Sam 124

1 Kathutkung: Devit BAWIPA ni na awmkhai hoeh pawiteh, telah Isarelnaw ni atu a dei awh hane teh,

A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side— let Israel now declare—

2 BAWIPA teh maimouh koe lah awm hoeh pawiteh, taminaw ni na taran awh navah,

if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3 a lungkhuek awh vaiteh, maimouh hah hringo na payawp awh toe.

when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

4 Hatnavah, tui ni maimanaw teh muen na ramuk teh tui ka lawng e ni, maimae hringnae van muen a lawng sin toe.

then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5 Puenghoi kalawng e tui ni maimae hringnae teh muen a lawng sin toe, tie hah doeh.

then the raging waters would have swept us away.

6 Ahnimouh ni hâ hoi na ai awh nahanelah, maimanaw hah ahnimouh koe na poe awh hoeh. BAWIPA teh pholen lah awm seh.

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7 Maimae hringnae teh, tangkam dawk hoi kahlout e tava patetlah a hlout toe. Tangkam a lawt teh, maimouh hlout awh toe.

We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

8 Maimouh kabawpnae teh, kalvan hoi talai ka sak e BAWIPA min lahoi coe awh.

Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.