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¹Yawmsaub has tas, “Lub swjhawm ntawd tej vaajntxwv huv Yuta tej pob txhaa, hab Yuta cov thawj tej pob txhaa, cov pov thawj tej pob txhaa hab cov xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug tej pob txhaa, hab cov tuabneeg huv Yeluxalee tej pob txhaa yuav raug muab rhu huv tej qhov ntxaa lug, ²hab luas yuav muab ua rw quas sua cuab nub cuab hli hab tej nub qub sau nruab ntug huvsw, yog tej kws puab nyam hab puab teev tam, yog tej kws puab moog lawv hab nrhav hab pe hawm. Yuav tsw muaj leejtwg muab tej pob txhaa hov sau ua ke lossws muab faus, yuav nyob sau npoo aav yaam le tej quav tsaj txhu. ³Tsev tuabneeg phem nuav txhua tug kws tseed tshuav nyob rua huv txhua lub chaw kws kuv lawv puab moog hov yuav nyam tuag heev dua le nyam caj sa nyob.” Yawmsaub kws muaj fwjchim luj kawg nkaus has le nuav.

Kev txhum hab kev rau txem

⁴“Koj ca le has rua puab tas,
‘Yawmsaub has le nuav tas,
Thaus leejtwg qaug nwg txawm tsw sawv lug le lov?
Yog leejtwg yuam kev lawm
nwg yuav tsw rov lug le lov?
⁵Ua le caag haiv tuabneeg nuav kws yog Yeluxalee
tswv ntawm kuv lawm tsw rov lug ib txhws le?
Puab tsw tso tej kev daag ntxag tseg,
puab tsw yeem rov qaab lug.
⁶Kuv tig ntsej ncuv noog,
tassws puab has tsw tseeb.
Tsw muaj ib tug yuav ntxeev dua sab
ntawm nwg txujkev phem es yuav has tas,
“Kuv tau ua daabtsw lawm?”
Txhua tug nyag yuam kev taug nyag txuj lawm,
ib yaam nkaus le tug neeg dha too hauv quas li rua huv tshaav rog.
⁷Txawm yog daav npoj yaa sau ntuj
los tseed paub caij paub nyoog,
txawm yog nquab taug hab luv hab us dej dawb
los tseed tuaj lawv le puab lub caij lub nyoog.
Tassws kuv haiv tuabneeg tsw paub tej kws Yawmsaub qha.

⁸“ ‘Mej yuav has tau le caag tas,
“Peb muaj tswvyim hab peb muaj Yawmsaub txuj kevcai”?
Tassws, saib maj, cov tub sau ntawv kws tsw ncaaj txhais teg
tub muab txuj kevcai sau ntxeev ua lug daag lawm.
⁹Cov tuabneeg muaj tswvyim yuav raug txaaj muag,
puab yuav poob sab nthaav
hab raug muab nteg coj moog.
Puab tsw leeg yuav Yawmsaub tej lug,
es puab muaj tug tswvyim twg?
¹⁰Vem le nuav kuv yuav muab puab tej quaspuj rua lwm tug yuav,
hab muab puab tej teb rua cov kws tuaj txeeb tau,
tsua qhov taag nrho tej nyuas miv tuabneeg
moog txug tug kws ua luj kawg
los txhua tug ua lub sab hlub
xaav tau tej kws lug ntawm kev ua tsw ncaaj,
tsw has cov xwbfwb cev Vaajtswv lug hab cov pov thawj
los txhua tug kuj daag ntxag huvsw.
¹¹Puab tau khu kuv haiv tuabneeg lub kav txhaab luj
ib qho nyuas miv miv xwb,
puab has tas, “Muaj kev thaaj yeeb, muaj kev thaaj yeeb,”
tassws tub tsw muaj hlo le.
¹²Thaus puab ua tej kws qas vuab tsuab
puab txaaj muag lov?
Puab tsw paub txaaj muag le lauj!
Tub tsw ntaiv puab lub plhu le.
Vem le ntawd puab yuav qaug
rua huv plawv cov kws tub qaug taag lawm.
Thaus kuv rau txem rua puab, puab yuav puam tsuaj.
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.
¹³Yawmsaub has tas,
Thaus kuv yuav qaws puab, kuj pum tas
tsob txwv maab tsw muaj txwv
hab tsob txwv cua tsw muaj txwv.
Txawm yog cov nplooj kuj ntsws qhuav taag lawm,
hab tej kws kuv tub pub rua puab kuj pluj taag lawm.’ ”⚓

