< Psalms 129 >
1 A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
Rwiyo rworwendo. Vakandidzvinyirira zvikuru kubva pauduku hwangu, Israeri ngaati,
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
“Vakandidzvinyirira zvikuru kubva pauduku hwangu, asi havana kundikunda.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Varimi vakarima musana wangu vakaita miforo yavo mirefu.”
4 The LORD [is] righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
Asi Jehovha akarurama, akandisunungura pamabote avakaipa.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
Vose vanovenga Zioni ngavadzorerwe shure nenyadzi.
6 Let them be as the grass [upon] the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
Ngavaite souswa pamusoro pedenga remba, hunooma husati hwakura;
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
mukohwi haangazadzi maoko ake nahwo, uye anounganidza haangazadzi maoko ake.
8 Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.
Vanopfuura nepo ngavarege kuti, “Maropafadzo aJehovha ngaave pamusoro pako; tinokuropafadza muzita raJehovha.”