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 afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

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

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

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

Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

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

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth 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 mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth 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 the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!