¹⁴“Ua le caag peb nyob tuabywv?
Peb ca le sau zog ua ke lug,
peb ca le moog rua huv tej moos kws muaj ntsaa loog ruaj khov,
hab puam tsuaj taag rua hov ntawd,
tsua qhov Yawmsaub kws yog peb tug Vaajtswv
tub npaaj ca rua peb puam tsuaj
hab tub muab dej muaj taug rua peb haus,
vem yog peb tau ua txhum rua Yawmsaub.
¹⁵Peb vaam quas ntsoov yuav tau kev thaaj yeeb,
tassws tsw tau ib qho zoo hlo le,
peb vaam quas ntsoov lub swjhawm kws khu kuas mob zoo,
tassws tsuas yog ntswb txujkev txhawj kev ntshai xwb.
¹⁶Nov yeeb ncuab tej neeg tshuab paa huv lub moos Ntaaj tuaj,
lub tebchaws kuj tseeg quas nkawg
vem yog nov puab tej txwv neeg lub suab hee.
Puab tuaj muab lub tebchaws
hab txhua yaam kws nyob huv noj nqog taag,
tsw has lub nroog hab tej tuabneeg
kws nyob huv huvsw.”
¹⁷“Saib maj, kuv saamswm tso ib co naab muaj taug
lug rua huv plawv mej,
yog tej naab muaj taug
kws ua khawv koob rua los tsw seej le
mas tej naab hov yuav tum mej.”
Yawmsaub has le nuav ntaag.

Yelemi quaj txug Yeluxalee hab Yuta

¹⁸Kuv txujkev quaj ntsuag luj heev khu tsw tau le,^d
kuv lub sab mob heev.
¹⁹Ca le noog kuv cov tuabneeg tug ntxhais⚓ lub suab quaj
thoob plhawv lub tebchaws txhua qhov has tas,
“Yawmsaub tsw nyob huv Xi‑oo lov?
Xi‑oo tug vaajntxwv tsw nyob rua huv lov?”
Yawmsaub teb tas, “Ua caag puab pe tej txoov daab,
hab pe lwm haiv tuabneeg tej daab zwg ua rua kuv chim?”
²⁰Puab has tas, “Tub dhau lub caij hlais
hab dhau lub caij ntuj qhua
los peb tseed tsw tau dim.”
²¹Vem kuv cov tuabneeg tug ntxhais^e muaj qhov txhaab
kuv lub sab txhad le ua kav txhaab,
kuv quaj ntsuag hab txujkev poob sab nthaav
ntsab tau kuv lawm.
²²Tsw muaj tshuaj khu mob huv Kile‑a lov?
Tsw muaj Kws tshuaj nyob hov ntawd lov?
Yog le ntawd, ua caag khu tsw tau
kuv cov tuabneeg tug ntxhais rov zoo le qub?

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¹“Ziouv gorngv, ‘Taux wuov zanc mienh oix zorqv Yu^ndaa hungh nyei mbungv caux Yu^ndaa nyei jien nyei mbungv, caux sai mienh nyei mbungv, douc waac mienh nyei mbungv caux yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem wuov deix mienh nyei mbungv, yiem ninh mbuo nyei zouv cuotv daaih, ²bun faatv nzaanx yiem mba'hnoi, hlaax caux lungh zaangc nyei zuangx hleix⚓ ga'ndiev. Naaiv se zinh ndaangc ninh mbuo hnamv nyei, fu-sux nyei, gan jienv nyei, ninh mbuo lorz nyei, buoqc zaangc nyei. Naaiv deix mbungv yaac maiv maaih haaix dauh nzauz zunv fai biopv ziouc hnangv nqaiv yiem ndau-beih nor. ³Naaiv deix zengc njiec orqv haic nyei fingx⚓ yiem yie zunc ninh mbuo mingh nyei norm-norm dorngx, kungx hnamv oix daic gauh camv oix maaih maengc ziangh.’ Naaiv se Nernh Jiex nyei Ziouv gorngv nyei waac.

