Saam 44
1 Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah, Korah caanawk ih Maskil. Aw Sithaw, naa hoi ka thaih o boeh; canghnii ah, nang mah nihcae khaeah na sak pae ih tok to, kam panawk mah ang thuih o boeh.
We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the times of old.
2 Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk loe na ban hoiah na haek moe, kam panawk hanah to ahmuen to na paek; to kaminawk to na pacaekthlaek moe, kam panawk to na loisak.
How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 Nihcae mah to prae to sumsen hoiah pazawk o ai, angmacae bantha hoiah doeh pazawk o ai: toe nihcae to na palung pongah na bantang ban, na ban hoi na mikhmai aanghaih hoiah ni na pahlong.
For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favour unto them.
4 Aw Sithaw, nang loe ka Siangpahrang ah na oh; Jakob pahlonghaih lok to paek ah.
You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Nang rang hoiah ka misanawk to hnuk kang nawn o sak moe, nangmah ih ahmin hoiah nihcae to ka tit o han.
Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 Kaimah ih kalii hae kang oep haih mak ai, ka sumsen mah doeh na pahlong mak ai.
For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
7 Toe kai hnuma kaminawk to na zatsak moe, kaicae to misanawk ban thung hoiah nang pahlong.
But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us.
8 Kaicae loe athun qui Sithaw ah ni kam oek o, na hmin to dungzan khoek to ka saphaw o. (Selah)
In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. (Selah)
9 Toe vaihi loe nang pahnawt sut boeh moe, azat nang pawsak boeh; kaicae ih misatuh kaminawk hoi doeh nawnto na caeh ai boeh.
But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies.
10 Kaicae hae misa khae hoiah nam laemsak let: kaicae hnuma kaminawk loe angmacae koeh ah amro o.
You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Moicaak han suek ih tuu baktiah nang prawt sut boeh moe, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk salakah nang haehsak phang.
You have given us like sheep appointed for food; and have scattered us among the heathen.
12 Nangmah ih kaminawk to atho kazoi ah na zawh, toe nihcae zawhhaih atho mah nang ih hmuenmae to pung kue mak ai.
You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price.
13 Ka imtaeng ih kaminawk mah kasaethuih han kahoih ah nang sak, ka imtaeng kaminawk mah kasaethuihaih hoi pahnuithuihaih to nang phawsak.
You make us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk salakah patahhaih lok ah na thuih moe, minawk salakah lu haek thuih hanah nang sak.
You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
15 Na hmaa ah ni thokkruek ahmin ka set moe, ka mikhmai hae azathaih mah khuk khoep boeh,
My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me,
16 kasaethuih koeh kami hoi ahmin setsak koeh kami, lulak koeh kami hoi misanawk pongah ni, to tiah ka oh.
For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 Hae hmuennawk boih kaicae nuiah phak; toe nang kang pahnet o ai, lok na maihaih doeh ka phrae o ai.
All this has come upon us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant.
18 Kaicae ih palungthin loe hnuk bangah amlaem ai moe, kaicae ih khoknawk doeh na loklam hoiah amkhraeng ai;
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way;
19 toe tasuinawk ohhaih salakah nang tit moe, duekhaih tahlip hoiah nang kraeng khoep.
Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
20 Kaicae mah Sithaw ih ahmin ka pahnet o moe, prae kalah sithaw khaeah ban ka payangh o cadoeh,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Sithaw loe palung thungah tamquta hoi poek ih hmuen to panoek pongah anih mah hnu mak ai maw?
Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Ue, nang pongah athun qui duekhaih ka tong o; hum han ih tuu baktiah ang poek o.
Yea, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Aw Angraeng, anglawt lai ah, tipongah na iih loe? Angthawk ah, kaicae hae dungzan khoek to na haek hmah.
Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Tipongah mikhmai na hawk ving moe, kaicae raihaih hoi patangkhanghaih to nang pahnet pae ving loe?
Wherefore hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
25 Kaicae hinghaih loe maiphu thungah krak tathuk boeh moe, kaicae ih zok doeh long ah angbet caeng boeh.
For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaves unto the earth.
26 Kaicae abomh han angthawk ah loe, na palungnathaih hoiah kaicae hae na krang ah.
Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies' sake.
