Psalms 78
1 A psalm (maskil) of Asaph. Listen to what I have to teach you, my people; hear what I have to say.
Aw kak thlangkhqi aw, ka ni cawngpyinaak ve ngai lah uh; kam kha awhkaw awi ve ngai lah uh.
2 I will tell you wise sayings; I will explain mysteries from the past
Nyhtahnaak ing kam kha awng kawng nyng saw, syn awhkaw ik-oeih, ang hyp ik-oeihkhqi ce kqawn law kawng.
3 that we have heard before and reflected on; stories our forefathers passed down to us.
Ningmih ing ning za nawh ni huhkhqi ve, ni pakhqi ing amik kqawn law ce ni.
4 We will not keep them from our children; we will tell the next generation about God's marvelous actions—about his power and the amazing things he has done.
A cakhqi venawh am nik phah pe hlyk khqi hy, ak law hly kawi cadilkhqi venawh Bawipa am kyihcah hly kawi ik-oeih saikhqi, amah ak tha awmnaak, kawpoek kyi ik-oeih a saikhqi ce nik kqawn pe patoe kaw.
5 He gave his laws to the descendants of Jacob; his instructions to the people of Israel. He commanded our forefathers to teach them to their children,
Jacob aham a hquut hly kawi awi ce pe nawh Israelkhqi anglakawh anaa awi ce caksak hy, cawhkaw anaa awi ce ningnih a pa venawh a cakhqi ami cawng sak patoe aham pehy,
6 so that the next generation—children yet to be born—would understand and grow up to teach their children.
ak law hly kawi cadil naasenkhqi ing, ak thang hly kawi naasenkhqi ingawm sim unawh, a cadilkhqi venawh ak kqawn pek patoe aham pehy.
7 In this way they should place their trust in God and not forget what God has done, and keep his commandments.
Cawhtaw Khawsa ce ypna kawm usaw a ik-oeih saikhqi ce am hilh voel ti kawm uh, ak awi peekkhqi ce hquut hawh kawm uh.
8 Then they would not be like their forefathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation that was untrustworthy and unfaithful.
Cekkhqi taw ami pahqamkhqi amyihna am awm kawm uh - kaw ak tiing ingkaw ak oelh taih, Khawsa venawh kawlung amak cak thlangkhqi ingkaw aming myihlakhqi awm a venawh ypawm na am awm uhy.
9 The soldiers of Ephraim, though armed with bows, ran away on the day of battle.
Ephraim thlangkhqi ce, li pawm mai u seiawm, qaltuknaak nyn awhtaw a huna hlat tlaih uhy.
10 They did not keep God's agreement, and refused to follow his laws.
Khawsa a paipi ce am ha na unawh a anaa awi a peek amyihna awm am sai uhy.
11 They ignored what he had done, and the amazing things he had shown them—
Kawpoek kyi ik-oeih a mingmih a venawh ang dang peek sak ce hilh uhy.
12 the miracles he had performed for their forefathers near Zoan in Egypt.
Izip qam zan khaw awh ami pahqamkhqi mik huh awh kawpoek kyi ik-oeih ce sai pehy.
13 He split the sea in two and led them through, making the water stand like walls on either side.
Tuncunli ce pak khih na hqe phuk nawh lan hqawng awh cekkhqi ce sawi hy; tui ce ip bang amyihna dyih sak hy.
14 He led them with a cloud by day, and by night with a light of fire.
Dai awh cingmai ing sawi nawh than zung awh maivang ing sawi hy.
15 He split open rocks in the desert to give his people plenty to drink, water as deep as the ocean.
Qamkoh awh lungnu ce can sak nawh tuicunli zah tui ce khawzah pehy;
16 He made streams flow from the stone; water rushing down like rivers!
Lungnu ak kqek awhkawng tui phyt sak nawh lawngnu amyihna lawng sak hy.
17 But they repeatedly sinned against him, rebelling against the Most High in the desert.
Cehlai cekkhqi ing ak khan awh thawlh bak bak hyn uhy, Sawsang Soeih ce qamkoh awh oelh sih hyn uhy.
18 They deliberately provoked God by demanding the foods they longed for.
A mimah ak phoen cawih a sitnaak qungna Khawsa ce noek a dak uhy.
19 They insulted God by saying, “Can God provide food here in the desert?
Khawsa oelh doena, “Qamkoh awh Khawsa ing caboei dawn law hly tang nawh nu?
20 Yes, he can strike a rock so that water gushes out like flowing rivers, but can he give us bread? Can he supply his people with meat?”
Lungnu a vyk awh, tui cawn law nawh tui khawzah lawngca tuina lawng hy. Buh awm ni pe hly thai bai nawh nu? Ak thlangkhqi meh ak ai hly sak thai tang lawt nu?” ti uhy.
21 When he heard this, the Lord became very angry, burning like fire against the descendants of Jacob, furious with the people of Israel,
Bawipa ing ce ak awi ce ang zaak awh, ak kaw so hy; Jacob ak khan awh mai kqawng sak nawh, Israel ak khan awh ak kawsonaak ce pha hy.
22 for they didn't believe in God and didn't trust him to take care of them.
Cekkhqi ing Khawsa ce ap cang na unawh a hulnaak awm ap cangna uhy.
23 Even so he commanded the skies above and the doors of heaven to open,
Cehlai khan khawnghi ce awi pe nawh khan chawmkeng ce awng sak hy;
24 and he made manna rain down on them to eat, giving them bread from heaven.
cekkhqi ing ami ai ham manna ce khaw na aa sak hy, khan nakawng buh ce pehy.
25 Human beings ate the bread of angels; he sent them more than enough food.
Khan ceityih a muk ce ai unawh; ami ai thai khuina buh ce pek khqi boeih hy.
26 He sent the east wind blowing across the sky; by his power he drove the south wind.
Khan nakawng khawlaw ben khawhli ce hlah pe nawh ak thaawmnaak ing a hawt ben nakaw khaw ce hli pe sak bai hy.
27 He rained down meat on them as plentiful as dust; birds as numerous as sand on a beach.
Dekvai amyihna meh ce khaw na tlan pe sak hy, tuicunli a keng awhkaw dizui amyihna pha ce ding pe sak hy.
28 He made them fall right in the middle of their camp, all around where they were living.
Ami awmnaak hi ipkhuikhqi na tlak pe sak nawh, hi im a ceng a awm awh awm pe sak kyng hy.
29 They ate until they were full. He gave them the food they longed for.
Ami hym ami ngaih ce a peek khqi hawh a dawngawh, a mingmih ing ami phyi aawk dyna ai uhy.
30 But before they satisfied their appetite, while the meat was still in their mouths,
Cehlai ami hym buh zani ami cehtaak hlanawh, amim kha awh ami pem hui awh;
31 God became angry with them and he killed their strongest men, striking them down in the prime of life.
Khawsak kawsonaak ce cekkhqik khan awh pha hy; cekkhqik khuiawh tha ak awm soeih khqi ce thih pe sak nawh Israel cadawngkhqi ce him pek khqi hy.
32 Despite all this they went right on sinning. Despite the miracles, they refused to trust him.
Vemyihna awm bai seiawm thawlh bak bak hyn uhy; kawpoek kyi ik-oeih a sai pek khqi awh awm ap cang na bak bak hyn uhy.
33 So he snuffed out their futile lives, bringing them to an end in terror.
Cedawngawh cekkhqi a khawnghi ce a sawhqat na boeih pe sak khqi nawh kum khqi ce kqih awmnaak ing boeih pe sak hy.
34 When he began killing them, the rest came back to God in repentance, praying to him.
Khawsa ing cekkhqi ce ahim qit awh amah ce sui uhy; cawhtaw amah a venna hlat tlaih uhy.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, that God Most High was their Savior.
Khawsa taw a mimah a Lungnu ni tice sim unawh Sawsang soeih Khawsa taw a mingmih a hulkung ni tice sim uhy.
