Saam 79
1 Aw Khawsa, pilnam thlangkhqi ing na qo ak pangkhqi tuk hawh uhy; na bawkim ciim ce tyih kap sak unawh, Jerusalem ce qawp sak hawh uhy.
A psalm of Asaph. Heathen, O God, have come into your land, defiling your holy temple, and laying Jerusalem in ruins.
2 Na tyihzawih thlangkhqi qawk ce khan nakaw phakhqi a buh na pe uhy; nak thlang ciimkhqi a sa ce khawmdek qamsakhqi a buh na pe uhy.
They have given the bodies of your dead servants to the birds of the air to devour, and the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the field.
3 Jerusalem a kengsam awh tui amyihna thi ce hawk uhy, qawk ak pup hly kawi u pynoet awm am awm hy.
Round about Jerusalem they have poured out their blood like water; and there was no one to bury them.
4 Kami kengsam awhkaw thlangkhqi a qaihbu nani kami awm hawh hy.
On every side our neighbours revile us and mock us and jeer at us.
5 Iqyt dy nu, Aw Bawipa? Kumqui dyna nak kaw so hly hawh nawh nu? Iqyt dy nu nak thatlainaak ce mai amyihna a uih kaw?
How long will you be angry, O Lord? Will your jealousy burn like fire forever?
6 Nang ama nik sim pilnam ak khan awh nak kawsonaak ce hawk lah, nang ming amak khy pilnam ak khan awh nak kawsonaak ce hawk lah;
Pour out your wrath on the nations that don’t know you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name.
7 kawtih cekhqi ing Jacob ce daih unawh a im a lokhqi ce hqe pe pheng hawh uhy.
For Jacob they devoured, they have desolated his home.
8 Ami pakhqi a thawlhnaak ce kaimih koeh nik kawqut nak khqi; nam qeennaak ing kaimih hqum aham ang tawnna law hlah seh, voet a hlauh na awm hqoeng hawh unyng.
Do not remember against us our ancestors’ sins; O meet us soon with your pity, for utterly weak are we.
9 Aw Khawsa kaimih a hulkung, kaimih ve ni hul khqi lah, nang ming thangleeknaak aham; namah ang ming ak caming kaimih ve ni hul khqi nawhtaw ni thaawng khqi lah.
Help us, O God our saviour, for the renown of your name: for your reputation deliver us and cover over our sins.
10 Ikawtih pilnam thlangkhqi ing, “Hana a Khawsa a awm?” ami ti hly paqap? Kaimih amik huh awh pilnam thlangkhqi a sim na kqawn unawh, na tyihzawih thlangkhqi a thi phu nang ing lo hy tice sim lah u seh.
Why should the nations say, ‘Where is their God?’ Let revenge for the outpoured blood of your servants be shown on the heathen before our eyes.
11 Thawng ak tlakhqi ak khynaak awi ing na haai pha law seitaw; na bantha ing thih aham ami thawlh sak ce dem sak lah.
May the groans of the prisoner come before you; free the children of death by your mighty arm.
12 Ka kengsam awhkaw thlangkhqi namah a nik thekhanaakkhqi ce a phai awh pyh ak khqih dy awh Bawipa nang ing thung lah.
Pay our neighbours back sevenfold for the scorn they have heaped upon you, O Lord.
13 Cawhtaw nang ak thlangkhqi, na qamno a sainaak awhkaw tuukhqi ing nang ce kumqui dyna nim kyihcah hawh kawm uh; cadil dyna nang kyihcahnaak ce kqawn kawng unyng.
Then we, your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you for evermore, and tell your praise to all generations.
