Saam 121

1 Kasang laa. Naa bang hoiah maw kai bomkung angzo tih? tiah poek hoiah mae bangah ka dan tahang.

[A Song of Ascents.] I will lift up my eyes to the hills. Where does my help come from?

2 Kai bomkung loe long hoi van sahkung, Angraeng khae hoiah ni ang zoh.

My help comes from YHWH, who made heaven and earth.

3 Anih mah loe na khok to amthaeksak mak ai, nang toepkung loe iih angam mak ai.

He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

4 Khenah, Israel toepkung loe iih angam mak ai, iip doeh iip mak ai.

Look, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5 Angraeng loe nang toepkung ah oh; Angraeng loe na bantang bangah nang han tahlip paekkung ah oh.

YHWH is your keeper. YHWH is your shade on your right hand.

6 Athun ah ni mah na kangh mak ai, aqum ah doeh khrah mah raihaih na paek mak ai.

The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

7 Angraeng mah kahoih ai hmuen congca thung hoiah na pakaa ueloe, na hinghaih to toep tih.

YHWH will keep you from all evil. He will keep your soul.

8 Angraeng mah na caehhaih hoi nang zohhaih to vaihi hoi dungzan khoek to toep tih.

YHWH will keep your going out and your coming in, from this time forth, and forevermore.