Tingtoeng 128

1 Tangtlaeng Laa BOEIPA aka rhih tih a longpuei ah aka pongpa boeih tah a yoethen.

A Song of Ascents. How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways!

2 Na kut dongkah thatloh vanbangla na yoethen na caak van vetih na taengkah hnothen om ni.

The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!

3 Na yuu khaw misur bangla na im a imthael ah thaihsu vetih na ca rhoek te olive thingnoe bangla na caboei kong ah om uh ni.

Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house, —Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.

4 Te dongah BOEIPA aka rhih hlang tah a yoethen pai he.

Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

5 Zion lamkah BOEIPA loh nang yoethen m'pae saeh lamtah na hingnah khohnin takuem ah Jerusalem kah a thennah te hmuh van.

Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion, —and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life!

6 Na ca rhoek kah a ca rhoek khaw hmu van. Israel soah rhoepnah om saeh.

And behold thou thy children’s children, —Prosperity on Israel!