Saam 129

1 Kasang laa. Ka nawkta nathuem hoi boeh ni nihcae mah kai ang pacaekthlaek o, Israel mah vaihi,

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 ka nawkta nathuem hoi boeh ni nihcae mah kai ang pacaekthlaek o boeh; toe nihcae mah na pazawk o vai ai, tiah thuih.

Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

3 Laikok atok kaminawk mah long atok naah kaom ahmaa baktiah ka kaengah ahmaa kathuk to oh.

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 Toe Angraeng loe toeng; poeksae kaminawk ih qui to anih mah aah pae pat.

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 Zion hnuma kaminawk boih azathaih hoiah amlaem o let nasoe.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 Qoeng tahang ai ah kazaem, imphu nui ih phroh baktiah om o nasoe;

Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 to phroh aatkung loe ban tamsum maeto mataeng doeh hak ai, cang taoeng kami aput han kakhawt ah doeh hak thai ai.

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 To ahmuen ah caeh kaminawk loe, Angraeng tahamhoihaih na nuiah om nasoe; Angraeng ih ahmin hoiah tahamhoihaih kang paek, tiah thui o mak ai.

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.