Saam 94
1 Aw Angraeng Sithaw, lu lakung; Aw lu lakung Sithaw, amtueng thuih raeh.
A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
2 Aw long lokcaekkung, angthawk ah; amoek kami han katingah tangqum to paek ah.
Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Angraeng, kasae kaminawk loe nasetto maw, kahoih ai kaminawk loe nasetto maw nawm o vop tih?
How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
4 Sethaih sah kaminawk loe amoek o boih, nihcae loe nasetto maw lok kaham lok to apae o vop tih?
They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].
5 Aw Angraeng, nihcae mah nang ih kaminawk to atit o moe, na qawktoep kaminawk to pacaekthlaek o.
They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage.
6 Lamhmainawk, angvinnawk hoi ampa tawn ai kaminawk to a hum o.
They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
7 Angraeng mah hnu mak ai hmang, Jakob ih Sithaw mah doeh dawncang mak ai, tiah a thuih o.
And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
8 Minawk salakah kaom poekhaih tawn ai kaminawk, panoek oh; kamthu kaminawk, natuek naah maw palung na haa o tih?
Understand now, you simple amongst the people; and you fools, at length be wise.
9 Naa sahkung mah loe thaih mak ai maw? Mik sahkung mah loe hnu mak ai maw?
He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
10 Sithaw panoek ai kami thuitaekkung mah loe, danpaek ai ah om tih maw? Kami palunghahaih patukkung loe, panoekhaih tawn ai maw?
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?
11 Kami poekhaih loe azom pui ni, tiah Angraeng mah panoek.
The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
12 Aw Angraeng, kasae kami hanah tangqom takae ai karoek to, karai tonghaih niah anih to nang haksak hanah, na thuihtaek moe, na lok patuk ih kami loe tahamhoih.
Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law;
to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
14 Angraeng mah angmah ih kaminawk to pahnawt sut mak ai, angmah ih qawktoep kaminawk doeh prawtsut mak ai.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
15 Toenghaih nuiah lokcaekhaih to om tih, poektoeng kaminawk boih loe to hmuen to pazui o tih.
until righteousness return to judgement, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Pause)
16 Kasae kaminawk tuk hanah mi maw kai hanah angthawk tih? To tih ai boeh loe kasae sah kaminawk tuk hanah mi maw kai han angdoe tih?
Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Angraeng mah na bomh ai nahaeloe, akra ai ah ka hinghaih hae amding rue duekhaih ahmuen ah ka om tih boeh.
If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
18 Kai mah, Ka khok loe amthaek boeh, tiah ka thuih naah, Aw Angraeng, na palungnathaih hoiah kai to nang patawnh.
If I said, My foot has been moved;
19 Ka palung thung poekhaih angpung sut naah, ka hinghaih to nang hoesak.
your mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, your consolation have soothed my soul.
20 Toeng ai ah lokcaek kaminawk to na koeh ai, kamro angraeng tangkhang loe nang hoiah angkomhaih oh maw?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
21 Nihcae loe katoeng kami hinghaih to lak hanah, amkhueng o moe, zaehaih tawn ai kami hum hanah khokhan o.
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 Toe Angraeng loe kacak kai ih sipae ah oh; ka Sithaw loe ka buephaih lungsong ah oh.
But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.
23 Angraeng mah nihcae zaehaih to angmacae nuiah krahsak ueloe, kasae a sak o haih pongah nihcae to amrosak tih; ue, aicae Angraeng Sithaw mah nihcae to paro tih.
And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
