Sam 87

1 Kathutkung: Korah capanaw Khopui teh mon ka thoung dawk a kangdue sak.

The city that Yahweh established is on his sacred hill.

2 Jakop khosaknae pueng hlak hai BAWIPA ni Zion longkha a lungpatawhnawn.

He loves that city, Jerusalem, more than he loves any other city in Israel.

3 Oe Cathut e khopui, na kong heh ka sungren poung lah ouk a dei awh. (Selah)

[You people in] [APO] the city that God (owns/lives in), people say wonderful things about your city.

4 Na kapanueknaw koe Rahab hoi Babilon kong hah ka dei han. Khenhaw! Oe Filistin hoi Taire, Ethiopia, hetheh, haw hoi ka tâcawt e doeh ati awh han.

[Some of those who know about God are the people of] Egypt and Babylonia, and also [the people of] Philistia and Tyre and Ethiopia; [some day they all] will say, “[Although I was not born in Jerusalem], [because I belong to Yahweh, it is as though] I was born there.”

5 Zion kong dawk hettelah a dei awh han. Het hoi hot teh ama dawk hoi ka tâcawt e doeh. Lathueng Poung ni a ma teh, a caksak telah ati awh han.

And concerning Jerusalem, people will say [“It is as though] everyone was born there, and Almighty God will cause that city to remain strong/safe/secure.”

6 BAWIPA ni tami pueng min a thut toteh, hethateh, haw e ka tâcawt e doeh telah mitnout a ta awh han.

Yahweh will write a list of [the names of] the people of various groups [who belong to him], and he will say that [he considers them] all to be citizens of Jerusalem.

7 La kasaknaw hoi tumkhawng kakhawngnaw ni, tuiphuek pueng nang koe ao telah ati awh han.

They will all dance and sing, saying, “Jerusalem is the source of all our blessings.”