Sam 147
1 Kathutkung: Panuekhoeh BAWIPA teh pholen awh. Maimae Cathut hah la sak laihoi pholen e teh ahawi. Pholen e teh atangcalah, a kamcu teh ngai ao poung.
Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise ye the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.
2 BAWIPA ni Jerusalem kho a sak teh pâlei lah kaawm e Isarelnaw hah a kamkhueng sak.
The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3 A lungthin kareknaw hah a dam sak teh, ahnimae hmânaw hah a kawm pouh.
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
4 Âsinaw hah a parei teh, ahnimae minnaw hai koung a phung.
He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
5 Maimae Bawipa teh a len teh, thaonae dawk bahu ao, thaipanueknae dawk khori tawn hoeh.
Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.
6 BAWIPA ni kârahnoum e naw hah a tawm, tamikathoutnaw hah talai dawk rek a payan.
The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.
7 Lunghawilawkdeinae laihoi BAWIPA koe la sak awh. Ratoung kueng laihoi maimae Cathut hah pholen awh.
Begin [the song] with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:
8 Kalvan hah tâmai hoi a huem teh, talai hanelah kho a rak sak teh, monruinaw dawk phonaw a pâw sak.
who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[and green herb for the service of men; ]]
9 Moithangnaw hoi kacaikaringe vongacanaw hah rawca a poe.
and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.
10 Bawipa ni marang tha lunghawikhai hoeh. Tami e khoknaw lunghawikhai hoeh.
He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.
11 Bawipa ni ama ka taket e taminaw hoi amae pahrennae ka ngaihawi e taminaw doeh a lunghawikhai
The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.
12 Oe Jerusalem, BAWIPA hah pholen haw. Oe Zion, na Cathut hah pholen haw.
Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Sion.
13 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Bawipa ni nange kholongkha khannae hah a caksak teh, nang thung kaawm e camonaw hah yawhawi a poe.
For he has strengthened the bars of thy gates; he has blessed thy children within thee.
14 Bawipa ni nange thungup vah roumnae ao sak teh, katuipounge rawca hoi na von a paha sak han.
He makes thy borders peaceful, and fills thee with the flour of wheat.
15 Ama e kâpoelawk hah, talai van a patoun. A lawk teh, karang poung lah a yawng.
He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
16 Tadamtui hah tumuen patetlah a poe. Tadamtui kamkak e hah hraba patetlah a dan.
He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
17 Ama e rounnaw hah vaiyei kanuinaw patetlah a pabo. Bawipa ni a pâding sak e hah apinimaw a khang thai han.
Casting [forth] his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?
18 A lawk hah a patoun teh, hotnaw hah a kamyawt sak. Ama e kahlî a tho sak toteh, tuinaw teh a lawng awh.
He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow [with] his wind, and the waters shall flow.
19 A lawk hah Jakop miphun koe thoseh, phung hoi lawkcengnae teh Isarel miphun koe thoseh, a pâpho.
He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.
20 A louk e apipatet e miphun koehai hettelah sak boihoeh. Hote Jentelnaw teh, Lawkcengnae hah panuek awh hoeh. BAWIPA teh pholen awh.
He has not done so to any [other] nation; and he has not shewn them his judgments.
