La Bu 122

1 Yahweh Pakai hou inn ah cheuhite tia kakom a asei u chun keima kakipahlheh jengin ahi.

“A song of the degrees by David.” I was rejoiced when they said unto me, Unto the house of the Lord let us go.

2 Vo Jerusalem tuhin keiho nakelkot sung langah kadingtao ve.

Our feet are now standing within thy gates, O Jerusalem!

3 Jerusalem hi dettah'a kisa khopi ahin apal jonghi detchetna kigenbitna ahi.

Jerusalem, which art built as a city wherein all associate together.

4 Yahweh Pakai mite Israel phungho jousen hicheahi kintheng bolla ahungnao ahi. Israelte chonna dan dungjui a Yahweh Pakai kom a thangvahna pedinga ahungnao ahi.

For thither go up the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

5 Hichea hin lengte thutanna laltouna hochu aum in David chilhah ho laltouna ahi.

For there are placed chairs for [giving] judgment, the chairs for the house of David.—

6 Jerusalem a cham lenna din taovun, hiche khopi ngailu jouse khangtouhen.

Pray ye for the peace of Jerusalem; may those that love thee prosper.

7 Vo Jerusalem, nakulpi sunga chamleng hen chuleh nakhopi sung khangtou hen.

May there be peace within thy walls, prosperity within thy palaces,

8 Kainsung mite leh kagol kapaite khohsahna in keiman Jerusalem ah “Nanga chamna umhen” kati.

For the sake of my brethren and my friends, let me now speak, Peace be within thee.

9 Yahweh Pakai, iPathen'u insung khohsah na'in, O Jerusalem nang dinga aphapen chu kahol ahi.

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, will I seek thy good.