Psalms 78
1 A contemplation by Asaph. Hear my teaching, my people. Turn your ears to the words of my mouth.
Kathutkung: Asaph Oe, ka taminaw ka kâlawk hah tarawi awh nateh, ka dei e lawk hah na hnâpakeng awh.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
Bangnuenae lahoi ka pahni ka ang vaiteh, ayan e lawkkaru hah ka pâpho han.
3 which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
Hothateh, ka thai teh, ka panue tangcoung e mintoenaw ni a dei awh e doeh.
4 We will not hide them from their children, telling to the generation to come the praises of Yahweh, his strength, and his wondrous deeds that he has done.
A canaw koehoi kâhrawk mahoeh. Ka tho hane senaw koevah, BAWIPA pholennae, a thaonae, hoi hno kângairu a sak e hah ka dei han.
5 For he established a covenant in Jacob, and appointed a teaching in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children;
Bangtelah tetpawiteh, mintoenaw hah kâ a poe teh, a ca catounnaw koe a panue sak awh nahanlah, Jakop koe lawkpanuesaknae hah acak sak teh, Isarel koe kâlawk hah a poe.
6 that the generation to come might know, even the children who should be born; who should arise and tell their children,
Kaawm han rae se hoi ka tâcawt han rae camonaw ni, a catounnaw koe a dei awh vaiteh, a panue awh nahanlah,
7 that they might set their hope in God, and not forget God’s deeds, but keep his commandments,
Cathut dawk a ngaihawi awh nahan hoi Cathut hnosak hah pahnim laipalah kâpoelawknaw a pahnim awh hoeh nahanlah,
8 and might not be as their fathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn’t make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Mintoenaw patetlah lungpatanae, taranthawnae, kalan e hno dawk a lung kaawm hoeh e, Cathut hanelah yuemkamcu hoeh e muitha lah ao awh hoeh nahane doeh.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.
Ephraim catoun teh tarantuknae a khohna teh licung a patuep ei, tarantuk hnin navah a yawng.
10 They didn’t keep God’s covenant, and refused to walk in his law.
Cathut lawkkam tarawi awh hoeh. Kâlawk tarawi e ngai awh hoeh.
11 They forgot his doings, his wondrous deeds that he had shown them.
A sak e hoi hno kângairu a sak e hah, a pahnim awh.
12 He did marvelous things in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
A na mintoenaw e mithmu vah, kângairu hno hah Izip ram Zoan tanghling dawk a sak.
13 He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
Talîpui hah a kapek teh ahnimanaw hah a cei sak. Tui hah hnopai patetlah a pâhlawp.
14 In the daytime he also led them with a cloud, and all night with a light of fire.
Kanîthun hai tâmai hoi a hrawi teh, tangmin karoitawi hmaiang hoi a hrawi.
15 He split rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink abundantly as out of the depths.
Kahrawngum vah, lungsong a bawng teh, talîpui tui patetlah moikapap e tui a pânei.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.
Lungsong thung hoi tui a tâco sak teh, palangpui patetlah a lawng sak.
17 Yet they still went on to sin against him, to rebel against the Most High in the desert.
Hatei, ama taranlahoi hoehoe a yon awh teh, kahrawngum vah Lathueng Poung taranlahoi taran a thaw awh.
18 They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
Ca han a ngai poung awh e hah a hei awh teh, a lungthin hoi Cathut hah a tanouk awh.
19 Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
Bokheiyah, Cathut taranlahoi a dei awh e teh, kahrawngum vah Cathut ni rawca na poe thai awh han na maw, telah ati awh.
20 Behold, he struck the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide meat for his people?”
Khenhaw! tui a tâco teh, tuiko muen ka kawi lah a lawng nahan lah lungsongpui hah a hem. Rawca hai a poe thai namaw. A taminaw hah moi a poe thai han na ou, telah ati awh.
21 Therefore Yahweh heard, and was angry. A fire was kindled against Jacob, anger also went up against Israel,
Hatdawkvah, BAWIPA ni hote lawk hah a thai teh a lungkhuek. Hat toteh, Jakop taranlahoi hmaito a tâco teh, Isarel taranlahoi a lungkhuek.
22 because they didn’t believe in God, and didn’t trust in his salvation.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, Cathut hah yuem awh hoeh. A rungngangnae hai kâuep awh hoeh.
23 Yet he commanded the skies above, and opened the doors of heaven.
Hottelah nahlangva, lathueng lae tâmai hah kâ a poe teh, kalvan longkha hah a paawng pouh.
