Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

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

2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

3 The ploughers ploughed 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 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

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

7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”

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.