Sam 129

1 Kathutkung: Panuekhoeh, tami tangawn ni Hezekiah a ti awh Ka nawca hoiyah ahnimouh ni na rektap awh, telah Isarelnaw ni tet awh naseh.

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 Ka nawca hoiyah ahnimouh ni kai teh, na rektap awh. Hatei, na tâ awh hoeh.

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

3 Ka hnukthun vah talai thawn e patetlah a thawn awh teh, laikong kasawlah a sak awh.

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 Hatei, BAWIPA teh a lan. Ahni ni tamikaponaw e tangronnaw teh, thouk thouk a bouk pouh.

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 Zion kahmuhmanaw pueng teh, kayak awh naseh, hnuklah ban awh naseh.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 Ahnimouh teh, a kung a len hoehnahlan remke e lemphu e phokung patetlah awm awh naseh.

Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 Hote pho teh, kaanaw hanelah, kut kasum khuem hai phat hoeh. Ka tangoungnaw hanelah, tapam khuem hai phat hoeh.

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 Ka cet kaawm pueng nihai, BAWIPA e yawhawi teh nangmouh koe awm lawiseh. Kaimouh ni BAWIPA min lahoi nangmouh yawhawi na poe awh telah a dei awh mahoeh.

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.