Saam 78
1 Aw kak thlangkhqi aw, ka ni cawngpyinaak ve ngai lah uh; kam kha awhkaw awi ve ngai lah uh.
A Maskil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, to my instruction; listen to the words of my mouth.
2 Nyhtahnaak ing kam kha awng kawng nyng saw, syn awhkaw ik-oeih, ang hyp ik-oeihkhqi ce kqawn law kawng.
I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the beginning,
3 Ningmih ing ning za nawh ni huhkhqi ve, ni pakhqi ing amik kqawn law ce ni.
that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.
4 A cakhqi venawh am nik phah pe hlyk khqi hy, ak law hly kawi cadilkhqi venawh Bawipa am kyihcah hly kawi ik-oeih saikhqi, amah ak tha awmnaak, kawpoek kyi ik-oeih a saikhqi ce nik kqawn pe patoe kaw.
We will not hide them from their children, but will declare to the next generation the praises of the LORD and His might, and the wonders He has performed.
5 Jacob aham a hquut hly kawi awi ce pe nawh Israelkhqi anglakawh anaa awi ce caksak hy, cawhkaw anaa awi ce ningnih a pa venawh a cakhqi ami cawng sak patoe aham pehy,
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children,
6 ak law hly kawi cadil naasenkhqi ing, ak thang hly kawi naasenkhqi ingawm sim unawh, a cadilkhqi venawh ak kqawn pek patoe aham pehy.
that the coming generation would know them— even children yet to be born— to arise and tell their own children
7 Cawhtaw Khawsa ce ypna kawm usaw a ik-oeih saikhqi ce am hilh voel ti kawm uh, ak awi peekkhqi ce hquut hawh kawm uh.
that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.
8 Cekkhqi taw ami pahqamkhqi amyihna am awm kawm uh - kaw ak tiing ingkaw ak oelh taih, Khawsa venawh kawlung amak cak thlangkhqi ingkaw aming myihlakhqi awm a venawh ypawm na am awm uhy.
Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
9 Ephraim thlangkhqi ce, li pawm mai u seiawm, qaltuknaak nyn awhtaw a huna hlat tlaih uhy.
The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle.
10 Khawsa a paipi ce am ha na unawh a anaa awi a peek amyihna awm am sai uhy.
They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law.
11 Kawpoek kyi ik-oeih a mingmih a venawh ang dang peek sak ce hilh uhy.
They forgot what He had done, the wonders He had shown them.
12 Izip qam zan khaw awh ami pahqamkhqi mik huh awh kawpoek kyi ik-oeih ce sai pehy.
He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
13 Tuncunli ce pak khih na hqe phuk nawh lan hqawng awh cekkhqi ce sawi hy; tui ce ip bang amyihna dyih sak hy.
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
14 Dai awh cingmai ing sawi nawh than zung awh maivang ing sawi hy.
He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
15 Qamkoh awh lungnu ce can sak nawh tuicunli zah tui ce khawzah pehy;
He split the rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink as abundant as the seas.
16 Lungnu ak kqek awhkawng tui phyt sak nawh lawngnu amyihna lawng sak hy.
He brought streams from the stone and made water flow down like rivers.
17 Cehlai cekkhqi ing ak khan awh thawlh bak bak hyn uhy, Sawsang Soeih ce qamkoh awh oelh sih hyn uhy.
But they continued to sin against Him, rebelling in the desert against the Most High.
18 A mimah ak phoen cawih a sitnaak qungna Khawsa ce noek a dak uhy.
They willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.
19 Khawsa oelh doena, “Qamkoh awh Khawsa ing caboei dawn law hly tang nawh nu?
They spoke against God, saying, “Can God really prepare a table in the wilderness?
20 Lungnu a vyk awh, tui cawn law nawh tui khawzah lawngca tuina lawng hy. Buh awm ni pe hly thai bai nawh nu? Ak thlangkhqi meh ak ai hly sak thai tang lawt nu?” ti uhy.
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
21 Bawipa ing ce ak awi ce ang zaak awh, ak kaw so hy; Jacob ak khan awh mai kqawng sak nawh, Israel ak khan awh ak kawsonaak ce pha hy.
Therefore the LORD heard and was filled with wrath; so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and His anger flared against Israel,
22 Cekkhqi ing Khawsa ce ap cang na unawh a hulnaak awm ap cangna uhy.
because they did not believe God or rely on His salvation.
23 Cehlai khan khawnghi ce awi pe nawh khan chawmkeng ce awng sak hy;
Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
24 cekkhqi ing ami ai ham manna ce khaw na aa sak hy, khan nakawng buh ce pehy.
