Tingtoeng 89
1 [Ezrakhi Ethan kah Hlohlai] BOEIPA kah sitlohnah te, cadilcahma phoeikah cadilcahma duela, kumhal ah ka hlai ni. Namah kah uepomnah te, ka ka neh ka tukkil ni.
Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; people not yet born will hear that you faithfully [do all that you have promised].
2 Sitlohnah loh vaan a khoeng tih, a khuiah na uepomnah na soepboe te kumhal ah ka thui ni.
I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful [to do what you have promised] is as permanent as the sky.
3 Ka coelh taengah moi ka boh tih ka sal David taengah ka toemngam coeng.
Yahweh said, “I have made an agreement with David, whom I chose [to serve me]. I have made this solemn (agreement with/promise to) him:
4 Na tiingan te kumhal duela ka thoh vetih na ngolkhoel te cadilcahma phoeikah cadilcahma ham ka hol pah ni. (Selah)
‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
5 Te dongah BOEIPA nang kah khobaerhambae te vaan rhoek loh, na uepomnah khaw a cim hlangping khuiah a uem uh.
Yahweh, I desire that all [those beings who are in] [MTY] heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully [do what you promise].
6 BOEIPA neh khomong dongah unim aka tluk tih vaan hlang khuiah BOEIPA te u long nim a puet?
There is no one [RHQ] in heaven who can be compared with you, Yahweh. There are no angels [RHQ] in heaven who are equal to you.
7 Pathen taengah tah, boeiping hlangcim kah baecenol nen khaw a sarhing pai. Te dongah a kaepvai boeih lakah a rhih om pai.
When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!
8 Caempuei Pathen, BOEIPA namah bangla unim aka om? BOEIPA tah na tlung tih na kaepvai ah na uepomnah om.
O Yahweh, God Almighty, there is no one [RHQ] who is powerful like you are; your faithfully doing [all that you promise] is [like a cloak that] [MET] [always] surrounds you.
9 Tuitunli kah a hoemdamnah te aka taemrhai khaw namah ni. Tuilae a thoh vaengah amih te na domyok sak.
You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
10 Nang loh Rahab na ngawn bangla na bantha neh na phop tih na thunkha rhoek te na sarhi neh na yaal.
You are the one who crushed [and killed the great sea monster named] Rahab. You [defeated and] scattered your enemies with your great power [MTY].
11 Vaan rhoek khaw nang kah, diklai khaw nang kah bal. Lunglai neh anih dongkah aka om boeih namah loh na suen.
The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
12 Tlangpuei neh bantang khaw namah loh na suen. Tabor neh Hermon loh na ming neh tamhoe rhoi.
You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
13 Na ban te thayung thamal sai tih na kut khaw tanglue. Te dongah na bantang kut tah a pomsang.
(You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
14 Na ngolkhoel hmuen la duengnah neh tiktamnah om tih sitlohnah neh oltak loh na hmai ah n'doe.
(Your rule [MTY] over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always) treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing [what you promised].
15 BOEIPA kah tamlung aka ming tih na mikhmuh kah vangnah khuiah aka pongpa pilnam tah a yoethen pai saeh.
Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
16 Na ming neh hnin takuem omngaih uh tih na duengnah neh pomsang uh.
Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you [MTY] [have done], and they praise you for being very good [to them].
17 Amih kah boeimangnah sarhi la nang na om dongah na kolonah neh ka ki khaw na pomsang rhoela na pomsang coeng.
You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
18 BOEIPA tah kaimih kah photling, Israel kah a cim, kaimih kah manghai ni.
Yahweh, you gave us [the one who] protects us [MET]; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.
19 Saivai atah, na hlangcim rhoek te mangthui neh na voek tih, “Pilnam khui lamkah ka coelh hlangrhalh taengah bomkung ka mop pah tih ka pomsang coeng.
Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.
20 Ka sal David te ka hmuh coeng tih kamah kah situi cim neh ka koelh coeng.
That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
21 Ka kut te anih taengah tawn uh tih ka ban loh anih a thoh ni.
I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
22 Anih te thunkha loh phae pawt vetih dumlai ca long khaw phaep mahpawh.
His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
23 Tedae a rhal te anih mikhmuh ah ka phop pah vetih a lunguet khaw ka vuek pah ni.
I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
24 Te vaengah anih taengah kai kah uepomnah neh sitlohnah om vetih ka ming neh a ki khaw pomsang uh ni.
I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
25 A kut te tuitunli soah, a bantang kut te tuiva rhoek soah ka khueh pah ni.
I will cause (his kingdom/the area that he rules) to include all the land from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Euphrates] River.
