La Bu 78
1 O kamite ho, kathuhil hi ngaiyun. Kathusei a hin nakol'u hinsungun,
A maskil of Asaph. My people, attend to my teaching: bend your ears to the words of my mouth,
2 ajeh chu keiman thulem a nahenga thu kaseiding ahi, keiman achesa thilsoh ho-a kon a kahin hilding nahi,
as I open my mouth in a poem on the riddling story of the past.
3 eihon thusim ijahsa houleh ihetsahou, thusim ipu ipateuva kon a hung kiseilhapeh ho ahi.
What we have heard and known, and what our ancestors have told us,
4 Eihon hiche thutah hohi icha inaoteu i-impeh loudiu, Yahweh Pakai natoh loupi tahtah hohi, athaneinale akidanna hohi ikhangthah houhi iseipehdiu ahi.
we will not hide from their children. We will tell to the next generation the praises and might of the Lord, and the wonders that he has done.
5 Ajeh chu Aman Jocob kom a Dan anapeh-a, Israel kom a thuhil ho anapeh ahi. Aman ipu ipateu atu achateu ahil diuva thupeh anapeh ahin,
He set up a testimony in Jacob, a law he appointed in Israel, which he commanded our ancestors to make known to their children,
6 hitiachu ahunglhung ding khangthah ten ahet nadiuleh ahung pengloulai chapang ho dinga, chuleh aman amaho chapangte ahilsonna diuva ahi.
that the next generation should know it, that the children yet to be born should arise and tell their children;
7 Hitiachu khangthah ahunglhun channa Elohim Pathen a kinepna thah aneisah nadiu, Yahweh Pakai natoh kidang thil loupi hochu asuhmillou nadiu chuleh athupehho anitjing nadiuva ahiljing diu ahi.
that in God they might put their confidence, and not forget God’s works; but that they might keep his commandments,
8 Hiteng chuleh ipi iputeu tobang talou a lungtahna, kiphinna, kitah louna Elohim Pathen a alungthim'u pehnom louna anei lou diu ahitai.
and not be like their ancestors, a generation defiant and stubborn, a generation with heart unsteady, and spirit unfaithful towards God.
9 Ephraim galsat hon thalchang akipoh vangun akinung hei un galmun a konin ajam tauve.
Ephraimites, armed bowmen, turned back in the day of battle.
10 Amahon Elohim Pathen toh akitepnau ajuitapouvin ama thuhil dinpi ding anom tapouvin ahi.
They did not keep God’s covenant, they refused to walk in his law.
11 Elohim Pathen in ipi abolpeh uham thil kidangtah tah anabol hochu,
They forgot what he had done, and the wonders he had shown them.
12 napu napateu dinga thil kidang anatohdoh ho, Egypt gamsungle Zoan phaicham chunga, atohdohho asumil tauvin ahi.
He did wonders before their ancestors in the country of Zoan in Egypt.
13 Ajeh chu Aman twikhanglen ana homkhen in twichu bang bangin aki khen in amaho anapui galkaiyun ahi.
Through the sea which he split he brought them, making waters stand up like a heap;
14 Sunleh meilhang in anapuijin, janleh meikong in anapuijin ahi.
he led them by day with a cloud, all the night with a light of fire.
15 Aman gamthip gamm a songpia kon in adondiu twi anaputdoh sah-in ahi.
From the rocks which he split in the wilderness, he gave them to drink as of ocean’s abundance.
16 Aman songpia konna twichu vadung bangin analondohsah in ahi.
He brought streams out of the rock, and made water run down like rivers.
17 Ahijeng vangin neldi gam achun amahon chonset anabol'un hatchungnung dounan ana kiphin'un ahi.
Yet they still went on sinning against him, they defied the Most High in the desert.
18 Amahon alungsung uchu lungtahna neipumin Elohim Pathen ana patep un nehding anathumun ahi.
They wilfully challenged God, demanding the food that they longed for.
19 Amahon Elohim Pathen Amatah dounan thu anaseiyun “Elohim Pathen in gamthip gammah an eipejou pouve” atiuve.
‘Is God able,’ such was their challenge, ‘to spread in the desert a table?
20 “Henge, songchu ajep'un twichu aputdoh nai, ahinla amite changlhah le sa me eipejou pouve” atiuve.
From the rock that he struck there gushed water, and torrents that overflowed; but can he also give bread, or provide his people with meat?’
21 Elohim Pathen in hichehi ajahdoh phatnin alunghang lheh jengin, Jacob dounan alunghan na mei akoudoh jengin ahi! Hitihin Israel douna alung hanna ahung koudoh jengin ahi,
When the Lord heard this, he was furious, and fire was kindled on Jacob, anger flared up against Israel.
22 ajeh chu amahon Elohim Pathen atahsan pouvin chuleh amaho akhoukhah diuvin jong ana tahsan pouvin ahi.
For they put no trust in God, no confidence in his help.