36 They flattered him by what they told him, but they were only lying.
Cehlai amim kha hqoeng ing amah ce kyihcah unawh, amim lai ing a venawh ami qaai kqawn uhy;
37 Deep down they were not sincere, and did not keep the agreement they had with him.
a venawh amik kawlung am cak hy, a paipi sai awh ypawm na am awm uhy.
38 But being compassionate he pardoned their guilt and did not destroy all of them. He often held back his anger—he did not pour out all his fury.
Cehlai anih taw qeennaak ing a be a dawngawh; cekkhqi a thawlh ce qeenkhaw ngai pe nawh cekkhqi ce am hqe hy. Ak kawsonaak ce yh ngahngah nawh ak kawso a benaak amyihna am dang sak hy.
39 He remembered their mortality—that they were like a puff of wind that would not return.
Cekkhqi taw pumsa, amak hlat voel hawh zilh mai ni, tice amah ing sim hy.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, giving him grief in the desert!
Qamkoh awh iqyt dy nu oelh unawh kqawnghu awh iqyt nu ak kaw ami seet sak ce!
41 Again and again they provoked God, causing pain to the Holy One of Israel.
Khawsa ce noek a dak khawthai uhy; Israelkhqi a thlakciim ce yng sak uhy.
42 They did not remember his strength when he rescued them from their oppressors,
Ak thaawmnaak ce am sim qoe uhy – a mingmih ak thekhanaak thlangkhqi kut khui awhkawng a hulnaak ce.
43 performing miracles in Egypt, doing wonderful things on the plain of Zoan.
Izip qam awhkaw poek kyi hatnaak ang dang sak khqi ingkaw zoan hun awhkaw ngaihkyi ik-oeih a saikhqi ce.
44 There he turned their rivers and their streams into blood so that no one could drink from them.
Lawngnukhqi ce thi na ang coeng sak a dawngawh; lawngca tuikhqi ce am aw thai voel uhy.
45 He sent flies among them to destroy them, and frogs to ruin everything.
A mingmih ak cuui aham pi hlah pek khqi khawng hak nawh, a mingmih hqe aham uphyihkhqi tyih pehy.
46 He gave their crops to locusts; everything they worked had for was taken by locusts.
Ami locangkhqi ce khamkhokkhqi venawh pe nawh, ami bibinaak khqi ce khamkhawk peek pehy.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their fig trees with freezing rain.
Misur a thingkhqi ce qeel ing him pe nawh thaikungkhqi awm qawhnu ing him pehy.
48 He handed over their cattle to hail and their flocks to lightning bolts.
Amik khqintaikhqi awm qeel ing him pe nawh, vawk a ai amim cahkhqi awm kqek mai a venawh peek pehy.
49 He poured out on them his fierce anger—rage and hostility and anguish—sending a band of destroying angels against them.
Cekhqik khan awh ak kaw a hlawknaak ce am dawk qoe voel hy, ak kawsonaak, yh thai na amak awm voel kawsonaak ingkaw ak kaw ama lawnaak awh - a mingmih him aham khan ceityih hloep oet ce tyih pehy.
50 He sent his unrestrained anger against them; he did not spare them from death, handing them over to the plague.
A kawsonaak ham a lam ce qoek a bah nawh; cekkhqi ce thihnaak awhkawng am hlyn kana tlawh che a venawh cekkhqi ce pehy.
51 He struck down all the firstborn of Egypt, the first to be conceived in the tents of Ham.
Izipkhqi ak caming boeih him pehy, Ham ipkhui awh ak awm thlanghqing ak thaih cyk khqi ce him pe boeih hy.
52 But he led out his people like sheep, and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
Cehlai, ak thlangkhqi cetaw tuuk kqeng amyihna khai nawh; qamkoh awhkaw tuu amyihna sawi poe hy.
53 He led them to safety, and they were not afraid. He drowned their enemies in the sea.
Syngyp cana a sawi dawngawh cekkhqi ing ap kqih uhy; Cehlai a qalkhqi cetaw tuicunli ing sing pe malh hy.
