Psalms 129

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

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

2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against 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 plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

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

Zion hnuma kaminawk boih azathaih hoiah amlaem o let nasoe.

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

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

7 with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

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

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