< Saam 25 >
1 Aw Bawipa, na venawh ka hqingnaak zoek law nyng.
Yahweh, my God, I give myself to you.
2 Aw ka Khawsa, nang ni ka ni ypnaak. Chah koeh ni phyih sak nawh, ka qaalkhqi ingawm koeh ni noeng sak.
I trust in you. Do not allow my enemies [to defeat me], with the result that I would be ashamed/disgraced. Do not allow my enemies to defeat/conquer me, with the result that they would rejoice.
3 Nang awh ngaih-unaak ak takhqi boeih taw chah am phyi tikaw, cehlai ikaw am maiawh ypawm thlang na amak awmkhqi taw chah phyihnaak hu kawm uh.
Do not allow any of those who trust in you to be disappointed/disgraced. Cause those who (act treacherously toward/try to deceive) others to be disappointed/disgraced.
4 Aw Bawipa, nang ing na lamkhqi ce nim huh nawh na cehnaak lamkhqi ce ni cawng sak lah;
Yahweh, show me the way that I should (conduct my life/live as you want me to), teach me how to act in the manner that you want me to act/behave.
5 Nang taw ka hulkung Khawsa na na awm dawngawh nak awitak khuiawh ni sawi nawh ni cawngpyi lah, myngawi kang ngaih-unaak taw nang ni.
Teach me to conduct my life [by obeying] your truth because you are my God, the one who saves me. All the time I trust in you.
6 Aw Bawipa, syn awhkawng ak awm nam qeennaak ingkaw na lungnaak bau soeih ce sim poe lah.
Yahweh, do not forget how you have acted mercifully to me and have faithfully loved me; that is the way that you have acted toward me from long ago.
7 Ka taai hui awhkaw ka thawlhnaakkhqi ingkaw hatlauh na ka awmnaak khawboe qamlangkhqi ce koeh sim poe lah, na lungnaak awh ce ni sim poe lah, Bawipa nang taw leek hyk ti.
Forgive me for all the sinful things I did and the ways that I rebelled against you when I was young; I ask this because you faithfully love your people and do good things for them, Yahweh, do not forget me!
8 Leeknaak ingkaw dyngnaak ve Bawipa koe ni; Cedawngawh thlak thawlhkhqi ce amah a lamkhqi cawngpyi khqi hy.
Yahweh is good and fair/just; therefore he shows sinners (how they should conduct their lives/how to live as you want them to).
9 Dungvoeng na ak awm thlangkhqi ce a thymnaak benna sawi nawh amah a lam ce cawngpyi hy.
He shows humble people what is right for them to do and teaches them what he wants [them to do].
10 Ak awipeek paipi ak thin tlawhnaak khqi taw lungnaak kap nawh a ypawm hy.
He always faithfully loves and does what he has promised to those who keep his agreement with them and who do what he requires.
11 Aw Bawipa, ka sai thawlhkhqi ve bau soeih mai seiawm, nang ming ak caming qeenkhaw ngai law lah.
Yahweh, forgive me for all my sins, which are many, in order that I may honor you [MTY].
12 Cawhtaw, Bawipa ak kqih thlang ce a u hy voei nu? Lam ak tyk peek naak amyihna anih ce cuk am kik kaw.
To all those who revere you [RHQ], you show them the (right way to conduct their lives/things that they should do).
13 Anih ing khawnghyp boeih ce zo awmnaak ing hawna kawmsaw, a cadilkhqi ing qam ce pang kawm uh.
They will always be prosperous, and their descendants will continue to live in [this] land.
14 Bawipa ing amah ak kqihkhqi venawh a paipi ce ang hyp na sim sak dym hy.
Yahweh is a friend of those who have an awesome respect for him, and he teaches them the agreement that he [made with them].
15 Kamik qawi ing Bawipa ben doeng ni a toek, amah doeng ing ni ka khaw qawi ve thang awhkawng a hlam law hly.
I always ask [MTY] Yahweh to help me, and he rescues me from danger [MET].
16 Kai benna mang law nawh nim qeen lah, khuikha ing kamah doeng ca ka awm a dawngawh.
Yahweh, pay attention to me and be merciful to me, because I am alone, and I am very distressed because I am suffering/oppressed.
17 Kak kawlung khuikhanaak ve kqawn kaw am hut voel hy, ngaihang kawbin na ka awmnaak awhkawng ni loet sak lah.
Help me to not worry, and rescue me from my troubles.
18 Ka khuikhanaak ingkaw kang ngaih a kyinaak toek nawhtaw ka thawlhnaak boeih ve khoe law bang lah.
Note that I am distressed and troubled [DOU], and forgive [me for] all my sins.
19 Ka qaalkhqi pung khawnghak nawh kai a mini sawhnaak ve toek lah!
Also note that I have many enemies, see that they hate me very much.
20 Ka hqingnaak ve qym nawhtaw kai ve ni hul lah; nang ak khuiawh kang thuk a dawngawh chahqai na koeh ni awm sak.
Protect me, and rescue me from them; do not allow [them to defeat me], [with the result that] I would be ashamed/disgraced; I have come to you to (get refuge/be safe).
21 Kawlung thymnaak ingkaw dyngnaak ing nik chung lah seh, kang ngaih-unaak taw nang awh a awm dawngawh.
Protect me because I do what is good and honest/just [PRS], and because I trust in you.
22 Aw Khawsa, a kyinaak awhkawng Isarel ve hul lah!
God, rescue [us] Israeli people from all of our troubles!