Saam 128

1 Kasang laa. Angraeng to zit moe, anih ih loklam pazui kaminawk boih loe tahamhoih.

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. Happy are all those who worship the Lord, everyone who follows his ways!

2 Na toksakhaih athaih to na caa tih; anghoehaih hoi khosakhoihaih doeh na tawn tih.

You will eat what your own hands have produced. You will be happy and do well.

3 Na zu loe na imtaeng ih kathai parai misurkung baktiah om ueloe, na caanawk loe na caboi taengah kaom olive tadoknawk baktiah om o tih.

Your wife will be like a fruitful vine growing in your home. Your children will be like the shoots of an olive tree around your table.

4 Khenah, Angraeng zii kami loe to tiah om tih.

This will certainly be the Lord's blessing on those who worship him.

5 Angraeng mah Zion hoiah tahamhoihaih na paek ueloe, na hing thungah Jerusalem tahamhoihaih to na hnu tih.

May the Lord go on blessing you from Zion; may you see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life.

6 Ue, na caanawk ih caa patoeng doeh na hnu tih, Israel nuiah monghaih om nasoe.

May you see your children's children. May Israel be at peace!