Tingtoeng 72
1 Solomon kah Pathen aw, namah kah laitloeknah te manghai ham, na duengnah khaw manghai capa ham khueh pah.
A psalm written by Solomon. O God, enable [me, ] the king [whom you appointed in Israel], to rule justly. Show/Teach me how to judge matters fairly
2 Na pilnam te duengnah neh, namah kah mangdaeng rhoek khaw tiktamnah neh lai a tloek pah bitni.
in order that I will judge your people fairly, that I will govern your oppressed people justly.
3 Tlang rhoek neh som rhoek loh duengnah dongah pilnam ham rhoepnah hang khuen uh saeh.
I desire that [all over the country—even] on the hills and mountains [DOU]— people will live peacefully and righteously.
4 Pilnam mangdaeng rhoek te tang sak saeh. Khodaeng ca rhoek te khang saeh lamtah hlang aka hnaemtaek te phop saeh.
Help [me], your king, to defend the poor people and to rescue needy people and to defeat those who oppress them.
5 Khomik a om khui neh hla a om khuiah cadilcahma kah cadilcahma loh namah n'rhih uh saeh.
I desire that your people will revere you as long as the moon shines, [forever].
6 Lotul kah khotlan bangla, diklai aka hnim sak mueitui bangla suntla saeh.
I desire that my rule will [be enjoyed by the people] [SIM] like [they enjoy] rain on growing crops, like [they enjoy] showers that fall on the land.
7 Amah tuetang van vaengah hla loh a hmop hlandue ngaimongnah cungkuem neh a dueng la cawn saeh.
I hope/desire that people will live righteously during the years that I rule, and that my people will live peacefully and prosperously as long as the moon shines.
8 Te vaengah tuitunli lamkah tuitunli due khaw tuiva lamkah diklai khobawt due taemrhai saeh.
I hope/desire that the kings [of Israel] will rule [the people] in all the area from one sea [in the east] to another [in the west], and from the [Euphrates] River to the most remote/distant places on earth.
9 Anih hmai ah kohong rhoek loh cungkueng uh saeh lamtah a thunkha rhoek loh laipi laem uh saeh.
I hope/desire that those who live in the desert will bow down before them, and that their enemies will throw themselves on the ground [in submission] to them.
10 Tarshish neh tuikaeng manghai rhoek loh khosaa han tloeng uh saeh. Sheba neh Seba manghai rhoek loh kutdoe neh moe uh saeh.
I hope/desire that the kings of Spain and of the islands [in the Mediterranean Sea] will bring (tribute money/taxes) to the kings [of Israel], and that the kings of Sheba [to the south] and of Seba [to the southwest] will bring them gifts.
11 Manghai rhoek boeih khaw anih taengah bakop uh saeh. Namtom rhoek boeih loh a taengah thothueng saeh.
I hope/desire that all the [other] kings [in the world] will bow before the kings [of Israel], and that [people of] all nations will serve them.
12 Khodaeng loh pang tih mangdaeng aka bom a om pawt vaengah anih loh huul saeh.
They will rescue poor people when they (cry out/plead) for help, and help those who are needy and those who have no one to help them.
13 Tattloel neh khodaeng te rhen saeh lamtah khodaeng kah hinglu te khang saeh.
They will pity those who are weak and needy; he saves the people’s lives.
14 Tattloel neh vawtthoek kah a thii te a mikhmuh ah a phutlo. Te dongah amih kah hinglu te hnaephnapnah kut lamkah neh kuthlahnah khui lamkah tlan pah saeh.
Our kings will rescue the people from being oppressed and from being treated cruelly, [because] (their lives/they) [MTY] are precious to our kings.
15 A hing van vaengah Sheba kah sui te anih taengah pae saeh. Te phoeiah anih ham thangthui pah saeh lamtah hnin takuem anih te yoethen pae yoeyah saeh.
I hope/desire that our kings will live a long time! I hope/desire that they will be given gold from Sheba. I desire that people will always pray for our kings and praise them all the time, [every day].
16 Khohmuen ah cangpai cangthawt om saeh lamtah, tlang som ah Lebanon thaihtae bangla petpet naep saeh. Khopuei khuiah khaw lohma baelhing bangla khooi saeh.
I hope/desire that the fields will produce plenty of grain [everywhere, even] on the tops of the hills in the land where they rule, like the grain that grows [on the hills] in Lebanon. I hope/desire that the cities [in Israel] will be full of people like the fields are full of grass.
17 Kumhal ah a ming om saeh. Khomik a om khuiah anih ming te rhoeng rhoe rhoeng saeh. Namtom boeih khaw anih rhang neh a yoethen uh saeh lamtah anih te uem uh saeh.
I desire that the names of our kings will never be forgotten. I hope/desire that people will remember them as long as the sun shines. I hope/desire that people of all nations will ask (God to bless them/that they will be blessed by God) just like he has blessed the kings [of Israel].
18 Amah rhoerhoe loh khobaerhambae aka saii Israel Pathen, BOEIPA Pathen a yoethen pai saeh.
Praise Yahweh, the God whom [we] Israelis [worship]; he is the only one who does wonderful things.
19 Amah kah thangpomnah ming khaw kumhal ah a yoethen pai tih, diklai pum he amah thangpomnah loh khuk saeh. Amen phoeiah Amen.
Praise him forever! I desire that (his glory will fill the whole world/people all over the world may see that he is very great) [MTY]! Amen! May it be so!
20 Jesse capa David kah thangthuinah rhoek tah cup coeng.
That is the end of this group of prayers/songs written by David, the son of Jesse.
