< Sam 113 >
1 Kathutkung: Panuekhoeh BAWIPA teh pholen awh. Oe BAWIPA e sannaw, pholen awh. BAWIPA min teh pholen awh.
Praise the LORD! Praise, you servants of the LORD, praise the LORD’s name.
2 BAWIPA min teh atuhoi a yungyoe ditouh pholen lah awm lawiseh.
Blessed be the LORD’s name, from this time forward and forever more.
3 Kanîtho koehoi kanîloum totouh, BAWIPA min teh pholen lah awm lawiseh.
From the rising of the sun to its going down, the LORD’s name is to be praised.
4 BAWIPA teh miphun pueng e lathueng vah ao teh, a bawilennae teh kalvan hlak a rasang.
The LORD is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.
5 A rasang hmuen koe ao eiteh, BAWIPA Cathut patetlah apimouh kaawm.
Who is like the LORD, our God, who has his seat on high,
6 Kalvan e hno hoi talai hnonaw ka khen e BAWIPA patetlah apimaw kaawm.
who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?
7 Mathoenaw hah vaiphu koehoi ka pathaw niteh, kavoutthoupnaw hah vaipuen koehoi a tawm teh,
He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,
8 bawinaw hai thoseh, a taminaw hoi cungtalah ao thai awh nahanelah thoseh hmuen a poe.
that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.
9 Cakaroe e napui o nahan im a poe teh, camo ka tawn e napui patetlah a konawm. Hallelujah.
He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD!