Psalms 44
1 God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.
Kathutkung: Korah capanaw Oe Cathut, ayan vah mintoenaw se nah na sak e hah, a dei awh teh ka hnâ ni a thai.
2 [They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].
Na kut hoi miphunlouknaw hah na pâlei. Hatei, mintoenaw hah a hmuen na poe, ayânaw hah runae na poe teh na pâlei.
3 It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ram teh tahloi hno lahoi a la awh e nahoeh. A kut hoi kârungngang awh e hai tho hoeh. Hatei, na thaonae kut hoi na minhmai angnae lahoi ram a la awh e doeh.
4 You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.
Oe Cathut, nang teh kaie Siangpahrang doeh. Jakop hanelah tânae kâ poe haw.
5 It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
Nang pawlawk lahoi ka taran hah ka tâ awh han. Na min lahoi ka tarannaw hah rep ka coungroe awh han.
6 I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, kaie licung hah ka kâuep mahoeh. Kaie senehmaica ni na rungngang mahoeh.
7 No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].
Hatei, ka taran thung hoi na rungngang teh, na kahmuhmanaw hah yeiraipo hoi na o sak.
8 We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.
Hnintangkuem Cathut dawk ka kâoup teh, a min hah pou ka pholen.
9 But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.
Hatei atu teh hnam na thun takhai teh, yeiraipo hoi na o sak. Kaimae ransanaw koe bout na cet boihoeh.
10 You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.
Taran hmalah na yawng sak teh, na ka tarannaw ni a ngai patetlah na lawp awh.
11 You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].
Tu thei hane patetlah na ceikhai teh, miphun pueng koe koung na kathek awh.
12 [It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!
Na taminaw hah banghai bang hoeh lah na yo teh, aphu teh na bawi khai kalawn hoeh.
13 People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
Imrinaw lungkuep nahane hoi, tengpam e taminaw ni dudam e hoi, panuikhai hanelah na coung sak awh toe.
14 They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].
Miphunlouknaw ni lairui lah rui hane hoi, taminaw ni lûsaling sin hanelah na coung sak awh toe.
15 All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.
Na kapathoenaw hoi na kahmuhmanaw e lawk kecu hoi, tarannaw hoi moi ka pathungnaw kecu dawk,
16 I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.
kayanae teh ka hmalah pout laipalah ao teh, ka kayanae ni ka minhmai a ramuk.
17 All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].
Hotnaw pueng ni na bo sin. Hatei, na pahnim boihoeh. Na lawkkam hai ka tapoe boihoeh.
18 We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].
Kaimae lungthin hnuk kâhnawn hoeh niteh, na lamthung hai ka phen boi awh hoeh.
19 But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].
Hatei nang ni kahrawnguinaw onae koe koung na phi teh, kaimouh lathueng duenae tâhlip hoi na ramuk awh.
20 If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,
Kaimouh ni, kamamae Cathut min ka pahnim awh teh, ramlouk cathut koe ka kut ka dâw awh pawiteh,
21 you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.
Cathut ni tang panuek mahoeh maw. Bangkongtetpawiteh, lungthin e arulawk hai kapanuekkung doeh.
22 But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.
Nang hanelah hnintangkuem thei lah ka o awh. A thei hane tu patetlah doeh na pouk awh.
23 [So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!
Kâhlaw haw, Oe BAWIPA, bangkongmaw muet na i. Thaw nateh hnamthun takhai hanh leih.
24 Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?
Bangkongmaw na minhmai pou na hro teh, runae hoi kapahuipalamnaw kâhmo awh e heh ouk na pahnim.
25 We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.
Talai dawk minhmai rekkâbet lah ka tabut teh, vaiphu dawk ka tabo.
26 Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!
Na kabawmkung hanelah tho haw, na lungmanae lahoi na ratang haw.
