Tingtoeng 79

1 [Asaph kah Tingtoenglung] Pathen aw, namtom rhoek loh na rho a kun uh thil tih, na bawkim cim te a poeih uh. Jerusalem te lairhok bangla a khueh uh.

A psalm of Asaph. God, foreign nations have come into your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple; they have turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins.

2 Na sal rhoek kah a rhok te vaan kah vaa taengah, na hlangcim rhoek kah a saa te diklai mulhing taengah cakok la a paek uh.

They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the skies, the bodies of your faithful people to the beasts of the earth.

3 Amih thii te Jerusalem kaepvai ah tui bangla a hawk uh tih aka up om pawh.

They have shed their blood like water around Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.

4 Kaimih he imben rhoek kah kokhahnah, ka taengvai kah tamdaengnah neh soehsalnah la ka om uh.

We have become a reproach for our neighbors, mocking and derision to those who are around us.

5 BOEIPA aw me hil nim na thin a toek ve? Na thatlainah te hmai bangla rhong yoeyah aya?

How long, Yahweh? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your jealous anger burn like fire?

6 Nang aka ming pawh namtom rhoek so neh na ming aka khue mueh ram soah na kosi hawk thil lah.

Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you and on the kingdoms that do not call upon your name.

7 Jakob te a yoop uh tih a tolkhoeng te a pong sak uh.

For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his villages.

8 Lamhma kah thaesainah a rho te kaimih taengah thoelh boel lamtah dikdik ka tlayae uh dongah na haidamnah kaimih koe n'doe uh saeh.

Do not hold the sins of our forefathers against us; may your merciful actions come to us, for we are very low.

9 Kaimih kah daemnah Pathen aw na thangpomnah ming ham kaimih m'bom dae. Na ming kongah kaimih n'huul lamtah kaimih kah tholhnah te han dawth dae.

Help us, God of our salvation, for the sake of the glory of your name; save us and forgive our sins for your name's sake.

10 Balae tih namtom rhoek loh, “A Pathen khaw melae?” a ti uh eh. Na sal rhoek kah thii aka hawk namtom taengah tawnlohnah loh kaimih mikhmuh ah aka thoeng te namtom rhoek loh ming uh saeh.

Why should the nations say, “Where is their God?” May the blood of your servants that was shed be avenged on the nations before our eyes.

11 Thongtla kah a kiinah loh namah taengla ha pawk saeh. Dueknah cadil rhoek te na boeilennah bantha neh sueng sak.

May the groans of the prisoners come before you; with the greatness of your power keep the children of death alive.

12 Te vaengah kaimih kah imben rhoek te voeirhih la thuung lah. A kodang ah amih kah kokhahnah neh Boeipa namah ni m'veet uh coeng te.

Pay back into the laps of our neighboring countries seven times as much as the insults with which they have insulted you, Lord.

13 Te dongah na pilnam kaimih neh na rhamtlim kah boiva long tah, namah te kumhal duela kan uem uh ni. Cadilcahma neh cadilcahma hil nang koehnah te ka tae uh ni.

So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks forever. We will tell your praises to all generations.