La Bu 129

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

“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

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

Many a time have they assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.

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

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder 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 be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

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.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth 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.

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.