Psalms 68
1 God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
Khawsa tho seitaw, a qaalkhqi ce a tik a zak na awm sak seitaw; Khawsa ak sawhnaakkhqi ce a ven awhkawng cen u seh nyng.
2 Like [wind] blows smoke away, chase your enemies away. Like wax melts when it is near a fire, cause wicked people to (disappear/be destroyed).
Maikhu zilh ing a zawn bang amyihna, nang ing cekkhqi ce zawn bang lah; mai awh khawi-ut a tle amyihna, thlakchekhqi taw Khawsa haiawh plawci u seh.
3 But righteous people should be joyful; they should rejoice when they are in God’s presence; they should be happy, and be very joyful.
Cehlai, thlakdyngkhqi taw Khawsa haiawh zeel u seh; amik kaw awm hqa seitaw zeel u seh.
4 Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song (OR, make a road) for him who rides on the clouds; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
Khawsa venawh laa sa lah uh, ang ming kyihcahnaak laa sa lah uh, myi khan awh ak ngawi ce zoeksang uh - anih ang ming taw Bawipa ni – a haiawh zeel lah uh.
5 God, who lives in his sacred temple, is [like] [MET] a father to [those who are] orphans, and he is the one who protects widows.
Pa amak takhqi aham pa na awm nawh, nuhaikhqi ak dyih pyikung na awm hy, Khawsa taw a awmnaak hun ciim awh awm hy.
6 For those who have no one to live with, he provides families [to live with]. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel [against him] will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
Amah doengca ak awmkhqi ce cakaw ak kqeng na coeng sak hy, thawng ak tlakhqi ce laa sak doena ceh pyi hy; Cehlai, ak oelh ak taih ak thlangkhqi taw khawk hlawk ing a engnaak qam awh awm uhy.
7 God, you led your people out [of Egypt], and then you marched with them through the desert.
Aw Khawsa nak thlangkhqi haiawh na ceh awh, qam qamkoh awh nang ing na ceh pyi phaat awh,
8 After you did that, because when you, the God [worshiped by us] Israeli people, appeared to us at Sinai [Mountain], the earth shook, and rain poured down from the sky.
khan nakawng khaw ce aa hy, Khawsa haiawh, Sinai tlang awhkaw ce, Khawsa, Israelkhqi Khawsa haiawh kawmdek tyn hy.
9 You caused plenty of rain to fall [on your land], [and so] you enabled good crops to grow again on the land that you gave [to us Israelis].
Aw Khawsa, nang ing khaw khawzah aa sak hyk ti; nang ing ak hoet na qo ak pangkhqi ce caih sak pang hyk ti.
10 Your people built homes there; and because you were good to them, you provided [food] for those who were poor.
Nak thlangkhqi ing ce ak khuiawh awm unawh, Aw Khawsa, na khawhthem khawzah ak khui awhkawng khawdengkhqi hqin hyk ti.
11 The Lord gave a message, and many women took that message to other places.
Bawipa ing awi sa nawh, ce ak awi ak khypyi thlangkhqi ce kqeng soeih uhy.
12 [They proclaimed], “Many kings and their armies are running away [from our army]!” [When our army brought back to their homes] the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things [among themselves and among their families].
Sangpahrangkhqi ingkaw qalkapkhqi ce ang tawnna cen uhy; qeh-im khui awhkaw thlangkhqi ing qaalkhqi khawhthem ce qek qu uhy.
13 Even those women who were in the pens [taking care of] the sheep [received some of those things]; they got statues of doves whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
Nang ing qeh-im kawt hai a venawh na ih awh ce, kai a kqukkqu ang hlakhqi ce ngun ing zawl nawh, ang hlakhqi ce sui na phla hlap hlap hy.
14 When Almighty [God] scattered the [enemy] kings [and their armies], [the number of weapons that they abandoned there] seemed like there had been a snowstorm on Zalmon (OR, a black) [Mountain].
Boeimang thak awm ing sangpahrangkhqi ce qam khuiawh a thek a zaak awh ce, Zalmon awh qawhnu ak tlamyihna awm uhy.
15 There is a very high mountain in the Bashan [region], a mountain which has many peaks.
Basham tlangkhqi taw qypawm tlangkhqi na awm nawh; lunkqawng ingkaw hqeng ang hqah hqoeng na Bashan tlang taw awm hy.
16 But the [people who live near] that mountain should not [RHQ] envy those who live near [Zion], the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever!
Aw lunkqawng hqoeng na ak awm tlangkhqi, uknaak aham Khawsa ing ak tyh tlang, kumqui dyna Bawipa a awmnaak hly kawi tlang ce kawtih tlai seet doena nami toek uh?
17 [After we defeated all our enemies], [it was as though] the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Sinai [Mountain] and came into the sacred temple [in Jerusalem].
Khawsa a qaal tuknaak rangleng taw thong thongoet ingkaw thong zakhat dyna doem hy; Bawipa taw Sinai awhkawng amah a hun ciim na law hawh hy.
