La Bu 129

1 Kakhangdonlai a pat in kagalmiten eihin bolseuvin ahi. Israel pumpin hichehi velsei uhen.

A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth— let Israel now declare—

2 Kakhangdonlai a pat in kagalmiten eihin bolseuvin ahi, ahinla amahon khatveicha eijoukha pouvin ahi.

many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Katungtun hi maha adiptauvin, loukhoipan lou akhoi chehlah lahtoh abahsah jengun ahi.

The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

4 Ahinla Yahweh Pakai chu aphatjeh'in miphalouhon khaova eikan nao eisutlhap peh tan ahi.

The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

5 Koi hileh Jerusalem hot leh deimoa bolho jouse chu jumthet in ki nunglekit'u henlang lhuhpiu hen.

May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6 Amahohi pannabei inchung vum a hampa kehtobang, akhan kilhit masanga goplha tobang hiuhen.

May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

7 Chang-at hon anotthap'u, chuleh chang kanhon adeimou hihen, chuleh hichelang hopa jousen, “Nachunguva Yahweh Pakai phattheiboh umhen keihon Yahweh Pakai mi in phatthei kahinboh uve” tin seihihbeh'u hen.

unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

8 Yahweh Pakai in phatthei na boh hen, Yahweh Pakai min in nang ma phatthei ka boh uve, chule nang man na lam jot na chun hichi mi ho chun phatthei na chu sutang jou pou vin te.

May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”