La Bu 120

1 Lungkhamna leh lunggimna kato tengleh Pakai kom kalhutjin ahileh Aman kataona asangjin ahi.

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. I called out to the Lord for help in all my troubles, and he answered me.

2 O Pakai mijouhoa konleh milepchehoa kon in neihuhdoh’in.

Lord, please save me from liars and cheats!

3 Oh lepchena leigui manchaho, Pathen in nangho ipi nalouvintem? Aman nachunga engbolna ichan gei in apunsahbe dem?

What will the Lord do to you, you liars? How will he punish you?

4 Nangma thalchang hemtah a nakisunding chuleh meihol sapehpoh nakidesahding ahi.

With the sharp arrows of a warrior and burning coals made from a broom tree.

5 Gamlatah Meshach lah’a kachenchu kadanave, gamlatah Kedar ponbuh a kachenchu kathohlel ngeije,

I'm sorry for myself, because I live as a foreigner in Meshech, or among the tent-dwellers of Kedar.

6 Keima chamna deilah’a kachenhi kakhoplheh jengtai,

I have lived for far too long among people who hate peace.

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

I want peace, but when I talk of peace, they want war.