< Tingtoeng 48 >
1 Korah ca rhoek kah tingtoeng laa BOEIPA tah len tih a tlang cim kah Pathen khopuei ah a sang la thangthen ham tueng.
A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
2 Diklai pum kah a omthennah hmuensang Zion tlang tah a sakthen pai. Tlangpuei tlanghlaep te Manghai Puei kah khorha la om.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 Te khopuei kah impuei ah Pathen amah te imsang la ha tueng.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 Manghai rhoek loh tuentah uh thae tih tun khong uh ke.
For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 Amih loh a hmuh uh vaengahngaihmang neh let uh tangkhuet tih tamto uh.
They saw [it], [and] so they wondered; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
6 Amih te thuennah loh cacun bungtloh bangla pahoi a phatawt.
Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Khothoeng yilh neh Tarshish sangpho te na phae.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 Mamih loh n'yaak uh vanbangla caempuei BOEIPA kah khopuei te m'hmuh uh van coeng. Mamih kah Pathen khopuei te Pathen amah loh kumhal la a thoh ni. (Selah)
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. (Selah)
9 Na bawkim khui ah Pathen namah kah sitlohnah te ka poek uh.
We have thought of thy loving-kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 Pathen namah ming bangla nang koehnah long khaw kho bawt duela boeih a pha tih na bantang kut ah duengnah soep.
According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise to the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Namah kah laitloeknah dongah Zion tlang loh a kohoe tih Judah nu rhoek khaw omngaih uh.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Zion ke hil lamtah vael lah. A rhaltoengim rhoek te tae lah.
Walk about Zion, and go round her: number her towers.
13 A rhalmahvong te na lungbuei ah kuem lah. Anih kah impuei te hmailong kah cadilcahma taengah na thui ham khaw hil lah.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
14 Ba dongah tikoinih tekah Pathen te kumhal ah mamih kah Pathen la om yoeyah. Amah loh duek duela mamih m'hmaithawn bitni.
For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] to death.