Saam 105
1 Angraeng khaeah anghoehaih lok to thui ah; anih ih ahmin to kawk oh; a sak ih hmuennawk to kaminawk khaeah amtuengsak oh.
Give thanks to Yahweh, and tell others that he is very great! Tell everyone in the world what he has done!
2 Angmah khaeah laasah oh loe, angmah khaeah saam laa to sah oh; a sak ih dawnrai hmuennawk to thui oh.
Sing to him; praise him as you sing to him; tell others about his wonderful miracles.
3 Anih ih ciimcai ahmin to lensawkhaih hoiah amoek o haih ah; Angraeng pakrong kaminawk ih palungthin loe anghoe nasoe.
Be happy because [you know that] he [MTY] is holy! You people who worship Yahweh, rejoice!
4 Angraeng hoi a thacakhaih to pakrong oh; a mikhmai to pakrong oh!
Ask Yahweh to help you and give you his strength, and continue to ask him!
5 A sak ih dawnrai, anghmang thok hmuennawk, angmah ih pakha hoi tacawt lokcaekhaihnawk to pakuem oh,
You people who are descendants of God’s servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, the man God chose, think about [all] the wonderful things that he has done: He performed miracles, and he punished [all our enemies].
6 a tamna Abraham ih caanawk, a qoih ih Jakob ih caanawk to panoek oh!
7 Anih loe aicae Angraeng Sithaw ah oh; a lokcaekhaih loe long nui boih ah oh.
He is Yahweh, our God. He rules and judges [people] throughout the earth.
8 Anih loe angmah sak ih lokmaihaih to dungzan khoek to panoek poe, a thuih ih lok to adung sangto khoek to panoek,
He never forgets the agreement that he made; he made a promise that will last for 1,000 generations;
9 anih loe Abraham hoi a sak ih lokmaihaih, Isaak khaeah sak ih lokkamhaih to panoek poe;
that is the agreement that he made with Abraham, and he repeated that agreement with Isaac.
10 to lokmaihaih to Jakob khaeah a caksak moe, Israel khaeah dungzan lokmaihaih ah a suek:
[Later] he confirmed it [again] to Jacob as an agreement for the Israeli [people] that would last forever.
11 Kanaan prae to kang paek han, nangmah ih taham ah kaom qawk baktiah na toep tih, tiah a naa.
What he said was, “I will give you the Canaan region; it will belong to you [and your descendants forever].”
12 Nihcae loe kami tamsi o, ue, paroeai tamsi kaminawk loe prae thungah angvin ah oh o.
[He said that to them] when there were only a few of them, a tiny group of people who were living in that land like strangers.
13 Nihcae mah acaeng maeto hoi maeto khaeah caeh o moe, prae maeto hoi kalah kaminawk khaeah a caeh o naah,
They continued to wander from one place to another, from one kingdom to another.
14 mi doeh kasae hmuen to sahsak ai; ue, nihcae pongah siangpahrangnawk to a thuitaek,
But he did not allow others to oppress them. He warned those kings by saying to them,
15 situi ka bawh ih kami to sui o hmah; kai ih tahmaanawk to nganbawh kana paek o hmah, tiah a naa.
“Do not do harm the [people] whom I have chosen! Do not harm my prophets!”
16 Anih mah prae thungah khokhahaih to phaksak; caaknaek boih amrosak.
He sent a famine to Canaan, and [as a result all the people] had no food to eat.
17 Nihcae hmaa ah kami maeto, tamna ah zawh o ih, Joseph to patoeh.
So his people went to Egypt, but first he sent someone there. He sent Joseph, who had been sold to be a slave.
18 Anih ih khok to thlongthuk pae o moe, sumboeng hoiah pacaekthlaek o;
[Later, while Joseph was in prison in Egypt], they put his legs in shackles that bruised his feet, and they put an iron collar around his neck.
19 a thuih ih lok acung ai karoek to, Angraeng ih lok mah anih to tanoek.
There, Yahweh (refined Joseph’s character/tested Joseph to see if Joseph would continue to trust him), until what Joseph predicted would happen (came true/happened).
20 Siangpahrang mah kami to patoeh moe, loisak; kaminawk ukkung mah doeh anih to loisak.
The king [of Egypt] summoned him, and he set Joseph free; this ruler of many people-groups released Joseph [from prison].
21 Anih to a imthung ah angraeng ah suek, a tawnh ih hmuennawk boih ukkung ah a suek,
[Then] he appointed him to take care of everything in the king’s household, to take care of everything that the king possessed.
22 Anih mah angraeng capanawk to a koeh baktiah patuk, to tiah anih loe kacoehtanawk palunghahaih patuk hanah oh.
(Joseph was permitted/He permitted Joseph) to command the king’s servants to do anything that Joseph wanted them to do, and [even] to tell the king’s advisors the things that they should do [for the people of Egypt].
23 Israel doeh Izip prae thungah angzoh; Jakob loe Ham prae thungah oh.
Later, [Joseph’s father] Jacob arrived in Egypt. He lived like a foreigner in the land that belonged to the descendants of Ham.
