Saam 78
1 Aw kak thlangkhqi aw, ka ni cawngpyinaak ve ngai lah uh; kam kha awhkaw awi ve ngai lah uh.
[A contemplation by Asaph.] Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears 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 a parable. I will utter dark sayings since the beginning of the world,
3 Ningmih ing ning za nawh ni huhkhqi ve, ni pakhqi ing amik kqawn law ce ni.
which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told 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 descendants, telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, his strength, and his wondrous works that he has done.
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 teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known 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 generation to come might know it, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell their 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 might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep 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.
and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that did not make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
9 Ephraim thlangkhqi ce, li pawm mai u seiawm, qaltuknaak nyn awhtaw a huna hlat tlaih uhy.
The people of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
10 Khawsa a paipi ce am ha na unawh a anaa awi a peek amyihna awm am sai uhy.
They did not keep God's covenant, and refused to walk by his Law.
11 Kawpoek kyi ik-oeih a mingmih a venawh ang dang peek sak ce hilh uhy.
They forgot his doings, his wondrous works that he had shown them.
12 Izip qam zan khaw awh ami pahqamkhqi mik huh awh kawpoek kyi ik-oeih ce sai pehy.
He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field 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 caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
14 Dai awh cingmai ing sawi nawh than zung awh maivang ing sawi hy.
In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
15 Qamkoh awh lungnu ce can sak nawh tuicunli zah tui ce khawzah pehy;
He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
16 Lungnu ak kqek awhkawng tui phyt sak nawh lawngnu amyihna lawng sak hy.
He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 Cehlai cekkhqi ing ak khan awh thawlh bak bak hyn uhy, Sawsang Soeih ce qamkoh awh oelh sih hyn uhy.
Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
18 A mimah ak phoen cawih a sitnaak qungna Khawsa ce noek a dak uhy.
They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
19 Khawsa oelh doena, “Qamkoh awh Khawsa ing caboei dawn law hly tang nawh nu?
Yes, they spoke against God. They said, "Can God 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.
Look, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?"
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 Jehovah heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
22 Cekkhqi ing Khawsa ce ap cang na unawh a hulnaak awm ap cangna uhy.
because they did not believe in God, and did not trust in 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 heaven.
24 cekkhqi ing ami ai ham manna ce khaw na aa sak hy, khan nakawng buh ce pehy.
He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them bread 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 the mighty ones. He sent them food to the full.
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 caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
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 also flesh on them as the dust; winged birds as the sand of the seas.
28 Ami awmnaak hi ipkhuikhqi na tlak pe sak nawh, hi im a ceng a awm awh awm pe sak kyng hy.
He let it fall in the midst of his camp, all around his tent.
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. He gave them their own desire.
30 Cehlai ami hym buh zani ami cehtaak hlanawh, amim kha awh ami pem hui awh;
They did not turn from their cravings. Their food was yet 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.
when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of the fattest of them, and struck down 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.
For all this they still sinned, and did not believe in his wondrous works.
33 Cedawngawh cekkhqi a khawnghi ce a sawhqat na boeih pe sak khqi nawh kum khqi ce kqih awmnaak ing boeih pe sak hy.
Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
34 Khawsa ing cekkhqi ce ahim qit awh amah ce sui uhy; cawhtaw amah a venna hlat tlaih uhy.
When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
35 Khawsa taw a mimah a Lungnu ni tice sim unawh Sawsang soeih Khawsa taw a mingmih a hulkung ni tice sim uhy.
They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
36 Cehlai amim kha hqoeng ing amah ce kyihcah unawh, amim lai ing a venawh ami qaai kqawn uhy;
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37 a venawh amik kawlung am cak hy, a paipi sai awh ypawm na am awm uhy.
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in 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.
But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and did not destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his 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 wind that passes away, and doesn't come again.
40 Qamkoh awh iqyt dy nu oelh unawh kqawnghu awh iqyt nu ak kaw ami seet sak ce!
How often they rebelled against 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.
They turned again and tempted God, and gave pain to 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 hand, nor the day when 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.
how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
44 Lawngnukhqi ce thi na ang coeng sak a dawngawh; lawngca tuikhqi ce am aw thai voel uhy.
he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that 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 among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
46 Ami locangkhqi ce khamkhokkhqi venawh pe nawh, ami bibinaak khqi ce khamkhawk peek pehy.
He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
47 Misur a thingkhqi ce qeel ing him pe nawh thaikungkhqi awm qawhnu ing him pehy.
He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
48 Amik khqintaikhqi awm qeel ing him pe nawh, vawk a ai amim cahkhqi awm kqek mai a venawh peek pehy.
He gave over their livestock also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
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 threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and 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 made a path for his anger. He did not spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
51 Izipkhqi ak caming boeih him pehy, Ham ipkhui awh ak awm thlanghqing ak thaih cyk khqi ce him pe boeih hy.
and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 Cehlai, ak thlangkhqi cetaw tuuk kqeng amyihna khai nawh; qamkoh awhkaw tuu amyihna sawi poe hy.
But he led forth his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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 that they weren't afraid, but the sea overwhelmed 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 the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
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 also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Cehlai cekhqi ing Khawsa ce noek a dak unawh Sawsang Soeih ce oelh unawh; ak awipeek ce am hquut uhy.
Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and did not keep his testimonies;
57 Ami pakhqi mih baina ypawm na ami awm kaana cangnaak awm am ta uhy, ypnaak amak cu la amyihna hlat uhy.
but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 Hun sangkhqi sai unawh ak kaw so sak unawh; myi bawknaak ing tlai seet sak uhy.
For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
59 Cekhqi ce Khawsa ing ang zaak awh, ak kaw so soeih hy; cedawngawh Israel ce qoeng bang tlang hy.
When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel;
60 Shiloh awh thlang khqing lak awh ang dyih sak hi im awm cehta hy.
So that he forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among men;
61 Ak tha awmnaak bawm ce tamna na khum sak nawh, a boeimangnaak ce qaal a kut awh pehy.
and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary's hand.
62 Ak thlangkhqi ce zawzi ing him aham pe nawh; a qo ak pang hly khqik khan awh ak kawso soeih hy.
He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
63 A tawngpalangkhqi ce mai ing daih pek khqi boeih nawh a nulakhqi ing zulawh vataaknaak a laa am sa voel uhy;
Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
64 A khawsoeihkhqi awm zawzi ing thi unawh, nulakhqi awm am kqang hqa voel uhy.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn't weep.
65 Cawhtaw zu ak qui a caih amyihna, Bawipa ce a ihnaak awhkawng hqyng law hy.
Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
66 A qaalkhqi ce tuk pe pheng nawh; kumqui dy awh chah qai phyikawt na tahy.
He struck his adversaries backward. He made them a permanent shame.
67 Cek cong awhtaw Joseph a hi im ce qoeng nawh, Epharaim a phun awm ap tyk voel hy;
Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim,
68 Cehlai Judah phun, Zion tlang, amah ing a lungnaak ce tyk hy.
But 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 which he has established forever.
70 A tyihzawih David ce tyk nawh tuu a ip khui awhkawng dawk hy;
He also 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 following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob his servant, and Israel his inheritance.
72 David ing cekhqi ce kawlung dyngnaak ing qym hy; a kut suinaak ing cekhqi ce khai hy.
So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
