La Bu 124

1 Pakai hi eiho langa anapanglou hikhataleh? Israelte jousen velseikit hen.

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel say:

2 Min eina delkhum pettah’un Pakai hi eiho langa anapanglou hikhataleh,

If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?

3 amahon alunghan u deojah pum in ahingin eina vallhum tauvinte.

They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged against us.

4 Twi chun einachup uvintin, twikhanglen chun einalhohmang diu ahitai.

Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

5 Hitia chu ichunguva twipi kitoltol ding ahiuve.

They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

6 Igalmiteu einasuhmangsah louva Pakai chu thangvahna peuhite.

Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by their teeth.

7 Eiho thaang kampa a kon a vacha ahoidoh banga hoidoh ihiuve. Thangpou chu akivobong tan eiho ihoidoh tauve.

We escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

8 Hitobanga kithopina chu van le lei sem ah Pakai a kon a imu’u ahi.

Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.