establish [obj] [the] word: promised [the] this from house: home his and from toil his and thus to be to shake and worthless and to say all [the] assembly amen and to boast: praise [obj] LORD and to make: do [the] people like/as Chronicles [the] this

14 Judah ram ukkung lah ka o navah siangpahrang Artaxerxes kum 20 touh hoi kamtawng teh kum 32 totouh, kum 12 touh thung kai hoi ka hmaunawnghanaw ni ukkung e tamuk ka lat boi awh hoeh.

also from day which to command [obj] me to/for to be governor their in/on/with land: country/planet Judah from year twenty and till year thirty and two to/for Artaxerxes [the] king year two ten I and brother: male-sibling my food: allowance [the] governor not to eat

15 Ahmaloe ukkungnaw teh taminaw hanelah hnokari poung lah ao awh. Vaiyei hoi misurtui hai thoseh, hnin touh dawk sekel 40 touh a poe awh. Hothloilah a sannaw koehoi dumyennae hai a kâhmo awh. Hatei kai teh Cathut ka taki dawkvah hottelah ka sak hoeh.

and [the] governor [the] first: previous which to/for face: before my to honor: heavy upon [the] people and to take: take from them in/on/with food: allowance and wine after silver: money shekel forty also youth their to domineer upon [the] people and I not to make: do so from face: because fear God

16 Hothloilah, kai teh khopui rapan doeh pou ka pathoup. Kai hoi ka sannaw ni la ka ran awh hoeh. Khopui rapan pathoup hane doeh lungkângingcalah kâyawm awh.

and also in/on/with work [the] wall [the] this to strengthen: persevere and land: country not to buy and all youth my to gather there upon [the] work

17 Hahoi miphun alouke hoi ka tho e dei laipalah, Judah miphunnaw hoi lawkcengkungnaw 150 touh ni ka caboi dawk rawca pou a ven awh.

and [the] Jew and [the] ruler hundred and fifty man and [the] to come (in): come to(wards) us from [the] nation which around us upon table my

18 Hnintangkuem maito buet touh, tu 6 touh hoi ânaw pou a thei awh hloilah, hnin 10 touh dawk vai touh misurtui aphunphun ka nei awh. Hettelah ka baw nakunghai taminaw ni puenghoi thaw a tawk awh dawkvah, khobawi ni pang hane kawi ka het boi awh hoeh.

and which to be to make: do to/for day one cattle one flock six to purify and bird to make: do to/for me and between ten day in/on/with all wine to/for to multiply and with this food: allowance [the] governor not to seek for to honor: heavy [the] service upon [the] people [the] this

19 OE ka Cathut, hete taminaw hanelah hnokahawi ka sak e dawkvah kai heh kahawi nahanelah na pahnim pouh hanh lah a.

to remember [emph?] to/for me God my to/for welfare all which to make: do upon [the] people [the] this