La Bu 58
1 Vaihom ho nanghon thutah kiti hi ipi kisei na ahi nahet u hinam? Nang hon thu adih'a natan'u hinam?
For the leader. Al tashheth. Of David. A michtam. Do you speak what is right, you gods? With equity judge you your people?
2 Ahipoi! Nang ho'n na lungsung un thudihlou na gong'un gamsung a hunam a natohna ngen na chelheh sah un ahi.
In the land you practise iniquity – all of you; violence do you dispense with your hands.
3 Miphalou ho hi chonsesa peng'a ahiuvin, ahung pen'uva pat'in jou apan'un ama deidan cheh'in achon'un ahi.
The wicked go astray from the womb liars take the wrong path from their birth.
4 Ama hon gul bangin gu hat tah alhao vin; gulsoh bang in thuhil angainom pouve.
Venom have they like the venom of snakes, they are like the deaf adder that stops her ears,
5 Gul lam sahhon atheile'u ichan geija amut ngeisel vang un akihetmosah un ahi.
and refuses to listen to the voice of the charmer, or binder of spells, no matter how cunning.
6 O Elohim Pathen a-ha uhi suhbong jeng'in, O Yahweh Pakai hiche keipi bahkai ho hi a-ha'u suhgoi peh jeng'in.
O God, break to pieces the teeth in their mouth, tear out the great teeth of the young lions, Lord.
7 Tolgo'a twi isunlhah a agotloiji bang'in mangthah loi jeng'u hen. Akhut uva achoi u agal manchah'u chu manmo sosah jeng'in.
May they melt away like running water! Like tender grass, cut down may they be!
8 Dahdeng amacham'a ajunlhah ji bang'in junlhahsah'in, naosen athisa hung peng nisa mumanlou bah sah in.
Like the snail that dissolves on its crawling path, like the birth untimely which sees not the sunlight.
9 Hampa kisatlha bang in ateh akhang Elohim Pathen in lhamlha jeng uhen, leibel meikou lah a ling le khao kigouvam sang a gang jo jeng u hen.
Faster than a thorn-fire heats your pots, he will come with his tempest and sweep them away.
10 Thildih lou ho akilethuh teng mi chonpha ho kipah di'u ahi.
The sight of such vengeance will gladden the righteous; their feet they will wash in the blood of the wicked.
11 Chuteng achaina le mijousen asei diu ahi, “Elohim Pathen a dia hing ho dihtheina chu kipa thilpeh ahin; leiset a jong thudih a thutan Elohim Pathen aum mong e.”
People will say, “Yes, the just are rewarded: yes, on the earth is a God who is Judge.”