23 Elohim Pathen in chungleng vanthamjol thu apen vankot jouse jong ahongdoh in,
So he summoned the clouds above; and, opening the doors of heaven,
24 Aman aneh dingun van a konin Mana gojuh in ahin juhlhah sah in van changlhah chu ahinpen ahi.
he rained manna upon them for food, and grain of heaven he gave them.
25 Amahon vantil buchu aneuvin, Elohim Pathen in alungna chimsetnun apen ahi.
Everyone ate the bread of angels; he sent them food to the full.
26 Aman solam huichu ahin nunsah in, Athahatnan lhanglang huijong anunsah in ahi.
He launched the east wind in the heavens, and guided the south by his power.
27 Aman aneh dingun sachu vutdi jat ahin juhlhah sahin, vachaho chu twikhanglen panga neldi jat ahin,
He rained meat upon them like dust, winged bird like the sand of the sea.
28 Aman vachaho chu aponbuh sungu leh avel uvah ahin lenlhah sah in ahi.
In the midst of their camp he dropped it, all around their tents.
29 Amahon oivasetin aneuvin ahi. Angaichat dungjuitah in apen ahi.
They ate and were more than filled; he had brought them the thing they desired.
30 Hinla amahon angaichat dungjuija anehva masangu, akam sung uva sa aumpet jeng jong chun,
But the thing they desired became loathsome: while their food was still in their mouths,
31 Elohim Pathen lunghana achung uvah ahung lhungtan ahileh Aman alah uva ahatpen pen hochu athat tan ahi. Israel khangthah anasapen hochu athat gamtan ahi.
the wrath of God rose against them. He slew the stoutest among them, and laid low the young men of Israel.
32 Ahijeng vangin mipiho chun chonset aboljom jingun ahi, thilkidang ijat abol vangin atahsan dehpouvin ahi.
Yet for all this they sinned yet more, and refused to believe in his wonders.
33 Hiti chun ahinkhou chu lhuhgam na ahitan akum khouchu kichatnan adimtai.
So he ended their days in a breath, and their years in sudden dismay.
34 Elohim Pathen in amaho ahin thapat phatnun amahon ajona langin Amachu ahin holtauvin ahi. Kisihna ahin neitauvin Elohim Pathen ahin holtauvin ahi.
When he slew them, then they sought after him, they turned and sought God with diligence.
35 Hiti chun Elohim Pathen chu asongpiu ahi chuleh Elohim Pathen chu hat chungnung le ahuhhing pao ahi ahin geldoh tauvin ahi.
They remembered that God was their rock, and the Most High God their redeemer.
36 Ahijeng vangin hichu kamnal a anaseijiu ahibouvin alei u mangchan jou anaseiyun ahi.
But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
37 Alung sungu chu Elohim Pathen a ana petheng pouvin Elohim Pathen toh anakitep nauva jong ana dingdet pouvin ahi.
Their heart was not steady with him, they were faithless to his covenant.
38 Hinla lungsetna dim Elohim Pathen chun achonsetnau anangai damun amahochu ana sumang deh pouvin ahi. Phat atamjon alunghan na anatuh tangin hiche bangchun ima ana tongdoh pon ahi.
But he is full of pity: he pardons sin and destroys not. Often he turns his anger away, without stirring his wrath at all.
39 Tahsa mihembep ahiuve ti ahejingin, hui anun leh heikhat kahbou ahin ahung kiletapoi ti ageldoh in ahi.
So he remembered that they were but flesh, breath that passes and does not return.
40 Gamthip sunga ijatvei Ama douna ana kiphin jengu chuleh alungsung anatsah vangin,
But how often they rebelled in the desert, and caused him grief in the wilderness,
41 Avel vel in Elohim Pathen thohhat nachu apatep jiuvin Israel Pathen Elohim chu asulunghang jiuvin ahi.
tempting God again and again, provoking the Holy One of Israel.
42 Amahon athahatna in agalmi houva kon a anahuhdoh u hi ageldoh joutapouve.
They did not remember his strength, nor the day he redeemed from the foe,
43 Egypt gamsunga thil kidang ijat abolu hitam chuleh Zoan phaicham a athil kidang bol hochu ageldoh tapouvin ahi.
how he set his signs in Egypt, in the country of Zoan his wonders.
44 Vadungho thisan asosah a don mohella alha, vadung twi donmo hella alha jengchu.
He turned their canals into blood, their streams undrinkable.
45 Elohim Pathen in amaho lah a thousi vaibong alansah a, uphohte alansah a agam ujong a suh set peh chu ahepha tapouve.
He sent forth flies, which devoured them; frogs, too, which destroyed them.
46 Aman achang jouseu khongbai aneh gamsah in alousoh jouseu jong khaokhopi anehgam sah e.
Their crops he gave to the caterpillar, and the fruits of their toil to the locust.
