Psalms 129

1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

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

2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; 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 ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

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

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

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

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

Zion hnuma kaminawk boih azathaih hoiah amlaem o let nasoe.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

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

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth 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 the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!

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