1{A Song of degrees.} Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth -- oh let Israel say --
1Ka naupan chik akipan min tamveipi honmangbangsak ua. Israelten chi uhen:
2Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth; yet they have not prevailed against me.
2Ka naupan chik akipan min tamveipi honmangbangsak ua: himahleh hon zou tuan kei ua.
3The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
3Leiletten ka nungjang ah lei a let ua; a leileh kuangte uh a sausak ngial uhi.
4Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
4Toupa a diktat ahi: mi gilou- saloute khauhualte tuh a at tatta a: chiin.
5Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;
5Amau zahlak leh taijak sakin om uhen, Zion hote tengteng mah.
6Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,
6A khansang maa vuai maimah jel, in tunga loupa bangin om uhen:
7Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;
7Huai loupain buh atmin a khut a hihdim ngei keia, buhphal tel khawm-min leng a angsung a hihdim ngei sam kei hi.Toupa vualjawlna na tunguah om hen: Toupa minin vual hon jawl uhi, a paikhenmiten a chi ngal sam kei uhi.
8Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!
8Toupa vualjawlna na tunguah om hen: Toupa minin vual hon jawl uhi, a paikhenmiten a chi ngal sam kei uhi.