Sam 48
1 Kathutkung: Korah capanaw BAWIPA teh a lentoe poung. Cathut khopui dawk lentoe poung lah, amae mon kathoung dawk pholen hanlah a kamcu.
A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
2 Zion mon atunglah kaawm e teh arasang teh a meihawi.
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, [is] mount Zion, [on] the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 Cathut teh a im dawkvah ao teh, a kânguenae rapan tie panue lah ao.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 Bangkongtetpawiteh, siangpahrangnaw a kamkhueng awh teh, cungtalah a dei awh.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 A hmu awh toteh, a kalue awh teh koung a yawng awh.
They saw [it, and] so they marvelled; they were troubled, [and] hasted away.
6 Kanîtholah e kahlî hoi Tarshish long kalennaw ouk a raphoe e patetlah,
Fear took hold upon them there, [and] pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Haw tueng vah, takinae ni a man awh teh, napui camokhe pataw e patetlah a man awh.
Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 Panue awh tangcoung e hoi hmu awh tangcoung e patetlah, ransahu BAWIPA khopui, maimae Cathut khopui teh, Cathut ni a yungyoe hanelah a caksak han.
As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. (Selah)
9 Oe Cathut, na bawkim lungui vah, na pahrenlungmanae ouk ka pouk awh.
We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 Oe Cathut, na min patetlah nang pholennae ni, talai pout totouh a pha teh, nange aranglae kut teh lannae hoi akawi.
According to thy name, O God, so [is] thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Na lawkcengnae dawkvah, Zion mon teh lunghawi naseh, Zion canu hai konawm naseh.
Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Zion hah lawngven awh nateh, imrasangnaw hah parei awh haw.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Sekatha dawk kaawm han rae naw koe patuen na dei thai awh nahanlah, kalupnae hah pâkuem awh nateh, siangpahrang imnaw hah pouk awh haw.
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell [it] to the generation following.
14 Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut teh a yungyoe maimae Cathut doeh. Ahni teh maimouh due totouh hai na kahrawikung lah ao.
For this God [is] our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide [even] unto death.
