Sam 109
1 Kathutkung: Devit Oe ka pholen e ka Cathut, duem awm hanh.
God, you are the one whom I praise, [So please] answer [my prayer],
2 Bangkongtetpawiteh, tamikathoutnaw hoi tami kadumyennaw ni, a pahni na ang sin awh teh, lai na thoe sin awh.
because wicked people slander me and tell [MTY] lies about me.
3 Hmuhmanae lawk hoi na kalup awh teh, a khuekhaw awm laipalah na tuk awh.
They are constantly saying that they hate me, and they say evil things about me for no reason.
4 Ka lungpataw e naw teh na katarankung lah a coung awh. Hatei, ratoum laihoi ka o.
I show them that I want to be their friends and I pray for them, but [instead of being kind to me], they say that I have done evil things.
5 Ahnimouh ni hawinae hah hawihoehnae hoi na patho awh teh, ka pahrennae hah hmuhmanae hoi na patho awh.
In return for my doing good things for them and loving them, they do evil things to me and hate me.
6 Ahnimae lathueng vah tamikathoutnaw tat nateh, aranglah vah tarannaw awm naseh.
They said, “Appoint a wicked [judge] who will judge him, and bring in one of his enemies who will stand up and accuse him.
7 Lawkceng navah sung naseh, a ratoumnae teh yonnae lah coung pouh naseh.
And cause that when the trial [ends], [the judge will] declare that he is guilty, and that [even] his prayer will be considered to be a sin.
8 A hringnae hnin duem naseh, a thaw teh ayâ alouk ni patawm naseh.
[Then], cause that he will soon die and that someone else will have his job/work (OR, possessions).
9 A canaw teh nara lah awm awh naseh, a yu teh lahmai naseh.
Cause that his children will not have a father any more and that his wife will become a widow.
10 A canaw teh kâva awh naseh, ka rawk tangcoung e amamae hmuen koehoi rawca tawng awh naseh.
Cause that his children will be forced to leave the ruined homes that they have been living in and wander around begging for food.
11 Tangka kacawisaknaw ni a canaw teh laiba dawk lat pouh naseh, a tawk teh a tawn tangcoung e hai apimouh ti panue hoeh e ni koung lat pouh naseh.
Cause that all the people to whom he owed money will seize all his property; Cause that strangers will take away everything that he worked to acquire.
12 A lathueng vah apinihai lungmanae kamnuek sak hanh naseh. A ca naranaw hai apinihai pahren hanh naseh.
Cause that [while he is still living] no one will be kind to him, and [after he dies], cause that no one will pity his children.
13 A ca catounnaw hai dout naseh. A catoun awm laipalah a min kahmat naseh.
Cause that all his descendants will die and that his grandchildren will not remember who he [MTY] was.
14 A na mintoenaw e yonnae teh, BAWIPA hmalah pou pâkuem naseh. A manu yonnae raphoe pouh hanh naseh.
Yahweh, remember [and do not forgive] his ancestors for the evil things that they did, and do not [even] forgive the sins that his mother committed;
15 Hotnaw teh BAWIPA hmalah pou kamnuek naseh. Het talai van vah, ahnimouh pahnimhoehnae awm hanh naseh.
think about his sins continually, and cause that his name will be completely forgotten.
16 Bangkongtetpawiteh, lungmanae kamnue sak hanelah, panuek awh hoeh. A lung ka tangpawk e patenghai a thei thai awh nahanelah, a reikathai hoi mathoenaw hah a pacekpahlek awh.
He never was kind to anyone; he (persecuted/cause problems for) poor and needy [people] and even killed helpless [people].
17 Thoe a bo awh e hah amamouh lathueng bawt naseh. Banglahai a noutna awh hoeh e yawhawi ni ahla poungnae koe cettakhai naseh.
He liked to curse [people]. [So] cause those terrible things that he requested to happen to others to happen to him! He did not want to bless [others], [so] cause that no one will bless him!
18 Thoebonae hah angki lah a kho e patetlah, a von dawk tui patetlah kâen naseh. A hru thung satui patetlah kâen naseh.
He cursed other people [as often/easily] as he put on his clothes [SIM]; cause that the terrible things that he wanted to happen to others will [happen to him and] enter his body like water [that he drinks] [SIM], like [olive] oil soaks into a person’s bones [when it is rubbed on his skin] [SIM].
19 A kâkhu e hah a khohna patetlah coung naseh, taisawm patetlah a keng dawk pou kâyeng naseh.
Cause that those terrible things will cling to him like his clothes and be around him like the belt that he wears every day.”
20 Hothateh, ka tarannaw koe BAWIPA ni moipathungnae lah awm naseh. Na pathoe awh dawkvah, a pang awh e lah awm naseh.
Yahweh, I want you to punish all my enemies that way, those who say evil things about me.
21 Hateiteh Oe Bawipa Jehovah, kai hateh na min kecu dawk hawinae hoi na awmkhai haw. Na lungmanae dawkvah, na rungngang haw.
But Yahweh, my God, do good things for me in order that I may honor you; rescue me [from my enemies] because your faithfully loving me is good.
22 Tami ka roedeng hoi tami ka vout e lah doeh ka o. Ka thung vah ka lungthin teh hmâ a ca.
[I ask you to do this] because I am poor and needy and my inner being is (full of pain/very troubled/discouraged).
23 Kanîka patetlah ka kahma teh, awsi patetlah ka kâhuet.
[I think that] my time [to remain alive] is short, like an evening shadow [that will soon disappear] [SIM]. I will be blown away like a locust/grasshopper is blown [by the wind].
24 Ka khokpakhu teh rawcahai kecu dawk cak hoeh, ka takthai teh a kamsoe.
My knees are weak because I have (fasted/abstained from eating food) very often, and my body has become very thin.
25 Ahnimouh ni na pathoe hanelah ka o teh, na hmu awh toteh lû na saling sin awh.
The people who accuse me make fun of me; when they see me, they [insult me by] shaking their heads [at me as though I were an evil man].
26 Oe BAWIPA ka Cathut, na kabawm haw. Na lungmanae patetlah na rungngang haw.
Yahweh, my God, help me! Because you faithfully love [me], rescue me!
27 BAWIPA, hethateh na kut hoi sak e doeh tie a panue thai awh nahanlah.
[When you save me], cause my enemies to know that you are the one who has done it!
28 Ahnimouh ni thoe na bo eiteh, nang ni yawhawi na poe haw. Ahnimouh a thaw awh navah kayak awh naseh. Hatei, na san teh konawm naseh.
They may curse me, but I ask that you bless me. Cause those who (persecute/cause problems for) me [to be defeated and as a result] to be disgraced/ashamed, and cause me to be glad/happy!
29 Na katukkungnaw teh kayanae ni ramuk awh naseh. Min mathoenae hni ni koung ramuk naseh.
Cause those who accuse me to be completely disgraced; cause [other people to see] that they are disgraced, as [easily as they see] the clothes that they wear [SIM]!
30 Ka pahni hoi BAWIPA teh puenghoi ka pholen han. Bokheiyah, maya hmalah ama teh ka pholen han.
But I will thank Yahweh very greatly; I will praise him [when I am] among the crowd [of people who are worshiping him].
31 Bangkongtetpawiteh, yon kapennaw kut dawk hoi rungngang hanelah, ka roedengnaw e aranglah a kangdue han.
[I will do that] because he defends [MTY] needy [people like me], and saves us from those who have decided/declared that we must be executed.
