Psalms 129

1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

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

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

wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

3 The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

Wakulima wamelima mgongo wangu, na kufanya mifereji yao mirefu.

4 Jehovah is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

5 Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

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

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

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

8 Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!

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