Saam 81
1 Katoeng kruek zaehoikung hanah. Gittih ah sak koi Asaph ih Saam laa. Aicae thacakhaih Sithaw khaeah hanghaih hoiah laa to sah oh; Jakob Sithaw khaeah anghoehaih hoiah hang oh.
For the leader. On the gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength, shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
2 Lok kamding katoeng tamoi to sin oh, cingceng to bop oh loe, laa hoiah pakoeh oh.
Raise a song, sound the timbrel, sweet lyre and harp.
3 Khrah tarae moe, khrah amdueng nathuem ih poihkung ah, mongkah to ueng oh.
On the new moon blow the horn, at the full moon, the day of our festival.
4 Hae loe Jakob Sithaw zaehhoihaih lok, Israel han paek ih thuitaekhaih lok ah oh.
For this is a statute for Israel, a ruling of the God of Jacob,
5 Ka thaikop ai ih lok ka thaihaih, Izip prae hoiah a caeh naah, Joseph hanah to baktih lokthuihaih to a sak pae.
a witness he set up in Joseph, when he marched against Egypt’s land, where he heard an unknown voice say:
6 Anih palaeng nui ih kazit hmuen to ka takhoe pae moe, benthang thung hoiah a ban to ka zuh pae.
‘I removed from your shoulder the burden, and freed your hands from the basket.
7 Raihaih na tongh naah, kang loisak; kamtueng ai khopazihaih ahmuen hoiah kang pathim; Meribah tuinawk nuiah nang to kang tanoek. (Selah)
At your call of distress I delivered you, from the thundercloud I answered you. At Meribah’s waters I tested you. (Selah)
8 Aw kai ih kaminawk tahngai oh, lok kang thuih o han; Aw Israel, ka lok hae na tahngai o nahaeloe!
‘Listen, my people, to my warning, O Israel, if you would but listen!
9 Nangcae khaeah kalah sithaw om mak ai; sithaw kalah doeh na bok o mak ai.
There must not be a strange god among you, you must bow to no foreign god.
10 Kai loe Izip prae hoiah nangcae zaehoikung, Angraeng na Sithaw ah ka oh; pakha to kakawk ah aang oh, pakha koimongah kang paek o han.
I am the Lord your God who brought you up out of Egypt. Open your mouth, that I fill it.
11 Toe kai ih kaminawk loe ka lok tahngai o mak ai; Israel loe kai khaeah amha mak ai.
‘But my people did not listen to my voice, Israel would have none of me.
12 To pongah angmacae palungthahhaih baktih toengah ka prawt sut; nihcae loe angmacae koehhaih baktiah caeh o.
So to their own hard hearts I left them, to follow their own devices.
13 Kai ih kami mah ka lok tahngaih o moe, Israel mah ka loklam to pazui nahaeloe!
O that my people would listen, that Israel would walk in my ways.
14 Nihcae ih misanawk to karangah ka kuepsak moe, a misanawk bangah ka ban ka paqoi han.
Soon would I humble their enemies, and turn my hand on their foes.
15 Angraeng hnuma kaminawk loe angmacae koeh ah anih hmaa ah akuep o tih, nihcae danpaekhaih loe dungzan khoek to om tih boeh.
Those who hate the Lord would cringe before him in everlasting terror.
16 Anih mah kakhraem koek buh hoiah nihcae to pacah ueloe, cathaeng thung ih khoitui hoiah na zok kam hahsak han, tiah a thuih.
But you would I feed with the richest wheat, and with honey from the rock to your heart’s desire.’
