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.
“For the leader of the music. A psalm of the sons of Korah.” O God! we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us, What deeds thou didst 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.
With thine own hand didst thou drive out the nations, And plant our fathers; Thou didst destroy the nations, And cause our fathers to flourish.
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 not by their own swords did they gain possession of the land, Nor did their own arms give them victory; But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance; For thou didst favor them!
4 Aw Sithaw, nang loe ka Siangpahrang ah na oh; Jakob pahlonghaih lok to paek ah.
Thou art my king, O God! O send deliverance to 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 thee we may cast down our enemies; Through thy name we may trample upon our adversaries!
6 Kaimah ih kalii hae kang oep haih mak ai, ka sumsen mah doeh na pahlong mak ai.
I trust not in my bow, Nor can my sword save me.
7 Toe kai hnuma kaminawk to na zatsak moe, kaicae to misanawk ban thung hoiah nang pahlong.
But it is thou only who savest us from our enemies, And puttest to shame those who hate us!
8 Kaicae loe athun qui Sithaw ah ni kam oek o, na hmin to dungzan khoek to ka saphaw o. (Selah)
In God will we glory continually; Yea, we will praise thy name for ever! (Pause)
9 Toe vaihi loe nang pahnawt sut boeh moe, azat nang pawsak boeh; kaicae ih misatuh kaminawk hoi doeh nawnto na caeh ai boeh.
Yet now thou hast cast us off, and put us to shame; Thou goest not forth with our armies.
10 Kaicae hae misa khae hoiah nam laemsak let: kaicae hnuma kaminawk loe angmacae koeh ah amro o.
Thou makest us turn back from the enemy, And they who hate us make our goods their prey.
11 Moicaak han suek ih tuu baktiah nang prawt sut boeh moe, Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk salakah nang haehsak phang.
Thou makest us like sheep destined for food, And scatterest us among the nations.
12 Nangmah ih kaminawk to atho kazoi ah na zawh, toe nihcae zawhhaih atho mah nang ih hmuenmae to pung kue mak ai.
Thou sellest thy people for nought, And increasest not thy 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.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scorn and a derision to those who are around us.
14 Sithaw panoek ai kaminawk salakah patahhaih lok ah na thuih moe, minawk salakah lu haek thuih hanah nang sak.
Thou makest us a byword among the nations, And causest the people to shake their heads at us.
15 Na hmaa ah ni thokkruek ahmin ka set moe, ka mikhmai hae azathaih mah khuk khoep boeh,
My ignominy is continually before me, And shame covereth my face,
16 kasaethuih koeh kami hoi ahmin setsak koeh kami, lulak koeh kami hoi misanawk pongah ni, to tiah ka oh.
On account of the voice of the scoffer and the reviler, And on account of the enemy and the avenger.
17 Hae hmuennawk boih kaicae nuiah phak; toe nang kang pahnet o ai, lok na maihaih doeh ka phrae o ai.
All this hath come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Nor have we been false to thy covenant.
18 Kaicae ih palungthin loe hnuk bangah amlaem ai moe, kaicae ih khoknawk doeh na loklam hoiah amkhraeng ai;
Our hearts, have not wandered from thee, Nor have our feet gone out of thy path;
19 toe tasuinawk ohhaih salakah nang tit moe, duekhaih tahlip hoiah nang kraeng khoep.
Though thou hast crushed us in a land of jackals, And covered us with thick darkness.
20 Kaicae mah Sithaw ih ahmin ka pahnet o moe, prae kalah sithaw khaeah ban ka payangh o cadoeh,
If we had forgotten the name of our God, Or stretched forth 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?
Surely God would search it out; For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Ue, nang pongah athun qui duekhaih ka tong o; hum han ih tuu baktiah ang poek o.
But for thy sake we are killed all the day; 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 sleepest thou, 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 dost thou hide thy face, And forget our affliction and oppression?
25 Kaicae hinghaih loe maiphu thungah krak tathuk boeh moe, kaicae ih zok doeh long ah angbet caeng boeh.
Our soul is bowed down to the dust; Our body cleaveth to the earth.
26 Kaicae abomh han angthawk ah loe, na palungnathaih hoiah kaicae hae na krang ah.
Arise, O thou, our strength! And deliver us, for thy mercy's sake!
