La Bu 45
1 Kalungthim in thu hoi tah ahung kilang e. Keiman lengpa chungchang hiche jaila ngeitah hi lungchin in sei inge, ajeh chu kalei hi jaila themtah pa mol jap tobang ahi.
For the leader; on shoshannim. Of the Korahites. A maskil. A love song. My heart is astir with beautiful words: I will sing a song, concerning the king, with tongue like the pen of a ready writer.
2 Nanghi mihem jouselah a ahoipen nahi, nalei a thungei tamtah ahung potdoh e. Elohim Pathen amatah in tonsotna din phatthei naboh tan ahi.
Your beauty is more than mortal, grace is shed over your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.
3 O galhatpa! nachemjam chu hin kipoh in! nangmahi naloupi in nathupi e!
Warrior, strap your sword on your thigh. What glory and splendour!
4 Nathupina a chun hung kivon in lang galjou dingin hung kondoh tem in, thutah leh thudih chuleh kisuhnemna hohi chejom sahdingin kondoh inlang datmo umtah tah thilho chu hung tongdoh tan!
Good fortune attend you, as forth you ride in the cause of good faith, and as champion of justice. May your arm instruct you in deeds of dread.
5 Nathal muh hochu ahem in nagal mite lungsung asunvang jeng tai. Namtin vaipi nakengto noija aumtaive.
Sharp are your arrows; nations fall under you: pierced to the heart are the foes of the king.
6 Vo Elohim Pathen nalal touna hi tonsot tonsot a chejom jing ding ahi. Naleng tengol a chu thudih tah a vai nahomding ahi.
Your throne shall endure for ever and ever your royal sceptre a sceptre of equity.
7 Nangin thudih tah a thutan nadeijin thilse nathet ahi. Hijeh chun Elohim Pathen, nangma Pathen Elohim chun thao nanu ahitai, lengdang sanga nang chungahi kipale thanopna thaotwi chu nasunlhah khum ahitai.
Right you love and wrong you hate: therefore the Lord your God anoints you With oil of gladness above your fellows.
8 Myrrh, aloes, chuleh cassia hon navon anamtui sel e. Saiha a kisem khopia chu tumging ngaitah a nakilamto ding ahi.
With myrrh, aloes, and cassia your robes are all fragrant, you are gladdened by music of ivory harps.
9 Leng Chanute chu na numei nunnem te lah a aum un. Najet langa ophir sana hoipen ho a kijem lengnu ading e.
King’s daughters stand ready with jewels for you, at your right hand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 O leng chanu te kathusei ngai un; amapa hi jabol un ajeh chu ama hi na Yahweh Pakai pau ahi.
Listen, daughter, and see; and incline your ear: forget your folk and your father’s house.
11 Ajeh chu sahlut tah naji hi namel hoinan alunglhai sel e; jabol in, ajeh chu amapa hi na Pakai pa ahi.
And when the king desires your beauty, bow to him, for he is your lord.
12 Tyre lengpa chanuten jong kipa thilpeh tampi nahung pehdiu ahi. Mihaoten nalung lhaina ding ahin holdiu ahi.
So shall the Tyrians come with gifts, and the richest of people will do you homage.
13 Mounu, leng chanu, chu kivon na sana a kisem sangkholchol a chu iti vet loupia hitam.
The king’s daughter is glorious altogether, with dress of pearls inwrought with gold.
14 Hiche avon loupi tah kivon in lengpa kom lam a ahin pui un, anunjui nungah hochutoh apuilut un ahi.
In many-coloured robes she is led to the king, with the virgin companions she brought in her train.
15 Kipah tahle thanom tah a leng inpi sunga ahung akijot lut uchu iti lou a loupi hitam!
The king’s palace they enter with joy and rejoicing.
16 Nachate jong apa tobang a leng hung hicheh ding ahiuve. Nangin amaho chu gam tamtah a lenga napan sah ding ahi.
May sons of yours take the place of your fathers, whom you will make princes in all the land.
17 Khang jousea na min thanna kahin pohlut pehding ahi. Hijeh achu namtin vaipin tonsot a nahin thangvah ding ahi.
Your name will I celebrate world without end, so that nations shall praise you for ever and ever.
