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. ‘Sore have they vexed me from youth’ thus let Israel say

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

‘Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3 Jopur osepuro diengʼeya kendo gisegore opara ma roboche,

‘The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

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

But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.’

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

Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.

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

May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;

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

which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves

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

whereof no one says as they pass, ‘The blessing of God be upon you.’ In the name of the Lord we bless you.