Saam 38
1 David tahmen hnikhaih Saam laa. Aw Angraeng, palungphuihaih hoiah na zoeh hmah loe, palungbethaih hoiah doeh na thuitaek hmah.
O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 Nang kah ih palaanawk loe ka tak thungah akun, na ban hoiah nang boh.
For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.
3 Palung na phui pongah, ka takpum ngantuihaih om ai; ka zaehaih pongah ka huhnawk ngantuihaih om ai boeh.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 Ka sakpazaehaih mah ka lu hae zaeng khoep, kai han kazit parai hmuen ah oh, ka phaw thai ai.
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 Kam thuhaih pongah kai ih ahmaanawk loe hmuiset moe, qongh.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 Raihaih ka tong boeh; kanung parai ah ka krak tathuk moe, qahhaih hoiah athun qui ka vah.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 Ka kaeng loe panuet thok nathaih hoiah koi, ka takpum roe ah ngantuihaih om ai boeh.
For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 Tha ka zai sut boeh moe, ka pan dui boeh: tasoehhaih palungthin to ka tawnh pong ah, ka hangh.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the chaos of my heart.
9 Aw Angraeng, ka koeh ih hmuennawk loe na hmaa ah amtueng boih, ka hanghaih lok doeh na hmaa hoiah hawk thai ai boeh.
Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.
10 Ka palung loe tasoeh moe, tha doeh ka tawn ai: ka mik doeh amtueng ai boeh.
My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 Ka nathaih pongah ka palung ih kaminawk hoi kam puinawk mah doeh kai ang yae o taak, ka imtaeng kaminawk mah doeh kangthla ah ang oh o taak boeh.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand far off.
12 Ka hinghaih paduek han pakrong kaminawk loe kai hanah thaang patung o: nganbawh kana paek hanah kai pakrong kaminawk loe, athun qui amrohaih hoi alinghaih lok to thuih o.
They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 Toe kai loe naapang baktiah ka oh moe, pakhaa ang thai ai lokaa baktiah ka oh.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.
14 Lok thaikop ai, lokthuih palaem let thai ai kami baktiah ni ka oh.
Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 Aw Angraeng, nang ni kang oep: Aw Angraeng ka Sithaw, nang mah loe nang pathim tih.
For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God.
16 Nihcae mah kai anghoe o thuih ueloe, kam thaek naah nihcae mah kai han amoek o thui tih, to pongah na pathim raeh, tiah ka thuih.
For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
17 Palungsethaih boeng thai ai boeh pongah, kam timh tom boeh.
For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 Ka sakpazaehaih to taphong moe, ka zaehaih pongah dawnpakhuem han boeh.
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Ka misanawk loe ngantui o moe, thacak o parai: tidoeh na ai ah kai hnuma kaminawk loe paroeai pop o.
But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Kahoih hmuen to ka patom pongah, hoihaih to sethaih hoiah pathok kaminawk loe kai ih misa ah oh o.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Aw Angraeng, na prawt sut hmah: Aw ka Sithaw, kangthla ah na om taak hmah.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Aw Angraeng kai pahlonghaih, kai abomh hanah karangah angzo rae ah.
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
