Saam 58
1 Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah. David ih miktam. Anih ih bungmu to paro hmah. Aw kaminawk, na thuih o ih loknawk loe toeng tangtang hmang maw? Aw kaminawk, katoeng ah lok na caek o hmang maw?
For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A poem by David. Do you indeed speak righteousness, silent ones? Do you judge blamelessly, you sons of men?
2 Tangtang ni, palung thung hoiah kasae na poek o, na bannawk mah long nuiah athii to palong o.
No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 Kasae kaminawk loe zok thung hoiah ni a set o roe boeh; tapen tangsuek nathuem hoiah loklam amkhraeng o boeh moe, lok amlai o boeh.
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
4 Nihcae ih kasoe loe pahui kasoe baktiah oh moe, naa pang pahui sae baktiah a oh o;
Their poison is like the poison of a snake, like a deaf cobra that stops its ear,
5 kawkruk ah thoemhaih hoiah thuih pae khing cadoeh, thuikungnawk ih lok to tahngai mak ai.
which does not listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
6 Aw Sithaw, nihcae pakha thung ih haanawk to khaek pae ah; Aw Angraeng, saning nawk kaipui ih anonawk to khaek pae ah.
Break their teeth, God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, LORD.
7 Nihcae loe kalong tui baktiah kang o boih nasoe; kalii anueng moe, kah o naah, palaanawk to angkhaek pae boih nasoe.
Let them vanish like water that flows away. When they draw the bow, let their arrows be made blunt.
8 Nihcae loe longnat mah caeh naah atui amkaw noehnoeh baktih, atue pha ai ah tapen nongpata mah ni aengh hnu ai baktih toengah, dueh o boih nasoe.
Let them be like a snail which melts and passes away, like the stillborn child, who has not seen the sun.
9 Nang ih laomnawk mah soekhring thing hoi tik ih hmai kabae panoek ai naah, kahing soekhring kung hoi hmai kangqong soekhring kung to, kamhae takhi mah hmut phaeng nasoe.
Before your pots can feel the heat of the thorns, he will sweep away the green and the burning alike.
10 Kami katoeng loe lulakhaih hnuk naah anghoe tih; anih loe kasae kaminawk ih athii hoiah a khok to pasae tih.
The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 To naah kaminawk mah, katoeng kaminawk hanah tangqum loe oh tangtang; anih loe long lokcaekkung Sithaw tangtang ni, tiah thui o tih.
so that men shall say, “Most certainly there is a reward for the righteous. Most certainly there is a God who judges the earth.”
