Nehemiah 2
1 And it comes to pass, in the month of Nisan, the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, wine [is] before him, and I lift up the wine, and give to the king, and I had not been sad before him;
Artexerxes vaihom na kum somni lhin Nisan lhasungin, lengpa koma a adon ding ju kadoplut peh in ahi. Keiman akoma khat vei cha lungkham mel kana put khahlou hel anahi.
2 and the king says to me, “Why [is] your face sad, and you not sick? This is nothing except sadness of heart”; and I fear very much,
Hijeh chun lengpan eina dongin, “Ipi dinga hibangtah a hi lungkham a nahim? Adammo dan la nahi pon, lungkham na khohtah khat vang nanei hinte eiti; hichun keima kati ajalheh jengin ahi.
3 and say to the king, “Let the king live for all time! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of the graves of my fathers, [is] a desolation, and its gates have been consumed with fire?”
Ahinlah keiman kadonbut’in, “Lengpa hingsot’in! Keima iti kalungkham da ding ham? Kapu kapate ana kivuina khopi chu amangthah tan, chuleh akulpi kelkot hojong meiyin akalha gamtai,” kati.
4 And the king says to me, “For what are you seeking?” And I pray to the God of the heavens,
Hichun lengpan eidongin’ “Aphai; chuti chu ahileh ipi lampen a kaki thopi thei ding ham?” eiti; hichun keima van Pathen koma kataovin;
5 and say to the king, “If [it is] good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before you, that you send me to Judah, to the city of the graves of my fathers, and I have built it.”
Hitin kadonbut tai, “Lengpa nasohpa keima chunga khoto na naneiya nalunglhaina ahi dingle Judah gam'a neisol’in lang kapu kapate kivuina khopi chu gasa phange” kati.
6 And the king says to me (and the queen is sitting near him), “How long is your journey? And when do you return?” And it is good before the king, and he sends me away, and I set to him a time.
Hiche pet’a chu lengnu toh toukhom lhon ahin, lengpan phat itih chan naga sulut dem? itih donleh nahung kile thei dem?” eiti, Keiman phat itih chan kaga suh lut ding ham ti kahetsah jou chun aman eiphat sah peh tai.
7 And I say to the king, “If [it is] good to the king, let letters be given to me for the governors beyond the River, that they let me pass over until I come to Judah:
Lengpa koma chun keiman kaseibe kitin, “Lengpa nalung alhai dinga ahile, Eupharates vadung gal lhanglam gamkaiya gam vaipo ho koma lekha eijih peh in lang Judah gam kajot na a agamsungu boilouhel a kajot galkai theina dingin thupeh neithot peh in,” kati.
8 and a letter to Asaph, keeper of the paradise that the king has, that he give to me trees for beams [for] the gates of the palace that the house has, and for the wall of the city, and for the house into which I enter”; and the king gives to me, according to the good hand of my God on me.
“Chule lengpa thing gampo pa Asaph koma lekha neijih peh in lang, Houin kulpi khopi kulbang sah na dingle keima chen na ding in sahna a Kaman chah ding thing eipeh thei na dingin thupeh neithot peh in,” kati. Hichun Pathenin kachunga khotona anei jal'in lengpan kathum jouse eiphal pehin ahi.
9 And I come to the governors beyond the River, and give to them the letters of the king; and the king sends with me heads of a force, and horsemen;
Eupharates vadung lhumlam gamkaiya gamvaipo ho kom kalhun phat in lengpa lekha jih ho chu kape lutin ahi. Gahseibe ding chun lengpan sakol sepai hole vaipo ho keima eiveng dingin eihin solpeh in ahi.
10 and Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it is evil to them—a great evil—that a man has come to seek good for the sons of Israel.
Ahin Horon mi Samballat leh Ammon mi Tobiah leng lhacha a pang teni hin kavai lhun ahetdoh lhon phatin Israel chate panpi ding mikhat ahungtai tin alung nom mo lheh jeng lhonin ahi.
