Tingtoeng 101

1 David kah Tingtoenglung Na sitlohnah neh tiktamnah te ka hlai vetih BOEIPA nang te kan tingtoeng ni.

Of David, a psalm. If kindness and justice I sing, making melody to you, Lord.

2 Longpuei cuemthuek la ka cangbam van eh. Me vaengah nim kai taengla na lo ve? Ka imkhui lung ah ka thinko kah thincaknah nen ni ka pongpa eh.

I would look to the way that is blameless, and make it my own. Within my own house I would walk with an innocent heart.

3 Aka muen kah hno te ka mikhmuh ah ka khueh mahpawh. Vilvak vilvak aka saii khaw ka thiinah dongah kai taengla ha pangnael boel saeh.

I would never direct my eyes to a thing that is base. The impulse to stray I abhor it shall not cling to me.

4 Thinko voeldak nang kai taeng lamkah khoe uh tih boethae he ka ming moenih.

Far from me be perverseness of heart, or kinship with evil.

5 Yinhnuk ah a hui a thet, a thet tih a mikdai aka oek te khaw ka koeih pah ni. Te vaengah anih kah a thinko a mungkung ka naep puei mahpawh.

Who slanders their neighbor in secret, I bring them to silence: haughty looks and proud hearts I will not abide.

6 Khohmuen loh a tangnah rhoek te kamah taengah khosak sak ham ka mik ah om. Cuemthuek longpuei ah aka pongpa loh kai bi bi saeh.

I will favor the true in the land, they shall live in my court. Those who walk in a way that is blameless will be my attendant.

7 Vuelvaeknah aka saii loh ka imkhui lung ah om boel saeh. Laithae aka thui khaw ka mikhmuh ah pai mahpawh.

No one will live in my house who practises guile. No one that speaks a lie will abide in my presence.

8 Boethae kah a saii boeih te BOEIPA khopuei khui lamkah thup ham atah khohmuen kah halang rhoek boeih te mincang ah bat ka biit ni.

Morn by morn I will wholly wipe out all the bad in the land, and cut off from the Lord’s own city all workers of evil.