Tingtoeng 124

1 [David kah Tangtlaeng Laa] Israel loh, “Mamih ham BOEIPA te om pawt koinih,” ti laeh saeh.

You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

2 Hlang loh mamih taengah a tlai vaengah mamih ham BOEIPA om pawt koinih;

When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

3 Mamih taengah a thintoek neh a sai vaengah mamih he a hingsai n'dolh uh ni.

we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

4 Tui loh mamih n'yo vetih soklong loh mamih hinglu he a kawt pawn ni.

[They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

5 Lungpok tui loh mamih kah hinglu a et ni.

and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

6 Amih no dongah maeh la mamih aka tloeng pawh BOEIPA te a yoethen pai saeh.

[But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

7 Mamih kah hinglu tah vaa bangla pael neh a hlaeh khui lamloh loeih. Pael te rhek tih mamih n'loeih uh.

We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

8 Vaan neh diklai aka saii BOEIPA ming dongah mamih bomkung om.

Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.