Psalms 129

1 A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu; Israeli na aseme sasa:

2 Many a time have they warred against me from my youth: and yet they prevailed not against me.

wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

3 The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

Wakulima wamelima mgongo wangu, na kufanya mifereji yao mirefu.

4 The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

Lakini Bwana ni mwenye haki; amenifungua toka kamba za waovu.

5 Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

6 Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

Wawe kama majani juu ya paa, ambayo hunyauka kabla hayajakua;

7 Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

kwa hayo mvunaji hawezi kujaza vitanga vyake, wala akusanyaye kujaza mikono yake.

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.

Wale wapitao karibu na wasiseme, “Baraka ya Bwana iwe juu yako; tunakubariki katika jina la Bwana.”