Sam 22
1 Kathutkung: Devit Ka Cathut, ka Cathut, bangkongmaw na cei takhai. Bangkongmaw ka kâhramnae lawk thai laipalah, na kabawp hoeh nahanlah ahlanae koe na o.
For the leader; set to “Deer of the Dawn”. A psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you left me, my rescue so far from the words of my roaring?
2 Oe Cathut, khodai lah kâhram ei, nang ni na thai pouh hoeh. Karum lahai duem ka onae awm hoeh.
I cry in the day, you do not answer, I cry in the night but find no rest.
3 Hatei, nang teh, na thoung. Isarelnaw ni pholen e lah na o.
You are the Holy One, throned on the praises of Israel.
4 Ka mintoenaw ni na kâuep teh, na rungngang.
In you our ancestors trusted, they trusted and you delivered them.
5 Na kaw awh teh, na rungngang. Na kâuep awh teh, yeiraipo boi awh hoeh.
They cried to you, and found safety, in you did they trust and were not put to shame.
6 Hatei, kai teh tangraet lah doeh ka o. Ayâ ni pathoe e hoi pacekpahlek e lah ka o.
But I am a worm, not a person; insulted by others, despised by the people.
7 Na ka hmawt e pueng ni na panuikhai, a pahni na ke sin awh. A lû na saling sin awh.
All who see me mock me, with mouths wide open and wagging heads:
8 BAWIPA a kâuep nahoehmaw, ama ni rungngang na haw seh. Ahni dawk a ngainae awm pawiteh, atu roeroe rungngang na haw seh, telah ati awh.
‘He relies on the Lord; let him save him. Let him rescue the one he holds dear!’
9 Hatei, nang teh anu von thung hoi na karasatkung doeh. Sanu ka nei lahun nah puennae na takhoe pouh.
But you drew me from the womb, laid me safely on my mother’s breasts.
10 Pek khe hoi nang dawk hruek e lah ka o. Anu von thung hoi patenghai, nang teh ka Cathut lah yo la na o toe.
On your care was I cast from my very birth, you are my God from my mother’s womb.
11 Kai koehoi ahlanae koe awm hanh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, runae a hnai teh kabawmkung awm hoeh.
Be not far from me, for trouble is nigh, and there is none to help.
12 Maitotan moikapap ni na kalup. Bashan ram e athakaawme maitotannaw ni na kalup.
I am circled by many bulls, beset by the mighty of Bashan,
13 A pahni na ang sin awh teh, sendek patetlah a cairing awh.
who face me with gaping jaws, like ravening roaring lions.
14 Tui patetlah rabawk lah ka o teh, ka hruhrawng pueng teh koung a kâla. Ka lungthin teh khoilai patetlah ka thung vah, a kamyawt toe.
Poured out am I like water, and all my bones are loosened. My heart is become like wax, melted within me.
15 Ka tharui teh ampaikei patetlah a ke teh, ka lai hai ka dangka dawk a kâbet teh, duenae vaiphu dawk na ceikhai.
My palate is dry as a sherd, my tongue sticks to my jaws; in the dust of death you lay me.
16 Bangkongtetpawiteh, uinaw ni na kalup awh. Tamikathoutnaw ni na kalup awh. Ka kut hoi ka khok pawkkayawng lah a thut awh.
For dogs are round about me, a band of knaves encircles me, gnawing my hands and my feet.
17 Ka hru pueng koung ka touk thai. Pout laipalah na khet awh teh, a lungkhuekti awh.
I can count my bones, every one. As for them, they feast their eyes on me.
18 Ka khohna a kârei awh teh, ka angki hah cungpam a rayu awh.
They divide my garments among them, and over my raiment cast lots.
19 Oe BAWIPA na hlat takhai hanh. Oe ka thaonae karanglah na kabawm haw.
But you, O Lord, be not far, O my strength, hasten to help me.
20 Senehmaica hoi na rungngang haw, ka hringnae ka sungren e heh uinaw thaonae koehoi na rungngang haw.
Deliver my life from the sword my life from the power of the dogs.
21 Sendek kâko dawk hoi na rungngang nateh, savi ki dawk hoi na rungngang haw. Na pato leih.
Save me from the jaws of the lion, from the horns of the wild oxen help me.
22 Ka hmaunawnghanaw koe na min ka pâpho vaiteh, kamkhuengnaw koe na pholen han.
I will tell of your fame to my kindred, and in the assembly will praise you.
23 Nangmouh BAWIPA kataketnaw, ama teh pholen awh. Jakop catounnaw pueng ama teh tawmrasang awh nateh, Isarel catounnaw pueng ama teh taket awh.
Praise the Lord, you who fear him. All Jacob’s seed, give him glory. All Israel’s seed, stand in awe of him.
24 Bangkongtetpawiteh, runae ka khang e runae hah, dudam hoeh niteh, ahni koehoi a minhmai hai hrawk hoeh. Hatei, ahni koe a hram toteh a thai.
For he has not despised nor abhorred the sorrow of the sorrowful. He hid not his face from me, but he listened to my cry for help.
25 Kalen e kamkhuengnae koe ka pholen e teh nang han doeh. Ama kataketnaw hmalah ka lawkkam hah ka kuep sak han.
Of you is my praise in the great congregation; my vows I will pay before those who fear him.
26 Tami ka roedeng ni cat vaiteh a von a paha han. Ama katawngnaw ni BAWIPA teh a pholen han. Na lungthin hah pou kâhlaw seh.
The afflicted will eat to their heart’s desire, and those who seek after the Lord will praise him. Lift up your hearts forever.
27 Talai poutnae pueng ni a pâkuem awh teh, BAWIPA koe a kamlang awh vaiteh, miphun pueng ni na bawk awh han.
All will call it to mind, to the ends of the earth, and turn to the Lord; and all tribes of the nations will bow down before you.
28 Bangkongtetpawiteh, uknaeram teh BAWIPA e doeh. Miphunnaw hah a uk.
For the kingdom belongs to the Lord: he is the Lord of the nations.
29 Talaivan katawntanaw pueng ni cat awh vaiteh a bawk awh han. Ma e hringnae ring thai awh hoeh. Vaiphu lah ka ban e pueng a hmalah a tabo awh han.
To him will bow down all who sleep in the earth, and before him bend all who go down to the dust, and those who could not preserve their lives.
30 Ahnimae catounnaw ni hai a bawk awh vaiteh, catounnaw ni hai BAWIPA e kamthang hah a dei awh han.
My descendants will tell of the Lord to the next generation;
31 A lannae, pâpho hanelah a tho awh vaiteh, khe lah kaawm hane naw koe BAWIPA ni hetheh a sak telah a pâpho awh han.
they will declare his righteousness to people yet to be born: He has done it.
