Tingtoeng 80
1 [Olphong Tuilipai aka mawt ham Asaph kah Tingtoenglung] Israel aka dawn loh hnatun lah. Boiva bangla Joseph aka hmaithawn tih cherubim aka ngol loh ha sae lah.
[Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
2 Ephraim, Benjamin neh Manasseh mikhmuh ah na thayung thamal te huel lamtah, kaimih kah khangnah ham halo lah.
Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
3 Pathen aw kaimih nan lat tih, na maelhmai a sae daengah ni ka daem uh eh.
God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
4 Caempuei Pathen BOEIPA me hil nim, na pilnam kah thangthuinah te na khuu thil eh?
Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
5 Amih te mikphi buh na cah tih baelpuei mikphi na tul.
[It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
6 Ka imben rhoek ham olpungkacan la kaimih nan khueh tih ka thunkha rhoek loh n'tamdaeng uh.
You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
7 Caempuei Pathen aw kaimih nan lat tih na maelhmai a sae daengah ni ka daem uh eh.
God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
8 Egypt lamkah nang khuen misur te namtom na haek phoeiah na phung.
[Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
9 A mikhmuh ah hmuen na saelh pah tih a yung a hlak dongah khohmuen ah baetawt.
[Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
10 A hlip loh tlang tom a dah tih a hlaeng loh lamphai thingnu a yam thil.
[Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
11 A pae loh tuitunli duela, a dawn long khaw tuiva duela a voeih.
[your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
12 A vongtung te a ba ham nim na phae tih long kah aka pongpa boeih loh a bit uh?
So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
13 Duup lamkah okngal loh a thoe tih kohong kah satlung loh a luem thil.
and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
14 Caempuei Pathen aw, ha mael laeh. Misur he vaan lamloh paelki lah, so lamtah hip lah.
You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
15 Na bantang kut neh a yung te na phung tih namah ham a ca na hlul sak.
who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
16 Hmai neh a hoeh tih a vung. Na mikhmuh kah tluungnah dongah milh uh.
Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
17 Na bantang hlang so neh namah ham na thoh hlang capa soah na kut tloeng lah.
But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
18 Te daengah ni nang taeng lamkah ka balkhong uh pawt eh. Kaimih he nan hlun daengah ni na ming te kang khue uh eh.
When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
19 Caempuei Pathen YAHWEH kaimih nan lat tih na maelhmai a sae daengah ni ka daem uh eh.
Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
