Tingtoeng 132
1 [Tangtlaeng Laa]. Aw BOEIPA David ham a phaep pah te boeih poek pah.
Yahweh, do not forget [King] David and all the hardships/troubles he endured!
2 BOEIPA taengah a caeng tih Jakob samrhang taengah khaw a caeng coeng.
He made a solemn promise to you, the mighty God whom [our ancestor] Jacob [worshiped].
3 Ka dap im khuila ka pawk pawt vetih ka soengca rhaenghmuen khaw ka paan mahpawh.
He said, “I will not go home, I will not [rest] on my bed,
4 Ka mik te ih sak ham, ka mikkhu te ngam sak ham ka pae mahpawh.
I will not sleep at all
5 BOEIPA ham a hmuen neh Jakob kah samrhang ham tolhmuen ka hmuh duela.
until I build a place for Yahweh, a home for the mighty God whom Jacob [worshiped].”
6 Khohmuen duup ah m'hmuh te Epharath ah khaw n'yaak uh coeng.
In Bethlehem we heard news about the sacred chest. We [went and] found it in the fields of Jearim [city, and we took it to Jerusalem].
7 A tolhmuen la cet uh sih lamtah a kho kah khotloeng taengah bawk uh sih.
[Later we said], “Let’s go to the temple of Yahweh [in Jerusalem]; let’s worship [there] in front of the throne [where he sits].”
8 Aw BOEIPA nang na duemnah neh na sarhi thingkawng taengah thoo lah.
Yahweh, come to the place where you live eternally, to the place where your sacred chest is, to that place that shows that you are very powerful.
9 Na khosoih rhoek loh duengnah bai uh saeh lamtah na hlangcim rhoek loh tamhoe uh saeh.
I want/desire that the righteous behavior of your priests [will always be evident], [just like the beautiful] robes that they wear [MET], and that your people will [always] shout joyfully.
10 Na sal David ham tah na koelh kah maelhmai te na mangthung tak moenih.
You chose David to serve you [as king of Israel]; do not reject/abandon him!
11 BOEIPA loh David taengah oltak la a caeng coeng. Na bungko thaihtae lamkah khaw te lamloh mael pawt vetih nang ham ngolkhoel soah kang khueh bitni.
Yahweh, you made a solemn promise to David, a promise that you will not break. You said, “I will cause your descendants to rule [MTY] as kings like you.
12 Ka paipi neh amih ka tukkil ka olphong te na ca rhoek loh a ngaithuen uh atah a ca rhoek khaw na ngolkhoel dongah a yoeyah la ngol uh ni.
If they keep my agreement with them and obey [all] the commands that I will give them, the line of kings descended from you will never end.”
13 BOEIPA loh Zion te a coelh tih amah tolrhum la a sahnaih thil.
Yahweh has chosen Jerusalem; he has wanted to make that city his home;
14 Ka duemnah he ka sahnaih coeng dongah a yoeyah la pahoi ka ngol thil ni.
he said, “This is the city where I will live forever [DOU]; this is the place where I wanted to stay.
15 A sakah te ka uem ka uem pah vetih a khuikah khodaeng rhoek te buh ka cung sak ni.
I will give to the people of Jerusalem all that they need; I will give [enough] food [even] to satisfy the poor people there.
16 Te vaengah a khosoih rhoek te khangnah ka bai sak vetih a hlangcim rhoek loh tamhoe la tamhoe uh ni.
I will cause the priests [to behave in a manner worthy of] being ones whom I have saved; [that will be as evident as the beautiful] robes that they wear [MET]; and all my people who live there will shout joyfully.
17 David ham ki pahoi ka cawn sak vetih ka koelh ham hmaithoi ka tok pah ni.
There [in Jerusalem] I will cause one of David’s descendants [MET] to become a great king; he also will be my chosen king, and he will be [like a bright] lamp [MET] [that shines continually].
18 A thunkha rhoek te yahpohnah ka bai sak vetih anih te a rhuisam neh ka khooi sak ni.
I will [defeat his] enemies and cause them to be very ashamed/disgraced; but the crown that my king wears will [always] shine.”
