Tingtoeng 72
1 Solomon kah Pathen aw, namah kah laitloeknah te manghai ham, na duengnah khaw manghai capa ham khueh pah.
Of Solomon. Give the king, O God, your own spirit of justice your spirit of right to the son of the king,
2 Na pilnam te duengnah neh, namah kah mangdaeng rhoek khaw tiktamnah neh lai a tloek pah bitni.
that with right he may judge your people, and your downtrodden ones with justice.
3 Tlang rhoek neh som rhoek loh duengnah dongah pilnam ham rhoepnah hang khuen uh saeh.
May the mountains bear weal for the people, and the hills yield fruits of justice.
4 Pilnam mangdaeng rhoek te tang sak saeh. Khodaeng ca rhoek te khang saeh lamtah hlang aka hnaemtaek te phop saeh.
The weak may he help to their rights, may he save the sons of the needy and crush the oppressor in pieces.
5 Khomik a om khui neh hla a om khuiah cadilcahma kah cadilcahma loh namah n'rhih uh saeh.
May he live as long as the sun, while the moon shines – for ages and ages.
6 Lotul kah khotlan bangla, diklai aka hnim sak mueitui bangla suntla saeh.
May he be like the rain on the meadow, like showers that water the earth.
7 Amah tuetang van vaengah hla loh a hmop hlandue ngaimongnah cungkuem neh a dueng la cawn saeh.
In his days may justice flourish, and welfare abound, till the moon be no more.
8 Te vaengah tuitunli lamkah tuitunli due khaw tuiva lamkah diklai khobawt due taemrhai saeh.
May he reign from ocean to ocean, from the river to the ends of the earth.
9 Anih hmai ah kohong rhoek loh cungkueng uh saeh lamtah a thunkha rhoek loh laipi laem uh saeh.
May his foes bow down before him, his enemies lick the dust.
10 Tarshish neh tuikaeng manghai rhoek loh khosaa han tloeng uh saeh. Sheba neh Seba manghai rhoek loh kutdoe neh moe uh saeh.
May tribute be rendered by kings of the isles and of Tarshish; may gifts be brought by the kings of Sheba and Seba.
11 Manghai rhoek boeih khaw anih taengah bakop uh saeh. Namtom rhoek boeih loh a taengah thothueng saeh.
May all kings fall prostrate before him, and all nations yield him their service.
12 Khodaeng loh pang tih mangdaeng aka bom a om pawt vaengah anih loh huul saeh.
For he saves the poor when he cries, the helpless and the downtrodden.
13 Tattloel neh khodaeng te rhen saeh lamtah khodaeng kah hinglu te khang saeh.
He pities the weak and the poor, he saves the lives of the poor.
14 Tattloel neh vawtthoek kah a thii te a mikhmuh ah a phutlo. Te dongah amih kah hinglu te hnaephnapnah kut lamkah neh kuthlahnah khui lamkah tlan pah saeh.
He redeems them from wrong and from violence, for dear is their blood in his sight.
15 A hing van vaengah Sheba kah sui te anih taengah pae saeh. Te phoeiah anih ham thangthui pah saeh lamtah hnin takuem anih te yoethen pae yoeyah saeh.
Long may he live; and may gold of Sheba be given him; prayer, too, be made for him ceaselessly, all the day long may men bless him.
16 Khohmuen ah cangpai cangthawt om saeh lamtah, tlang som ah Lebanon thaihtae bangla petpet naep saeh. Khopuei khuiah khaw lohma baelhing bangla khooi saeh.
May the land have abundance of corn, to the tops of the hills may it wave. May the fruit thereof flourish like Lebanon, may men spring from the city like grass of the earth.
17 Kumhal ah a ming om saeh. Khomik a om khuiah anih ming te rhoeng rhoe rhoeng saeh. Namtom boeih khaw anih rhang neh a yoethen uh saeh lamtah anih te uem uh saeh.
May his name be blessed forever, may his fame endure as the sun. May all nations envy his blessedness, all tribes of the earth call him happy.
18 Amah rhoerhoe loh khobaerhambae aka saii Israel Pathen, BOEIPA Pathen a yoethen pai saeh.
Blest be the Lord God, Israel’s God, who alone does wonders;
19 Amah kah thangpomnah ming khaw kumhal ah a yoethen pai tih, diklai pum he amah thangpomnah loh khuk saeh. Amen phoeiah Amen.
And blest be forever his glorious name. Let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
20 Jesse capa David kah thangthuinah rhoek tah cup coeng.
Here end the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
