Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they 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 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but 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 The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

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

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

Bika babo beti lenda Sioni bavutuka fua tsoni.

6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

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

7 Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth 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 they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'

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