Psalms 129

1 Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

Nkunga wunyimbudulu mu nzila yikuendila ku nzo Yave. Bandiamisa ngolo tona mu bumuana buama, bika Iseli katuba.

2 Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Bandiamisa ngolo tona mu bumuana buama vayi basia ku ndunga ko.

3 The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows.

Minkuni midima manima mama; batula muawu minkala miawu mimula.

4 Jehovah is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

Vayi Yave widi wusonga; niandi wuzenga minsinga mi batu bambimbi muingi ndiba mu kiphuanza.

5 Let them be put to shame and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

Bika babo beti lenda Sioni bavutuka fua tsoni.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

Bika baba banga biti bi mbata muanzu, biobi bieti yuma tuamina biyunduka;

7 with which the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

biobi mvedi kalendi wesa mu mioko miandi ko; voti mutu wowo wunkanga mvumba kalendi wesi mu mioko miandi ko.

8 Neither do those who go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you. We bless you in the name of Jehovah.

Bika bobo bamviokila vana babika tuba: “lusakumunu lu Yave lubanga yeno! Tueti kulusakumuna mu dizina di Yave!”