Ezra 4
1 Now the enemies of Judah and of Benjamin heard that the sons of the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel.
Judah leh Benjamin te melmaten, mikhutna sohchang hochu ahung kinungle uvin Israel Pathen Pakai Houin chu asapha taove tithu ajataovin ahi.
2 And so, drawing near to Zerubbabel and to the leaders of the fathers, they said to them: “Let us build with you, for we seek your God just as you do. Behold, we have immolated victims to him from the days of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who brought us here.”
Hijeh chun Zerubbabel leh lamkai dangho chu akimu piuvin hiti hin aseijun ahi, “Na Pathen hounao houin chu sakhommu hitin keihon jong houvung kate. Keihon jong Assyria lengpa Esarhaddon in hilaiya hi eihin puilut uva pat’a ama kom ahi kilhaina kahin bollu ahitai,” atiuve.
3 And Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of the fathers of Israel said to them: “It is not for you to build the house of our God with us. Instead, we alone shall build to the Lord our God, just as Cyrus, the king of the Persians, has commanded us.”
Ahinlah Zerubbabel, Jeshua chuleh Israelte lamkai danghon hiti i nana donbut un ahi, “Nanghon hichea hin chan nanei pouve, chule Persia lengpa Cyrus in eithupeh bang bang uva hiche Israel Pathen Pakai houin hi keihon bou kasahdiu ahi,” atieh tauve.
4 Therefore, it happened that the people of the land impeded the hands of the people of Judah, and they troubled them in building.
Hijouchun hiche munna ana chengho chun, Judah mipi teho chu anatoh nauva kichat sah a sah dasah tei dingin anagong’un ahi.
5 Then they hired counselors against them, so that they might argue against their plan during all the days of Cyrus, king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius, king of the Persians.
Amahon sumguh in mi ana thalah un, amahon anatoh ban’u suhboisah din asemdoh taove. Hitobanga amisuhmo gotnao natoh chu Persia lengpa Cyrus vaihop sungsese leh Persia lengpa Darius in laltouna ahinlo changei chun anachelha nalaiyin ahi.
6 And so, during the reign of Ahasuerus, at the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and of Jerusalem.
Kum phabep jou Xerxes in lengvai ahin hop phat in Judate melmaten Jerusalem’a Judah mipite dounan lekha ana thotnun ahi.
7 And so, in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, and Tabeel, and the others who were in their council wrote to Artaxerxes, king of the Persians. Now the letter of accusation was written in Syriac, and was being read in the Syrian language.
Khonungin Persia lengpa Artaxerxes vaihom laijin Judah melmaten Bishlam le Mithredath chujongleh Tabeel lamkainan Judah te dounan lengpa Artaxerxes chu Aramaic paovin lekha ana thot’un hichu lengpa dingin analedoh peh un ahi.
8 Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, wrote one letter from Jerusalem to king Artaxerxes, in this manner:
Gamvaipo Rehum leh Shimshai thutanna'a lekhajih pan Jerusalem’a thil umdan chu lengpa Artaxerxes hetsah dingin lekha ana thot lhonin ahi.
9 “Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and the rest of their counselors, the judges, and rulers, the officials, those from Persia, from Erech, from Babylonia, from Susa, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,
Rehum leh Shimshai chun aloi agolho jouse thalhengin jana lomtah apelhonin ahi. Aloi agol houchu thutan vaihom ho amuna um lamkaiho chuleh Tarpel, Persian ho, Babylonho, Erech le Susa (hichu Ellam ahi) mipi teho jouse chu ahiuve.
10 and the rest of the nations, whom the great and glorious Osnappar transferred and caused to live in the cities of Samaria and in the rest of the regions across the river in peace:
Chuleh milen leh mithupi Ashurbanipal tin ahin toldoh Samaria gamsung leh avel gamkol sese lhumlam Euphrates vadung geija chengho thalhengin jana kahin peuve atiuve.
11 to king Artaxerxes. (This is a copy of the letter, which they sent to him.) Your servants, the men who are across the river, send a greeting.
Hichehi alekhathot’u thuchemg hochu hiche hohi ahi: “Lengpa Artaxarxes hiche lekhahi nanoija acho chaga dihtah lhumlam Euphrates vadunga chenghoa kon ahi.
12 Let it be known to the king, that the Jews, who ascended from you to us, have arrived in Jerusalem, a rebellious and most wicked city, which they are building, constructing its ramparts and repairing the walls.
“Lengpan nahet louva khoh chu Babylon akonna hung kile Judate chu Jerusalem munnah achengun hiche khopi phalou tah galbol nomjengho chenna Jerusalem chu asapha taovin ahi. Amahon aleibul chu atungdoh taovin abaang jong ahin jovah diu ahitai.
