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 Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;

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

'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Jopur osepuro diengʼeya kendo gisegore opara ma roboche,

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

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

The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

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

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

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

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth 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 bless you in the name of the LORD.'