24 He rained down manna on them to eat, and gave them food from the sky.
Ca hane mana hah ahnimouh lathueng a rak sak teh, kalvanlae rawca hah a poe.
25 Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
Taminaw ni thaonae rawca hah a ca awh teh, kaboumlah ca hane a patawn.
26 He caused the east wind to blow in the sky. By his power he guided the south wind.
Kanîtholae kahlî hah kalvan a tho sak teh, a hnotithainae lahoi a cum lae kahlî hah a tho sak.
27 He also rained meat on them as the dust, winged birds as the sand of the seas.
Vaiphu patetlah moi hah a rak sak teh, rathei ka tawn e tavanaw hah tuirai e sadi yit touh apap awh.
28 He let them fall in the middle of their camp, around their habitations.
A roenae tengpam petkâkalup lah a bo pouh.
29 So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
Hateh, a ca awh teh king a boum awh. Bangkongtetpawiteh, a ngai awh e patetlah a poe.
30 They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
Hatei, a ngai awh e rawca a hmawt awh hoehnahlan, a ca awh lahun navah,
31 when the anger of God went up against them, killed some of their strongest, and struck down the young men of Israel.
Cathut lungkhueknae teh ahnimouh koe a pha. A tami tha kaawmnaw hah a thei teh, Isarel thoundounnaw hah koung a rawp sak.
32 For all this they still sinned, and didn’t believe in his wondrous works.
Hottelah nahlangva, hoehoe a yon awh teh, hno kalen a sak awh e hai bout yuem awh hoeh.
33 Therefore he consumed their days in vanity, and their years in terror.
Hatdawkvah, hringyung hnin hah ayawmyin lah a coung sak awh teh, lungpuennae hoi a kum teh a baw sak awh.
34 When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.
Ahnimanaw hah a thei awh teh, a ma tawng hanelah a ban awh teh, atangcalah Cathut heh a tawng awh.
35 They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God, their redeemer.
Cathut teh amamae lungsongpui doeh tie a panue awh teh, Lathueng Poung Cathut teh na karatangkung doeh tie a panue awh.
36 But they flattered him with their mouth, and lied to him with their tongue.
Hateiteh, ama teh a pahni hoi a pholen teh, lai hoi laithoe a dei awh.
37 For their heart was not right with him, neither were they faithful in his covenant.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimae lungthin teh a hmalah lan hoeh, a lawkkam dawk yuemkamcu awh hoeh.
38 But he, being merciful, forgave iniquity, and didn’t destroy them. Yes, many times he turned his anger away, and didn’t stir up all his wrath.
Hatei, ama teh lungmanae hoi akawi teh, a payonnae heh a ngaithoum teh, koung raphoe hoeh. Bokheiyah, avai moikapap lungkhueknae a roum sak teh, a lungphuennae kaman sak ngai hoeh.
39 He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes away, and doesn’t come again.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, takthai lah ao awh teh, bout ban hoeh hanelah, kâha a poe e tie hah pahnim awh hoeh.
40 How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and grieved him in the desert!
Thingyeiyawn vah vai nâyittouh maw a lungkhuek sak awh teh, ramke vah avai nâyittouh maw a lungmathoe sak awh toe.
41 They turned again and tempted God, and provoked the Holy One of Israel.
Bokheiyah, atuhoitu Cathut a tanouk awh teh, Isarelnaw e Tami Kathoung hah a taran awh.
42 They didn’t remember his hand, nor the day when he redeemed them from the adversary;
A thaonae pâkuem ngai awh hoeh, a tarannaw koehoi a rungngang ei nakunghai, pâkuem ngai awh hoeh.
43 how he set his signs in Egypt, his wonders in the field of Zoan,
Izip ram hoi Zoan yawn dawk kângairu hno a sak e hoi.
44 he turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink.
Ahnimae palang hah thipaling lah a coung sak teh, ahnimae tuikhunaw hai nei thai hoeh hanlah thipaling lah koung a coung sak.
45 He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them.
Ahnimouh ka kei e bitseinaw hoi, ahnimouh karaphoekung ekkanaw hah a tha pouh.
46 He also gave their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust.
Ahnimae a pawhiknaw hah, ahri ni ca hanelah a poe teh, a tawksak awh e a pawhik hah samtongnaw a poe pouh.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail, their sycamore fig trees with frost.
