Sam 35
1 Kathutkung: Devit Oe BAWIPA, kai na ka tarannaw hah, taran van haw. Kai na katuknaw hah tuk van haw.
Of David. Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me, do battle with those who do battle with me.
2 Taisawm hoi bahling lat nateh, kai kabawp hanelah kangdout haw.
Grasp shield and buckler, and rise up as my help.
3 Tahroe hai patuem nateh, na kapâleinaw hah ngang haw. Ka hringnae koe vah na kaie rungngangnae doeh tie dei haw.
Draw spear and battle-axe, confront those who pursue me. Assure me that you will help me.
4 Ka hringnae la hanelah, kakâcainaw hah kayayeirai hoi awm sak nateh, runae poe hanlah kakâcainaw hah yawng sak nateh, lungpout hoi awm sak haw.
Dishonor and shame be on those who are seeking my life! Defeat and confusion on those who are planning my hurt!
5 Kahlî ni vaikong palek e patetlah awm awh naseh. BAWIPA e kalvantami ni koung kahmat lah pâlei naseh.
As chaff before wind may they be, with the Lord’s angel pursuing them.
6 Ahnimouh ni a dawn awh e lamthung teh, kahmot e, ka pâhnan e lam lah awm naseh. Hawvah, BAWIPA e kalvantaminaw ni pâlei naseh.
Slippery and dark be their way, with his angel thrusting them on.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh, a khuekhaw awm laipalah, ka kâman nahanelah arulahoi tamlawk a yap awh toe. A khuekhaw awm laipalah, ka bo nahane tangkom a tai awh.
For they wantonly hid their net for me, and dug a pit to destroy me.
8 Pouk laipalah ahnimouh teh rawk awh naseh. Arulahoi tamlawk a yap awh e dawk amamouh kâman awh naseh. Amamae tangkom dawk amamouh bawt awh naseh.
Upon them may ruin come unawares; may the net which they hid catch themselves, and into the pit may they fall.
9 Ka hringnae heh BAWIPA dawk a lunghawi vaiteh, a rungngangnae dawk a konawm han.
Then I will exult in the Lord, and be joyful because of his help;
10 Ka hru pueng ni, BAWIPA nang patetlah apimaw kaawm. Ahnimouh hlak a tha kaawmnaw thung hoi mathoenaw hah na rasa. Bokheiyah, mathoe hoi ka voutthoup e hah, ahnimouh karaphoekung thung hoi na rungngang toe, ati awh han.
and all my being will say, “Who, O Lord, is like you, who save the helpless from those too strong for them, the poor and the helpless from those who despoil them?”
11 Kapanuekkhai kaphawk a tho awh teh, ka panue hoeh e naw hah na pacei awh.
Violent witnesses rise, and ask of me things that I know not.
12 Ka muitha lungmathoe sak nahanelah, hawinae hah thoenae hoi a patho awh.
Evil for good they requite me, leaving me inwardly comfortless.
13 Hatei, kai niteh, a pataw awh navah, buri ka kâkhu, rawcahai hoi kârahnoum hoi ka o. Hahoi, ka ratoumnae teh ka lungthin koe letlang a ban.
But when they were sick, I put on sackcloth, and chastened myself with fasting. I prayed with head bowed low,
14 Hui hoi hmaunawngha ka khui e patetlah, manu hoi ka khui e patetlah ka kâhlai teh ka tabut.
as if for my friend or my brother. I went about bowed and in mourning, as one who laments his mother.
15 Hatei, ahnimouh niteh, ka kangduenae a mathoe toteh, konawm laihoi a kamkhueng awh. Na ka tarannaw teh cungtalah a kamkhueng awh teh, hot hah ka panuek hoeh. Kâhat laipalah, koung na phi awh.
When I stumbled, they gleefully gathered, strangers gathered around me, and tore at me without ceasing,
16 Cathutlaipa e naw ni, pawibu vennae koe na panuikhai awh teh, a hâkam na kata sin awh.
impiously mocking and mocking, bearing their teeth at me.
17 BAWIPA nâtotouh maw sut na khet han. Raphoe hanlah kâcainae thung hoi na rungngang haw. Sendek koehoi ka hringnae hah hlout sak haw.
How long, Lord, will you look on? Rescue me from their roaring, my precious life from the lions.
18 Ka lentoe e kamkhuengnae koe, konawmnae lawk hah ka dei vaiteh, tami moikapap hmalah ka pholen han.
I will then give you thanks in the great congregation, and praise you before many people.
19 Laithoehrawnghrang lahoi ka tarannaw ni kai dawk a konawm hanh naseh. A khuekhaw awm laipalah, na kahmuhmanaw ni, na hmaiet hanh naseh.
Suffer not those to rejoice over me who are falsely my foes, suffer not those who without cause abhor me to wink with the eye.
20 Bangtelah tetpawiteh, roumnae lawk hah dei awh hoeh niteh, hete ram taminaw duem ao awh lahunnah, dumnae lawk dueng doeh a dei awh.
For it is not peace that they speak of those who are quiet in the land; but treacherous charges they plot.
21 A pahni na ang sin awh teh, vehveh, ka mit hoi ka hmu toe ati awh.
With wide open mouths they shout, “Hurrah! Hurrah! With our own eyes we saw it.”
22 Oe BAWIPA, het heh na hmu doeh. Duem awm hanh. Oe BAWIPA, na hlat takhai hanh.
But you have seen, too, O Lord, keep not silence, O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Ka Cathut hoi ka BAWIPA, kai dawk ka phat e lawkceng hane kabawp hanelah, kâhlaw nateh, thaw haw.
Bestir you, awake, for my right my God, my Lord, for my cause.
24 Oe BAWIPA, ka Cathut, na lannae lahoi lawk na ceng pouh haw. Kai dawk a konawm awh nahanh seh.
You are just, Lord: win for me justice, let them not rejoice over me,
25 Ahnimouh ni a lung thung hoi maimae lungngai akuep han toe, koung payawp awh han toe tet awh hanh naseh.
inwardly saying, “Hurrah! The desire of our hearts at last! Now we have swallowed him up.”
26 Ka rucatnae dawk a lungkahawi e naw hah, kayak awh naseh. Kai lathueng kâoupnaw hah kayayeirai hoi awm awh naseh.
Shame and confusion together on those who rejoice at my hurt! Clothed with shame and dishonor be those who are haughty to me!
27 Ka lannae dawk kanawmkhaikung teh, lunghawi hoi la sak naseh. A san dawk a lung ka hawi e BAWIPA teh, pholen lah awm seh telah pou dei awh naseh.
Let such as delight in my cause ring out their gladness, and say evermore, “Great is the Lord whose delight is the well-being of his servant.”
28 Hahoi, ka lai ni na lannae lawk a dei vaiteh, kanîruirui nang na pholen han.
Then my tongue will tell of your justice, and all the day long of your praise.