47 Alengpithei jouseu gel avohlhah sah sohkei in, atheipiu phung jouseu jong daibang athagamsah in ahi.
He slew their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
48 Agancha jouseu gel lah a dalhah in aumsah in, akelngoi houjong keh alhah lihsah sohtai.
He delivered their cattle to the hail, and their flocks to bolts of fire.
49 Achung uva nasatah in alunghangin, alung dammona alung hanna, mi sumang vantil hon tamtah alhahkhum tan ahi.
He let loose his hot anger among them, fury and wrath and distress, a band of destroying angels.
50 Aman alunghanna achung uvah achuh sahtan, Egypt mite hinkho anahing hoipon, amangthah gamtan ahi,
He cleared a path for his anger, did not spare them from death, but gave them over to pestilence.
51 Egypt insunga achapa tahpen cheh athat in Egypt gamsung pumpia khangdongte pahcha amolsahtai.
He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the first fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham.
52 Hinla Aman amite chu kelngoi honbangin apuiyin gamthip noija bitkei in apui galkai tan ahi.
He led forth his people like sheep, he was guide to his flock in the desert.
53 Aman mongtahin apuilen hijeh chun amahon kichatna aneipouve, chujongleh twikhanglen in agalteu alhoh mangpeh gamtai.
Securely he led them, and free from fear, while their foes were drowned in the sea.
54 Amaho chu Elohim Pathen in agamtheng abanjetna atundoh, molsang vum achun ahin puilut in,
To his holy realm he brought them, to the mountain his right hand had purchased.
55 Amaho masangah namtin vaipi adelmang peh sohkeiyin, abonchauvin achan dingu gam ahoppeh chehin, Israel phung namtin abonchauvin ama ama ponbuh cheh a achensah tai.
He drove out the nations before them, and allotted their land for possession, and their tents for Israel to live in.
56 Ahijeng vangin amahon hatchungnung Elohim Pathen dounan thil abol jingun athupeh ho khatcha anitpeh pouvin ahi.
Yet they tempted and angered the Most High God, they did not observe his decrees.
57 Apu apateu bangin avah mang-uvin jou jengin na atonguvin ahi. Amaho chu thalpi janglou bangin akitah pouvin ahi.
They drew back, false like their ancestors; they failed like a treacherous bow.
58 Amahon pathen dangho doiphung aphutdoh un Elohim Pathen alunghan sah uvin, chuleh semthu pathen ahoujeh-un Elohim Pathen athangthip sahtauvin ahi.
Their shrines stirred him to anger, their idols moved him to jealousy.
59 Elohim Pathen in ajahdoh phat in hatah'in alunghangin Israel chu pumpai in apaimangtan ahi.
When God heard of this, he was furious, and he spurned Israel utterly.
60 Elohim Pathen in Shiloh achenna mun adalhan mihemte lah a aumna ponbuh chu adalhatai.
He abandoned his home in Shiloh, the tent he had pitched among people.
61 Aman aloupina le athaneina hetna kitepna thingkong chu galmiho khutna apehdohtan ahi.
He gave his strength up to captivity, his glory to the hands of the foe.
62 Ama amite chunga alunghan jeh-in agalmiteu athasah gamtan ahi.
He gave his people to the sword, he was furious with his own.
63 Gollhangho galah athigam tauvin, nungah ho akichenpidiu aumtapon ahi.
Fire devoured their young men, and their maidens had no marriage-song.
64 Thempute athat gamtauvin ameithai houvin alhasetpi thei tapouvin ahi.
Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows could not weep.
65 Ajonan Yahweh Pakai chu a-ihmua ahung khangdoh bangin ahung thoudoh in mihatpa hung kiltildoh bangin ahung kitildohin,
Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a warrior flushed with wine;
66 Galmi hochu anungno in a-itih a ding jumna atosah tan ahi.
and he beat back his foes, putting them to perpetual scorn.
67 Ahinla Joseph chilhah hochu apaidohin, chuleh Ephraim phungchu alheng tapon ahi.
He disowned the tent of Joseph, he rejected the tribe of Ephraim;
68 Aman akhellin Judah leh angailut Zion molchu alhengin,
but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loves.
69 hichea chun vanho san banga sang, leiset banga chah a-itih a umjing dingin houin khat atungdoh tan ahi.
And he built like the heights his sanctuary, like the earth which he founded forever.
70 Aman asohpa David chu akelngoi chinna a konnin anakoudoh'in analheng tan ahi.
And he chose David his servant, taking him from the sheepfolds.
71 Aman kelngoipi le anou achin laijin akoudoh'in amite Israel Jacob chilhah hochu kelngoi chinna ching dingin anapansah tan ahi.
From the mother-ewes he brought him, to be shepherd to Jacob his people, and to Israel his inheritance.
72 David in amaho chu lungtheng tah leh chingtheitah in analamkaiyin ahi.
With upright heart did he shepherd them, and with skilful hands did he guide them.