18 He ascended the sacred mountain [where his temple is], and took with him many people who had been captured [in battles]; and received gifts from the enemies [whom he had defeated]. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh our God will live there [in his sacred temple] forever.
Hun sang na na hang kai awh ce, khawh na ak awm tamnaakhqi ce hak khyn nawh; thlangkhqi ven awhkawng laksawng ce do hyk ti, ak oelhkhqi ven awhkawng zani – Aw Bawipa Khawsa, nang taw cawh ce awmnaak thai aham ni.
19 Praise the Lord, who [helps us] carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves/rescues us.
Khawsa ningnih a hulkung, ningnih a phyihqih ak phyi loet Bawipa venawh thangleeknaak awm seh nyng.
20 Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who (allows us to escape/prevents us) from being killed [in battles].
Ningmih a Khawsa taw anik hulkung Khawsa na awm hy; Rypawm Khawsa ven awhkawng thihnaak awhkawng loetnaak ce law hy.
21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
Khawsa ing a qaalkhqi a lukhqi, thawlhnaak a nawn kaana a saikhqi tloek a lu ce neet pe kaw.
22 The Lord said, “I will bring back the [corpses of those who were killed in] Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean [and drowned].
Bawipa ing, “Bashan awhkawng a mingmih ce law pyi kawng nyng saw; tuncunli dung awhkawng a mingmih ce law pyi kawng,
23 I will do that in order that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can [also] lap up some of your enemies’ blood.”
Na qaalkhqi thi ce na khaw ing leh kawm tiksaw, na uikhqi ingawm leek pe kawm uh,” tinawh Bawipa ing kqawn hy.
24 God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, [celebrating that you have defeated your enemies]. You [march like] a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
Aw Khawsa, a ciimnaak hun na a law ingkaw ka Khawsa ka Sangpahrang a law ce hu hawh uhy.
25 The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
Haiben na laa ak sakhqi ce cet unawh, cekkhqi hu awh tingtoeng ak tumkhqi cet uhy; cekkhqi anglak li awh nulaakhqi ing poeng ak beei ce bei uhy.
26 [They are all singing], “You Israeli people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!”
Thlangkqeng ang cunnaak awh Khawsa ce kyihcah lah uh; Israelkhqi ang cunnaak awh Khawsa ce kyihcah lah uh.
27 First come [the people of the tribe of] Benjamin, the smallest [tribe], and following them come the leaders of [the tribe of] Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of [the tribes of] Zebulun and Naphtali.
Benjamin phun vezit ca ing cekkhqi ce sawi nawh, Judah sangpahrangkhqi, Zebulun ingkaw Nephtali sangpahrangkhqi ing hquut uhy.
28 God, show people that you are very powerful; show people the power with which you have helped us previously.
Aw Khawsa, nak thaawmnaak ce khy lah; Aw Bawipa ak kqym awh na sai amyihna, nak thaawmnaak ce nim huh khqi lah.
29 Show that power from your temple in Jerusalem, where kings bring gifts to you.
Jerusalem awh na bawkim a awm dawngawh sangpahrangkhqi ing laksawng hawlaw kawm uh.
30 Rebuke [your enemies, such as those in Egypt who are like] wild hippopotamuses/animals that live in the reeds; and [powerful nations that are like] bulls that are among their calves [MET]; rebuke/trample them until they bow down and give you gifts of silver. Scatter the people who enjoy making wars.
Paipoeng a ding awhkaw qam saktlung ce toel nawhtaw, pilnam anglakawhkaw vaitawkhqi anglakawhkaw vaitawmcai ce phep lah. Ak kai na ta lah, ngun awm hawlaw na lah u seh. Qaal tuk ak ngaih soeih qaalkhqi ce thek a zak lah.
31 Then people will bring gifts of bronze (OR, of cloth) to you from Egypt; the people in Ethiopia will lift up their hands [to praise you].
Izip qam nakawng dyihthingkhqi law kawm uh; Kush ing amah ingkaw amah Khawsa venawh pe qu kaw.
32 [You people who are citizens of] kingdoms/countries all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord!
Khawmdek awhkaw qamkhqi aw, Khawsa venawh laa sa unawh, Bawipa kyihcahnaak laa sa lah uh,
33 Sing to the God, the one who rides across the sky, the sky that [he created] long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
Syn awhkaw khan khawnghi poeng awh ak ngawi a venawh, khawhum qawdeh laa awi ak sakung a venawh kyihcahnaak laa sa lah uh.
34 Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies [he also shows that] he is powerful.
A qypawmnaak Isreal khqik khan awh ak awm, khan khawnghi awh thaawmnaak ak ta, Khawsa ak thaawmnaak ce khypyi lah uh.
35 God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom [we] Israeli people [worship]. He makes [DOU] his people very powerful. Praise God!
Aw Khawsa, na hun ciim awh nang taw kqih awm na awm hyk ti: Israel Khawsa ing thaawmnaak ingkaw sai thainaak ce ak thlangkhqi venawh pehy. Khawsa venawh thangleeknaak awm seh nyng!
