La Bu 120

1 Lungkham na leh lung gim na kato tengleh Yahweh Pakai kom kalhutjin ahileh Aman kataona asangjin ahi.

A Canticle in steps. When troubled, I cried out to the Lord, and he heard me.

2 O Yahweh Pakai in mijoubol ho a konleh milepche ho a kon in neihuhdoh'in.

O Lord, free my soul from lips of iniquity and from the deceitful tongue.

3 Oh lepchena leigui mangcha ho, Elohim Pathen in nangho ipi na louvin tem? Aman nachunga engbolna ichan gei in apunsahbe dem?

What will be given to you, or what will be added to you, for a deceitful tongue?:

4 Nangma thalchang hemtah a naki sunding chuleh meihol sapehpoh naki desah ding ahi.

the sharp arrows of the powerful, along with the burning coals of desolation.

5 Gamlatah Meshach lah'a ka chenchu kadanave, gamlatah Kedar ponbuh a ka chenchu ka thohlel ngeije,

Woe to me, for my sojourning has been prolonged. I have lived with the inhabitants of Kedar.

6 Keima chamna deilah'a kachenhi kakhoplheh jengtai,

My soul has long been a sojourner.

7 Keiman chamna kahol in, ahinlah keiman chamna thu kaseipou pouleh amahon gal bou adeijiu ve.

With those who hated peace, I was peaceful. When I spoke to them, they fought against me without cause.