Tingtoeng 34
1 [Abimelek hmai ah a omih te a thovael tih a haek dongah a caeh vaengkah David] A tuetang boeih dongah BOEIPA te ka uem vetih, ka ka dongah amah koehnah om yoeyah saeh.
I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
2 Ka hinglu loh BOEIPA dongah thangthen saeh. kodo rhoek loh ya saeh lamtah a kohoe uh saeh.
I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
3 BOEIPA te kai neh pomsang uh sih lamtah a ming te tun pomsang uh sih.
Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
4 BOEIPA te ka tlap vaengah kai n'doo tih ka rhihnahkoi boeih lamloh kai n'huul.
I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
5 BOEIPA te a paelki vaengah hlampan uh tih a maelhmai tal uh pawh.
Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
6 Mangdaeng loh a khue te khaw BOEIPA loh a yaak dongah citcai boeih lamkah anih te a khang.
I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
7 Amah aka rhih rhoek kah kaepvai ah BOEIPA kah puencawn te rhaeh tih amih te a pumcum sak.
An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
8 Ten lamtah BOEIPA then tila hmuh lah. Amah dongah aka ying hlang tah a yoethen.
Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
9 Amah aka rhih rhoek ham tah a tloelnah a om pawt dongah a hlang cim rhoek loh BOEIPA te rhih uh lah.
All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
10 Sathuengca rhoek loh vawtthoek tih lamlum cakhaw BOEIPA aka tlap rhoek ham hnothen pakhat khaw vaitah uh mahpawh.
Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
11 Camoe rhoek halo uh. Kai ol he ya uh lah. BOEIPA hinyahnah te nangmih kan cang puei eh.
You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
12 Khohnin then hmuh ham aka lungnah tih hingnah dongah aka omtoem hlang te ulae?
If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
13 Na lai te a thae lamkah, na ka te thailatnah aka thui lamloh rhalrhing lah.
do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
14 A thae te nong tak lamtah hnothen te saii lah. Rhoepnah te tlap lamtah anih te hloem lah.
Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
15 Hlang dueng rhoek soah BOEIPA mik om tih amih kah a pang uh te a hna a kaeng.
Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
16 Thae aka saii rhoek te diklai kah poekkoepnah lamkah khoe ham BOEIPA loh a hmai a thuh.
But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
17 Hlang dueng rhoek a pang uh vaengah BOEIPA loh a yaak tih amamih kah citcai boeih lamkah amih te a huul.
Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
18 Lungbuei aka rhek taengah BOEIPA a yoei pah tih mueihla aka hnipdik te a khang.
Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
19 Hlang dueng kah yoethae he yet dae yoethae khui boeih lamkah anih te BOEIPA loh a huul.
Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
20 Anih kah a rhuh boeih a ngaithuen pah dongah pakhat khaw paep mahpawh.
Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
21 Halang te boethae loh a duek sak vetih, hlang dueng aka hmuhuet te boe ni.
Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
22 A sal rhoek kah a hinglu te BOEIPA loh a lat tih amah dongah aka ying boeih tah boe uh mahpawh.
Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
