< Sam 38 >

1 Kathutkung: Devit Oe BAWIPA lungphuen laihoi na yue hanh lah a. Puenghoi lungkhuek laihoi hai na yue hanh.
[A Psalm by David, for a memorial.] Jehovah, do not rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 Na tahroe ni kai hah na thut dawkvah, na kut ni hoe na nam sin.
For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
3 Na lungphuennae kecu dawk, ka takthai dawk damnae awm hoeh. Ka yonnae kecu dawk ka hru damnae awm hoeh.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 Ka payonnae ni ka lû a ramuk dawkvah, ka phu thai hoeh e hno patetlah doeh ao.
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 Ka pathunae kecu dawk, ka hmâ dukhnai teh, a hmui a tho toe.
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
6 Patawnae khang hoi ka kâkalawng teh, kanîruirui lungmathoe hoi ka cingou.
I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
7 Bangkongtetpawiteh, ka laheibawnaw a kâan poung dawkvah, ka takthai dawk damnae roeroe awm hoeh.
For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
8 Ka tâwn poung teh ka lung a rek dawkvah, ka lung a kâraphei teh ka cingou.
I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
9 BAWIPA, ka ngainae pueng teh na hmalah ao. Ka cingounae hai koung na panue.
Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
10 Ka lung a duem teh tha ka tawn hoeh toe. Ka mit angnae hai takuettakuet a mawm toe.
My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
11 Ka patawnae dawk ka pahren e naw hoi huikonaw ni, na hnai ngai awh hoeh toe. Ka imthungnaw ni hai na roun awh toe.
My loved ones and my friends keep their distance because of my affliction. My kinsmen stand far away.
12 Ka hringnae la han kakâcainaw nihai, kai hanlah karap a patûng awh.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
13 Hatei, kai teh, hnâpang patetlah ka thai hoeh, lawka patetlah doeh ka o.
But I, as a deaf man, do not hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
14 Hottelah, ka thai hoeh e patetlah ka o teh, ka pato thai hoeh e patetlah ka o.
Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 Oe BAWIPA, nang dawk ngaihawinae ka tawn dawkvah, Oe BAWIPA, ka Cathut, na thai pouh haw.
For in you, Jehovah, do I hope. You will answer, Jehovah my God.
16 Na thai pouh haw, hoehpawiteh, kai dawk a konawm awh vaiteh, ka khok a thawn toteh, kai taranlahoi kâoup awh payon vaih ka ti.
For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
17 Kai teh rawp hane coungkacoe ka o dawkvah, ka lungmathoenae teh pou ka pouk.
For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
18 Ka yonnae ni ka lung a puen sak dawkvah, peng ka pâpho ngala toe.
Yes, I confess my iniquity. I am anxious because of my sin.
19 Hatei, ka tarannaw teh, a tak a dam awh, a thao awh. A khuekhaw awm laipalah na kahmuhmanaw teh, apap awh.
But my enemies, for no reason, are many. Those who hate me wrongfully are numerous.
20 Hawinae hah yonnae hoi kapathonaw hai, hawinae ka tarawi kecu ka taran lah ao awh.
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
21 Oe BAWIPA, na cettakhai hanh. Oe ka Cathut, na hlat takhai hanh.
Do not forsake me, Jehovah. My God, do not be far from me.
22 Oe rungngangnae BAWIPA, karanglah na kabawm haw.
Hurry to help me, Jehovah, my salvation.

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