Saam 48
1 Korah caanawk ih Saam laa. Angraeng loe lensawk pongah, ciimcai Angmah ih mae hoi aicae Sithaw ih vangpui ah lensawkhaih hoiah pakoeh han oh.
A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
2 Aluek bangah kaom, lensawk Siangpahrang ih vangpui, long boih anghoehaih Zion mae loe, kranghoih parai.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 Sithaw loe a ohhaih ahmuen ah oh moe, anih loe abuephaih ah oh.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 Khenah, siangpahrangnawk loe amkhueng o moe, nawnto caeh o.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 Nihcae mah hnuk o naah, dawnrai o; zithaih hoiah cawnh o.
They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
6 Nihcae loe to ahmuen ah zithaih hoiah oh o, nongpata caa tapen nathuem ih kana baktiah, pauep o,
Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 ni angyae bang ih takhi mah Tarshish ih palongpuinawk palet pae phaeng baktiah ni a oh o.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 Aicae mah a thaih o ih baktih toengah, aicae Sithaw ih vangpui hoi misatuh Angraeng ih vangpui thungah, a hnuk o boeh; to ahmuen loe Sithaw mah dungzan khoek to caksak tih. (Selah)
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. (Selah)
9 Aw Sithaw, na tempul thungah, nang palunghaih to ka poek o.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 Na hmin amthang baktih toengah, aw Sithaw, nang saphawhaih loe long boenghaih khoek to phak boeh; na bantang ban loe toenghaih hoiah koi.
According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Toenghaih hoi lok na caek pongah, Zion mae to anghoe nasoe loe, Judah canunawk to anghoe o nasoe.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Zion ah caeh ah, ataeng ah caeh takui ah loe, misa toephaih imsangnawk to kroek ah;
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 angzo han koi caanawk khaeah na thuih pae hanah, misa abuephaih longkhawnawk hoi anih ohhaih ahmuennawk to poek ah.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
14 Hae Sithaw loe aicae ih dungzan Sithaw ah oh; anih loe boeng khoek to aicae zaehoikung ah om tih.
For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
