Tingtoeng 45
1 Aka mawt ham Korah ca rhoek kah hlohlai tuilipai lungnah laa Ka lungbuei ah ol then aka phul, ka bitat neh manghai te aka hlai, kai kamah tah, ka lai khaw ca aka tae thai kah cacung la poeh.
For the leader; on shoshannim. Of the Korahites. A maskil. A love song. My heart is astir with beautiful words: I will sing a song, concerning the king, with tongue like the pen of a ready writer.
2 Namah tah hlang capa rhoek lakah na sawtthen pai. Na ka lamkah mikdaithen khaw a phuet dongah Pathen loh nang tekumhal duela yoethen m'paek.
Your beauty is more than mortal, grace is shed over your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 Na mueithennah hlangrhalh neh na rhuepomnah cunghang te na phai ah vah lah.
Warrior, strap your sword on your thigh. What glory and splendour!
4 Na rhuepomnah tah oltak, kodonah, duengnah olka dongah a thaihtak la ngol tih rhih om te khaw na bantang kut loh namah n'thuinuet saeh.
Good fortune attend you, as forth you ride in the cause of good faith, and as champion of justice. May your arm instruct you in deeds of dread.
5 Manghai kah thunkha rhoek lungbuei ah na thaltang loh haat tih pilnam loh na kho hmuiah cungku uh saeh.
Sharp are your arrows; nations fall under you: pierced to the heart are the foes of the king.
6 Pathen namah kah ngolkhoel tah kumhal ah cak yoeyah. Na ram kah mancai khaw tlangtlae mancai la om.
Your throne shall endure for ever and ever your royal sceptre a sceptre of equity.
7 Duengnah te na lungnah tih halangnah te na hmuhuet. Te dongah nang kah Pathen la ka om, Pathen loh na pueipo rhoek lakah omngaihnah situi neh nang n'koelh coeng.
Right you love and wrong you hate: therefore the Lord your God anoints you With oil of gladness above your fellows.
8 Vueino lumim kah na suibai boeih te murrah, thingul, yungum bo la rhim tih. Rhongtoeng rhui loh na ko han hoe sak.
With myrrh, aloes, and cassia your robes are all fragrant, you are gladdened by music of ivory harps.
9 Manghai rhoek kah a canu rhoek khaw namah kah paithen dongah nuenuh. Na bantang ben ah Ophir sui neh aka thoeihcam uh manghainu te pai.
King’s daughters stand ready with jewels for you, at your right hand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Tanu takhong loh ya lamtah hmu lah. Na hna khaw kaeng lamtah na pilnam neh na pa im te hnilh laeh.
Listen, daughter, and see; and incline your ear: forget your folk and your father’s house.
11 Te daengah ni na sakthen te manghai loh n'sahnaih eh. Anih tah na boeipa la a om dongah anih taengah bakop lah.
And when the king desires your beauty, bow to him, for he is your lord.
12 Te vaengah Tyre nu neh pilnam hlanglen rhoek loh na maelhmai te khosaa neh han sak uh ni.
So shall the Tyrians come with gifts, and the richest of people will do you homage.
13 Manghai canu tah a khuiah khuehtawn cungkuem om tih a pueinak khaw sui neh a vaeh thil.
The king’s daughter is glorious altogether, with dress of pearls inwrought with gold.
14 Rhaekv a neh manghai taengla a khuen coeng. Anih hnukah oila a tanu rhoek loh nang taengla han thak uh.
In many-coloured robes she is led to the king, with the virgin companions she brought in her train.
15 Kohoenah neh omngaihnah la a khuen uh tih, manghai kah lumim khuila kun uh.
The king’s palace they enter with joy and rejoicing.
16 Na pa rhoek yuengla na ca rhoek om uh vetih amih te diklai pum kah mangpa rhoek la na khueh ni.
May sons of yours take the place of your fathers, whom you will make princes in all the land.
17 Namah ming te thawnpuei phoeikah thawnpuei boeih taengah ka thoelh ni. Te dongah pilnam loh kumhal ah nang uem uh yoeyah ni.
Your name will I celebrate world without end, so that nations shall praise you for ever and ever.
