Masalimo 129

1 Nyimbo yoyimba pokwera ku Yerusalemu. “Andizunza kwambiri kuyambira ubwana wanga,” anene tsono Israeli;

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 “Andizunza kwambiri kuyambira ubwana wanga, koma sanandipambane.

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

3 Anthu otipula analima pa msana panga ndipo anapangapo mizere yayitali:

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

4 Koma Yehova ndi wolungama; Iye wandimasula ku zingwe za anthu oyipa.”

The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Onse amene amadana ndi Ziyoni abwezedwe pambuyo mwamanyazi.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6 Akhale ngati udzu womera pa denga la nyumba, umene umafota usanakule;

Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

7 sungadzaze manja a owumweta kapena manja a omanga mitolo.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 Odutsa pafupi asanene kuti, “Dalitso la Yehova lili pa inu; tikukudalitsani mʼdzina la Yehova.”

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.