Sam 89
1 Kasakkung: Ethan BAWIPA lungmanae teh la hoi pou ka sak han. Yuemkamcu lah na onae teh se pueng dawk ka pahni ni a pholen han.
Yahweh, I will sing forever about the ways you faithfully love me; people not yet born will hear that you faithfully [do all that you have promised].
2 Lungmanae teh a kangning. Yuemkamcu lah na onae teh kalvan roeroe vah, acak telah ka dei toe.
I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful [to do what you have promised] is as permanent as the sky.
3 Ka rawi e koevah lawk ka kam toe. Ka san Devit koe thoe ka bo toe.
Yahweh said, “I have made an agreement with David, whom I chose [to serve me]. I have made this solemn (agreement with/promise to) him:
4 Na catoun hah pou ka caksak han. Na bawitungkhung hah se pueng dawk kangdue sak han. (Selah)
‘I will enable various ones of your descendants to always be kings; the line of kings descended from you [MTY] will never end.’”
5 Oe BAWIPA, kalvannaw ni kângairu lah na onae hah a pholen awh teh, tamikathoungnaw kamkhuengnae koe yuemkamcu lah na onae hai, a pholen awh han.
Yahweh, I desire that all [those beings who are in] [MTY] heaven will praise you for the wonderful things that you do, and that all your holy angels will sing about how you faithfully [do what you promise].
6 Bangkongtetpawiteh, kalvan vah BAWIPA hoi bangnue thai e apimouh kaawm. Athakaawmnaw thung dawk BAWIPA patet e ao han na ou.
There is no one [RHQ] in heaven who can be compared with you, Yahweh. There are no angels [RHQ] in heaven who are equal to you.
7 Tamikathoungnaw kamkhuengnae koe Cathut teh, lentoe poung lahoi taki hanelah ao. A tengpam e tami pueng ni a bari awh hanelah ao.
When your holy angels gather together, they declare that you must be revered; they say that you are more awesome than all the angels that surround your throne!
8 Oe, kalvan ransabawi Cathut BAWIPA, nang patetlah athakaawm ao nama, Oe, BAWIPA, yuemkamcu lah na onae ni koung na kalup.
O Yahweh, God Almighty, there is no one [RHQ] who is powerful like you are; your faithfully doing [all that you promise] is [like a cloak that] [MET] [always] surrounds you.
9 Talîpui tuicapa ka thaw e hai na uk teh, tuicapa a thaw teh na roum sak.
You rule over the powerful seas; when their waves rise up, you calm them.
10 Tami ni taran a thei e patetlah, Rahab hah na raphoe teh, koung na kayei. Na taran hah na kut thaonae hoi koung na pâlei.
You are the one who crushed [and killed the great sea monster named] Rahab. You [defeated and] scattered your enemies with your great power [MTY].
11 Kalvannaw hah nange lah ao teh, talai hai nange doeh. Talaivan hoi a thung kaawm e pueng hah na kangdue sak toe.
The heavens are yours, and the earth is yours; and everything on the earth is yours, because you created it all.
12 Atung aka heh na sak e lah ao teh, Tabor hoi Hermon teh na min dawk a konawm.
You created [everything from] the north to the south. Tabor [Mountain] and Hermon [Mountain] joyfully praise you [MTY].
13 Athakaawme kutbuembue hah na tawn. Na kut heh a tha a sai teh aranglae kut teh hoe a rasang.
(You/Your arms) are very powerful; (you/your hands) are extremely strong.
14 Lannae hoi kângingnae teh, na bawitungkhung kamtuenae lah ao teh, lungmanae hoi lawkkatang teh na hmalah a cei.
(Your rule [MTY] over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always) treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing [what you promised].
15 Lunghawinae kamthang ka thai e teh, tami yawkahawi e doeh. Oe BAWIPA, ahnimouh teh na minhmai angnae dawk kho a sak awh.
Yahweh, happy are the people who worship you with joyful shouts, who live knowing that you are always watching over them.
