< Psalms 129 >
1 A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:
Hodočasnička pjesma. “Mnogo su me od mladosti tlačili” - neka rekne sad Izrael!
2 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.
“Mnogo su me od mladosti tlačili, ali me ne svladaše.
3 The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.
Po leđima su mojim orači orali, duge brazde povlačili.
4 The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.
Al' Jahve pravedni isiječe užeta zlikovcima!”
5 Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.
Nek' se postide i uzmaknu svi koji mrze Sion!
6 Let them be as the grass of the house-tops, which withers before it is plucked up.
Nek' budu k'o trava na krovu što povene prije nego je počupaju.
7 Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.
Žetelac njome ne napuni ruku ni naručje onaj koji veže snopove.
8 Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
A prolaznici nek' ne reknu: “Blagoslov Jahvin nad vama! Blagoslivljamo vas imenom Jahvinim!”