La Bu 43

1 O Pathen themmona bei kahi neiphongdoh in! Pathen ginglou hoa kon in nei vengdoh in, chutengleh mikitah lou holeh joupan hoa kon in neihuhdoh in.

Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.

2 Ajeh chu nanghi kakiselna Pathen nahi, ibol a neipaidoh hitam? Ibol a keima kadougal ten eibolset jeh a lunggim a kava lele dingham?

For You are the God of my refuge. Why have You rejected me? Why must I walk in sorrow because of the enemy’s oppression?

3 Nadih na le navah na chu neihinsol peh in, hichun eilamhil hen. Hihochun nangma chenna muol theng chu neilhut hen.

Send out Your light and Your truth; let them lead me. Let them bring me to Your holy mountain, and to the place where You dwell.

4 Hikomma chun keima Pathen maicham achu kasemjang puma kathang vahding ahi, O Pathen kaPathen.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

5 Idia lungkham kahim? Ipi dinga kalung lhadah ham? Keiman kakinepna Pathen a koi ing e! Eihuhhingpa le kaPathen keiman nangma thangvah kit inge!

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.