Psalms 126

1 A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

Lapho iNkosi ibuyisa abathunjiweyo beZiyoni, saba njengabaphuphayo.

2 Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

Umlomo wethu wasugcwala uhleko, lolimi lwethu ukuhlabelela. Basebesithi phakathi kwezizwe: INkosi ibenzele izinto ezinkulu.

3 The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

INkosi isenzele izinto ezinkulu; siyathokoza.

4 Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.

Buyisa, Nkosi, ukuthunjwa kwethu, njengezifula zeningizimu.

5 Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

Abahlanyela ngezinyembezi bazavuna ngentokozo.

6 He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

Yena ohamba ahambe ekhala inyembezi, ephethe inhlanyelo yokuhlanyela, isibili uzabuya ethokoza, ethwele inyanda zakhe.