Saam 50
1 Asap ih Saam laa. Thacak, Angraeng Sithaw mah, ni tacawt hoi niduem khoek to, long to kawk moe, lok a thuih pae.
A Melody of Asaph. El, Elohim, Yahweh, hath spoken, and culled the earth, From the rising of the sun, unto the going in thereof:
2 Coek koi om ai kranghoih, Zion mae hoiah, Sithaw aanghaih to tacawt.
Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God, hath shone forth.
3 Aicae ih Sithaw angzo tih, anih loe omduem mak ai: Anih hmaa ah hmai angqong ueloe, takhi pui mah anih to takui khoep tih.
Let our God come, and let him not keep silence! A fire—before him, shall devour, And, around him, hath it become exceeding tempestuous:
4 Angmah ih kaminawk lokcaek hanah, ranui ih vannawk hoiah long to a kawk.
He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.
5 Angbawnhaih hoiah kai hoi lokmaihaih sah kaminawk loe, kaimah ih kaciim kaminawk hoi nawnto pakhueng han, tiah a thuih.
Gather yourselves unto me—ye my men of lovingkindness, Who have solemnised my covenant over sacrifice.
6 Sithaw loe toeng pongah, vannawk mah a toenghaih to taphong o tih. (Selah)
Now have the heavens declared his righteousness, Because, God, is, about to judge. (Selah)
7 Aw kai ih kaminawk, tahngai oh, lok ka thuih han; aw Israel, na nuiah ka koeh ai ih hmuen to kang thuih han: kai loe Sithaw, na Sithaw ah ka oh.
Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will adjure thee, God, thine own God, I am: —
8 Ka hmaa ah na sak o toepsoep ih, angbawnhaih, hmai angbawnhaih pongah, kang zoeh o mak ai.
Not, for thy sacrifices, will I reprove thee, Nor for thine ascending-offerings, before me continually:
9 Na im thung hoiah maitaw tae, na takha thung hoiah maeh taenawk doeh, ka la mak ai.
I will not take out of thy house—a bullock, Nor out of thy folds—he-goats;
10 Taw thung ih moi hoi mae sangto nuiah kapra moinawk boih loe kai ih ni.
For, mine, is every wild-beast of the forest, The cattle on the mountains, in their thousands;
11 Maenawk nuiah kaom tavaanawk to ka panoek boih: prae thung ih kasan moinawk boih loe kai ih ni.
I know every bird of the mountains, And, the moving things of the plain, are with me:
12 Zok kam thlam cadoeh, kang thui mak ai: tipongah tih nahaeloe long hoi athung ah kaom hmuennawk boih loe kai ih ni.
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, For, mine, is the world, and the fulness thereof.
13 Maitaw tae moi to ka cak moe, maeh thii to ka naek han maw?
Will I eat the flesh of mighty oxen? Or, the blood of he-goats, will I drink?
14 Sithaw khaeah anghoe angbawnhaih to sah ah; Sang koek khaeah na sak ih lokmaihaih to koepsak ah:
Sacrifice to God a thankoffering, And pay to the Most High thy vows;
15 raihaih tongh na niah na kawk ah: kang loisak han, to naah loe kai nang pakoeh tih.
Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.
16 Toe kasae kami khaeah loe, Ka paek ih lok to na taphong moe, ka sak ih lokmaihaih pazui han angaih maw? tiah Sithaw mah thuih.
But, to the lawless one, God saith, What hast, thou, to do, to recount my statutes? Or that thou hast taken up my covenant upon thy mouth?
17 Thuitaekhaih to na hnukma moe, ka loknawk to hnukbang ah na vah ving boeh.
Seeing that, thou, hast hated correction, And hast cast my words behind thee;
18 Kamqu na hnuk naah, anih to na bomh, zu sava laep ah nongpa nongpata zaehaih sah kaminawk hoiah nam yok.
If thou sawest a thief, then didst thou run with him, —And, with adulterers, hath been thy chosen life;
19 Loksae thuih hanah pakha to na patoh moe, na palai to alinghaih hoiah na zaeng.
Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;
20 Nang hnut moe, boeng ai ah nam nawkamyanawk to kasae na thuih, nam no ih caa khaeh mataeng doeh kasae na thuih.
Thou wouldst sit down—Against thine own brother, wouldst thou speak, Against thine own mother’s son, wouldst thou expose a fault: —
21 Hae baktih hmuennawk boih hae na sak, toe kang oh taak duem pongah, nang baktiah ka oh toeng mue, tiah na poek: toe kang thuitaek han, na hmaa roe ah na zaehaih kam tuengsak han.
These things, hast thou done, and I have kept silence, Thou thoughtest that I should really be like thyself, I will convict thee, yea I will set [thine offences] in order before thine eyes.
22 Sithaw pahnet kaminawk, hae hae panoek oh, to tiah ai nahaeloe nangcae pahlongkung om ai ah, kang taprawt o pat han.
Understand this, I pray you, ye forgetters of GOD, Lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver: —
23 Anghoe angbawnhaih sah kami loe kai pakoeh kami ah oh, coek koi om ai ah ka thuih ih lok pazui kami hanah Sithaw pahlonghaih ka hnuksak han.
He that sacrificeth a thankoffering, will glorify me, —And will prepare a way by which I may show him the salvation of God.
