Saam 130

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

A Song of the Ascents. From depths I have called Thee, Jehovah.

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

Lord, hearken to my voice, Thine ears are attentive to the voice of my supplications.

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

If iniquities Thou dost observe, O Lord, who doth stand?

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

But with Thee [is] forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.

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

I hoped [for] Jehovah — hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.

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

My soul [is] for the Lord, More than those watching for morning, Watching for morning!

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

Israel doth wait on Jehovah, For with Jehovah [is] kindness, And abundant with Him [is] redemption.

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

And He doth redeem Israel from all his iniquities!