Zaburi 129

1 Wer ma ji wero kadhi e hekalu. “Jogi osesanda malit nyaka aa e tin-na,” Israel mondo owach niya;

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 “gisesanda malit nyaka aa e tin-na, to kata kamano pok gibedo gi loch kuoma.

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

3 Jopur osepuro diengʼeya kendo gisegore opara ma roboche,

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 to kata kamano Jehova Nyasaye en ngʼama kare; osegola e badho mar joma timbegi richo.”

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 Ji duto mochayo Sayun lo mi dog chien gi wichkuot.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 Mad gichal gi lum moti ewi tado maner kata kapok odongo maber.

Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 Ok onyal nyago gimoro mapongʼo lwet jakeyo, kata ma jachoko nyalo tingʼo e bade.

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 Mad joma kalo bute kik wachnegi niya, “Jehova Nyasaye mondo ogwedhi, kata ni, wagwedhi e nying Jehova Nyasaye.”

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.