Saam 130

1 Kasang laa. Aw Angraeng, kathuk ahmuen hoiah nang khaeah ka hangh.

Yahweh, I have a lot of troubles/many difficulties, so I call out to you.

2 Aw Angraeng, ka lok hae tahngai ah; tahmen kang hnikhaih lok bangah na naa to patueng ah.

Yahweh, hear me, while I call out to you [SYN] to be merciful to me!

3 Angraeng, nang, zaehaihnawk to na pakuem soe nahaeloe, Aw Angraeng angdoe thai koi mi maw om tih?

Yahweh, if you kept a record of the sins [that we have committed], not one [of us] [RHQ] would escape from being condemned [and punished]

4 Toe nang to zit thai hanah, kaicae hae nang tahmen boeh.

But you forgive us, with the result that we greatly revere you.

5 Kai loe Angraeng ni ka zing, ka hinghaih mah anih to zing, a lok ah oephaih to ka suek.

Yahweh has said [that he would help/rescue me]; I trust what he said, and I wait eagerly for him to do that.

6 Khodai zing kaminawk, khodai zing kaminawk pong kamthlai ah, ka hinghaih mah Angraeng to zing.

I wait for Yahweh [to help me] more than watchmen wait for the light to dawn; yes, I wait more eagerly than they do!

7 Angraeng ah palungnathaih hoi pop parai pahlonghaih oh pongah, Israel mah a oephaih to Angraeng ah suem nasoe.

You [my fellow] Israelis, confidently expect that Yahweh [will bless us]. [He will bless us] because he faithfully loves [us], and he is very willing to save/rescue [us].

8 Anih mah Israel to zaehaihnawk boih thung hoiah akrang tih.

And he will save us Israeli [people] from [being punished for] all the sins that [we] have committed.