Saam 77

1 Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah. Jeduthun ah sak koi Asaph ih Saam laa. Sithaw khaeah ka hangh; ka hangh naah, anih mah ka lok ang tahngaih pae.

Unto the end. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of Asaph. I cried out to the Lord with my voice, to God with my voice, and he attended to me.

2 Raihaih ka tong naah Angraeng to ka pakrong; angpho ai ah aqum ah ban ka payangh; ka hinghaih mah pathloephaih to koeh ai.

In the days of my tribulation, I sought God, with my hands opposite him in the night, and I was not deceived. My soul refused to be consoled.

3 Sithaw ka poek moe, raihaih ka tong; ka poek het naah ka muithla angpho. (Selah)

I was mindful of God, and I was delighted, and I was distressed, and my spirit fell away.

4 Nang mah ka mik pakhrip thai ai ah nang suek; raihaih ka tong pongah lok ka pae thai ai.

My eyes anticipated the vigils. I was disturbed, and I did not speak.

5 Kalaem tangcae aninawk hoi canghnii ih adungnawk to ka poek.

I considered the days of antiquity, and I held the years of eternity in my mind.

6 Aqum ah kaimah ih laa to ka poek; kaimah ih palung hoiah lok ka paeh hoi; to naah ka muithla mah lok ang dueng.

And I meditated in the night with my heart, and I was distressed, and I examined my spirit.

7 Angraeng mah dungzan khoek to pahnawt tih boeh maw? A tahmenhaih amtuengsak mak ai boeh maw?

So then, will God reject for eternity? Will he not continue to allow himself to show favor?

8 A palungnathaih to dungzan khoek to boeng tih boeh maw? A lokkamhaih doeh amro poe tih boeh maw?

Or, will he cut off his mercy in the end, from generation to generation?

9 Tahmen hanah Sithaw mah pahnet boeh maw? Palungphui pongah palungnathaih thok to khah ving boeh maw? (Selah)

And would God ever forget to be merciful? Or, would he, in his wrath, restrict his mercies?

10 To naah raihaih ka tong; toe Kasang koek bantang ban hoiah sak ih saningnawk to ka poek han, tiah ka thuih.

And I said, “Now I have begun. This change is from the right hand of the Most High.”

11 Angraeng mah sak ih hmuennawk to ka poek han; canghnii ah na sak ih dawnrai hmuennawk to ka pakuem poe han.

I was mindful of the works of the Lord. For I will be mindful from the beginning of your wonders,

12 Na toksakhaihnawk boih to ka poek moe, na toksakhaihnawk to ka thuih han.

and I will meditate on all your works. And I will take part in your intentions.

13 Aw Sithaw, na loklam loe ciim; aicae Sithaw baktiah lensawk Sithaw mi maw om vop?

Your way, O God, is in what is holy. Which God is great like our God?

14 Nang loe dawnrai hmuennawk sah Sithaw ah na oh; na thacakhaih to minawk salakah nam tuengsak.

You are the God who performs miracles. You have made your virtue known among the peoples.

15 Na ban thacakhaih hoiah nangmah ih kaminawk, Jakob hoi Joseph ih caanawk to na pahlong. (Selah)

With your arm, you have redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and of Joseph.

16 Aw Sithaw, tuinawk mah nang ang hnuk o; tuinawk mah nang ang hnuk o naah, ang zit o; kathuk tuinawk doeh tasoeh o.

The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you, and they were afraid, and the depths were stirred up.

17 Tamainawk mah tui to kraih o; vannawk ah khopazih; nang ih kaliinawk doeh ahmuen kruekah krak o.

Great was the sound of the waters. The clouds uttered a voice. For your arrows also pass by.

18 Nang ih khopazih tuen loe van ah oh; tangphrapuekhaih mah long to toeh; long loe tasoeh moe, anghuenh.

The voice of your thunder is like a wheel. Your flashes have illuminated the whole world. The earth has quaked and trembled.

19 Na loklam loe tuipui thungah oh, na caehhaih loklam loe kalen tuipuinawk thungah oh, na khok tangkannawk loe amtueng ai.

Your way is through the sea, and your paths are through many waters. And your traces will not be known.

20 Mosi hoi Aaron ih ban hoiah nangmah ih kaminawk to tuunawk baktiah na hoih.

You have conducted your people like sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.