16 Na min dawkvah hnintangkuem a lunghawi awh teh, na lannae dawkvah tawm lah ao awh.
Every day, throughout the day, they rejoice in what you [MTY] [have done], and they praise you for being very good [to them].
17 Bangkongtetpawiteh, nang teh ka sungren e a thaonae lah na o.
You give us your glorious strength; because you act in our favor, we defeat [MET] [our enemies].
18 Bangkongtetpawiteh, BAWIPA teh maimae bahling lah ao teh, Isarelnaw e Kathoung E, maimae siangpahrang lah ao.
Yahweh, you gave us [the one who] protects us [MET]; you, the holy God whom we Israelis worship, chose a king for us.
19 Hottelah, na tamikathoung koe kamnuenae lahoi lawk na dei teh, athakaawme hah kabawp teh, tamimaya thung hoi rawi e teh ka pholen.
Long ago you spoke in a vision to one of your servants/prophets, saying, “I have helped a famous soldier; I chose him from among all the people to be a king.
20 Ka san Devit hah ka hmu teh, kathounge satui hoi ka awi toe.
That man is David, the one who will serve me [faithfully], and I anointed him with sacred olive oil [to make him king].
21 Ka kut hoi kacaklah ka kuet vaiteh, ka kutbuembue ni a tha ao sak han.
I [MTY] will always strengthen him; with my power [MTY] I will make him strong.
22 Taran ni na dum thai mahoeh, tami ni patawnae na poe thai mahoeh.
His enemies will never find ways to defeat him, and wicked people will never defeat him.
23 Ama ka tarannaw hah a hmalah ka parawp vaiteh, ama kahmuhmanaw hah ka hem han.
I will crush his enemies in front of him and get rid of those who hate him.
24 Ama koe yuemkamcu lah ka onae hoi, lungmanae teh pou ao han. Ka min kecu dawk a ki hah tawm lah ao han.
I will always be loyal to him and faithfully love him and enable him to defeat [MET] [his enemies].
25 A kut hai talîpui dawk ka ta vaiteh, aranglae kut hah palangpui dawk ka ta han.
I will cause (his kingdom/the area that he rules) to include all the land from the [Mediterranean] Sea to the [Euphrates] River.
26 Ama ni kai koe vah, nang teh apa ka Cathut, ka rungngangnae lungsongpui lah na o telah a hram han.
He will say to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the one who protects [MET] and saves me.’
27 Ama teh ka camin lah ka coung sak vaiteh, talai siangpahrang ka rasang poung lah ka coung sak han.
I will give him [the rights/privileges that a man’s] firstborn son has [MET]; he will be the greatest king on the earth.
28 Ka lungmanae hoi pou ka ring vaiteh, ahni koe ka lawkkam teh kacaklah a kangdue han.
I will always be loyal to him, and my agreement [to bless] him will last forever.
29 A catoun hai yungyoe ka kangning sak vaiteh, a bawitungkhung hai kalvan a kangning roukrak ka kangning sak han.
I will establish a line of his descendants that will never end, various ones of his descendants will always be kings.
30 A canaw ni ka kâlawk a kamlang takhai awh teh, ka lawkcengnae patetlah awm laipalah,
But, if [some of] his descendants disobey my laws, and do not not behave like my commands say that they should,
31 ka phunglam a tapoe awh teh, kaie kâpoelawknaw tarawi awh hoeh pawiteh,
if they disregard my requirements and do not do the right things that I have told them to do,
32 Kâtapoenae dawk sumtaboung hoi ka rek vaiteh, payonnae dawk ka hem awh han.
I will punish them severely [MTY] and cause them to suffer for doing wrong.
33 Hatei, ka lungmanae teh ahni koehoi koung ka lat pouh mahoeh. Yuemkamcu lah ka onae hah ayawmyin lah ao hane ka pasoung hoeh.
But I will not stop faithfully loving [David], and I will always do what I promised him.
34 Ka lawkkam ka raphoe mahoeh, ka pahni dawk hoi ka tâcawt e lawk heh ka thung mahoeh toe.
I will not break the agreement that I made with him; I will not change even one word that I spoke [to him].
