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.
God, the all-powerful one, speaks; he summons all people, from the east to the west.
2 Coek koi om ai kranghoih, Zion mae hoiah, Sithaw aanghaih to tacawt.
His glory shines from Zion [Hill in Jerusalem], an extremely beautiful city.
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.
Our God comes to us, and he is not silent. A great fire is in front of him, and a storm is around him.
4 Angmah ih kaminawk lokcaek hanah, ranui ih vannawk hoiah long to a kawk.
He comes to judge his people. He shouts to the [angels in] heaven and to [the people on] the earth.
5 Angbawnhaih hoiah kai hoi lokmaihaih sah kaminawk loe, kaimah ih kaciim kaminawk hoi nawnto pakhueng han, tiah a thuih.
He says, “Summon those who faithfully [worship] me, those who made an agreement with me by offering sacrifices to me.”
6 Sithaw loe toeng pongah, vannawk mah a toenghaih to taphong o tih. (Selah)
The [angels in] heaven declare, “God is righteous, and he is the supreme judge.”
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.
God says, “My people, listen! You Israeli people, listen, as I, your God, say what you have done that is wrong.
8 Ka hmaa ah na sak o toepsoep ih, angbawnhaih, hmai angbawnhaih pongah, kang zoeh o mak ai.
I am not rebuking you for making sacrifices to me, for the offerings that you completely burn [on the altar].
9 Na im thung hoiah maitaw tae, na takha thung hoiah maeh taenawk doeh, ka la mak ai.
But I do not really need [you to sacrifice] the bulls from your barns and the goats from your pens,
10 Taw thung ih moi hoi mae sangto nuiah kapra moinawk boih loe kai ih ni.
because all the animals in the forest belong to me, [and all] the cattle on 1,000 hills also belong to me.
11 Maenawk nuiah kaom tavaanawk to ka panoek boih: prae thung ih kasan moinawk boih loe kai ih ni.
I [own and] know all the birds and all [the creatures] that move around in the fields.
12 Zok kam thlam cadoeh, kang thui mak ai: tipongah tih nahaeloe long hoi athung ah kaom hmuennawk boih loe kai ih ni.
[So], if I were hungry, I would not tell you [to bring me some food], because everything in the world belongs to me!
13 Maitaw tae moi to ka cak moe, maeh thii to ka naek han maw?
I do not eat the flesh of the bulls [that you sacrifice], and I do not drink the blood of the goats [that you offer to me].
14 Sithaw khaeah anghoe angbawnhaih to sah ah; Sang koek khaeah na sak ih lokmaihaih to koepsak ah:
The sacrifice [that I really want is that] you thank me and do all that you have promised to do.
15 raihaih tongh na niah na kawk ah: kang loisak han, to naah loe kai nang pakoeh tih.
And pray to me when you have troubles. [If you do that], I will rescue you, and [then] you will praise 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 I say this to the wicked people: (Why do you/It does not benefit you at all to) [RHQ] recite my commandments or talk about the agreement that I made with you,
17 Thuitaekhaih to na hnukma moe, ka loknawk to hnukbang ah na vah ving boeh.
because you have refused to allow me to discipline you, and you have rejected what I told you to do.
18 Kamqu na hnuk naah, anih to na bomh, zu sava laep ah nongpa nongpata zaehaih sah kaminawk hoiah nam yok.
Every time that you see a thief, you become his friend, and you spend [much] time with those who commit adultery.
19 Loksae thuih hanah pakha to na patoh moe, na palai to alinghaih hoiah na zaeng.
You are [always] talking [MTY] about doing wicked things, and you are [always] to deceive people.
20 Nang hnut moe, boeng ai ah nam nawkamyanawk to kasae na thuih, nam no ih caa khaeh mataeng doeh kasae na thuih.
You are always accusing members of your own family [of doing wrong], and slandering them.
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.
You did [all] those things, and I did not say anything to you, [so] you thought that I was [a sinner] just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you, right in front of you.
22 Sithaw pahnet kaminawk, hae hae panoek oh, to tiah ai nahaeloe nangcae pahlongkung om ai ah, kang taprawt o pat han.
So, all you who have ignored me, pay attention to this, because if you do not, I will tear you to pieces, and there will be no one to rescue you.
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.
The sacrifice that [truly] honors me is to thank me [for what I have done]; and I will save those who always do the things that I want them to.”
