< Sam 124 >
1 Kathutkung: Devit BAWIPA ni na awmkhai hoeh pawiteh, telah Isarelnaw ni atu a dei awh hane teh,
A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, let Israel now say;
2 BAWIPA teh maimouh koe lah awm hoeh pawiteh, taminaw ni na taran awh navah,
if it had not been that the Lord was amongst us, when men rose up against us;
3 a lungkhuek awh vaiteh, maimouh hah hringo na payawp awh toe.
verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Hatnavah, tui ni maimanaw teh muen na ramuk teh tui ka lawng e ni, maimae hringnae van muen a lawng sin toe.
verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.
5 Puenghoi kalawng e tui ni maimae hringnae teh muen a lawng sin toe, tie hah doeh.
Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.
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 for a 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.
Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
8 Maimouh kabawpnae teh, kalvan hoi talai ka sak e BAWIPA min lahoi coe awh.
Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.