Psalms 10
1 Lord, why are you so distant? Why do you hide from me in times of trouble?
Aw BOEIPA, balae tih mueirhih tue vaengah a hla la na thuh tih na pai?
2 The wicked chase down the poor with impunity. May they be trapped by the evil schemes they themselves invented.
Halang kah a hoemnah loh mangdaeng te a hlak dae tangkhuepnah neh a moeh rhoek long te amamih lat a tuuk.
3 For the wicked boast about what they want to do. They praise the greedy, but treat the Lord with contempt.
Halang tah a hinglu kah hoehhamnah dongah yan uh tih, aka mueluem loh BOEIPA yah aka bai te a uem.
4 The wicked are too proud to come to God. In all their thinking they never consider God.
Halang tah oeknah neh a thintoek a khueh. Pathen te toem pawt tih, a thuepnah boeih dongah om pawh.
5 What they do always seems to go well. They're unaware of God's judgments. They ridicule all their enemies.
A longpuei, a longpuei te a tue boeih ah kilkul. Na laitloeknah te anih hmai lamloh a sang pah. Anih aka daengdaeh boeih khaw amamih te lat a sat.
6 They tell themselves, “Nothing bad is going to happen to me. I'll never be in trouble!”
A lungbuei ah, “Thawnpuei lamkah thawnpuei due ka tuen pawt vetih ka yoethae mahpawh,” a ti.
7 Their speech is full of cursing, lies, and threats; their tongues are always ready to spread trouble and cause evil.
A ka dongah olthae olkha, hlangthai palat neh hnaephnapnah bae tih a lai dongah thakthaenah neh boethae ni aka om.
8 They hide out in ambush in the villages, ready to kill innocent passers-by. They are always on the lookout for their next victim.
Vong kaep kah rhong ah ngol tih, a huephael ah ommongsitoe a ngawn. A mik neh mangdaeng mangtok te a mae uh.
9 They lie in ambush like a lion ready to attack, ready to leap out from their hiding place to seize their victim. They capture the helpless, throwing a net over them.
Mangdaeng te tuuk ham a huephael kah po khuiah sathueng bangla a rhongngol. Mangdaeng te a tuuk vaengah amah kah lawk neh a sol.
10 Their victims are knocked down, laid low. They fall under the strength of the wicked.
Te dongah paep la paep tih a ngawm phoeiah tah tatthai khaw a pilnu hmuiah ni mangdaeng mangtok la a cungku.
11 They tell themselves, “God won't notice. He's looking the other way. He won't ever see anything.”
A lungbuei ah, “Pathen loh a hnilh coeng, a maelhmai a thuh tih yoeyah la hmu mahpawh,” a ti.
12 Take a stand, Lord! Raise your hand to strike! Don't forget those who can't defend themselves.
Aw BOEIPA Pathen thoo lah, na kut thueng lah. Mangdaeng kodo te nang loh hnilh boeh.
13 Why do the wicked think they can treat God with such contempt? Why do they think that God won't make them accountable?
Balae tih halang loh Pathen yah a bai te amah lungbuei ah, “Nan cae tang mahpawh,” a ti?
14 But you do see the trouble and grief they cause. Take it into your own hands. The helpless trust in you; you defend the orphans.
Tedae, na hmuh coeng dongah, thakthaenah neh konoinah, na kut dongah khueh ham na paelki. Namah tah cadah aka bom la na om dongah, na taengah mangdaeng mangtok khaw a hal.
15 Destroy the power of the wicked, those evil people! Call each of them to account until there are none left!
Boethae halang kah a ban te khaem pah. A halangnah te cae pah lamtah hlun boeh.
16 Lord, you are King forever and ever! The nations will vanish from their lands.
BOEIPA tah kumhal ah manghai yoeyah tih, a khohmuen kah namtom rhoek tah milh uh ni.
17 Lord, you have heard the longing cries of those who are suffering. You will encourage them, for you will listen to them.
Kodo rhoek kah ngaihlihnah te BOEIPA nang loh na hna neh na hnatung tih, na yaak dongah, a lungbuei na cikngae sak.
18 You will defend the rights of orphans and the oppressed so that those who are mere human beings here on earth will never terrorize them again.
Cadah neh hlanghnaep pahnap ham laitloek pah. Diklai lamkah hlanghing taengah, a sarhing ham te koep khoep boel saeh.
