Sam 124

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

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened? Let everyone in Israel say:

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

If the Lord hadn't been for us, what would have happened when people came and attacked us?

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

They would have swallowed us alive when their anger raged 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.

Like a flood they would have swept over us; like a rushing torrent they would have submerged us.

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

They would have rushed over us like raging waters, drowning us.

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

Praise the Lord, who didn't hand us over to them as prey to be ripped apart by 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 escaped from them like a bird flying out of a hunter's trap. The trap was broken and we flew away!

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

Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.