13 And now let be it known to the king, that if this city will have been built up, and its walls repaired, they will not pay tribute, nor tax, nor yearly revenues, and this loss will affect even the kings.
Chuleh lengpan nahet louva khoh chu hiche khopi hi ahin sahphat kit uva abaang jonghi ahin chaiteng uleh hiche Judate hin nang komma apeh dingdollu kai jatchom chomho chu ahin peh nomlou ding nang dinga phaloutah mite hung hidiu ahi.”
14 But, remembering the salt that we have eaten in the palace, and because we are led to believe that it is a crime to see the king harmed, we have therefore sent and reported to the king,
“Keihohi nang khochaga dihtah kahiyeh un hitobanga hi min jaloutah a nahin boldiu hi kadeilou jeh uva hiche thuhi nangma jong nahet ding kadei jeh uva hiche lekha kahin thotnu ahi.
15 so that you may search in the books of the histories of your fathers, and you may find written in the records, and you may know that this city is a rebellious city, and that it is harmful to the kings and the provinces, and that wars were incited within it from the days of antiquity. For which reason also, the city itself was destroyed.
Lengpan jong napu napate leng chan laiya thusimbu chu pha tahin kholtoh lechun tumasanga hiche khopi hi gal lungthim pojing mi ahiuve ti namudoh teiding ahi. Atah bah in hiche khopi hin achunga vaihomte douna a gal anasat jeh uva, hiche khopi hi ana kisubeisa ahidan namudoh ding ahi.
16 We report to the king that if this city will have been built, and its walls repaired, you will have no possession across the river.”
Keihon lengpa nangma kom’a kahin hetsah nom pentah uchu ahileh, amahon hiche khopihi ahin semphat uva abang jonghi ahin semchai tenguleh lhumlam Euphrates vadung gam kolsunghi nanga kona mangthah teiding’u ahi.” Atiuvin ahi.
17 The king sent word to Rehum, the commander, and to Shimshai, the scribe, and to the rest who were in their council, to the inhabitants of Samaria, and to the others across the river, offering a greeting and peace.
Hichun lengpa Artaxerxas in hiche thuhi ana le thotnin ahi: “Gamvaipo Rehum, thutanna lekha jeh Shimshai chuleh Samaria leh lhumlam Euphrates vadung gamkol sunga chengho jouse salam kahin bol uve.
18 “The accusation, which you have sent to us, has been read aloud before me.
“Neihin thot u lekhathot chu akiledoh in kahet theidin eikiseipeh in ahi.
19 And it was commanded by me, and they searched and found that this city, from the days of antiquity, has rebelled against the kings, and that seditions and battles have been incited within it.
Keiman lekha ana kijihlut hochu kakhol chil sah in ahileh Jerusalem in achunga vaihom ho dounan gal anabol jingui tihi akimudoh in ahi. Tahbeh in amahohi galbolna hinkho chepi ana hijengun ahi!
20 Then too, there have been very strong kings in Jerusalem, who also ruled over the entire region which is across the river. They have also taken tribute, and tax, and revenues.
Lhumlam Euphrates vadung kol gamsunga chu leng hattah tah noija anaum ma, kai jatchom analahnao ahi ti akimudoh in ahi.
21 Now therefore, hear the sentence: Prohibit those men, so that this city may be not built, until perhaps there may be further orders from me.
Hijeh chun hiche mite natoh hi angah nadiuvin thu anapetan. Keiman thupeh kicheh tah kahin peh tilouvin hiche khopi chu kisapha theilou ding ahitai.
22 See to it that you are not negligent in fulfilling this, otherwise, little by little, the evil may increase against the kings.”
Hiche thuhi nahsah mon anabol hih in, tu khonungleh lengpa chunga thil phalou ahung umdoh louna dingin chingtheitah in na anatongin,” tin ana lethot in ahi.
23 And so a copy of the edict of king Artaxerxes was read before Rehum, the commander, and Shimshai, the scribe, and their counselors. And they went away hurriedly to Jerusalem, to the Jews. And they prohibited them by force and by strength.
Hiche lekhathot hi Artaxerxes lengpa a akonna Rehum leh Shimshai chuleh atoh khompi hokom ahunglhun phat’in amaho Jerusalem ah alhailut loichal jengun ahi. Hiti chun athaneinao apodoh un anatoh uchu asutang taovin ahi.
24 Then the work of the house of the Lord in Jerusalem was interrupted, and it did not resume until the second year of the reign of Darius, the king of the Persians.
Hiti chun Jerusalem ma Pathen houin dinga nakitong chu atang tan ahi, chuleh Persia lengpa Darius vaipoh akum ni channa ahunglhun tokah sen hiti chun anatang dentan ahi.
