Saam 102
1 Patangkhang kami lawkthuihaih. A tha boeng sut naah Angraeng hmaa ah palungnat hoi lawkthuihaih. Aw Angraeng, lawk ka thuihaih hae tahngai ah; ka qahhaih lok loe nang khaeah pha nasoe.
A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.
2 Raihaih ka tong naah kai khae hoi mikhmai hawk ving hmah; na naa to kai khae bangah patueng ah; kang kawk naah, karangah na pathim ah.
Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.
3 Kai ih aninawk loe hmaikhue baktiah azawk o moe, ka huhnawk doeh hmai kamngaeh baktiah kangh.
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
4 Ka palungthin loe zaek moe, qam baktiah azaem; buhcaak hanah doeh ka pahnet sut boeh.
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
5 Ka haam loiah ka huhnawk doeh ka ngan hin hoiah angbet caeng boeh.
Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
6 Kai loe praezaek ih bukbuh baktih; long karoem ahmuen ih tavaa baktiah ni ka oh sut boeh.
I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.
7 Kai loe iip ai ah ka oh, angmabueng kaom imphu ih parit tavaa baktiah ni ka oh boeh.
I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.
8 Ka misanawk mah ni thokkruek kasae ang thuih o; kai pahnui thuih kaminawk loe kai ih misa ah oh hanah lokthuih o.
All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.
9 Maiphunawk to buh baktiah ka caak; ka naek han koi doeh mikkhraetui hoiah angbaeh,
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
10 dip thai ai ah palung na phui pongah, kai hae nang toengh tahang moe, long ah nang vah tathuk ving.
because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
11 Ka hinghaih aninawk loe kasawk tahlip baktiah oh moe, qam baktiah ka zaem.
My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.
12 Toe Angraeng nang loe dungzan khoek to cak; na hmin panoekhaih doeh adungh kaminawk boih khoek to cak.
But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.
13 Nang loe angthawk ueloe, Zion nuiah palungnathaih na tawn vop tih; anih tahmenhaih atue, atue khaehhaih atue angzoh boeh.
You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
14 Na tamnanawk loe to ih thlungnawk to koeh o moe, maiphu doeh koeh o.
For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
15 Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk mah Angraeng ih ahmin to zii o ueloe, long ih siangpahrangnawk boih mah a lensawkhaih to zii o tih.
So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.
16 Angraeng mah Zion to pakhraih naah, anih loe a lensawkhaih hoiah angphong tih.
For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
17 Amtang kaminawk lawkthuihaih lok to anih mah pathim pae tih, nihcae lawkthuihaih to patoek pae mak ai.
He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
18 Hae kawng hae angzo han koi adung kaminawk hanah tarik tih; a sak ih kaminawk mah Angraeng to saphaw o tih.
Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.
19 Angraeng loe kasang angmah ih hmuenciim hoiah khet tathuk moe, van hoiah long to a dan tathuk,
For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth
20 thongkrah kaminawk hanghaih lok to tahngai pae, kadueh tom kaminawk to loisak hanah,
to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,
21 Zion ah Angraeng ih ahmin to taphong moe, Jerusalem ah anih saphawhaih laa to sak pacoengah,
that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,
22 Angraeng ih tok sak hanah, kaminawk hoi praenawk nawnto amkhueng o tih.
when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
23 Loklam ka caeh li naah anih mah tha ang zoksak; kai ih aninawk to ang duemsak.
He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
24 To pongah kai mah, Aw ka Sithaw, khosak hoih li naah ka hinghaih na la pae ving hmah; nang ih saningnawk loe angzo han koi adung kaminawk khoek to oh.
I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.
25 Tangsuek nathuem hoi boeh ni long hae na sak; vannawk loe na ban hoiah sak ih hmuen ah ni oh o.
In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.
26 Nihcae loe anghma angtaa o tih, toe nang loe na om poe tih; ue, nihcae loe kahni baktiah prawn o boih tih; nihcae to kahni baktiah nam khraisak tih, to naah nihcae loe amkhraih o tih.
They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.
27 Toe nang loe nangmah toeng roengah ni om tih; na saningnawk loe boenghaih om mak ai.
But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.
28 Na tamnanawk ih caanawk loe apet ai ah om o tih, nihcae ih atii loe na hmaa ah kacakah om o tih.
The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”
