Psalms 80
1 [Yahweh], you [who lead us like] a shepherd leads his flock [of sheep], listen to us Israeli people. You sit on your throne [in the Very Holy Place in the temple], above the [carvings of] winged creatures.
Aw Israel tuudoenkung, tukkqeng amyihna Joseph ak sawikung ngai law lah, nang cherubim anglak li awh ngawi nawh, vang law lah.
2 Show yourself to [the people of the tribes of] Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Show us that you are powerful and come and rescue us!
Ephraim, Benjamin ingkaw Manoseh a haiawh. Nak thaawmnaak y lah; law nawhtaw kaimih ve ni hul khqi lah.
3 God, cause our nation to be strong like it was before; be kind to us [IDM] in order that we may be saved [from our enemies.]
Aw Khawsa, kaimih ve ni thaw khqi tlaih nawh; na haai ce kaimih ak khan awh vang sak lah, cawhtaw hulna awm kawng unyng.
4 Yahweh, you who are the commander of the armies of heaven, how long will you be angry with us, your people, when we pray to you?
Aw Bawipa Boeimang Khawsa, ityk dy nu nak thlangkhqi ak cykcahnaak awh nak kaw a seet hly.
5 [It is as though] the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!
Cekhqi ce nang ing mikphli ing buh ai sak khqi hawh tiksaw; boet awh ak bena mikphli tui ce awk sak hawh hyk ti.
6 You have allowed the people-groups that surround us to fight with [each other to decide which part of our land each of them will take]; our enemies laugh at us.
Ka kengsam awhkaw thlangkhqi ak kawqepnaak na ni sai tiksaw, ka qaalkhqi a qaihbu na ni sai hyk ti.
7 God, commander of the armies of heaven, cause our nation to be strong like it was before! Be kind to us in order that we may be saved!
Aw Boeimang thakawm Khawsa, kaimih ve ni thaw khqi tlaih nawh; na haai ce kaimih ak khan awh vang sak lah, cawhtaw hulna awm kawng unyng.
8 [Our ancestors were like] a grapevine [MET] that you brought out of Egypt; you expelled the other people-groups [from this land], and you put your people in their land.
Izip qam awhkawng nang ing misurkung hawlaw tiksaw; pilnam thlangkhqi na hqek boeih congawh ling hyk ti.
9 [Like people] clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], [you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it]. [Like] the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], [you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land].
Ce nang lingnaak aham dek chei hqeet hyk ti, ak kqa thla nawh qam khuiawh zam tikzak hy.
10 [Like huge] grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar [trees] [MET, HYP],
Thlangkhqi ce a hliip ing dah nawh, a paangkhqi ing sidor thing tha ak awm soeih khqi awm dah tlyp hy.
11 [your people ruled all of Canaan], from the [Mediterranean] Sea [in the west] to the [Euphrates] River [in the east].
A paangkhqi ing tuicunli pha nawh, ak kqakhqi ing lawngnu tui pha hy.
12 So why have you abandoned us and [allowed our enemies to] tear down our walls [RHQ]? [You are like] someone who tears down the fences [around his vineyard], with the result that all [the people] who pass by [can] steal the grapes,
Ak thoek cawnkhqi ing misur thaih amik bihnaak ham ikaw hamna vawng na hqe peek?
13 and wild pigs [can] trample [the vines], and wild animals [can also] eat [the grapes].
Kqawng nakaw vawmngaikhqi ing naawk unawh kqawng nakaw chukphakhqi ing ai uhy.
14 You who are the commander of the armies of heaven, (turn to/stop abandoning) us! Look down from heaven and see [what is happening to] us! Come and rescue [us who are like] [MET] your grapevine,
Aw Boeimang Khawsa, kaimih benna hlat law lah! Khan nakawng ni nuk toek law nawhtaw ni hu lah!
15 who are [like] the young vine that you [SYN] planted and caused to grow!
Nak tangkut ing nang ling ak kqa, namah aham nam thawh ca pa ve.
16 Our enemies have torn down and burned everything in our land; look at them angrily and get rid of them!
Na misur ve chawm unawh, mai awh phum uhy; nang a toelnaak awh nak thlangkhqi plawci kang uhy.
17 But strengthen [us] people whom you have chosen [IDM], [us] Israeli people whom you [previously] caused to be very strong.
Na kut ce nak tang benawh ak ngawi thlang ak khan awh tloeng pe, namah aham nang ing nam thawh thlanghqing capa ak khan awh.
18 When you do that, we will never turn away from you again; (revive us/cause us to be again like we were previously), and [then] we will praise/worship you.
Cawhtaw nang ce am ning hlat taak voel kawng unyng; kaimih ve ni caih sak khqi tlaih lah, cawhtaw nang ming ce nik khy hly hawh unyng.
19 Yahweh, commander of the armies of heaven, restore us; be kind to us in order that we may be rescued [from our enemies]!
Aw Bawipa Boeimang Khawsa, ak cyk awhkaw amyihna kaimih ve ni awm sak khqi tlaih lah; hulna kami awmnaak thai aham na haai ce kaimih ak khan awh vang law sak lah.
