Saam 120

1 Kasang laa. Patang ka khang naah Angraeng to ka kawk, ka kawkhaih lok to anih mah ang pathim.

[A Song of Ascents.] In my distress, I cried to the LORD. He answered me.

2 Aw Angraeng, amsawnlok thuihaih pahninawk hoi alinghaih palainawk thung hoiah na pahlong ah.

Deliver my soul, LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

3 Aw aling thaih palai nang, kawbaktih danpaekhaih maw nang paek han? To tih ai boeh loe na nuiah timaw ka sak han?

What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, you deceitful tongue?

4 Nang loe thacak kami ih kasum palaa hoi hmai kamngaeh thing hoiah thuitaek han oh.

Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

5 Kedar ih kahni im ah ka oh moe, Meshek ah ka oh pongah, kai han khosak bingh!

Woe is me, that I live in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar.

6 Ka hinghaih hnuma moe, angdaehhaih hnuma kami hoi nawnto ohhaih atue sawk parai boeh.

My soul has had her dwelling too long with him who hates peace.

7 Kai loe angdaehhaih koeh kami ah ka oh; toe lok ka thuih naah, nihcae loe misa angcoenghaih to koeh o lat.

I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war.