Tingtoeng 60
1 Aramnaharaim neh Aramzobah te a hnueih phoeiah Joab ha bal tih kolrhawk ah Edom thawng hlai nit a ngawn vaengkah a tukkil te aka mawt ham David kah Olphong Tuilipai laa Pathen aw, kaimih he nan hlahpham tih, na thintoek ah kaimih nan phaek. Kaimih he koep m'mael puei lah.
To the Overseer. — 'Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt — twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us — hadst been angry! — Thou dost turn back to us.
2 Diklai na hinghuen tih phak na boe. A tuen vaengkah a hma te hoeih sak lah.
Thou hast caused the land to tremble, Thou hast broken it, Heal its breaches, for it hath moved.
3 Na pilnam te mangkhak la na hmuh tih ngaengainah misurtui te kaimih nan tul.
Thou hast shewn Thy people a hard thing, Thou hast caused us to drink wine of trembling.
4 Nang aka rhih ham tah, tiktam hmai la rhaelrham saeh tila rholik na thoh pah. (Selah)
Thou hast given to those fearing thee an ensign. To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. (Selah)
5 Na lungnah rhoek te na bantang neh khang lamtah pumcum uh van saeh. Te dongah kaimih he n'doo lamtah kamah khaw n'doo mai.
That Thy beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Thy right hand, and answer us.
6 Pathen loh a hmuencim lamkah, “Ka sundaep vetih, Shekhem te ka boe phoeiah Sukkoth kol te ka suem ni.
God hath spoken in His holiness: I exult — I apportion Shechem, And the valley of Succoth I measure,
7 Gilead he kai kah tih, Manasseh khaw kamah kah. Ephraim khaw ka lu kah lunghim tih, Judah khaw ka taem.
Mine [is] Gilead, and mine [is] Manasseh, And Ephraim [is] the strength of my head, Judah [is] my lawgiver,
8 Moab tah kai kah tuihluknah am ni. Edom soah ka khokhom ka voeih tih Philistia te ka yuhui thil,” a ti.
Moab [is] my pot for washing, over Edom I cast my shoe, Shout, concerning me, O Philistia.
9 Vongup khopuei la ulong kai n'khuen eh? Edom la ulong kai m'mawt eh?
Who doth bring me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who hath led me unto Edom?
10 Pathen nang loh kaimih nan hlahpham pawt tih Pathen namah te kaimih kah caempuei rhoek taengla na pawk moenih a?
Is it not Thou, O God? hast Thou cast us off? And dost Thou not go forth, O God, with our hosts!
11 Hlang kah loeihnah a poeyoek la a om dongah rhal taengah khaw kai he bomnah m'pae lah.
Give to us help from adversity, And vain [is] the deliverance of man.
12 Pathen neh caem ka tloek rhoi vetih ka rhal ka suntlae ni.
In God we do mightily, And He treadeth down our adversaries!
