Sam 104
1 kasakkung: panuekhoeh Oe, ka hringnae BAWIPA teh pholen haw. Oe BAWIPA ka Cathut nang teh na lentoe tangngak. Taluenae hoi barinae hoi kamthoup e lah na o.
[I tell] myself that I should praise Yahweh. Yahweh, my God, you are very great! Like a king has on his royal robes [MET], you have honor and majesty/greatness all around you!
2 Khohna patetlah angnae na khohna teh, kalvannaw hah hni patetlah na yap.
You [created/caused] light to be like your robe [MET]. You spread out the sky like [a man sets up] a tent.
3 Na onae im van adunaw hah tui dawk na pâhung teh, tâmai patet hah leng lah na coung sak teh kahlî rathei hoi na tho.
You made/put your home [in heaven], above the rain clouds in the sky, [like a man puts the] rafters of his house in place [MET]. You made/caused the clouds to be like chariots [to carry you].
4 Na patounenaw hah kahlî patetlah thoseh, thaw katawknaw hah hmaito patetlah thoseh na coung sak.
You caused the winds to be [like] your messengers [MET], and flames of fire to be [like] your servants.
5 Talai adu hah nâtuek hai a kampuen hoeh nahanlah ka caksak e lah na o
You placed the world firmly on its foundation so that it can never be moved/shaken.
6 Talai hah hni hoi khu e patetlah tui hoi na khu teh, tui hah monsom vah a kangdue.
[Later], you covered the earth with a flood, like a blanket, with the water that covered the mountains.
7 Na yue toteh, a yawng awh. Khoparit lawk a thai awh toteh karangpoung lah a yawng awh.
[But] when you rebuked the water, the oceans receded; your voice spoke like thunder, and then the waters rushed away.
8 Mon lah a luen awh teh, ravonaw dawk hoi a kum awh teh ao nahane hmuen koe koung a pha awh.
Mountains rose up [from the water], and the valleys sank down to the levels that you had determined for them.
9 Tuinaw bout a tho teh, talai a muem hoeh nahanlah, a tapuet thai hoeh hane khori hah a khuen pouh.
[Then] you set a boundary for the oceans, a boundary that they cannot cross; their water will never again cover the [whole] earth.
10 Ravo dawk lawng hanelah tui hah a tha teh, mon hoi a lawng cathuk awh.
You make/cause springs to pour [water] into ravines; their [water] flows down between the mountains.
11 Saring pueng ni nei hanelah a poe teh, kahrawng e lanaw ni hai tui kahran a dap sak awh.
Those [streams] provide water for all the animals [to drink]; the wild donkeys [drink the water and] are no longer thirsty.
12 Ateng vah kalvan e tavanaw tabu a tuk awh teh, thingkungnaw dawk a cai awh.
Birds make their nests alongside [the streams], and they sing among the branches [of the trees].
13 A im van hoi monnaw tui a awi teh, na tawk e ni talai heh ka boum lah a kawk.
From (your home in heaven/the sky) you send rain down on the mountains, and you fill the earth with many good things that you create.
14 Talai ni rawca a tâco sak nahanlah saringnaw hanlah pho a paw sak teh taminaw hanlah thingthairompo a paw sak.
You make/cause grass to grow for the cattle [to eat], and you make/cause plants to grow for people. In that way [animals and people] get their food from [what grows in] the soil.
15 Misur ni tami lungthin a nawm sak, satui ni mei a kâpi sak, rawca ni tha ao sak.
We get [grapes to make] [MTY] wine to [drink and] make us cheerful, and we get [olives to make] [MTY] olive oil to [put on our] skin and cause it to shine, and we get [grain to make] [MTY] bread to give us strength.
16 BAWIPA e thingkung lebanon mon vah a ung e sidar thingnaw hai a boum awh.
Yahweh, you [send plenty of rain to] water your trees, the cedar [trees] that you planted in Lebanon.
17 Hawvah, tavanaw ni a tabu a tuk awh teh, hmaica thing teh kahrawng cawmpainaw e im lah ao.
Birds make their nests in those [trees]; even storks make their nests in pine/fir trees.
