La Bu 147
1 Yahweh Pakai vahchoijin umhen! iPathen'u Elohim vahchoi lasah ding hi iti phat-a pha hitam! Ijeh-inem itileh Ama lungset nan adimn in, vahchoi dia lomtah ahi.
Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
2 Yahweh Pakai in Jerusalem aki ledohsah in, amangtasa Israelte ahin lepui kit in ahi.
[Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
3 Aman lungthimna jong aboldam in, amaha jeng-u jong adamsah'in ahi.
He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
4 Aman ahsi ho asim toh in, amin cheh'in akouvin ahi.
He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
5 I-Yahweh Pakaiju hi iti loupi hitam! Athaneina hi akhonna gei ahi! Athil hetthem theina jong mihem hetphah hoi ahipoi.
Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
6 Yahweh Pakai in mikineosah ho adomsang'in, ahin miphalouho vang toltoh alhobeh'in ahi.
Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
7 Yahweh Pakai thangvahna la sauvin, semjangto thon Elohim Pathen vahchoila sauvin.
Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
8 Aman vanho meilom'in akhun, leiset'a go ajuh lhahsah in, chule molchunga hampa louhing akedohsah'in ahi.
He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
9 Aman gamsa ho neh ding apen chule va-ah nou ho apenteng aneh diu apejin ahi.
He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].
10 Aman sakol thahatna leh mihem thahatna'a akison-jiu akipapi poi.
He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
11 Yahweh Pakai chu Ama ging jing hole ami ngailutna longlou chunga kinepna neiho akipa pin ahi.
Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
12 Vo Jerusalem, Yahweh Pakai loupina vahchoijun! O Zion, na Pathen Elohim vahchoijun.
[You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
13 Ajeh chu Aman nakelkot jol ho alhousah in, chule nakul sunga nachate phatthei aboh in ahi.
He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
14 Aman nagamgi tin-uva chamna alensah in, chule nagilkel nauvah an twitah'in navah uvin ahi.
He protects the borders [of your country, so that enemies from other countries cannot attack you]. He gives you plenty of very good wheat/grain to eat.
15 Vannoi leiset chunga thu-apeh teng jongleh aman gang in ahi.
He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
16 Aman buhbang jeng jong samul abahsah jin, chule dai-kai jong vutvam kithejal abahsah jin ahi.
He sends snow which [covers the ground] like a white wool blanket [SIM], and he scatters frost [on the ground] like [wind scatters] ashes [SIM].
17 Gel-chang jong song kisunglha abahsah jin, adapsah teng jong ama-anga ding jou ding koiham?
He sends hail down like (pebbles/tiny stones); [when that happens], (it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./who can endure because the air becomes very cold?) [RHQ]
18 Chujouteng Aman thu apen ahileh ajunlha gamji tan, Aman hui chu asol'in ahileh buhbangho chu twijin alongji tai.
[But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
19 Aman Jacob henga thu aseipeh in, Israel kom'a a Dan thupeh hole athuhil hochu ahilchen in ahi.
He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
20 Hitobang hi namdang ho jah'a aseipeh pon, amahon athuhil jong ahepouvin ahi. Yahweh Pakai vahchoijin umhen!
He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
