Kâboutpoenae 33
1 BAWIPA e tami Mosi ni a due hoehnahlan Isarelnaw yawhawi a poenae lawk hateh,
This is the blessing, wherewith the man of God Moses blessed the children of Israel, before his death.
2 BAWIPA teh Sinai mon hoi a tho. Seir mon koehoi Isarelnaw koe kanî patetlah a tâco teh, Paran mon koehoi raeng ni pheng a tue. Tami kathoung moikapap hoi rei a tho awh. Isarelnaw hanelah aranglae kut dawk hoi kâlawk hmai a tâco.
And he said: The Lord came from Sinai, and from Seir he rose up to us: he hath appeared from mount Pharan, and with him thousands of saints. In his right hand a fiery law.
3 Atangcalah BAWIPA ni a taminaw hah a lungpataw. A tami kathoungnaw pueng teh na kut dawk doeh ao awh. Ahnimouh ni na khok koe a tabo awh teh, na lawk hah a dâw awh.
He hath loved the people, all the saints are in his hand: and they that approach to his feet, shall receive of his doctrine.
4 Mosi ni kaimouh hanelah kâlawk na poe awh. Jakop miphunnaw e râw lah ao.
Moses commanded us a law, the inheritance of the multitude of Jacob.
5 Taminaw kahrawikungnaw teh Isarelnaw hoi rei a kamkhueng awh toteh, Jeshurun khovah nang teh siangpahrang lah na o.
He shall be king with the most right, the princes of the people being assembled with the tribes of Israel.
6 Reuben teh dout laipalah hring naseh. A taminaw pung naseh.
Let Ruben live, and not die, and be he small in number.
7 Judah miphun hanelah a dei e teh, Oe BAWIPA Judah e a lawk na thai teh a hmaunawngha aonae koe thokhai haw, a kutnaw hah thapoe haw. Tarannaw kut dawk hoi rungngang haw.
This is the blessing of Juda. Hear, O Lord, the voice of Juda, and bring him in unto his people: his hands shall fight for him, and he shall be his helper against his enemies.
8 Levih miphun hanelah a dei e teh, nange Thummim hoi nange Urim teh Massah vah na tanouk teh, Meribah tui teng vah na taran e na tami kathoungnaw koe poe haw.
To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction:
9 A manu hoi a na pa koevah ka hmawt boihoeh ka tet e ni, a hmaunawngha hah nout hoeh. A canaw hai panuek hoeh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, na lawk a ngâi awh teh na lawkkam hah a tarawi awh.
Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,
10 Ahnimouh ni nange lawkcengnaenaw hah Jakop miphun koe thoseh, na kâlawk hah Isarelnaw koe thoseh a cangkhai awh han. Ahnimouh ni hmuitui hah na hmalah thoseh, abuemlah hmaisawi thuengnae hah thuengnae khoungroe dawk thoseh a ta awh han.
Thy judgments, O Jacob, and thy law, O Israel: they shall put incense in thy wrath and holocaust upon thy altar.
11 Oe BAWIPA, ahnie hnopai hah yawhawi na poe teh a kut hoi a sak e hah dâw pouh haw. Ahnimouh kahmawt ngaihoeh naw a kâroe thai hoeh nahanlah ahnimae a keng hah khoe pouh haw.
Bless, O Lord, his strength, and receive the works of his hands. Strike the backs of his enemies, and let not them that hate him rise.
12 Benjamin miphun hanelah a dei e teh, BAWIPA ka pahren e teh, BAWIPA koe karoumcalah ao han. Pou ramuk vaiteh, a loung rahak vah a ta han.
And to Benjamin he said: The best beloved of the Lord shall dwell confidently in him: as in a bride chamber shall he abide all the day long, and between his shoulders shall be rest.
13 Joseph miphun hanelah a dei e teh, ahnie a ram teh aphu kaawm e kalvan e hno, tadamtui hoi rahimlah kaawm e adungnae koe e tui hoi cungtalah yawhawinae poe naseh.
To Joseph also he said: Of the blessing of the Lord be his land, of the fruits of heaven, and of the dew, and of the deep that lieth beneath.
14 Kanî koehoi e aphu kaawm hnonaw hoi thoseh, thapa koehoi e aphu kaawm hnonaw hoi thoseh,
Of the fruits brought forth by the sun and by the moon.
15 ayan e monnaw dawk e kahawipoung e hnonaw hoi thoseh, pou kangning e monruinaw e aphu kaawm hnonaw hoi thoseh,
Of the tops of the ancient mountains, of the fruits of the everlasting hills:
16 talai dawk e aphu kaawm e hno, hote kuepnae hoi hmai ka kang e buruk dawk kaawm e pahrennae hoi thoseh, yawhawinae na poe seh. Yawhawinae teh Joseph e lû van thoseh, a hmaunawnghanaw dawk kacuenaw e lû van bawilakhung dawk thoseh, phat lawiseh.