Ahnimae misurnaw teh roun ni koung a raphoe pouh teh, thailahei kungnaw hai tadamtui ni koung a thei pouh.
48 He also gave over their livestock to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
Ahnimae saringnaw hai roun ni dêi hanelah a poe pouh teh, saringnaw hah kei ni a ka pouh.
49 He threw on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, indignation, and trouble, and a band of angels of evil.
Takitho e a lungkhueknae hah ahnimouh lathueng a rabawk teh, lungkhueknae, lungpoutnae, hoi runae hah ahnimouh koe thoenae kaphawtkung kalvan tami totouh a tha pouh.
50 He made a path for his anger. He didn’t spare their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence,
A lungkhueknae hanlah lamthung a sak, a hringnae hah duenae hlak pasai laipalah, lacik mathout hah letlang a poe.
51 and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.
Izip vah camin pueng hoi Ham e rim a thaonae hmaloe poung e hoi koung a raphoe.
52 But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
Hatei, a taminaw teh tu patetlah a hrawi teh, saringnaw patetlah kahrawngum vah a hrawi.
53 He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Karoumcalah a hrawi teh, taki hane banghai awm hoeh. A tarannaw teh talîpui ni koung a ramuk.
54 He brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had taken.
Hahoi, ramri kathoung, aranglae kut hoi a tawn e, mon totouh a hrawi.
55 He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Ahnimae hmalah, alouke miphunnaw hah a pâlei pouh. A pang awh hane râw hah a bangnue pouh teh, alouklouk lah hmuen a poe.
56 Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God, and didn’t keep his testimonies,
Hat nahlangva, Lathueng Poung Cathut hah a tanouk awh teh, a lungkhuek sak awh teh, a panuesaknae lawk hah tarawi awh hoeh.
57 but turned back, and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were twisted like a deceitful bow.
A na mintoenaw patetlah a kamlang awh teh, yuemkamcu hoeh lah a kâroe awh. Dumyennae licung patetlah a kâkamei awh.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their engraved images.
Bangkongtetpawiteh, ahnimae hmuerasangnaw ni a lungkhuek sak teh, a sak awh e meikaphawknaw ni dipma sinnae a tâco sak.
59 When God heard this, he was angry, and greatly abhorred Israel,
Hetheh Cathut ni a thai toteh, puenghoi a lungkhuek teh, Isarel hah puenghoi a panuet.
60 so that he abandoned the tent of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men,
Hatdawkvah, taminaw koe a ta e Shiloh rim koe totouh a ceitakhai.
61 and delivered his strength into captivity, his glory into the adversary’s hand.
A thaonae teh san lah a coung sak teh, a lentoenae teh a tarannaw kut dawk a poe.
62 He also gave his people over to the sword, and was angry with his inheritance.
A taminaw tahloi a kâhmo sak teh, râw lah a coe e naw koe a lungkhuek.
63 Fire devoured their young men. Their virgins had no wedding song.
A thoundounnaw teh hmai ni a kak awh teh, a tanglanaw ni vâ kâhmo awh hoeh.
64 Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows couldn’t weep.
A vaihmanaw teh tahloi hoi a thei awh eiteh, lahmainaw ni khui awh hoeh.
65 Then the Lord awakened as one out of sleep, like a mighty man who shouts by reason of wine.
BAWIPA teh ka ip e patetlah a kâhlaw teh, misurtui kecu dawk ka hram e athakaawme tami patetlah a hram.
66 He struck his adversaries backward. He put them to a perpetual reproach.
A taran hah a pâlei teh, a yungyoe min mathoenae hah a poe.
67 Moreover he rejected the tent of Joseph, and didn’t choose the tribe of Ephraim,
Hothloilah Joseph rim hah a pahnawt teh, Ephraim miphun hah rawi ngai hoeh.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.
Ama koehoi Judah miphun, Zion mon ka pahren e heh a rawi.
69 He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.
A hmuen kathoung hah karasang e patetlah a sak teh, talai patetlah a yungyoe acak sak.
70 He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
A san Devit hai a rawi teh tutakha thung hoi a la.
71 from following the ewes that have their young, he brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and Israel, his inheritance.
Tumanu, a canaw ouk a hrawi e patetlah, a tami Jakop hoi a coe e râw Isarelnaw khenyawnkung hanelah a la.
72 So he was their shepherd according to the integrity of his heart, and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands.
Hothloilah, a lungthin ahawi e patetlah, a khetyawt teh, a thoumnae kut hoi a hrawi awh.
