Saam 129

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

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may 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 afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

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

YHWH is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth 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 mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth 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 which go by say, The blessing of YHWH be upon you: we bless you in the name of YHWH.