Psalms 129

1 A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

Kasang laa. Ka nawkta nathuem hoi boeh ni nihcae mah kai ang pacaekthlaek o, Israel mah vaihi,

2 Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

ka nawkta nathuem hoi boeh ni nihcae mah kai ang pacaekthlaek o boeh; toe nihcae mah na pazawk o vai ai, tiah thuih.

3 The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

Laikok atok kaminawk mah long atok naah kaom ahmaa baktiah ka kaengah ahmaa kathuk to oh.

4 The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

Toe Angraeng loe toeng; poeksae kaminawk ih qui to anih mah aah pae pat.

5 Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

Zion hnuma kaminawk boih azathaih hoiah amlaem o let nasoe.

6 Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

Qoeng tahang ai ah kazaem, imphu nui ih phroh baktiah om o nasoe;

7 He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

to phroh aatkung loe ban tamsum maeto mataeng doeh hak ai, cang taoeng kami aput han kakhawt ah doeh hak thai ai.

8 And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.

To ahmuen ah caeh kaminawk loe, Angraeng tahamhoihaih na nuiah om nasoe; Angraeng ih ahmin hoiah tahamhoihaih kang paek, tiah thui o mak ai.