¹Toupan in a lam kei leh, a lamten a semgim thawn phet uhi: Toupan khopi a ven hoih kei leh, a vengmi a hak thawn lel ahi.

¹Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.

²Jingsangpiin na thou ua, na khawl hak mahmah ua, sepgimna an na nek uh: nou din a thawn lel ahi: a mi deihtak bel ihmut a pe nak ngala.

²It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil; for he gives sleep to his loved ones.

³Ngaiin, tate tuh Toupa laka I goutan ahi ua: gila gah tuh a kipahman honpiak ahi.

³Behold, children are a heritage of Yahweh. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

⁴Hatlai tate tuh mi hat khuta thal omte bang ahi uhi.A thal bawm thala dim neimi tuh kipak takin a om naknak ahi; kulh konga a doute uh a biak lai un leng a zahlak kei ding uhi.

⁴As arrows in the hand of a mighty man, so are the children of youth.

⁵A thal bawm thala dim neimi tuh kipak takin a om naknak ahi; kulh konga a doute uh a biak lai un leng a zahlak kei ding uhi.

⁵Happy is the man who has his quiver full of them. They won’t be disappointed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.