Saam 38
1 David tahmen hnikhaih Saam laa. Aw Angraeng, palungphuihaih hoiah na zoeh hmah loe, palungbethaih hoiah doeh na thuitaek hmah.
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Nang kah ih palaanawk loe ka tak thungah akun, na ban hoiah nang boh.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 Palung na phui pongah, ka takpum ngantuihaih om ai; ka zaehaih pongah ka huhnawk ngantuihaih om ai boeh.
[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 Ka sakpazaehaih mah ka lu hae zaeng khoep, kai han kazit parai hmuen ah oh, ka phaw thai ai.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 Kam thuhaih pongah kai ih ahmaanawk loe hmuiset moe, qongh.
My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 Raihaih ka tong boeh; kanung parai ah ka krak tathuk moe, qahhaih hoiah athun qui ka vah.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 Ka kaeng loe panuet thok nathaih hoiah koi, ka takpum roe ah ngantuihaih om ai boeh.
For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease: ] and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.
8 Tha ka zai sut boeh moe, ka pan dui boeh: tasoehhaih palungthin to ka tawnh pong ah, ka hangh.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Aw Angraeng, ka koeh ih hmuennawk loe na hmaa ah amtueng boih, ka hanghaih lok doeh na hmaa hoiah hawk thai ai boeh.
Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 Ka palung loe tasoeh moe, tha doeh ka tawn ai: ka mik doeh amtueng ai boeh.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 Ka nathaih pongah ka palung ih kaminawk hoi kam puinawk mah doeh kai ang yae o taak, ka imtaeng kaminawk mah doeh kangthla ah ang oh o taak boeh.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Ka hinghaih paduek han pakrong kaminawk loe kai hanah thaang patung o: nganbawh kana paek hanah kai pakrong kaminawk loe, athun qui amrohaih hoi alinghaih lok to thuih o.
They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me: ] and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 Toe kai loe naapang baktiah ka oh moe, pakhaa ang thai ai lokaa baktiah ka oh.
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
14 Lok thaikop ai, lokthuih palaem let thai ai kami baktiah ni ka oh.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
15 Aw Angraeng, nang ni kang oep: Aw Angraeng ka Sithaw, nang mah loe nang pathim tih.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 Nihcae mah kai anghoe o thuih ueloe, kam thaek naah nihcae mah kai han amoek o thui tih, to pongah na pathim raeh, tiah ka thuih.
For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
17 Palungsethaih boeng thai ai boeh pongah, kam timh tom boeh.
For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
18 Ka sakpazaehaih to taphong moe, ka zaehaih pongah dawnpakhuem han boeh.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Ka misanawk loe ngantui o moe, thacak o parai: tidoeh na ai ah kai hnuma kaminawk loe paroeai pop o.
But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Kahoih hmuen to ka patom pongah, hoihaih to sethaih hoiah pathok kaminawk loe kai ih misa ah oh o.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
21 Aw Angraeng, na prawt sut hmah: Aw ka Sithaw, kangthla ah na om taak hmah.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Aw Angraeng kai pahlonghaih, kai abomh hanah karangah angzo rae ah.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
