La Bu 120

1 Lungkhamna leh lunggimna kato tengleh Pakai kom kalhutjin ahileh Aman kataona asangjin ahi.

A Song of Degrees. In mine affliction I cried to the Lord, and he listened to me.

2 O Pakai mijouhoa konleh milepchehoa kon in neihuhdoh’in.

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from unjust lips, and from a deceitful tongue.

3 Oh lepchena leigui manchaho, Pathen in nangho ipi nalouvintem? Aman nachunga engbolna ichan gei in apunsahbe dem?

What should be given to you, and what should be added to you, for [your] crafty tongue?

4 Nangma thalchang hemtah a nakisunding chuleh meihol sapehpoh nakidesahding ahi.

Sharpened weapons of the mighty, with coals of the desert.

5 Gamlatah Meshach lah’a kachenchu kadanave, gamlatah Kedar ponbuh a kachenchu kathohlel ngeije,

Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged; I have tabernacled amongst the tents of Kedar.

6 Keima chamna deilah’a kachenhi kakhoplheh jengtai,

My soul has long been a sojourner;

7 Keiman chamna kahol in, ahinlah keiman chamna thu kaseipou pouleh amahon gal bou adeijiu ve.

I was peaceful amongst them that hated peace; when I spoke to them, they warred against me without a cause.