Saam 129

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

A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel 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.

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

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

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

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

Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

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

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

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

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

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

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

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.

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'