La Bu 39
1 “Katohna chunga chingthei tah in thil bol ing kating, kathusei doh chenga chonseponge. Kavel a Pathen ginglou ho aumteng kalei kakituh tang ding ahi” tin kei le kei kakihou ve.
I said, “I will watch my ways, so that I don’t sin with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked is before me.”
2 Hinla hitia thipbeh a kaum a thupha jeng jong changkhat cha seilouva kaum chun kalung sunga lung gimna akhoh secheh in ahi.
I was mute with silence. I held my peace, even from good. My sorrow was stirred.
3 Kalunga kagelbe chan in kalung gimna akhoh cheh in, hiti chun seilou in kaum theipon ahi:
My heart was hot within me. While I meditated, the fire burned: I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Pakai leiset a kahinkhohi ichan a chom hitam neihin hetsah jing in, kahin nikhohi akisim jinghi neigeldoh sah in, kahin kho iti chom hitam?
“Adonai, show me my end, what is the measure of my days. Let me know how frail I am.
5 Nangin kahinkhohi ichangeiya chom a nasem hitam kakhutpeh sangin jong asaojopoi. Nangdingin kahinkho lhum keijong hi haikhat bou ahi. Mihem hinkho khat cheh jong hi haikhat cheh bou ahi.”
Behold, you have made my days hand widths. My lifetime is as nothing before you. Surely every man stands as a breath.” (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
6 Mihem hinkho hi milom kitol bang bep bou ahin, kisah lunggim naho jong hetman lou kah in akichai loi ji tai. Gou ikhol khom un, kon ahin manding ham jong ihe doh ji pouve.
“Surely every man walks like a shadow. Surely they busy themselves in vain. He heaps up, and does not know who shall gather.
7 Hijeh chun pakai hoi a kinep na kakoi ding ham? Nanga bou kakinep na aum e.
Now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
8 Kaset bolnom na a kon in neihuh doh in, mingol ho neinoise sah hih in.
Deliver me from all my transgressions. Don’t make me the reproach of the foolish.
9 Keima na ansung a thipchet in kaum e; imacha jong kasei louding ahi.
I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.
10 Ahinla pakai nei engbol hih in! Nakhut gu dounan kachao lhagam tai.
Remove your scourge away from me. I am overcome by the blow of your hand.
11 Kachonset u suhdih na dia nei neijet tengu le, kasah lut u chonsetna chu nget in aneh bang in ajun lhaji tan ahi. Tahbeh in mihem khat cheh hi haikhat bou ahi.
When you rebuke and correct man for iniquity, You consume his wealth like a moth. Surely every man is but a breath.” (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.
12 O pakai kataona ngai in lang panpi ngaija kataona neingai pih in! kamit lhi lon nah sah mon koi hih in, ajeh chu keima hi namaljin bou kahin, kema masang a kapu kapa teu bang a kholjin vahle kahi bouve.
“Sh'ma ·Hear obey· my prayer, Adonai, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were.
13 Hiche leiset hinkho hi kadalhah a kahin kho abei masang kakipa a kanui kit n din nalung han a nagim bol na ho toh neichom khen in.
Oh spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go away, and exist no more.”
