Saam 53

1 Katoeng kruek zaehoikung Muhalath hanah. David ih Maskil. Kamthu mah loe a palung thungah, Sithaw om ai, tiah thuih. Nihcae loe anghmaa angtaa kami, panuet thok zaehaih sah kami ah oh o: kahoih hmuen sah kami maeto doeh om ai.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that does good.

2 Panoek thoemhaih tawn, Sithaw pakrong kami oh khoe maw, tiah Sithaw mah van hoiah kami capanawk to khet tathuk.

God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.

3 Kaminawk loe loklam amkhraeng o boih; nihcae loe amro o boih boeh; hmuen kahoih sah kami maeto doeh om o ai, om roe om ai, maeto doeh om ai.

Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one.

4 Takaw caak baktiah nihcae mah kai ih kaminawk to caak o, Sithaw doeh kawk o vai ai: kahoih ai hmuen sah kaminawk loe panoekhaih tawn o ai boeh maw?

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God.

5 Sithaw mah nang takui khoep kaminawk ih ahuhnawk to haeh pae phaeng boeh pongah, zit han om ai to mah paroeai a zit o; Sithaw mah nihcae to patoek pongah, azathaih tongsak boeh.

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered the bones of him that camps against you: you have put them to shame, because God has despised them.

6 Aw, Israel kaminawk pahlonghaih loe, Zion mae hoiah angzo nasoe! Sithaw mah angmah ih kaminawk misong angtanghaih thung hoiah hoih let naah, Jakob loe anghoe ueloe, Israel loe poeknawm tih.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.