He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven.
25 Khan ceityih a muk ce ai unawh; ami ai thai khuina buh ce pek khqi boeih hy.
Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
26 Khan nakawng khawlaw ben khawhli ce hlah pe nawh ak thaawmnaak ing a hawt ben nakaw khaw ce hli pe sak bai hy.
He stirred the east wind from the heavens and drove the south wind by His might.
27 Dekvai amyihna meh ce khaw na tlan pe sak hy, tuicunli a keng awhkaw dizui amyihna pha ce ding pe sak hy.
He rained meat on them like dust, and winged birds like the sand of the sea.
28 Ami awmnaak hi ipkhuikhqi na tlak pe sak nawh, hi im a ceng a awm awh awm pe sak kyng hy.
He felled them in the midst of their camp, all around their dwellings.
29 Ami hym ami ngaih ce a peek khqi hawh a dawngawh, a mingmih ing ami phyi aawk dyna ai uhy.
So they ate and were well filled, for He gave them what they craved.
30 Cehlai ami hym buh zani ami cehtaak hlanawh, amim kha awh ami pem hui awh;
Yet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,
31 Khawsak kawsonaak ce cekkhqik khan awh pha hy; cekkhqik khuiawh tha ak awm soeih khqi ce thih pe sak nawh Israel cadawngkhqi ce him pek khqi hy.
God’s anger flared against them, and He put to death their strongest and subdued the young men of Israel.
32 Vemyihna awm bai seiawm thawlh bak bak hyn uhy; kawpoek kyi ik-oeih a sai pek khqi awh awm ap cang na bak bak hyn uhy.
In spite of all this, they kept on sinning; despite His wonderful works, they did not believe.
33 Cedawngawh cekkhqi a khawnghi ce a sawhqat na boeih pe sak khqi nawh kum khqi ce kqih awmnaak ing boeih pe sak hy.
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
34 Khawsa ing cekkhqi ce ahim qit awh amah ce sui uhy; cawhtaw amah a venna hlat tlaih uhy.
When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.
35 Khawsa taw a mimah a Lungnu ni tice sim unawh Sawsang soeih Khawsa taw a mingmih a hulkung ni tice sim uhy.
And they remembered that God was their Rock, that God Most High was their Redeemer.
36 Cehlai amim kha hqoeng ing amah ce kyihcah unawh, amim lai ing a venawh ami qaai kqawn uhy;
But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
37 a venawh amik kawlung am cak hy, a paipi sai awh ypawm na am awm uhy.
Their hearts were disloyal to Him, and they were unfaithful to His covenant.
38 Cehlai anih taw qeennaak ing a be a dawngawh; cekkhqi a thawlh ce qeenkhaw ngai pe nawh cekkhqi ce am hqe hy. Ak kawsonaak ce yh ngahngah nawh ak kawso a benaak amyihna am dang sak hy.
And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.
39 Cekkhqi taw pumsa, amak hlat voel hawh zilh mai ni, tice amah ing sim hy.
He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.
40 Qamkoh awh iqyt dy nu oelh unawh kqawnghu awh iqyt nu ak kaw ami seet sak ce!
How often they disobeyed Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert!
41 Khawsa ce noek a dak khawthai uhy; Israelkhqi a thlakciim ce yng sak uhy.
Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
42 Ak thaawmnaak ce am sim qoe uhy – a mingmih ak thekhanaak thlangkhqi kut khui awhkawng a hulnaak ce.
They did not remember His power — the day He redeemed them from the adversary,
43 Izip qam awhkaw poek kyi hatnaak ang dang sak khqi ingkaw zoan hun awhkaw ngaihkyi ik-oeih a saikhqi ce.
when He performed His signs in Egypt and His wonders in the fields of Zoan.
44 Lawngnukhqi ce thi na ang coeng sak a dawngawh; lawngca tuikhqi ce am aw thai voel uhy.
He turned their rivers to blood, and from their streams they could not drink.
45 A mingmih ak cuui aham pi hlah pek khqi khawng hak nawh, a mingmih hqe aham uphyihkhqi tyih pehy.
He sent swarms of flies that devoured them, and frogs that devastated them.
46 Ami locangkhqi ce khamkhokkhqi venawh pe nawh, ami bibinaak khqi ce khamkhawk peek pehy.
He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust.
47 Misur a thingkhqi ce qeel ing him pe nawh thaikungkhqi awm qawhnu ing him pehy.
He killed their vines with hailstones and their sycamore-figs with sleet.
48 Amik khqintaikhqi awm qeel ing him pe nawh, vawk a ai amim cahkhqi awm kqek mai a venawh peek pehy.
He abandoned their cattle to the hail and their livestock to bolts of lightning.
