Masalimo 129

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

A song of ascents. “Often since my youth they have attacked me,” let Israel say.

2 “Andizunza kwambiri kuyambira ubwana wanga, koma sanandipambane.

“Often since my youth they have attacked me, yet they have not defeated me.

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

The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.

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

Yahweh is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.”

5 Onse amene amadana ndi Ziyoni abwezedwe pambuyo mwamanyazi.

May they all be put to shame and turned back, those who hate Zion.

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

May they be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,

7 sungadzaze manja a owumweta kapena manja a omanga mitolo.

that cannot fill the reaper's hand or the chest of the one who binds bundles of grain together.

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

May those who pass by not say, “May the blessing of Yahweh be on you; we bless you in the name of Yahweh.”