Saam 88
1 Korah ih caanawk hanah saam laa. Katoeng kruek zaehoikung, Mahalath ah sak koi Heman Ezrahite ih Maskil. Ka pahlonghaih Angraeng Sithaw, nang khaeah aqum athun kang hangh.
[A Song. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. For the Chief Musician. To the tune of "The Suffering of Affliction." A contemplation by Heman, the Ezrahite.] YHWH, the God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you.
2 Lawk ka thuihaih nang khaeah pha nasoe; ka hanghaih lok na tahngai pae ah.
Let my prayer enter into your presence. Turn your ear to my cry.
For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)
4 Kai loe tangqom thungah caeh kaminawk hoi nawnto ang kroek o hmaek boeh; tha tawn ai kami baktiah ni ka oh sut boeh.
I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help,
5 Kadueh kaminawk salakah vah sut ih kami, kami hum moe, taprong ah pasong o ih baktiah, na ban thung hoiah na takhoe ving moe, anih to na panoek ai boeh.
set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.
6 Kathuk koek tangqom, kaving moe, kathuk parai tangqom thungah nang pasong.
You have laid me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths.
7 Palung na phuihaih mah kai ang taeh; kai hae na tuiphunawk boih hoiah nang pacaekthlaek. (Selah)
Your wrath lies heavily on me. You have afflicted me with all your waves. (Selah)
8 Kam puinawk to nang lak pae ving; kai hae nihcae mah panuet hanah nang sak; kai nang paung caeng pongah, tasa bangah ka tacawt thai ai boeh.
You have taken my friends from me. You have made me an abomination to them. I am confined, and I can't escape.
9 Raihaih mah ka mik amrosak boeh; Angraeng, ni thokkruek nang kang kawk; nang khaeah ka ban kang payangh.
My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, YHWH. I have spread out my hands to you.
10 Kadueh kaminawk hanah dawnrai hmuen na sak pae han maw? Kadueh kaminawk angthawk o ueloe, nang to saphaw o tih maw? (Selah)
Do you show wonders to the dead? Do the dead rise up and praise you? (Selah)
11 Nam lunghaih to taprong thungah thui o tih maw, to tih ai boeh loe na oepthohhaih to amrohaih thungah thui o tih maw?
Is your loving kindness declared in the grave? Or your faithfulness in Destruction?
12 Na sak ih dawnrai hmuennawk to khoving thungah panoek o tih maw? Na toenghaih doeh pahnet thaih prae ah panoek o tih maw?
Are your wonders made known in the dark? Or your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 Toe Aw Angraeng, kai loe nang khaeah ka qah; akhawn bangah lawkthuihaih loe na hmaa ah phak boeh.
But to you, YHWH, I have cried. In the morning, my prayer comes before you.
14 Angraeng, tipongah ka pakhra nang vah pae ving loe? Tipongah mikhmai nang hawk taak ving loe?
YHWH, why do you reject my soul? Why do you hide your face from me?
15 Kai loe nawkta nathuem hoi patang ka khang boeh moe, ka duek duih boeh; raihaih nang tongsak pongah kang pho sut boeh.
I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up. While I suffer your terrors, I am distracted.
16 Palung na phuihaih mah kai ang kraeng khoep boeh; nang tongsak ih raihaih mah ang paro boeh.
Your fierce wrath has gone over me. Your terrors have cut me off.
17 To hmuennawk loe tuibaktiah ka taengah ni thokkruek angzoh o; kai hae nawnto ang takui o.
They came around me like water all day long. They completely engulfed me.
18 Palung ih kami hoi ampuinawk to kai khae hoi kangthla ah nang suek pae, kam puinawk loe vinghaih thungah oh o.
You have put lover and friend far from me, and my friends into darkness.