35 Vai touh kaie thoungnae hoi thoe ka bo teh, Devit koe laithoe ka dei mahoeh.
Once I made a solemn promise to David, and that will never change, and because I am God, I will never lie to David.
36 A catoun hah a yungyoe a kangning vaiteh, a bawitungkhung teh ka hmalah, kanî patetlah a kangdue han.
[I promised that] the line of kings descended from him will go on forever; it will last as long as the sun [shines].
37 Thapa patetlah a yungyoe hanelah caksak lah awm vaiteh, kalvan yuemkamcu panuekkhaikung patetlah ao han. (Selah)
That line will (be as permanent/last as long) as the moon that is always watching everything from the sky.
38 Hatei, nang ni hnamthun takhai hoi na panuet teh, satui awi e dawkvah na lungkhuek.
But [Yahweh], now you have rejected [DOU] David! You are very angry with the king whom you appointed.
39 Na san hoi lawkkamnae na raphoe teh, a bawilakhung talai dawk a bo teh banglah na ngai pouh hoeh.
[It seems that] you have broken the agreement that you made with your servant, [David]; it seems as though you [have signaled that he is no longer the king by] throwing his crown into the dust/dirt.
40 Kalupnae tapangpueng na raphoe teh, na rapanim hah he na raphoe.
You have torn down the walls [that protect] his [city], and allowed all his forts to become ruins.
41 Lam dawk ka cet e pueng ni hno a la pouh awh teh, a tengpam e naw ni a pathoe awh.
All those who pass by plunder/steal his possessions; his neighbors (laugh at/ridicule) him.
42 A tarannaw e kut tha na o sak teh, a tarannaw pueng hah a lung na tho sak.
You have enabled his enemies to defeat him; you have made them all happy.
43 Ka hran e tahloi hah na ban sak teh, tarantuknae koe na kabawm hoeh toe.
You have caused his sword to become useless, and you have not helped him in his battles.
44 A lentoenae hah na pout sak teh, a bawitungkhung hah talai dawk na tâkhawng pouh.
You have caused his splendor to end (OR, You have taken away his power by knocking his throne to the ground.
45 A nawsainae tueng na duem sak teh, yeirai hni hah na kâkhu sak.
You have caused him to look old when he is still young and caused him to be very shamed/disgraced.
46 BAWIPA bangkong ngailawi na o han. Pou na kâhro han maw. Na lungkhueknae teh hmai patetlah pou a kaman han maw.
O Yahweh, how long [will this continue]? Will you hide yourself forever? How long will your anger burn like a fire?
47 Ka tueng a duemnae hah na pahnim pouh hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, tami catounnaw hah cungkeihoeh lah na sak.
Do not forget that life is very short; have you created all us people in vain?
48 Apipatet mouh duenae kâhmo laipalah ka hring thai. Phuen thaonae dawk hoi kârungngang thai e apimouh kaawm. (Sheol h7585)
No one can [RHQ] keep on living and never die; (No one can [RHQ] avoid going/Everyone will go) to the place of the dead. (Sheol h7585)
49 BAWIPA, Devit koe thoe na bo e ahmaloe e lungpatawnae teh, nâne ao toung.
Yahweh, you promised long ago that you would faithfully love us; why are you not doing that? You solemnly promised that to David!
50 BAWIPA, na sannaw pathoe lah a onae pahnim hanh. Athakaawme tami moikapap ni pathoenae hah kai ni ka khang.
Yahweh, do not forget that people insult me! (Heathen people/People who do not know you) curse me!
51 Oe BAWIPA, na taran ni na pathoe teh, satui awi e a cei nah pueng koe a pathoe awh.
Yahweh, your enemies insult your chosen king! They insult/ridicule him wherever he goes.
52 BAWIPA teh a yungyoe hoi a yungyoe pholen lah awm lawiseh. Amen hoi Amen.
I hope/desire that Yahweh will be praised forever! Amen! May it be so!
