Tingtoeng 80
1 Olphong Tuilipai aka mawt ham Asaph kah Tingtoenglung Israel aka dawn loh hnatun lah. Boiva bangla Joseph aka hmaithawn tih cherubim aka ngol loh ha sae lah.
To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
2 Ephraim, Benjamin neh Manasseh mikhmuh ah na thayung thamal te huel lamtah, kaimih kah khangnah ham halo lah.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy strength, and come to our deliverance.
3 Pathen aw kaimih nan lat tih, na maelhmai a sae daengah ni ka daem uh eh.
O God, restore us; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
4 Caempuei Pathen BOEIPA me hil nim, na pilnam kah thangthuinah te na khuu thil eh?
Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
5 Amih te mikphi buh na cah tih baelpuei mikphi na tul.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
6 Ka imben rhoek ham olpungkacan la kaimih nan khueh tih ka thunkha rhoek loh n'tamdaeng uh.
Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
7 Caempuei Pathen aw kaimih nan lat tih na maelhmai a sae daengah ni ka daem uh eh.
Restore us, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
8 Egypt lamkah nang khuen misur te namtom na haek phoeiah na phung.
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
9 A mikhmuh ah hmuen na saelh pah tih a yung a hlak dongah khohmuen ah baetawt.
Thou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
10 A hlip loh tlang tom a dah tih a hlaeng loh lamphai thingnu a yam thil.
The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were [like] cedars of God;
11 A pae loh tuitunli duela, a dawn long khaw tuiva duela a voeih.
It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its shoots unto the river.
12 A vongtung te a ba ham nim na phae tih long kah aka pongpa boeih loh a bit uh?
Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?
13 Duup lamkah okngal loh a thoe tih kohong kah satlung loh a luem thil.
The boar out of the forest doth waste it, and the beast of the field doth feed off it.
14 Caempuei Pathen aw, ha mael laeh. Misur he vaan lamloh paelki lah, so lamtah hip lah.
O God of hosts, return, we beseech thee; look down from the heavens, and behold, and visit this vine;
15 Na bantang kut neh a yung te na phung tih namah ham a ca na hlul sak.
Even the stock which thy right hand hath planted, and the young plant thou madest strong for thyself.
16 Hmai neh a hoeh tih a vung. Na mikhmuh kah tluungnah dongah milh uh.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Na bantang hlang so neh namah ham na thoh hlang capa soah na kut tloeng lah.
Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou hast made strong for thyself.
18 Te daengah ni nang taeng lamkah ka balkhong uh pawt eh. Kaimih he nan hlun daengah ni na ming te kang khue uh eh.
So will we not go back from thee. Revive us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Caempuei Pathen Yahweh kaimih nan lat tih na maelhmai a sae daengah ni ka daem uh eh.
Restore us, O Jehovah, God of hosts; cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
