Psalms 129

1 A song of ascents. “Often since my youth they have attacked me,” let Israel say.

Tangtlaeng Laa Ka camoe lamloh kai mat n'daengdaeh he Israel loh thui laeh saeh.

2 “Often since my youth they have attacked me, yet they have not defeated me.

Ka camoe lamloh kai he mat n'daengdaeh uh dae kai he n'noeng moenih.

3 The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.

Ka uen soah a thoe a thoe uh tih a hma sokah a hma te a yoe uh.

4 Yahweh is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.”

Aka dueng BOEIPA loh halang rhoek kah rhuivaeh te a tlueh pah.

5 May they all be put to shame and turned back, those who hate Zion.

Zion aka thiinah rhoek boeih tah yahpok uh saeh lamtah a hnuk la balkhong uh saeh.

6 May they be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,

Imphu kah sulrham bangla om saeh. Te tah amah hmuen ah a rhae la a phuk.

7 that cannot fill the reaper's hand or the chest of the one who binds bundles of grain together.

Te te a ah tih a ban neh a kulup akhaw a kutpha dongah a bae moenih.

8 May those who pass by not say, “May the blessing of Yahweh be on you; we bless you in the name of Yahweh.”

Te vaengah aka kongpa rhoek loh, “Nangmih soah BOEIPA kah yoethennah om saeh. BOEIPA ming neh nangmih te yoethen kan paek uh,” ti uh boel saeh.