Masalimo 129

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

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

2 “Andizunza kwambiri kuyambira ubwana wanga, koma sanandipambane.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The ploughers ploughed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

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

5 Onse amene amadana ndi Ziyoni abwezedwe pambuyo mwamanyazi.

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

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

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

7 sungadzaze manja a owumweta kapena manja a omanga mitolo.

with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

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