Saam 65
1 Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah. David ih Saam laa. Aw Sithaw, Zion mae ah, pakoehhaih mah nang to ang zing; to ah loe nang khaeah sak ih lokkamhaih baktiah sak ah om tih.
God, it is right/appropriate [for us] to praise you in Jerusalem, and to do what [we] have promised you that [we] would do,
2 Aw lawkthuihaih pathimkung, kaminawk boih nang khaeah angzo o tih.
[because] you answer our prayers. People everywhere will come to you
3 Kai loe zaehaihnawk mah ang kraeng khoep boeh; toe kaicae sakpazaehaihnawk to nang pasae pae tih.
because of the sins [that they have committed]. Our many sins are like a very heavy burden to us, but you forgive us.
4 Na imthung ah oh moe, nang khaeah anghnai hanah, na qoih ih kami loe tahamhoih; kaciim na tempul hoi na im ih kahoih hmuen hoiah ka koi o tih boeh.
You are pleased with those whom you have chosen to live close to your temple. We are happy with all the blessings that we receive from [worshiping in] your sacred temple.
5 Aw Sithaw, kaicae pahlongkung, dawnrai hmuennawk to toenghaih hoiah nang pathim; nang loe long boenghaih ah kaom kaminawk boih, tuipui hoi kangthla ah kaom kaminawk hanah abuephaih ah na oh,
[God, when we pray to you], you answer us and save us by doing awesome deeds; you are the one who rescues us; people who live in very remote places on the earth, on the other side of the oceans, trust in you.
6 nang loe thacakhaih hoiah na koi; na thacakhaih hoiah maenawk to na sak;
By your strength you put the mountains in their places, [showing that] you are very powerful.
7 nang loe tuipui tuen, tuiphu kangthawk tuen hoi kaminawk hanghaih lok dipsakkung ah na oh.
You calm the seas when they roar, and you stop the waves from crashing [on the shore]; you [also] calm people when they (make a great uproar/shout angrily together).
8 Kangthla koek ah kaom kaminawk loe na sak ih angmathaih hmuennawk to zit o; aduem akhawn ni tlim ah kaom kaminawk loe nang pongah anghoehaih to tawnh o.
People who live in very remote/distant places on the earth (are awed by/revere) you because of the miracles that you perform; because of what you do, people who live far to the west and far to the east shout joyfully.
9 Long to na khet moe, tui na bawh; Sithaw ih vapuinawk to tui hoiah na koisak moe, long to paroeai nang raengsak; to tiah long to na sak moe, caak koi cang to nam prawksak.
You take care of the soil and send rain, causing many good things to grow; you fill the streams with water, and cause grain/crops to grow. That is what you have determined/said would happen.
10 Kakah longnawk to tui na bawh; long to kadue ah na sak; khotui hoiah long to na padung moe, kamprawk akungnawk to tahamhoihaih na paek.
You [send plenty of rain] on the fields that have been plowed, and you fill the furrows with water. With showers you soften the [hard clods/lumps of] soil, and you bless the soil by causing young plants to grow.
11 Saning to tahamhoihaih hoiah na khuk, na caehhaih loklam loe athawk hoiah koi.
Because you bless the soil, there are very good crops at harvest season; wherever you have gone [MTY], good crops are very abundant [IDM].
12 Praezaek doeh ahmuen kahoih caphoi ah na ohsak; maesomnawk doeh anghoehaih hoiah na khuk.
The pastures are full of flocks [of sheep and goats]; [it is as though] the hills are very joyful.
13 Caphoinawk kakoi ah tuunawk to na pratsak moe, azawnnawk doeh cang hoiah na koisak; nihcae loe anghoehaih hoiah hangh o moe, laa to sak o.
The meadows are full of sheep and goats, and the valleys are full of grain; [it is as though] they [also] sing and shout joyfully.
