Nehemiah 13
1 In that day they read in the book of Moses in the ears of the people; and it was found written in it, that the Ammonites and Moabites should not enter into the congregation of God for ever;
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.
2 because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them: but our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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.
3 And it came to pass, when they heard the law, that they were separated, [even] every alien in Israel.
Hahoi, hote kâlawknaw koung a thai awh hnukkhu, miphun katang hoeh e taminaw teh, Isarel miphun thung hoi a takhoe awh.
4 And before this time Eliasib the priest lived in the treasury of the house of our God, connected with Tobias;
Ha hoehnahlan teh Cathut imrakhan dawk kâtawnnae ka tawn e vaihma Eliashib teh Tobiah hoi a kâkuet awh.
5 and he made himself a great treasury, and there they were formerly in the habit of bestowing the offerings, and the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, and the wine, and the oil, the ordered portion of the Levites, and singers, and porters; and the first fruits of the priests.
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.
6 But in all this [time] I was not in Jerusalem; for in the thirty-second year of Arthasastha king of Babylon I came to the king, and after a certain time I made my request of the king;
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.
7 and I came to Jerusalem, and I understood the mischief which Eliasib had done in the case of Tobias, in making for him a treasury in the court of the house of God.
Hahoi Jerusalem ka pha toteh Cathut im dawk rakhan ka sak pouh teh, Tobiah hanelah Eliashib ni a sak e hawihoehnae teh ka panue.
8 And it appeared very evil to me: so I cast forth all the furniture of the house of Tobias from the treasury.
Ka lungkuep hoeh tanglang dawkvah, Tobiah imthung hoi e hnopainaw pueng alawilah be ka tâkhawng pouh.
9 And I gave orders, and they purified the treasuries: and I restored there the vessels of the house of God, [and] the offerings, and the frankincense.
Imrakhannaw thoung sak hanelah kâ ka poe teh, Cathut im thung vah hnopainaw, caneikawinaw hoi, hmuituinaw hah bout ka ta.
10 And I understood that the portion of the Levites had not been given: and they had fled every one to his field, the Levites and the singers doing the work.
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.
11 And I strove with the commanders, and said, Therefore has the house of God been abandoned? and I assembled them, and set them in their place.
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.
12 And all Juda brought a tithe of the wheat and the wine and the oil into the treasuries,
Hatnavah, Judah ram pueng ni cakang, misurtui, satui pung hra pung touh hah hnoim dawk bout a thokhai awh.
13 to the charge of Selemia the priest, and Sadoc the scribe, and Phadaea of the Levites: and next to them [was] Anan the son of Zacchur, son of Matthanias; for they were accounted faithful: [it was] their office to distribute to their brethren.
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.
14 Remember me, O God, in this, and let not my kindness be forgotten which I have wrought in [regard to] the house of the Lord God.
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.
15 In those days I saw in Juda [men] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and carrying sheaves, and loading asses with both wine, and grapes, and figs, and every [kind of] burden, and bringing them into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day:
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.
16 and I testified in the day of their sale. Also their lived in it [men] bringing fish, and selling every [kind of] merchandise to the children of Juda and in Jerusalem on the sabbath.
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.
17 And I strove with the free children of Juda, and said to them, What [is] this evil thing which you do, and profane the sabbath-day?
Hatnavah kai ni, nangmouh ni sabbath hnin hah na raphoe awh teh, na yon awh e bangtelah namaw.
18 Did not your fathers thus, and our God brought upon them and upon us and upon this city all these evils? and do you bring additional wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath?
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.
19 And it came to pass, when the gates were set up in Jerusalem, before the sabbath, that I spoke, and they shut the gates; and I gave orders that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and I set [some] of my servants at the gates, that none should bring [in] burdens on the sabbath-day.
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.
20 So all [the merchants] lodged, and carried on traffic without Jerusalem once or twice.
Hno kayawtnaw, hnocawngca kayawtnaw teh, Jerusalem khopui alawilah avaivai a i awh.
21 Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why do you lodge in front of the wall? if you do so again, I will stretch out my hand upon you. From that time they came not on the sabbath.
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.
22 and I told the Levites who were purifying themselves, and came and kept the gates, that they should sanctify the sabbath-day. Remember me, O God, for these things, and spare me according to the abundance of your mercy.
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.
23 And in those days I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab:
Hat navah, Judah tami Ashdod, Amom hoi Moab napuinaw a yu lah a la e hah ka hmu awh.
24 and their children spoke half in the language of Ashdod, and did not know how to speak in the Jewish language.
A canaw hah Ashdod lawk a pan awh. Hote lawk hloilah teh, Hebru lawk hai pan thai awh hoeh.
25 And I strove with them and cursed them; and I struck some of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, [saying, ]You shall not give your daughters to their sons, and you shall not take of their daughters to your sons.
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.
26 Did not Solomon king of Israel sin thus? though there was no king like him amongst many nations, and he was beloved of God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women turned him aside.
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.
27 So we will not listen to you to do all this evil, to break covenant with our God, —to marry strange wives.
Hot patetlah ram alouknaw yu lah la vaiteh, Cathut lathueng vah kahawihoehe hno sak hanelah tarawi han nama, telah ka ti pouh.
28 and Elisub the high priest, [one] of the sons of Joada, [being] son-in-law of Sanaballat the Uranite, I chased him away from me.
Vaihma kacue Eliashib capa, Jehoiada capa buet touh teh, Haron tami Sanballat e cava lah ao dawkvah, kai koehoi tang ka pâlei sak.
29 Remember them, O God, for their [false] connection with the priesthood, and [the breaking] the covenant of the priesthood, and [for defiling] the Levites.
Oe Cathut, vaihma lah onae, vaihma lah lawkkamnae, Levihnaw e lawkkamnae, kamhnawng sak dawkvah, pahnim hanh la a.
30 So I purged them from all foreign connection, and established courses for the priests and the Levites, [every] man according to his work.
Hot patetlah talai hnonaw pueng dawk hoi kathoung sak, vaihmanaw hai Levih ni amamae thaw lengkaleng tawk hanelah,
31 And the offering of the wood-bearers [was] at certain set times, and in the [times of the] first fruits. Remember me, O our God, for good.
khoe e atueng dawkvah, thuengnae thing hah, aluepaw ahmaloe e totouh thokhai hanelah, ka pouk pouh. Oe ka Cathut, hawi nahanelah na pahnim hanh.
