Psalms 78
1 Maschil of Asaph. Give ear, O my people, [to] my law: incline your ear to the words of my mouth.
Kathutkung: Asaph Oe, ka taminaw ka kâlawk hah tarawi awh nateh, ka dei e lawk hah na hnâpakeng awh.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:
Bangnuenae lahoi ka pahni ka ang vaiteh, ayan e lawkkaru hah ka pâpho han.
3 Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Hothateh, ka thai teh, ka panue tangcoung e mintoenaw ni a dei awh e doeh.
4 We will not hide [them] from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done.
A canaw koehoi kâhrawk mahoeh. Ka tho hane senaw koevah, BAWIPA pholennae, a thaonae, hoi hno kângairu a sak e hah ka dei han.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children:
Bangtelah tetpawiteh, mintoenaw hah kâ a poe teh, a ca catounnaw koe a panue sak awh nahanlah, Jakop koe lawkpanuesaknae hah acak sak teh, Isarel koe kâlawk hah a poe.
6 That the generation to come might know [them], [even] the children [who] should be born; [who] should arise and declare [them] to their children:
Kaawm han rae se hoi ka tâcawt han rae camonaw ni, a catounnaw koe a dei awh vaiteh, a panue awh nahanlah,
7 That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
Cathut dawk a ngaihawi awh nahan hoi Cathut hnosak hah pahnim laipalah kâpoelawknaw a pahnim awh hoeh nahanlah,
8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Mintoenaw patetlah lungpatanae, taranthawnae, kalan e hno dawk a lung kaawm hoeh e, Cathut hanelah yuemkamcu hoeh e muitha lah ao awh hoeh nahane doeh.
9 The children of Ephraim, [being] armed, [and] carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Ephraim catoun teh tarantuknae a khohna teh licung a patuep ei, tarantuk hnin navah a yawng.
10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law;
Cathut lawkkam tarawi awh hoeh. Kâlawk tarawi e ngai awh hoeh.
11 And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had shown them.
A sak e hoi hno kângairu a sak e hah, a pahnim awh.
12 Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, [in] the field of Zoan.
A na mintoenaw e mithmu vah, kângairu hno hah Izip ram Zoan tanghling dawk a sak.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as a heap.
Talîpui hah a kapek teh ahnimanaw hah a cei sak. Tui hah hnopai patetlah a pâhlawp.
14 In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire.
Kanîthun hai tâmai hoi a hrawi teh, tangmin karoitawi hmaiang hoi a hrawi.
15 He cleaved the rocks in the wilderness, and gave [them] drink as [out of] the great depths.
Kahrawngum vah, lungsong a bawng teh, talîpui tui patetlah moikapap e tui a pânei.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Lungsong thung hoi tui a tâco sak teh, palangpui patetlah a lawng sak.
17 And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the Most High in the wilderness.
Hatei, ama taranlahoi hoehoe a yon awh teh, kahrawngum vah Lathueng Poung taranlahoi taran a thaw awh.
18 And they tempted God in their heart by asking food for their desire.
Ca han a ngai poung awh e hah a hei awh teh, a lungthin hoi Cathut hah a tanouk awh.
19 Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
Bokheiyah, Cathut taranlahoi a dei awh e teh, kahrawngum vah Cathut ni rawca na poe thai awh han na maw, telah ati awh.
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people?
Khenhaw! tui a tâco teh, tuiko muen ka kawi lah a lawng nahan lah lungsongpui hah a hem. Rawca hai a poe thai namaw. A taminaw hah moi a poe thai han na ou, telah ati awh.
21 Therefore the LORD heard [this], and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel;
Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni hote lawk hah a thai teh a lungkhuek. Hat toteh, Jakop taranlahoi hmaito a tâco teh, Isarel taranlahoi a lungkhuek.
22 Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation:
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut hah yuem awh hoeh. A rungngangnae hai kâuep awh hoeh.
23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven,
Hottelah nahlangva, lathueng lae tâmai hah kâ a poe teh, kalvan longkha hah a paawng pouh.
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven.
Ca hane mana hah ahnimouh lathueng a rak sak teh, kalvanlae rawca hah a poe.
25 Man ate angels' food: he sent them food to the full.
Taminaw ni thaonae rawca hah a ca awh teh, kaboumlah ca hane a patawn.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.
Kanîtholae kahlî hah kalvan a tho sak teh, a hnotithainae lahoi a cum lae kahlî hah a tho sak.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
Vaiphu patetlah moi hah a rak sak teh, rathei ka tawn e tavanaw hah tuirai e sadi yit touh apap awh.
28 And he let [it] fall in the midst of their camp, around their habitations.
A roenae tengpam petkâkalup lah a bo pouh.
29 So they ate, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire;
Hateh, a ca awh teh king a boum awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a ngai awh e patetlah a poe.
30 They were not estranged from their desire: but while their meat [was] yet in their mouths,
Hatei, a ngai awh e rawca a hmawt awh hoehnahlan, a ca awh lahun navah,
31 The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen [men] of Israel.
Cathut lungkhueknae teh ahnimouh koe a pha. A tami tha kaawmnaw hah a thei teh, Isarel thoundounnaw hah koung a rawp sak.
32 For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works.
Hottelah nahlangva, hoehoe a yon awh teh, hno kalen a sak awh e hai bout yuem awh hoeh.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble.
Hatdawkvah, hringyung hnin hah ayawmyin lah a coung sak awh teh, lungpuennae hoi a kum teh a baw sak awh.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God.
Ahnimanaw hah a thei awh teh, a ma tawng hanelah a ban awh teh, atangcalah Cathut heh a tawng awh.
35 And they remembered that God [was] their rock, and the high God their redeemer.
Cathut teh amamae lungsongpui doeh tie a panue awh teh, Lathueng Poung Cathut teh na karatangkung doeh tie a panue awh.
