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.
TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have recounted to us, The work You worked in their days, In the days 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.
You, [with] Your hand, have dispossessed nations. And You plant them. You afflict peoples, and send them away.
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 did not possess the land by their sword, And their arm did not give salvation to them, But Your right hand, and Your arm, And the light of Your countenance, Because You had accepted them.
4 Aw Sithaw, nang loe ka Siangpahrang ah na oh; Jakob pahlonghaih lok to paek ah.
You [are] He, my King, O God, Command the deliverances of Jacob.
5 Nang rang hoiah ka misanawk to hnuk kang nawn o sak moe, nangmah ih ahmin hoiah nihcae to ka tit o han.
By You we push our adversaries, By Your Name we tread down our withstanders,
6 Kaimah ih kalii hae kang oep haih mak ai, ka sumsen mah doeh na pahlong mak ai.
For I do not trust in my bow, And my sword does not save me.
7 Toe kai hnuma kaminawk to na zatsak moe, kaicae to misanawk ban thung hoiah nang pahlong.
For You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those hating 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 have boasted all the day, And we thank Your Name for all time. (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.
In anger You have cast off and cause us to blush, And do not go forth with our hosts.
10 Kaicae hae misa khae hoiah nam laemsak let: kaicae hnuma kaminawk loe angmacae koeh ah amro o.
You cause us to turn backward from an adversary, And those hating us, Have spoiled for themselves.
11 Moicaak han suek ih tuu baktiah nang prawt sut boeh moe, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk salakah nang haehsak phang.
You make us food like sheep, And You have scattered us among nations.
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—without wealth, And have not become great 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 neighbors, A scorn and a reproach to our surrounders.
14 Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk salakah patahhaih lok ah na thuih moe, minawk salakah lu haek thuih hanah nang sak.
You make us an allegory among nations, A shaking of the head among peoples.
15 Na hmaa ah ni thokkruek ahmin ka set moe, ka mikhmai hae azathaih mah khuk khoep boeh,
All the day my confusion [is] 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.
Because of the voice of a reproacher and reviler, Because of an enemy and a self-avenger.
17 Hae hmuennawk boih kaicae nuiah phak; toe nang kang pahnet o ai, lok na maihaih doeh ka phrae o ai.
All this met us, and we did not forget You, Nor 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;
We do not turn our heart backward, Nor turn aside our step from Your path.
19 toe tasuinawk ohhaih salakah nang tit moe, duekhaih tahlip hoiah nang kraeng khoep.
But You have struck us in a place of dragons, And cover us over with death-shade.
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, And spread 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?
Does God not 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.
Surely, for Your sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.
23 Aw Angraeng, anglawt lai ah, tipongah na iih loe? Angthawk ah, kaicae hae dungzan khoek to na haek hmah.
Stir up—why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not cast us off forever.
24 Tipongah mikhmai na hawk ving moe, kaicae raihaih hoi patangkhanghaih to nang pahnet pae ving loe?
Why do You hide Your face? You forget our afflictions 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 has bowed to the dust, Our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 Kaicae abomh han angthawk ah loe, na palungnathaih hoiah kaicae hae na krang ah.
Arise, a help to us, And ransom us for your kindness’ sake.
