79

Klei Wah Lač Akâo Klei Bi Mtlaih Phung Ƀuôn Yêrusalem

Klei mmuñ hđăp Y-Asap.

¹ Ơ Aê Diê, phung tue hriê čiăng plah mă ngăn dưn ih;
diñu bi čhŏ leh sang yang doh jăk ih;
diñu bi rai ƀuôn Yêrusalem brei jing sa kăm boh tâo.
²Diñu jao asei mlei djiê phung dĭng buăl ih jing mnơ̆ng ƀơ̆ng kơ čĭm hlăm adiê,
kđeh phung doh jăk ih kơ hlô dliê.
³Diñu tuh êrah digơ̆ msĕ si êa jŭm dar ƀuôn Yêrusalem;
amâo mâo mnuih dơr digơ̆ ôh.
⁴Hmei jing mnơ̆ng phung riêng gah hmei bi êmut,
mnơ̆ng phung dôk jŭm hmei mưč leh anăn djă djik djak.
⁵Dŭm boh sui, Ơ Yêhôwa? Ih srăng dôk ăl nanao mơ̆?
Klei ih trih srăng ƀơ̆ng msĕ si pui mơ̆?
⁶Tuh bĕ klei ih ngêñ ti phung găp djuê amâo thâo kral ih ôh,
leh anăn ti ƀuôn ala mtao amâo iêu wah lač kơ anăn ih ôh.
⁷Kyuadah diñu lun ƀơ̆ng leh phung Yakôp,
leh anăn bi rai leh anôk digơ̆ dôk.

⁸Đăm ngă kơ hmei ôh kyua hdơr kơ klei wê phung aê hmei,
brei klei ih pap hriê djăl bi tuôm hŏng hmei;
kyuadah hmei knap mñai êdimi.
⁹Dŏng hmei, Ơ Aê Diê kơ klei bi mtlaih hmei,
kyua klei guh kơang anăn ih;
bi mtlaih hmei leh anăn pap brei kơ klei soh hmei
kyua anăn ih.
¹⁰Si ngă phung găp djuê mnuih srăng lač,
“Ti Aê Diê diñu?”
Brei hmei ƀuh klei ih bi kmhal phung găp djuê mnuih,
êjai ih rŭ ênua kơ êrah phung dĭng buăl ih diñu tuh leh.
¹¹Brei klei phung mnă krao truh kơ ih;
hŏng klei myang prŏng ih
brei ih mgang phung arăng jao kơ klei djiê.
¹²Bi wĭt kơ đah da phung riêng gah hmei kjuh bliư̆
klei diñu dlao wač kơ ih leh, Ơ Khua Yang.
¹³Snăn hmei, phung ƀuôn sang ih, phung biăp hlăm kdrăn rơ̆k mda ih,
srăng bi mni kơ ih hlŏng lar;
hlăm jih jang ênuk hmei srăng hưn yăl dliê klei bi mni kơ ih.

79

A Dirge and a Prayer for Israel, Destroyed by Enemies

A Psalm of Asaph.

¹O God, the nations have come into ⚓Your inheritance;
Your holy temple they have defiled;
⚓They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
²⚓The dead bodies of Your servants
They have given as food for the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth.
³Their blood they have shed like water all around Jerusalem,
And there was no one to bury them.
⁴We have become a reproach to our ⚓neighbors,
A scorn and derision to those who are around us.
⁵⚓How long, Lord?
Will You be angry forever?
Will Your ⚓jealousy burn like fire?
⁶⚓Pour out Your wrath on the nations that ⚓do not know You,
And on the kingdoms that ⚓do not call on Your name.
⁷For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his dwelling place.
⁸⚓Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us!
Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us,
For we have been brought very low.
⁹Help us, O God of our salvation,
For the glory of Your name;
And deliver us, and provide atonement for our sins,
⚓For Your name’s sake!
¹⁰⚓Why should the nations say,
“Where is their God?”
Let there be known among the nations in our sight
The avenging of the blood of Your servants which has been shed.
¹¹Let ⚓the groaning of the prisoner come before You;
According to the greatness of Your power
Preserve those who are appointed to die;
¹²And return to our neighbors ⚓sevenfold into their bosom
⚓Their reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.
¹³So ⚓we, Your people and sheep of Your pasture,
Will give You thanks forever;
⚓We will show forth Your praise to all generations.