11 And I come to Jerusalem, and I am there three days,
Hiti hin nithum jouvin Jerusalem kaga lhung tai.
12 and I rise by night, I and a few men with me, and have not declared to a man what my God is giving to my heart to do for Jerusalem, and there is no beast with me except the beast on which I am riding.
Jankhangin aguh in kathoudoh in mi phabep toh kahin, Pathenin Jerusalem a eitoh sah nom ho chu koima cha kasei peh pon ahi. Katouna sa-ngan tailou gancha dang khat cha kapui pouvin ahi.
13 And I go out through the Valley Gate by night, and to the front of the Dragon Fountain, and to the Refuse Gate, and I am inspecting the walls of Jerusalem, that are broken down, and its gates consumed with fire.
Hiti chun jan khang kim in kapot doh’un phaicham kelkot langa kacheuvin, Sial twikul chu kaho pauvin, ehbohna kelkot geiyin kacheuvin akivo chimsa pal hole akihal lha kakhol toh soh keiyun ahi.
14 And I pass over to the Fountain Gate, and to the King’s Pool, and there is no place for the beast under me to pass over,
Chujouvin, twisam putna kelkot le lengpa twikul geiyin kacheuvin ahileh katounau sa-ngan chu songchip ho lah a chun athol tapoi.
15 and I am going up through the brook by night, and am inspecting the wall, and turn back, and come in through the Valley Gate, and turn back.
Hiti chun jan khanglai chun Kidron phaicham geiyin kachen, palchu kahin kholpeh in, chujouvin kahung kilen phaicham kelkot langa kahung lut tai.
16 And the prefects have not known to where I have gone, and what I am doing; and to the Jews, and to the priests, and to the nobles, and to the prefects, and to the rest of those doing the work, until now I have not declared [it];
Hiti chun khopi vaihom hon itih a kapot doh a ipi kaga bol ham ti ahepouve; ajeh chu keiman katoh gon chu koima cha kana hetsah pon ahi. Judah lamkai hole thempu ho, chule mithupi hole vaihom ho ahilou leh vaihom na muna umho khat cha kana hetsahpon ahi.
17 and I say to them, “You are seeing the evil that we are in, in that Jerusalem [is] desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire; come and we build the wall of Jerusalem, and we are not a reproach anymore.”
Tun vang keiman amaho chu kahet sah tan ahi, “Itobang hahsat na itou hitam Jerusalem hi khopigem ahitan, akelkot ho jousela maiyin akavam soh tai tihi nanghon nahe soh kei’uve; tun eihon Jerusalem kulpi pal hi sapha kitnu hitin ijum nao hi subei tao hite,” katin ahi.
18 And I declare to them the hand of my God that is good on me, and also the words of the king that he said to me, and they say, “Let us rise, and we have built”; and they strengthen their hands for good.
Hiche jou chun keiman itibang Pathen kaihoi kachan ham chuleh lengpa toh iti kahung kihou lim lhon ham ti kasei peh tan ahi.
19 And Sanballat the Horonite hears, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, and they mock at us, and despise us, and say, “What [is] this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
Ahin lah Samballat, Tobiah le Arab mi Geshem te hon katoh gon’u chu ahet doh phat’un noise tah in eina houvun ahi. “Ipi nabol’u ham? Lengpa douna a na natoh u ham?” tin eidongun ahi.
20 And I return them word, and say to them, “The God of the heavens—He gives prosperity to us, and we His servants rise and have built; and to you there is no portion, and right, and memorial in Jerusalem.”
Hichun keiman kadonbut’in, “Van Pathenin eipan hu’uva eitoh chai sah diu ahi. chule keiho ama lhachaten khopi pal hi kasah phat diu ahi; amavang nanghon hiche ahin chan anei pouve, thanei na jong nanei pouve, Jerusalem khopi ahin nachan diu goujong nanei pouvin ahi,” kati.
