¹A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, set to Shigionoth.

¹Jawlnei Habakkuk thumna, Sigionoth toh kituaka bawl.

²O Jehovah, I have heard the report of thee, and am afraid: O Jehovah, revive thy work in the midst of the years; In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy.

²Aw TOUPA, na tanchin a gen uh ka jaa, ka lau hi; Aw TOUPA, kumte lakah nasep hihhalh ve, kumte lak ah kithei sak ve; thangpaihna chitna theigige-in.

³God came from Teman, And the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, And the earth was full of his praise.

³Teman akipanin Pathian hongpaita, Paran tanga kipanin Mi Siangthou, a thupinain vante a tuama, amah phatna-in lei a dimta. Selah

⁴And [his] brightness was as the light; He had rays [coming forth] from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

⁴A tetna vak bang ahi; a khuta kipana nizungte hongsuak hia nei hi; a thilhintheihna huaiah a khuh hi.

⁵Before him went the pestilence, And fiery bolts went forth at his feet.

⁵A maah hi a paita, a khepekte ah suangkuangthei kuang apai kheta hi.

⁶He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered; The everlasting hills did bow; His goings were [as] of old.

⁶A dinga, lei a teha; a mu a, namte a hawl jak hi; huan, khantawn tangte hihdalhin a omta ua, khan tawn mualte a kun uh; a paina nidanga bang ahi.

⁷I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction; The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

⁷Gimthuaknaa Kusan puaninte ka muta; Midan gam puanjakte a kising hi.

⁸Was Jehovah displeased with the rivers? Was thine anger against the rivers, Or thy wrath against the sea, That thou didst ride upon thy horses, Upon thy chariots of salvation?

⁸Luite tunga TOUPA lungkumlou ahi de aw? luite tunga na hehna om hia, ahihkeileh tuipi tunga na thang paihna, na sakolte tunga na tuanna, hotdamna na kangtalaite tunga na tuan?

⁹Thy bow was made quite bare; The oaths to the tribes were a [sure] word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.

⁹Na thalpeu a vuak petmaha bawl ahi; namte kiangah kichiamnate thutak ahi uh. selah. Luite-in lei na khangkhamsak hi.

¹⁰The mountains saw thee, and were afraid; The tempest of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, And lifted up its hands on high.

¹⁰Tangten nang honmu ua, a lau uh; tui khangin a khenga, tuithukin a aw a suaha, tung sangah a khutte a lik tou hi.

¹¹The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.

¹¹A omna uah ni leh kha a ding kinken ua; a pai bang un na thalte vak ah, na teipi te zolzol vah ah.

¹²Thou didst march though the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

¹²Hehin gam na pal suak petmaha, thangpaiin namte na chil hi.

¹³Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, For the salvation of thine anointed; Thou woundest the head out of the house of the wicked man, Laying bare the foundation even unto the neck. Selah.

¹³Na mipite hotdamna dingin na kuan khiaa, na sathau nilh hotdamna dingin; giloute in a kipan lutang na hihliama; ngawng chiang pha hialin suangphum na hihse vek. Selah

¹⁴Thou didst pierce with his own staves the head of his warriors: They came as a whirlwind to scatter me; Their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly.

¹⁴A galhatte lutang amah chiangte ngeiin na suna; kei hondalh sak dingin pingpei bangin a hongpai uh; nuam a sakna uh gentheite a guka ne khin ding bangin ahi.

¹⁵Thou didst tread the sea with thy horses, The heap of mighty waters.

¹⁵Na sakolte-in tuipi na chila, tuihatte sunvum.

¹⁶I heard, and my body trembled, My lips quivered at the voice; Rottenness entereth into my bones, and I tremble in my place; Because I must wait quietly for the day of trouble, For the coming up of the people that invadeth us.

¹⁶Ka jaa, ka gilpi a kisinga, aw ah ka mukte a ling uh; ka guhte ah siatna a hongluta, huan ka mun ah ka linga; buai ni a, amah sim a honpipia hongkuan mite dou dia a hongpai thouh chianga ka lin louhna dingin, dai didein ka ngak ding.

¹⁷For though the fig-tree shall not flourish, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labor of the olive shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:

¹⁷Theipi kung pak pha keiin, grep guite ah a gah om lou in; oliv sepgimna vuaksuakin, louten nekding piangsak lou-in; a huanga kipan ganhonte sat khiaka omin, huang-sungah ganta omte kei mahleh;

¹⁸Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation.

¹⁸Huchiin leng TOUPA ah ka kipak ding, ka hotdamna Pathian ah ka nuam ding hi.Jehova, TOUPA, ka hatna ahi, ka khepekte zukpi khe bangin a bawla, ka mun sangte ah a honvak sak ding hi.

¹⁹Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength; And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And will make me to walk upon my high places.

¹⁹Jehova, TOUPA, ka hatna ahi, ka khepekte zukpi khe bangin a bawla, ka mun sangte ah a honvak sak ding hi.