36 Nevertheless they flattered him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues.
Hateiteh, ama teh a pahni hoi a pholen teh, lai hoi laithoe a dei awh.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimae lungthin teh a hmalah lan hoeh, a lawkkam dawk yuemkamcu awh hoeh.
38 But he, [being] full of compassion, forgave [their] iniquity, and destroyed [them] not: yes, many a time he turned his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath.
Hatei, ama teh lungmanae hoi akawi teh, a payonnae heh a ngaithoum teh, koung raphoe hoeh. Bokheiyah, avai moikapap lungkhueknae a roum sak teh, a lungphuennae kaman sak ngai hoeh.
39 For he remembered that they [were but] flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, takthai lah ao awh teh, bout ban hoeh hanelah, kâha a poe e tie hah pahnim awh hoeh.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, [and] grieve him in the desert!
Thingyeiyawn vah vai nâyittouh maw a lungkhuek sak awh teh, ramke vah avai nâyittouh maw a lungmathoe sak awh toe.
41 Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel.
Bokheiyah, atuhoitu Cathut a tanouk awh teh, Isarelnaw e Tami Kathoung hah a taran awh.
42 They remembered not his hand, [nor] the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
A thaonae pâkuem ngai awh hoeh, a tarannaw koehoi a rungngang ei nakunghai, pâkuem ngai awh hoeh.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan:
Izip ram hoi Zoan yawn dawk kângairu hno a sak e hoi.
44 And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink.
Ahnimae palang hah thipaling lah a coung sak teh, ahnimae tuikhunaw hai nei thai hoeh hanlah thipaling lah koung a coung sak.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Ahnimouh ka kei e bitseinaw hoi, ahnimouh karaphoekung ekkanaw hah a tha pouh.
46 He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
Ahnimae a pawhiknaw hah, ahri ni ca hanelah a poe teh, a tawksak awh e a pawhik hah samtongnaw a poe pouh.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore trees with frost.
Ahnimae misurnaw teh roun ni koung a raphoe pouh teh, thailahei kungnaw hai tadamtui ni koung a thei pouh.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Ahnimae saringnaw hai roun ni dêi hanelah a poe pouh teh, saringnaw hah kei ni a ka pouh.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels [among them].
Takitho e a lungkhueknae hah ahnimouh lathueng a rabawk teh, lungkhueknae, lungpoutnae, hoi runae hah ahnimouh koe thoenae kaphawtkung kalvan tami totouh a tha pouh.
50 He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;
A lungkhueknae hanlah lamthung a sak, a hringnae hah duenae hlak pasai laipalah, lacik mathout hah letlang a poe.
51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt; the chief of [their] strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
Izip vah camin pueng hoi Ham e rim a thaonae hmaloe poung e hoi koung a raphoe.
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Hatei, a taminaw teh tu patetlah a hrawi teh, saringnaw patetlah kahrawngum vah a hrawi.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Karoumcalah a hrawi teh, taki hane banghai awm hoeh. A tarannaw teh talîpui ni koung a ramuk.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, [even to] this mountain, [which] his right hand had purchased.
Hahoi, ramri kathoung, aranglae kut hoi a tawn e, mon totouh a hrawi.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Ahnimae hmalah, alouke miphunnaw hah a pâlei pouh. A pang awh hane râw hah a bangnue pouh teh, alouklouk lah hmuen a poe.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies:
Hat nahlangva, Lathueng Poung Cathut hah a tanouk awh teh, a lungkhuek sak awh teh, a panuesaknae lawk hah tarawi awh hoeh.
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
A na mintoenaw patetlah a kamlang awh teh, yuemkamcu hoeh lah a kâroe awh. Dumyennae licung patetlah a kâkamei awh.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimae hmuerasangnaw ni a lungkhuek sak teh, a sak awh e meikaphawknaw ni dipma sinnae a tâco sak.
59 When God heard [this], he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel:
Hetheh Cathut ni a thai toteh, puenghoi a lungkhuek teh, Isarel hah puenghoi a panuet.
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent [which] he placed among men;
Hatdawkvah, taminaw koe a ta e Shiloh rim koe totouh a ceitakhai.
61 And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand.
A thaonae teh san lah a coung sak teh, a lentoenae teh a tarannaw kut dawk a poe.
62 He gave over his people also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance.
A taminaw tahloi a kâhmo sak teh, râw lah a coe e naw koe a lungkhuek.
63 The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage.
A thoundounnaw teh hmai ni a kak awh teh, a tanglanaw ni vâ kâhmo awh hoeh.
64 Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation.
A vaihmanaw teh tahloi hoi a thei awh eiteh, lahmainaw ni khui awh hoeh.
65 Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
BAWIPA teh ka ip e patetlah a kâhlaw teh, misurtui kecu dawk ka hram e athakaawme tami patetlah a hram.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder part: he put them to a perpetual reproach.
A taran hah a pâlei teh, a yungyoe min mathoenae hah a poe.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
Hothloilah Joseph rim hah a pahnawt teh, Ephraim miphun hah rawi ngai hoeh.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.
Ama koehoi Judah miphun, Zion mon ka pahren e heh a rawi.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high [palaces], like the earth which he hath established for ever.
A hmuen kathoung hah karasang e patetlah a sak teh, talai patetlah a yungyoe acak sak.
70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheep-folds:
A san Devit hai a rawi teh tutakha thung hoi a la.
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Tumanu, a canaw ouk a hrawi e patetlah, a tami Jakop hoi a coe e râw Isarelnaw khenyawnkung hanelah a la.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Hothloilah, a lungthin ahawi e patetlah, a khetyawt teh, a thoumnae kut hoi a hrawi awh.
