Sam 34
1 Kathutkung: Devit, Abimelek hmalah pathu a kâsak nah ahni ni a hrek teh, a ceitakhai nah sak e la BAWIPA teh pou ka pholen han. Ama pholennae teh ka kâko hoi pou tâcawt seh.
I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
2 Ka hringnae ni BAWIPA dawk a kâoup han. Kârahnoumnaw ni a thai awh vaiteh, a lunghawi awh han.
I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
3 Oe BAWIPA teh na pholen khai awh haw. A min teh rei kâoupkhai awh sei.
Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
4 BAWIPA ka tawng navah, ama ni na thai pouh. Ka takinae pueng thung hoi na rasa.
I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
5 Ama kakhennaw teh, minhmai a pan awh. Nâtuek hai kayanae awm mahoeh.
Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
6 Hete mathoe ni a hram teh, BAWIPA ni a thai. Runae pueng thung hoi a rasa.
I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
7 Ama kataketnaw teh, BAWIPA e kalvantami ni a teng vah petkâkalup lahoi a tungpup sin awh teh, ouk a rasa awh.
An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
8 Oe, BAWIPA hawinae patek awh nateh khen awh haw. Ama kâuepnaw teh tami a yawkahawinaw doeh.
Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
9 Oe, a tamikathoungnaw, BAWIPA teh taket awh. A ma kataketnaw teh voutthoup hoi awm boihoeh.
All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
10 Sendektancanaw patenghai ca hane tawn laipalah vonhlam hoi ouk ao awh. Hatei, BAWIPA katawngnaw teh, hnokahawi tawn laipalah, awm awh mahoeh.
Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
11 Camonaw tho awh haw, ka lawk thai awh haw. BAWIPA takinae na cangkhai awh han.
You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
12 Apimaw nuenkahawi hoi hring han ka ngai. Apimaw hnokahawi hmu hanlah hring saw ka ngai.
If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
13 Na lai teh yonnae thung hoi ring nateh, na pahni hah dumnae lawk dei hoeh nahanlah ring haw.
do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
14 Yonnae cettakhai nateh hawinae sak. Roumnae tawng nateh pâleih.
Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
15 BAWIPA mit ni tamikalannaw a khet teh, a hramnae lawk thai hanelah a hnâ a pakeng.
Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
16 BAWIPA minhmai ni hawihoehnae kasakkungnaw hah a taran. Talai van ahnimouh pou pouknae tâkhawng pouh lah ao han.
But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
17 Tamikalan a hram toteh, BAWIPA ni a thai pouh teh runae thung hoi a rasa.
Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
18 A lungkareknaw hanelah, BAWIPA a hnai teh, muitha lungkamathoutnaw a rungngang.
Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
19 Tamikalannaw ni runae moi a kâhmo awh. Hatei, BAWIPA ni hotnaw thung hoi a rungngang.
Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
20 A hru pueng a ring pouh, buet touh boehai khoe lah awm mahoeh.
Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
21 Hawihoehnae ni tamikathout thet vaiteh, tamikalan kahmuhmanaw teh thoebo lah ao awh han.
Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
22 BAWIPA ni a sannaw hringnae hah a ratang teh, ama kâuepnaw teh buet touh boehai thoebo lah awm mahoeh.
Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