24 Angraeng mah angmah ih kaminawk to pungsak moe, nihcae ih misanawk pongah tha a caksak kue.
And [years later] Yahweh caused the descendants of Jacob to become very numerous. [As a result], their enemies, [the Egyptians], considered that the Israelis were too strong.
25 Anih ih kaminawk hnukma moe, a tamnanawk kasae sak pacaeng hanah, nihcae ih palungthin to a paqoi pae.
[So] Yahweh caused the rulers of Egypt to (turn against/hate) the Israeli people, and they planned ways to get rid of his people.
26 A tamna Mosi hoi a qoih ih Aaron to patoeh.
[But then] Yahweh sent his servant Moses along with [Moses’ older brother] Aaron, whom Yahweh had [also] chosen [to be his servant].
27 Nihnik mah nihcae khaeah Angraeng ih angmathaih to sak pae hoi, anghmang thok hmuennawk to Ham prae ah a sak pae hoi.
Those two performed amazing miracles among the people of Egypt, in that land where the descendants of Ham lived.
28 Vinghaih to patoeh pae moe, prae to khovingsak; to tiah nihcae mah anih ih lok to aek o ai.
Yahweh sent darkness, so that the people of Egypt could not see anything [DOU], but the rulers of Egypt refused [RHQ] to obey when [Moses and Aaron] commanded [them to let the Israeli people leave Egypt].
29 Nihcae ih tuinawk to athii ah angcoengsak moe, tanganawk to dueksak.
Yahweh caused [all] the water in Egypt to become (blood/[red like] blood), and [his doing that] caused all the fish to die.
30 Nihcae ih prae thungah ukongnawk to a pungsak, angmacae siangpahrang iihhaih ahmuen khoek to ohsak.
[Then he caused] the land to become full of frogs; the king and his officials even had frogs in their bedrooms.
31 Lok a thuih moe, taksaenawk to a pungsak, prae thung boih ah alungh to koi.
[Then] Yahweh commanded that flies come, and swarms of them descended [on the people of Egypt], and gnats [also] swarmed across the whole country.
32 Anih mah khotui zuengah qaetui to paek moe, a prae thungah hmai kangqong to phaksak.
Instead of sending rain, Yahweh sent [terrible] hail, and lightning flashed throughout the land.
33 Misurkung hoi thaiduetkungnawk to amrosak king moe, prae thung ih thingnawk to amtimsak boih.
The hail ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the [other] trees.
34 Anih mah lokthuih let naah, pakhuhnawk to angzoh o, kroeklaek ai langkawknawk to angzoh o,
He commanded locusts to come, and swarms of them came; [so many that] they could not be counted.
35 angmacae prae thung ih kahing aanqamnawk to caak pae o king moe, long ah kamprawk thingthai qumponawk doeh caak pae o boih.
The locusts ate every green plant in the land, ruining all the crops.
36 Angmacae prae thungah kami ih athaih tangsuek ah kaom a calunawk to a hum pae boih.
[Then] Yahweh killed the oldest son in every house [of the people of Egypt] [DOU].
37 Anih mah nihcae han sui hoi sumkanglung to phawsak; angmah ih acaengnawk thungah thacak ai kami maeto doeh om ai.
Then he brought the Israeli [people] out [from Egypt]; they were carrying loads of [jewelry made of] silver and gold [that the women of Egypt had given to them]. No one was left behind because of being sick.
38 Izip kaminawk mah nihcae to zit pongah, nihcae amlaem o naah prae boih anghoe o.
[The people of] Egypt were glad when the Israeli people left, because they had become very afraid of the Israelis.
39 Nihcae khuk hanah tamai to amzamsak, aqum ah aanghaih paek hanah hmai to a paek.
[Then] Yahweh spread a cloud to cover the Israelis; and [at night it became] a big fire [in the sky] to give them light.
40 Kaminawk mah hnik o naah, kuikoem to a paek, van ih takaw hoiah nihcae to zok amhahsak.
[Later] the Israelis asked for [meat to eat], and Yahweh sent [flocks of] quail to them, and he gave them plenty of manna [food] from the sky [each morning].
41 Anih mah thlung to paongh moe, tui to tacawt; tui loe prae karoem ah vapui baktiah longh.
[One day] he caused a rock to open up and water poured out [for them to drink]; it was like a river flowing in that desert.
42 Anih loe a tamna Abraham khaeah paek ih, kaciim a lokkamhaih to panoek poe.
[He did that] because he kept thinking about the sacred promise [that he had given] to his servant, Abraham.
43 Anih mah angmah ih kaminawk to anghoehaih hoiah caeh haih, a qoih ih kaminawk to anghoehaih hoiah a zaeh,
So his people were joyful as he brought them out from Egypt; those people whom he had chosen were shouting joyfully as they went.
44 Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk ih prae to nihcae hanah a paek; minawk mah sak tangcae ih prae to nihcae mah qawk ah toep o,
He gave to them the land that belonged to the people-groups [that lived there in Canaan], and the Israelis harvested crops that [other] people had planted.
45 nihcae mah anih ih kaalok to pakuem o moe, a paek ih loknawk to pazui o thai hanah, to tiah a sak pae. Angraeng to saphaw oh!
[Yahweh did all these things] in order that his people would do all the things that he had commanded them to do [DOU]. Praise Yahweh!
