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.] Many times they have 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.

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

3 Jopur osepuro diengʼeya kendo gisegore opara ma roboche,

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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