And of the fruits of the earth, and of the fulness thereof. The blessing of him that appeared in the bush, come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the crown of the Nazarite among his brethren.
17 A raimonae teh maito camin a lentoenae patetlah, a kinaw teh Savitannaw e kinaw patetlah awm lawiseh. Hot ni vah miphun pueng hah talai pout totouh a deng han. Ahnimouh teh Ephraim 10,000, Manasseh 1,000 touh lah ao a ti.
His beauty as of the firstling of a bullock, his horns as the horns of a rhinoceros: with them shall he push the nations even to the ends of the earth These are the multitudes of Ephraim and these the thousands of Manasses.
18 Zebulun miphun hanelah a dei e teh, Zebulun, na tâconae dawk hai thoseh, Issakhar, na rim dawk hai thoseh, lunghawi haw.
And to Zabulon he said: Rejoice, O Zabulon, in thy going out; and Issachar in thy tabernacles.
19 Ahnimouh ni miphunnaw hah mon koe kaw awh vaiteh, hote hmuen koe nei thuengnae hah a thueng awh han. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tuipui bawirengnae hoi sadi thung kâhrawk e hnonaw hah a rasa awh han.
They shall call the people to the mountain: there shall they sacrifice the victims of justice. Who shall suck as milk the abundance of the sea, and the hidden treasures of the sands.
20 Gad miphun hanelah a dei e teh, Gadnaw ka pakaw e teh a yawkahawi e lah awm naseh. Hote miphun teh sendek manu patetlah ao vaiteh, kutbuembue hoi lû vuen hah a hlip han.
And to Gad he said: Blessed be Gad in his breadth: he hath rested as a lion, and hath seized upon the arm and the top of the head.
21 Ahni teh ama hanelah kahawipoung e a kârawi toe. Atangcalah kâlawkkapoekung e ham hah hote hmuen koe aloukcalah a ta pouh toe. BAWIPA e lannae hoi lawkcengnae hah Isarel miphun hoi cungtalah a tawk telah a ti.
And he saw his pre-eminence, that in his portion the teacher was laid up: who was with the princes of the people, and did the justices of the Lord, and his judgment with Israel.
22 Dan miphun hanelah a dei e teh, Dan teh sendekca lah ao teh Bashan kho hoi a dawkcawk han telah a ti.
To Dan also he said: Dan is a young lion, he shall flow plentifully from Basan.
23 Naphtali miphun hanelah a dei e teh, Oe Naphtali, pahren e lah na o teh, BAWIPA e yawhawinae hoi kaw sak lah na o teh, kanîloumlae hoi akalae hah coe loe.
And to Nephtali he said: Nephtali shall enjoy abundance, and shall be full of the blessings of the Lord: he shall possess the sea and the south.
24 Asher miphun hanelah a dei e teh, Asher teh canaw e lathueng vah yawhawinae hoe a coe. Ahni teh a hmaunawnghanaw lahoi yawhawi poe e lah ao teh, a khok hah satui dawk ranup naseh.
To Aser also he said: Let Aser be blessed with children, let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Nange longkha tarennae teh sum hoi rahum lah ao vaiteh, na hringyung thung na thayung lah ao han.
His shoe shall be iron and brass. As the days of thy youth, so also shall thy old age be.
26 Nang kabawp hanelah kalvannaw ka kâcui niteh, lentoenae hoi tâmainaw dawk ka kâcuie Jeshurun Cathut patetlah apihai awm hoeh.
There is no other God like the God of the rightest: he that is mounted upon the heaven is thy helper. By his magnificence the clouds run hither and thither.
27 A yungyoe Cathut teh na kângue e lah ao teh, a thaonae kut hoi nang teh na doun. Ahni ni, na tarannaw hah na hmalah hoi na pâlei pouh teh, raphoenae kâ hah na poe.
His dwelling is above, and underneath are the everlasting arms: he shall cast out the enemy from before thee, and shall say: Be thou brought to nought.
28 Isarel miphun teh a hlout vaiteh, amamouh dueng ao awh han. Jakop catoun teh cakang, misurtui hoi kakawi e ram dawk hmuen a tawn awh vaiteh, kalvan hoi tadamtui hai a bo han.
Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew.
29 Oe Isarel miphun na yawhawi. BAWIPA ni a rungngang e miphun, nang teh api hoi maw na kâvan. Hote BAWIPA teh nang na ka ngue e bahling, na taluenae tahloi lah ao. Na tarannaw teh, na hmalah a sung awh vaiteh, nang ni ahnimae hmuen rasangnae koe na coukdouk awh han.
Blessed are thou, Israel: who is like to thee, O people, that art saved by the Lord? the shield of thy help, and the sword of thy glory: thy enemies shall deny thee, and thou shalt tread upon their necks.
