La Bu 99

1 Pakai hi leng ahi! Chitin namtin kithing thingjeng hen! Ama Cherubim teni kikah a laltouna a atouvin ahi. Vannoi leiset pumpi kithing hen.

Yahweh is the [supreme] king, so [all] the people-groups should tremble ([in his presence/in front of him])! He sits on his throne [in the temple] above the [statues of] winged creatures, [so] the earth should quake/shake!

2 Pakai chu Jerusalem ah loupitah’in atouvin ahi. Chitin namtin ho jouse chung vum'a dopsang’in aum e.

Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.

3 Amahon namin gimneitah chu thangvah uhen, naminhi athenge!

[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!

4 Lengloupi thudih ngailua, nangin thildih hi nadomsang’in, thudih in kal nasong’in Israel lah-a thudih nachelhah sah’in ahi.

He is a mighty king who (loves/is pleased with) what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly [DOU] in Israel.

5 Pakai i-Pathen’u hi dopsangin umhen! A-ang sungah bohkhup un, ajeh chu Amahi atheng ahi.

Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him [in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple] [MTY], where he rules people. He is holy!

6 Mose le Aaron jongchu thempu ahilhon e, Samuel injong Amin anakouve. Amahon Pakai kom ah panpi ngaichan anakouvun ahi, chuleh Aman anahouvin ahi.

Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those [three] cried out to Yahweh [to help them], and he answered them.

7 Aman meilom lah a kon in Israel ho lah-a thu anasei in, amahon Pakai in apeh-u dan le thupeh hochu anajui un ahi.

He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud [that was like a huge] pillar; they obeyed [all] the laws and commandments [DOU] that he gave to them.

8 O Pakai ka Pathen’u nangin amaho nana donbut in ahi. Nangma hi amaho ding a mi ngaidam jing Pathen nahi, ahinla amaho achekhel teng uleh nagim boljin ahi.

Yahweh, our God, you answered [your people] [when they cried out to you to help them]; you are a God who forgave them [for those sins that they had committed], even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong.

9 Pakai i-Pathen’u hi domsang’un chuleh Jerusalem a moltheng achun chibai boh’un ajeh chu Pakai ipathen’u hi atheng ahi.

Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him [at the temple] on his sacred hill; [it is right to do that] because Yahweh, our God, is holy!