< Tingtoeng 99 >
1 BOEIPA he a manghai coeng dongah, pilnam rhoek loh tlai uh saeh. Cherubim dogah ngol tih, diklai khaw tuen saeh.
Yahweh is the [supreme] king, so [all] the people-groups should tremble ([in his presence/in front of him])! He sits on his throne [in the temple] above the [statues of] winged creatures, [so] the earth should quake/shake!
2 BOEIPA tah Zion ah len tih, pilnam boeih soah pomsang hang.
Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.
3 Na ming aka tanglue tih, a cim dongah rhih om te uem uh saeh.
[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!
4 Te dongah manghai kah sarhi loh tiktamnah te a lungnah tih, vanatnah la na sikim sak. Jakob khuiah khaw tiktamnah neh duengnah na saii.
He is a mighty king who (loves/is pleased with) what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly [DOU] in Israel.
5 Mamih kah BOEIPA Pathen he pomsang uh lamtah, a kho taengkah khotloeng cim taengah bawk uh.
Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him [in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple] [MTY], where he rules people. He is holy!
6 Amah kah khosoih rhoek khuiah Moses neh Aron, a ming a khue khuikah Samuel, amih loh BOEIPA a khue uh vaengah, BOEIPA loh amih te a doo.
Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those [three] cried out to Yahweh [to help them], and he answered them.
7 Amih te cingmai tung lamkah a voek tih, amih taengah a paek olphong neh oltlueh te a ngaithuen uh.
He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud [that was like a huge] pillar; they obeyed [all] the laws and commandments [DOU] that he gave to them.
8 Kaimih kah BOEIPA Pathen namah loh amih te na doo. Amih kah khoboe te phu a loh dae amih taengah khodawk aka ngai Pathen la na om.
Yahweh, our God, you answered [your people] [when they cried out to you to help them]; you are a God who forgave them [for those sins that they had committed], even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong.
9 Mamih kah BOEIPA Pathen te pomsang uh lah. Mamih kah BOEIPA Pathen tah a cim dongah, a tlang cim ah bawk uh lah.
Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him [at the temple] on his sacred hill; [it is right to do that] because Yahweh, our God, is holy!