Saam 135
1 Angraeng loe saphaw oh. Angraeng ih ahmin to saphaw oh; nangcae Angraeng ih tamnanawk, anih to saphaw oh.
Praise Yahweh! You who (do work for/serve) Yahweh, praise him!
2 Nangcae Angraeng imthung ah angdoe kaminawk, aicae Sithaw im longhma ah angdoe kaminawk, Angraeng to saphaw oh,
You who stand in the temple of Yahweh our God and in the surrounding courtyard, praise him [MTY]!
3 Angraeng loe hoih pongah, Angraeng to saphaw oh; anih ih ahmin saphawhaih laa to sah oh, to loe anghoe han koi hmuen ah oh.
Praise Yahweh, because he does good things [for us]; sing to him [MTY], because he is kind [to us].
4 Angraeng mah Jakob to angmah hanah qoih, Israel to angmah ih hmuen ah suek hanah a qoih.
He has chosen [us, the descendants of] Jacob; he has chosen [us] Israelis to belong to him [DOU].
5 Angraeng loe len, aicae Sithaw loe sithawnawk boih pongah doeh len, tiah ka panoek.
I know that Yahweh is great; he is greater than all the gods.
6 Van hoi long, tuipuinawk hoi kathuk ahmuennawk boih ah, Angraeng mah a koeh baktiah hmuennawk to a sak.
Yahweh does whatever he desires to do, in heaven and on the earth and in the seas/oceans, [down] to the bottom of the seas.
7 Anih mah long boenghaih ahmuen hoiah tamai amzamsak moe, tangphrapuekhaih hoi khotui to a sak; anih mah hmuen patuhaih ahmuen hoiah takhi to tacawtsak.
He is the one who causes clouds to appear from very distant places on the earth; he sends lightning with the rain, and he brings the winds from the places where he stores them.
8 Anih mah Izip prae ih tapen tangsuek kami hoi moinawk to hum pae boih.
He is the one who killed [all] the firstborn [males] in Egypt, the firstborn of people and of animals.
9 Aw Izip, nang thungah kaom Faro hoi anih ih tamnanawk boih nuiah, tanoekhaih hoi dawnrai hmuennawk to na patoh.
There he performed many kinds of miracles [DOU] to punish the king and all his officials.
10 Pop parai prae kaminawk to na dueksak moe, thacak siangpahrangnawk to na hum;
He destroyed many nations and the powerful kings [who ruled them]:
11 Amor kaminawk ih siangpahrang Sihon, Bashan siangpahrang Og hoi siangpahrang mah uk ih Kanaan praenawk boih;
Sihon, the king of the Amor people-group, and Og, the king of Bashan [region], and all the other kings in Canaan [land].
12 nihcae ih prae to angmah ih kami Israelnawk hanah qawk ah a paek.
Then he gave their land to [us] Israeli people to belong to us [forever].
13 Aw Angraeng, na hmin loe dungzan khoek to cak; Aw Angraeng, na panoekhaih doeh, adung boih khoek to om tih.
Yahweh your name will endure forever, and people who are not yet born will remember the great things [that you have done].
14 Angraeng mah angmah ih kaminawk to lokcaek ueloe, a tamnanawk nuiah dawnpakhuemhaih tawn tih.
Yahweh, [you] declare that we your people (are innocent/have not done things that are wrong), and you are merciful to us.
15 Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk mah bok o ih krangnawk loe, sui, kami ban hoi sakcop ih sui hoi sumkanglung rumram ah ni oh.
But the idols that the [other] people-groups [worship] are only [statues made of] silver and gold, things that humans have made.
16 Nihcae loe pakha tawnh o, toe lok apae o thai ai; mik a tawnh o, toe hnu o thai ai;
Their idols have mouths, but they cannot say [anything]; they have eyes, but they cannot see [anything].
17 naa a tawnh o, toe thaih o thai ai; pakha thungah anghahhaih takhi om ai.
They have ears, but they cannot hear [anything], and they are not [even able to] breathe.
18 Krang sah kaminawk loe krang baktiah ni oh o, krang oephaih tawn kaminawk doeh krang hoiah ni anghmong o boih.
The people who make those idols are as [powerless as] those idols, and those who trust in those idols [can accomplish no more than] their idols can!
19 Aw Israel imthung takoh, Angraeng to tahamhoihaih paek oh; Aw Aaron imthung takoh, Angraeng to tahamhoihaih paek oh;
[My fellow] Israelis, praise Yahweh! You [priests] who are descended from Aaron, praise Yahweh!
20 Aw Levi imthung takoh, Angraeng to tahamhoihaih paek oh; Angraeng zii kaminawk, Angraeng to tahamhoihaih paek oh.
You [men] who are descended from Levi, [you who assist the priests], praise Yahweh! [All] you who revere Yahweh, praise him!
21 Jerusalem vangpui ah kaom Angraeng loe Zion hoiah tahamhoihaih om nasoe. Angraeng to saphaw oh.
Praise Yahweh in [the temple on] Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem, where he lives! Praise Yahweh!
