Sam 120

1 Kathutkung: Panuekhoeh, tami tangawn ni Hezekiah a ti awh Kai teh runae kâhmo navah, BAWIPA ka kaw teh Bawipa ni na pato.

A Song of the Ascents. Unto Jehovah in my distress I have called, And He answereth me.

2 Oe BAWIPA, ka muitha hah laithoe e pahni dawk hoi thoseh, dumyennae lai dawk hoi thoseh, na rungngang haw.

O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful tongue!

3 Oe dumyennae lai, Bawipa ni nang hah bangtelah vaimoe na ti han vai, nang hah bang hoi vaimoe runae na poe han vai tet pawiteh,

What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

4 athakaawmnaw e kahran e pala hoi kongkang hmaisaan hoi doeh.

Sharp arrows of a mighty one, with broom-coals.

5 Kai teh, Meshek ram vah, kahlawng ka cei teh Kedarnaw e rim dawk ka o dawkvah, yawthoe lah a o

Woe to me, for I have inhabited Mesech, I have dwelt with tents of Kedar.

6 Ka muitha teh roumnae ka hmuhma e naw hoi rei ao e hroung asaw toe.

Too much hath my soul dwelt with him who is hating peace.

7 Kai teh roumnae ka ngai. Hatei, ka dei navah, ahnimouh teh tarantuk hane doeh a ngai awh.

I [am] peace, and when I speak they [are] for war!