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 mountains. O whence shall help for me come?

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

From the Lord comes help to me the creator of heaven and earth.

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

Your foot he will not let totter: he who guards you will not sleep.

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

The guardian of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

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

The Lord is he who guards you your shelter upon your right hand.

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

The sun by day shall not strike you, nor the moon by night.

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

From all evil the Lord will guard you, he will guard your life.

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

The Lord will guard your going and coming from now and for evermore.