La Bu 39
1 “Katohna chunga chingthei tah in thil bol ing kating, kathusei doh chenga chonseponge. Kavel a Elohim Pathen ginglou ho aumteng kalei kakituh tang ding ahi” tin kei le kei kakihou ve.
For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present.”
2 Hinla hitia thipbeh a kaum a thupha jeng jong changkhat cha seilouva kaum chun kalung sunga lung gimna akhoh secheh in ahi.
I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.
3 Kalunga kagelbe chan in kalung gimna akhoh cheh in, hiti chun seilou in kaum theipon ahi:
My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Yahweh Pakai leiset a kahinkhohi ichan a chom hitam neihin hetsah jing in, kahin nikhohi akisim jinghi neigeldoh sah in, kahin kho iti chom hitam?
“Show me, O LORD, my end and the measure of my days. Let me know how fleeting my life is.
5 Nangin kahinkhov hi ichangeija chom a nasem hitam kakhut phang sangin jong asaojo poi. Nang dingin kahinkho lhum kei jong hi haikhat bou ahi soh tan, Mihem hinkho khat cheh jong hi haikhat cheh bou ahi.”
You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath.
6 Mihem hinkho hi milom kitol bang bep bou ahin, kisah lunggim naho jong hetman lou kah in akichai loi ji tai. Gou ikhol khom un, kon ahin manding ham jong ihe doh ji pouve.
Surely every man goes about like a phantom; surely he bustles in vain; he heaps up riches not knowing who will haul them away.
7 Hijeh chun Yahweh Pakai hoi a kinep na kakoi ding ham? Nanga bou kakinep na aum e.
And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
8 Kaset bolnom na a kon in neihuh doh in, mingol ho neinoise sah hih in.
Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
9 Keima na ansung a thipchet in kaum e; imacha jong kasei louding ahi.
I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.
10 Ahinla Yahweh Pakai nei engbol hih in! Nakhut gu dounan kachao lhagam tai.
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
11 Kachonset u suhdih na dia neijep tengu le, kasah lut u chonsetna chu nget in aneh bang in ajun lhaji tan ahi. Tahbeh in mihem khat cheh hi haikhat bou ahi.
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor.
12 O Yahweh Pakai kataona ngai in lang panpi ngaija kataona neingai pih in! kamit lhi lon nah sah mon koi hih in, ajeh chu keima hi namaljin bou kahin, kema masang a kapu kapa teu bang a kholjin vahle kahi bouve.
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
13 Hiche leiset hinkho hi kadalhah a kahin kho abei masang kakipa a kanui kit na din nalung han na, nagim bol na ho toh neichom khen in.
Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may again be cheered before I depart and am no more.”
