Psalms 144
1 I praise Yahweh, who is [like an overhanging] rock [under which I] ([get refuge/am protected])! He trains my hands so that I can use them to fight battles; he trains my fingers so that I can [shoot arrows in a war].
Yahweh Pakai chu thangvah'un Amachu kasongpi ahi. Aman kakhut teni hi galsatje dan eihil in, chule kakhut jung hohi galsatna'a manchahje dan eihil ahi.
2 He is the one who protects me; he is [like] a fortress [DOU] in which I am safe, he protects me [like] [protect soldiers] [MET], and he gives me refuge. He defeats [other] nations and [then] puts them under my power.
Amahi eipanpi phapen leh kakulpi ahin, kahoidohna pal leh eihuhdohpa ahi. Chitin namtin anoijah akunsahji ahi.
3 Yahweh, [we] people are [very insignificant/unimportant], so why (are you concerned/do you care about us) [RHQ]? [It is amazing to me that] you pay attention to humans.
O Yahweh Pakai, mihem hi ipi hija hibanga nagel-lut'a, mihem chapa jeng jong ipi hija hibanga nakhohsah hitam?
4 [The time that we live is as short] as [SIM] a puff of wind; our time to live disappears like a shadow does.
Ajeh chu mihem hi hai khatseh'a hing ahibouvin, ahin-nikho jong nisa-lep tobanga mangpai thei ahibouve.
5 Yahweh, (tear open/open up) the sky and come down! Touch the mountains in order that smoke will pour out from them!
Yahweh Pakai vanho hinhong in hung kum lhan, molsang hohi tham'in lang meikhun len mangsah in.
6 Cause lightning to flash with the result that [your enemies] will run away! Shoot your arrows [at them] and cause them to (run away/scatter).
Kehchang len-dohsah inlang galmite thejalsah in! Nathalchang kap inlang jamsah soh hel in.
7 [It is as though my enemies surround me like] a flood; reach your hand down from heaven and rescue me from them [SYN]. They are men from other countries
Vanna kon'in nakhut hin lhang in, twithuh lah'a konleh kagalmite thaneina'a kon in nei huhdoh in.
8 who [SYN] [always] tell lies. [Even in a courtroom where they swear to tell the truth] they tell lies.
Akam'un jou jeng aseijun, thudih kaseije atiuvin akihahsel un, hinlah jou jeng aseijun ahi.
9 God, I will sing a new song to you, and I will play my ten-stringed harp [while I sing] to you.
O ka Pathen Elohim, na henga lathah khat sange; selangdah jangsom kibut chu mangchan na vahchoila sange.
10 You enable kings to defeat [their enemies]; and you rescued me, your servant David, from [being killed by] my enemies’ swords.
Ajeh chu nangman lengho galjona napen! Nalhacha David jong athi nading chemjam'a kon in nahuhdoh jin ahi.
11 [So I ask you to] save me from [being killed by] the swords [that those] evil [people carry]. Rescue me from the power [MTY] of those foreigners who [SYN] [always] tell lies, and [who raise] their right hands [in courtrooms when they solemnly declare that they will tell the truth].
Neihuhdoh'in! Kagalmite thaneina'a kon'in neihuhdoh'in, akam un jou jeng aseijun; thutah kaseiding ahi tin akihahsel-un, hinlah jou jengseh aseijun ahi.
12 I wish/hope that our young sons will grow up to be like strong plants [SIM], and I wish/hope that our daughters will [grow up to] be [straight and tall] like the pillars [SIM] that stand in the corners of palaces.
Kachapateu akhandon laijun thingphung phatah bang in khanlhit sah in, ka chanuteu jong leng inpi jemhoi dinga kisem khompi hoitah ho bang u-hen.
13 I wish/hope that our barns will be full of many different crops. I wish/hope that the sheep in our fields will give birth to tens of thousands of baby lambs.
Ka chang pang jouseu jong lousoh jouse pum'in dimsoh hen, kalou jaova kagan chateu asang sang in, sangsom som chan geijin pung hen.
14 I wish/hope that our cows will give birth to many calves without having any miscarriages or deaths when they are born (OR, that no enemies will break through our city walls and take us (into exile/to their own countries)). I wish/hope that [there will not be a time when the people in] our streets cry out in distress [because foreign armies are invading].
Kagancha teu gai pha hen, veiset le apengsol um hih hel hen! Ka khopi sung jenguva jong lung gim khoisat beihel hen.
15 If good things like that happen to a nation, the people will be very happy. The people whose God is Yahweh are the ones who will be happy!
Hitobang thilpha achunga lhung ho kipah uhen! chule a Pathen'u Elohim, Yahweh Pakai hikha nam mite chu kipah cheh'u hen!