Baeqc Fingx Baamz Zuiz Yaac Zuqc Dingc Zuiz

⁴“Meih oix zuqc mbuox ninh mbuo, ‘Ziouv hnangv naaiv gorngv,
“+‘Mienh ndorpc njiec, maiv aengx jiez sin fai?
Se gorngv maaih dauh mienh mingh dorngc jauv, ninh maiv daaux nqaang nzuonx fai?
⁵Wuov nyungc naaiv deix baeqc fingx, se Ye^lu^saa^lem Mienh,
weic haaix diuc zanc-zanc tuix nqaang?
Ninh mbuo nanv wuonv nduov mienh nyei sic,
ninh mbuo ngaengc jienv maiv kangv nzuonx.
⁶Yie longc hnyouv muangx
mv baac ninh mbuo gorngv maiv horpc.
Maiv maaih haaix dauh goiv hnyouv guangc ninh zoux orqv nyei jauv
gorngv, “Yie zoux haaix nyungc laeh?”
Dauh dauh huin mingh ninh ganh nyei jauv,
hnangv maaz biu bieqc mborqv jaax ciangv nor.
⁷Liemh ndaamv-lungh nyei norqc nyieh
hiuv duqv ninh nyei ziangh hoc,
norqc nqo, norqc mba'hinx caux norqc baeqc horqc
yaac ei jienv ninh mbuo nyei ziangh hoc daaih.
Mv baac yie nyei baeqc fingx
maiv hiuv duqv Ziouv nyei leiz.
⁸“+‘Meih mbuo hnangv haaix nor haih gorngv,
“Yie mbuo maaih cong-mengh weic zuqc yie mbuo maaih Ziouv nyei leiz-latc”?
Mv baac mangc maah! Sou-biuv nyei batv fiev jaav
bun leiz-latc benx gorngv-baeqc nyei waac.
⁹Cong-mengh mienh zungv zuqc nyaiv.
Ninh mbuo oix zuqc gamh nziex yaac zuqc zorqv mingh.
Ninh mbuo nqemh Ziouv nyei waac,
yiem ninh mbuo gu'nyuoz maaih haaix nyungc cong-mengh?
¹⁰Weic naaiv yie oix zorqv ninh mbuo nyei auv bun ganh laanh mienh longc,
yaac zorqv ninh mbuo nyei lingh deic bun siang-ziouv,⚓
weic zuqc yiem zoux faix jiex taux zoux hlo jiex,
ninh mbuo yietc zungv mauv maiv baengh fim nyei leic zinh,
se yiem douc waac mienh taux sai mienh zoux jaav, nduov mienh.⚓
¹¹Ninh mbuo zorc yie nyei baeqc fingx mun nyei dorngx
hnangv maiv zeiz mun camv nor.
Ninh mbuo gorngv, “Baengh orn aqv, baengh orn aqv,”
maiv gunv maiv maaih baengh orn.⚓
¹²Ninh mbuo zoux gamh nziev haic nyei sic,
ninh mbuo hiuv duqv nyaiv nyei fai?
Ninh mbuo zungv maiv nyaiv yietc deix,
ninh mbuo maiv hiuv duqv baaic hmien.⚓
Weic naaiv ninh mbuo oix zuqc king njiec daic
yiem king njiec ndaangc wuov deix mienh mbu'ndongx.
Yie dingc ninh mbuo nyei zuiz nyei ziangh hoc,
ninh mbuo ziouc zuqc mbienv njiec nzengc mi'aqv.”
Naaiv se Ziouv gorngv nyei waac.
¹³“+‘Ziouv gorngv, “Yie oix siou ninh mbuo nyei ziangh hoc
a'ngunc hmei maiv maaih biouv,
ngongh nyorx ndiangx yaac maiv maaih biouv,
liemh normh yaac nqaai nzengc.
Yie jiu bun ninh mbuo nyei ga'naaiv
yaac jiex mi'aqv.”+’+”
Tin-Hungh nyei baeqc fingx naaic,
¹⁴“Mbuo weic haaix diuc zueiz jienv naaiv, maiv dongz?
Gapv zunv daaih maah!
Mbuo bieqc weih wuonv nyei zingh
yiem wuov zuqc mietc,
weic zuqc Ziouv, mbuo nyei Tin-Hungh, zungv dingc bun mbuo zuqc daic,
aengx bun wuom-doqc mbuo hopv,
laaix mbuo baamz zuiz dorngc Ziouv.
¹⁵Mbuo lorz baengh orn yaac
maiv duqv haaix nyungc longx.
Mbuo lorz zorc longx nyei ziangh hoc
mv baac kungx zuqc haeqv gamh nziex hnangv.
¹⁶Muangx haiz yiem Ndaan,
win-wangv nyei maaz forz-forz nyei qiex.
Ninh mbuo nyei maaz-gouv haev haev nyei heuc,
ziangh norm deic-bung dongz.
Ninh mbuo daaih naqv nzengc deic-bung
caux yiem deic-bung nyei yietc zungv ga'naaiv,
yaac naqv zingh
caux yiem zingh nyei mienh.”
¹⁷“Mangc maah! Yie oix bun naang-doqc daaih yiem meih mbuo mbu'ndongx,
benx maiv haih zoux faatv nqaeqv nyei naang.
Naang ziouc nyorqv meih mbuo.”
Naaiv se Ziouv gorngv nyei waac.

Yu^ndaa Weic Ninh Nyei Juangc Fingx Mienh Nzauh

¹⁸“Yie nzauh faanh jiex ndaangc haih zorc duqv longx,
yie nyei hnyouv gu'nyuoz zungv huon mi'aqv.
¹⁹Muangx maah! Yie nyei baeqc fingx⚓ heuc nyei qiex
yiem deic-bung go jiex, jangv jiex nyei dorngx gorngv,
‘Ziouv maiv yiem ⟨Si^on⟩ fai?
Si^on Zingh nyei Hungh maiv yiem naaic fai?’
“Ninh mbuo weic haaix diuc longc ninh mbuo nyei miuc-fangx
caux ganh fingx nyei zienh cuoqv yie qiex jiez?”
²⁰“Siou nyei ziangh hoc jiex mi'aqv,
nqaai gorng yaac jiex liuz,
yie mbuo corc maiv duqv njoux.”
²¹“Laaix yie nyei baeqc fingx zuqc mun,
yie nyei hnyouv yaac zuqc mun haic.
Yie nzauh nyiemv, gamh nziex nyei jauv nyau jienv yie.
²²Yiem Gi^le^aatc maiv maaih ndie-ndaang an fai?
Yiem naaic maiv maaih ndie-sai fai?
Yie nyei baeqc fingx maiv wangc siangx nyei dorngx
weic haaix diuc maiv duqv zorc longx?