Psalms 147
1 Praise Yahweh! It is good to sing to praise our God. It is a delightful thing to do and the right thing to do.
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.
2 [Jerusalem was destroyed, but] Yahweh is [enabling us to] build Jerusalem again. He is bringing back the people who were taken [to Babylonia].
BAWIPA ni Jerusalem kho a sak teh pâlei lah kaawm e Isarelnaw hah a kamkhueng sak.
3 He enables those who were very discouraged to be encouraged again; [it is as though] they have wounds and he bandages them.
A lungthin kareknaw hah a dam sak teh, ahnimae hmânaw hah a kawm pouh.
4 He has determined how many stars there will be, and he gives names to all of them.
Âsinaw hah a parei teh, ahnimae minnaw hai koung a phung.
5 Yahweh is great and very powerful, and no one can measure how much he understands.
Maimae Bawipa teh a len teh, thaonae dawk bahu ao, thaipanueknae dawk khori tawn hoeh.
6 Yahweh lifts up those who have been oppressed, and he throws the wicked down to the ground.
BAWIPA ni kârahnoum e naw hah a tawm, tamikathoutnaw hah talai dawk rek a payan.
7 Thank Yahweh while you are singing to him to praise him; on the harps, play music to our God.
Lunghawilawkdeinae laihoi BAWIPA koe la sak awh. Ratoung kueng laihoi maimae Cathut hah pholen awh.
8 He covers the sky with clouds, [and then] he sends rain to the earth and causes grass to grow on the hills.
Kalvan hah tâmai hoi a huem teh, talai hanelah kho a rak sak teh, monruinaw dawk phonaw a pâw sak.
9 He gives to animals the food that they [need], and gives food to young crows/birds when they cry out [because they are hungry].
Moithangnaw hoi kacaikaringe vongacanaw hah rawca a poe.
10 He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
Bawipa ni marang tha lunghawikhai hoeh. Tami e khoknaw lunghawikhai hoeh.
11 Instead, what pleases him are those who revere him, those who confidently expect him to continue to faithfully love them.
Bawipa ni ama ka taket e taminaw hoi amae pahrennae ka ngaihawi e taminaw doeh a lunghawikhai
12 [You people of] [APO] Jerusalem, praise Yahweh! Praise your God!
Oe Jerusalem, BAWIPA hah pholen haw. Oe Zion, na Cathut hah pholen haw.
13 He [guards your city] by keeping its gates strong. He blesses the people who live there.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Bawipa ni nange kholongkha khannae hah a caksak teh, nang thung kaawm e camonaw hah yawhawi a poe.
14 He protects the borders [of your country, so that enemies from other countries cannot attack you]. He gives you plenty of very good wheat/grain to eat.
Bawipa ni nange thungup vah roumnae ao sak teh, katuipounge rawca hoi na von a paha sak han.
15 He commands what he wants to be done on the earth, and his words quickly come to the place to which he sends them.
Ama e kâpoelawk hah, talai van a patoun. A lawk teh, karang poung lah a yawng.
16 He sends snow which [covers the ground] like a white wool blanket [SIM], and he scatters frost [on the ground] like [wind scatters] ashes [SIM].
Tadamtui hah tumuen patetlah a poe. Tadamtui kamkak e hah hraba patetlah a dan.
17 He sends hail down like (pebbles/tiny stones); [when that happens], (it is very difficult to endure because the air becomes very cold./who can endure because the air becomes very cold?) [RHQ]
Ama e rounnaw hah vaiyei kanuinaw patetlah a pabo. Bawipa ni a pâding sak e hah apinimaw a khang thai han.
18 [But] he commands the wind to blow, and it blows. [Then the hail] melts and [the water] flows [into the streams].
A lawk hah a patoun teh, hotnaw hah a kamyawt sak. Ama e kahlî a tho sak toteh, tuinaw teh a lawng awh.
19 He sent his message to [the descendants of] Jacob; [he tells to his] Israeli people the laws and regulations that he had decreed.
A lawk hah Jakop miphun koe thoseh, phung hoi lawkcengnae teh Isarel miphun koe thoseh, a pâpho.
20 He has not done that for any other nation; the other nations do not know his laws. Praise Yahweh!
A louk e apipatet e miphun koehai hettelah sak boihoeh. Hote Jentelnaw teh, Lawkcengnae hah panuek awh hoeh. BAWIPA teh pholen awh.
