< Nehemiah 2 >

1 And it came to pass, in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that, wine, was before him, —so I took up the wine, and gave unto the king, and I had never 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 Then said the king unto me, Wherefore is thy countenance sad, seeing that, thou, art not sick? this is nothing else, but sadness of heart. Then feared I exceedingly,
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 said unto the king—Let the, king, unto times age-abiding, live! Wherefore should my countenance, not be sad, when, the city—the place of the sepulchres of my fathers, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are 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 Then the king said to me, Concerning what, is it, thou, wouldst make request? So I prayed unto 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 then said unto the king, If, unto the king, it seemeth good, and if thy servant might find favour before thee, That thou wouldst send me unto Judah, unto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I might build 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 said unto me, the queen, also sitting beside him, For how long would be thy journey? and when wouldst thou return? So it seemed good before the king to send me, and I set 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 Then said I unto the king, If, unto the king, it seemeth good, may, letters, be given me, unto the pashas Beyond the River, —that they may convey me over, until I come into 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 also a letter unto Asaph, keeper of the park that belongeth unto the king, that he may give me timber to build up the gates of the fortress which pertaineth to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house whereinto I shall enter. And the king gave me, according to the good hand of my God upon 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 Then came I unto the pashas Beyond the River, and gave them the letters of the king, —now the king, had sent with me, captains of the army, 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, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it vexed them, with a great vexation, —that there had come a man, to seek welfare, 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 So I entered Jerusalem, —and was there three days.
Hiti hin nithum jouvin Jerusalem kaga lhung tai.
12 Then rose I by night, I, and a few men with me, I having told no man, what, my God, had been putting in my heart, to do for Jerusalem, —and, beast, was there none with me, save the beast on which, I myself, was 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 So I went forth through the valley-gate by night, even unto the front of the snake-fountain, and into the dung-gate, —and I viewed the walls of Jerusalem, how, they, were broken down, and, the gates thereof, 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 Then passed I over unto the fountain-gate, and unto the pool of the king, —but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
Chujouvin, twisam putna kelkot le lengpa twikul geiyin kacheuvin ahileh katounau sa-ngan chu songchip ho lah a chun athol tapoi.
15 Then went I up in the torrent-bed, by night, and viewed the wall, —and turned back, and entered by the valley-gate, and so returned.
Hiti chun jan khanglai chun Kidron phaicham geiyin kachen, palchu kahin kholpeh in, chujouvin kahung kilen phaicham kelkot langa kahung lut tai.
16 Now, the deputies, knew not whither I had gone, nor what I was doing, —not even to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the deputies, nor to the rest who were doing the work, had I as yet told 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 So I said unto them, Ye, can see the misfortune that, we, are in, how that, Jerusalem, lieth waste, and, the gates thereof, are burned with fire: Come, and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may remain, no longer, a reproach.
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 Then told I them, of the hand of my God, that, it, had been good upon me, as also of the words of the king, which he had spoken unto me, —so they said, We will arise and build! and they strengthened their hands right well.
Hiche jou chun keiman itibang Pathen kaihoi kachan ham chuleh lengpa toh iti kahung kihou lim lhon ham ti kasei peh tan ahi.
19 But, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed at us, and poured contempt upon us, —and said, What is this thing which ye would do? against the king, would ye rebel?
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 Then answered I them, and said to them—The God of the heavens—he, will prosper us, therefore, we his servants, will arise and build, —But, to you, pertaineth no portion, nor right, nor 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.

< Nehemiah 2 >