26 Anih loh kai te, “Nang tah ka napa, ka Pathen neh kai ham khangnah lungpang,” la n'khue ni.
He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
27 Kai long khaw anih te caming omthang neh diklai manghai rhoek kah a sangkoek la ka khueh ni.
I will give him [the rights/privileges that a man’s] firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.
28 Kamah kah sitlohnah te anih ham kumhal duela ka ngaithuen rhoe ka ngaithuen pah vetih, ka paipi he anih taengah cak ni.
I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
29 Te dongah a tiingan te a yoeyah la ka thoh pah vetih a ngolkhoel loh vaan khohnin bangla om ni.
I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
30 A ca rhoek loh ka olkhueng he a hnoo uh tih ka tiktamnah dongah a pongpa uh pawt atah,
But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
31 ka khosing te a poeih uh tih ka olpaek te a ngaithuen uh pawt atah,
if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
32 amih kah boekoek te mancai neh, amih thaesainah te khaw tlohthae neh ka cawh thil van ni.
I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
33 Tedae ka sitlohnah he anih taeng lamloh ka phae pah pawt vetih ka uepomnah te rhi ka lat pah mahpawh.
But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
34 Ka paipi he ka poeih pawt vetih ka hmui lamkah aka thoeng khaw ka thovael mahpawh.
I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
35 Ka cimcaihnah neh vai ka toemngam tangtae te David taengah khaw ka laithae mahpawh.
Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.
36 Anih kah tiingan te kumhal duela om vetih a ngolkhoel loh kai hmaiah khomik bangla om ni.
[I promised that] the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun [shines].
37 Hla bangla kumhal ah cikngae vetih khomong soah uepom laipai la om ni,” na ti. (Selah)
That line will (be as permanent/last as long) as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.
38 Tedae na hlahpham tih na hnawt coeng dongah na koelh hlang te na poe.
But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
39 Na salpa kah paipi te na hai tih a rhuisam khaw diklai neh na poeih pah.
[It seems that] you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, [David]; it seems as though you [have signaled that he is no longer the king by] throwing his crown into the dust/dirt.
40 Anih kah tanglung khaw boeih na phae pah tih a hmuencak rhoek khaw porhaknah la na khueh pah.
You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
41 Longpuei kah aka pongpa boeih loh anih te a rheth uh dongah a imben rhoek kah kokhahnah coeng.
All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
42 A rhal rhoek kah bantang kut te na pomsang pah tih a thunkha boeih kah ko na hoe sak.
You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
43 A cunghang taeh khaw na kolong pah sak tih caemtloek vaengah khaw na duel pawh.
You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
44 A caihcilnah te na kangkuen sak tih a ngolkhoel te diklai la na voeih pah.
You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
45 A cacawn tue na rhaem pah tih, yah neh na thing. (Selah)
You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
46 BOEIPA nang mevaeng hil nim na thuh uh vetih, na kosi loh hmai bangla a yoeyah la rhong ve?
O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
47 Hlang ca rhoek boeih na suen he a poeyoek mai la. Te dongah mebang khosaknah dongah khaw kai he m'poek lah.
Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
48 Mebang hlang nim aka hing tih dueknah hmuh pawt ham, saelkhui kut lamkah a hinglu te aka poeng aka hal thai? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
No one can [RHQ] keep on living and never die; (No one can [RHQ] avoid going/Everyone will go) to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
49 Ka Boeipa aw, lamhma kah na sitlohnah te ta? David taengah na uepomnah neh na toemngam te.
Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!
50 Ka Boeipa aw na sal sokah kokhahnah he poek lah. Pilnam kah tuituknah boeih he ka kodang ah ka phueih he.
Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
51 BOEIPA aw, na thunkha rhoek loh m'veet uh coeng te, na koelh hlang kah kholaeh khaw a veet uh coeng te.
Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
52 BOEIPA tah kumhal duela a yoethen pai. Amen phoeiah Amen.
I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!
