Masalimo 129

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

A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

2 “Andizunza kwambiri kuyambira ubwana wanga, koma sanandipambane.

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

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

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

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

Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

5 Onse amene amadana ndi Ziyoni abwezedwe pambuyo mwamanyazi.

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

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

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

7 sungadzaze manja a owumweta kapena manja a omanga mitolo.

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

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

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'