54 He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land that he had conquered for them.
Cemyihna cekkhqi ce qam ciim a khawqi dyna sawi khqi nawh, ak tangkut ing a lawh tlang qam dyna sawi khqi hy.
55 He drove out the heathen nations before them. He divided up the land for them to own. He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
Cekkhqi haiawh pilnam thlangkhqi ce hqek pek khqi nawh ce a qam ce cekkhqi venawh qo na pang sak khqi nawh: cekhqi a im awh Israelkhqi ce pah sak khqi hy.
56 But they provoked God Most High, rebelling against him. They did not follow what he had told them.
Cehlai cekhqi ing Khawsa ce noek a dak unawh Sawsang Soeih ce oelh unawh; ak awipeek ce am hquut uhy.
57 Just like their forefathers they turned away from God and were unfaithful to him, as twisted as a defective bow.
Ami pakhqi mih baina ypawm na ami awm kaana cangnaak awm am ta uhy, ypnaak amak cu la amyihna hlat uhy.
58 They made him angry with their pagan high places of worship; they made him jealous with their idols.
Hun sangkhqi sai unawh ak kaw so sak unawh; myi bawknaak ing tlai seet sak uhy.
59 When God heard their worship he became furious and he totally rejected Israel.
Cekhqi ce Khawsa ing ang zaak awh, ak kaw so soeih hy; cedawngawh Israel ce qoeng bang tlang hy.
60 He abandoned his place at Shiloh, the Tabernacle where he lived among the people.
Shiloh awh thlang khqing lak awh ang dyih sak hi im awm cehta hy.
61 He surrendered the Ark of his power, allowing it to be captured; handing it over into enemy hands.
Ak tha awmnaak bawm ce tamna na khum sak nawh, a boeimangnaak ce qaal a kut awh pehy.
62 He handed over his people to be slaughtered by the sword; he was furious with his chosen people.
Ak thlangkhqi ce zawzi ing him aham pe nawh; a qo ak pang hly khqik khan awh ak kawso soeih hy.
63 Their young men were destroyed by fire; their young women had no wedding songs.
A tawngpalangkhqi ce mai ing daih pek khqi boeih nawh a nulakhqi ing zulawh vataaknaak a laa am sa voel uhy;
64 Their priests were killed by the sword; their widows were unable to mourn.
A khawsoeihkhqi awm zawzi ing thi unawh, nulakhqi awm am kqang hqa voel uhy.
65 Then the Lord woke up as if from sleep, as a warrior sobering up from drinking wine.
Cawhtaw zu ak qui a caih amyihna, Bawipa ce a ihnaak awhkawng hqyng law hy.
66 He defeated his enemies, striking them on the back, causing them everlasting shame.
A qaalkhqi ce tuk pe pheng nawh; kumqui dy awh chah qai phyikawt na tahy.
67 He rejected the descendants of Joseph, and did not choose the tribe of Ephraim.
Cek cong awhtaw Joseph a hi im ce qoeng nawh, Epharaim a phun awm ap tyk voel hy;
68 Instead he chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion which he loves.
Cehlai Judah phun, Zion tlang, amah ing a lungnaak ce tyk hy.
69 There he built his sanctuary, high like the heavens, on earth that he made to last forever.
Amah ing khawmdek kumqui dy a caksak amyihna, amah cawh hun ciim ce ak sang soeih na sa hy.
70 He chose his servant David, taking him from the sheep pens,
A tyihzawih David ce tyk nawh tuu a ip khui awhkawng dawk hy;
71 taking him from caring for the sheep and lambs to be a shepherd to the descendants of Jacob—God's special people, Israel.
Tuu ak khainaak kung awhkawng hawlaw nawh ak thlang Jacob, a qo pang Israel ce tuu ak khaikung na tahy.
72 Like a shepherd, he took care of them with sincere devotion, leading them with skillful hands.
David ing cekhqi ce kawlung dyngnaak ing qym hy; a kut suinaak ing cekhqi ce khai hy.