18 Lungha teh Athanaw o nahanelah ao teh, savehnaw teh talung koe a kâhro awh.
High up in the mountains the wild goats live, and hyraxes/badgers live in the crags/crevices in the rocks.
19 Ama ni thapa hah hnintha touk nahanlah a sak teh, kanî ni khup nahan tue a panue.
[Yahweh], you made the moon to indicate the times for our festivals, and you made the sun that knows when to go down.
20 Hmonae na sak teh hothateh karum doeh. ratu thung e saring pueng a tâconae tue lah ao.
You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the animals in the forest prowl around, [looking for food].
21 Sendektanca ni kei hane a tawng teh, Cathut koehoi e rawca a tawng.
At night the young lions roar as they seek their prey, [but] they depend on you to give them food.
22 Kanî a tâco toteh a onae a kâkhu dawk lengkaleng a tabo awh.
At dawn, they go back to their dens and lie down.
23 Tami teh thaw tawk hanelah a tâco teh, tangmin lah totouh a tawk.
And during the daytime, people go to their work; they work until it is evening.
24 Oe BAWIPA, na sak e hno teh apap poung. Lungangnae hoi na sak e seng doeh. Talai teh na tawntanae hoi akawi.
Yahweh, you have made so many different kinds of things! You were [very] wise as you made them all. The earth is full of the creatures that you [made].
25 Hete ka kaw ni teh kalen e talîpui dawkvah, touklek thai hoeh e saring kathoung kalen a kâhlai awh.
[We see] the ocean which is very large [DOU]! It is full of many kinds of living creatures, big ones and little ones.
26 Haw e hmuen koe long a cei teh, hawvah ka paitun hanelah na sak e tangapui Leviathan hai ao.
We see the ships which sail along! We see the huge sea monster, which you made to (splash around/play) in the sea.
27 A tue a pha toteh, rawca na poe thai nahanlah abuemlahoi nang na ring awh.
All of those creatures depend on you to give them the food that they need.
28 Na poe e pueng a la awh teh, na kut na dâw teh hno kahawi hoi a kâkawk awh.
When you give them the food that they need, they gather it. You give them what you have in your hand, and they [eat it and] are satisfied.
29 Na minhmai na hro pouh toteh, a lungpuen awh. A kâha na lat pouh pawiteh a due awh teh vaiphu lah a coung awh.
[But] if you refuse to give food to them, they become terrified. And when you cause them to stop breathing, they die; their bodies [decay and] become soil again.
30 Na Muitha na tha toteh hotnaw teh sak e lah ao. Talai meilam hai bout na katha sak.
When you cause newborn creatures to begin to breathe, they start to live; you give new life to all the living creatures on the earth.
31 BAWIPA bawilennae teh yungyoe kangning seh. BAWIPA teh a sak e dawk konawm naseh.
I want the glory of Yahweh to last forever. I want him to rejoice about [all] the things that he has created.
32 Talai a khet nah a pâyaw, mon a tek nah hmaikhu a tâco.
He causes the earth to shake [just] by looking at it! By [merely] touching the mountains he makes/causes them to pour out fire and smoke!
33 Ka hringyung thung BAWIPA koe la ka sak vaiteh, ka hringyung thung Cathut pholen hoi la ka sak han.
I will sing to Yahweh (as long as I live/throughout my entire life). I will praise my God until the day that I die.
34 Ka khopouknae hah ahni hanelah radip naseh. BAWIPA dawk ka konawm han.
I want Yahweh to be pleased by all those things that I have thought [about him], because I rejoice about [knowing] him.
35 Tamikayon teh talai hoi raphoe lah awm naseh. Tamikathout awm hanh lawiseh. Oe kahringnae BAWIPA teh pholen haw. Hallelujah.
[But] I desire that sinners will disappear from the earth, so that there will be no more wicked [people]! [But as for] me, I will praise Yahweh! (Praise him/Hallelujah)!