49 Cekhqik khan awh ak kaw a hlawknaak ce am dawk qoe voel hy, ak kawsonaak, yh thai na amak awm voel kawsonaak ingkaw ak kaw ama lawnaak awh - a mingmih him aham khan ceityih hloep oet ce tyih pehy.
He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity— a band of destroying angels.
50 A kawsonaak ham a lam ce qoek a bah nawh; cekkhqi ce thihnaak awhkawng am hlyn kana tlawh che a venawh cekkhqi ce pehy.
He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.
51 Izipkhqi ak caming boeih him pehy, Ham ipkhui awh ak awm thlanghqing ak thaih cyk khqi ce him pe boeih hy.
He struck all the firstborn of Egypt, the virility in the tents of Ham.
52 Cehlai, ak thlangkhqi cetaw tuuk kqeng amyihna khai nawh; qamkoh awhkaw tuu amyihna sawi poe hy.
He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
53 Syngyp cana a sawi dawngawh cekkhqi ing ap kqih uhy; Cehlai a qalkhqi cetaw tuicunli ing sing pe malh hy.
He led them safely, so they did not fear, but the sea engulfed their enemies.
54 Cemyihna cekkhqi ce qam ciim a khawqi dyna sawi khqi nawh, ak tangkut ing a lawh tlang qam dyna sawi khqi hy.
He brought them to His holy land, to the mountain His right hand had acquired.
55 Cekkhqi haiawh pilnam thlangkhqi ce hqek pek khqi nawh ce a qam ce cekkhqi venawh qo na pang sak khqi nawh: cekhqi a im awh Israelkhqi ce pah sak khqi hy.
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
56 Cehlai cekhqi ing Khawsa ce noek a dak unawh Sawsang Soeih ce oelh unawh; ak awipeek ce am hquut uhy.
But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees.
57 Ami pakhqi mih baina ypawm na ami awm kaana cangnaak awm am ta uhy, ypnaak amak cu la amyihna hlat uhy.
They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow.
58 Hun sangkhqi sai unawh ak kaw so sak unawh; myi bawknaak ing tlai seet sak uhy.
They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols.
59 Cekhqi ce Khawsa ing ang zaak awh, ak kaw so soeih hy; cedawngawh Israel ce qoeng bang tlang hy.
On hearing it, God was furious and rejected Israel completely.
60 Shiloh awh thlang khqing lak awh ang dyih sak hi im awm cehta hy.
He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent He had pitched among men.
61 Ak tha awmnaak bawm ce tamna na khum sak nawh, a boeimangnaak ce qaal a kut awh pehy.
He delivered His strength to captivity, and His splendor to the hand of the adversary.
62 Ak thlangkhqi ce zawzi ing him aham pe nawh; a qo ak pang hly khqik khan awh ak kawso soeih hy.
He surrendered His people to the sword because He was enraged by His heritage.
63 A tawngpalangkhqi ce mai ing daih pek khqi boeih nawh a nulakhqi ing zulawh vataaknaak a laa am sa voel uhy;
Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens were left without wedding songs.
64 A khawsoeihkhqi awm zawzi ing thi unawh, nulakhqi awm am kqang hqa voel uhy.
His priests fell by the sword, but their widows could not lament.
65 Cawhtaw zu ak qui a caih amyihna, Bawipa ce a ihnaak awhkawng hqyng law hy.
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
66 A qaalkhqi ce tuk pe pheng nawh; kumqui dy awh chah qai phyikawt na tahy.
He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
67 Cek cong awhtaw Joseph a hi im ce qoeng nawh, Epharaim a phun awm ap tyk voel hy;
He rejected the tent of Joseph and refused the tribe of Ephraim.
68 Cehlai Judah phun, Zion tlang, amah ing a lungnaak ce tyk hy.
But He chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which He loved.
69 Amah ing khawmdek kumqui dy a caksak amyihna, amah cawh hun ciim ce ak sang soeih na sa hy.
He built His sanctuary like the heights, like the earth He has established forever.
70 A tyihzawih David ce tyk nawh tuu a ip khui awhkawng dawk hy;
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 Tuu ak khainaak kung awhkawng hawlaw nawh ak thlang Jacob, a qo pang Israel ce tuu ak khaikung na tahy.
from tending the ewes He brought him to be shepherd of His people Jacob, of Israel His inheritance.
72 David ing cekhqi ce kawlung dyngnaak ing qym hy; a kut suinaak ing cekhqi ce khai hy.
So David shepherded them with integrity of heart and guided them with skillful hands.
