Psalms 124

1 A Song of Degrees. If it had not been that the Lord was among us, let Israel now say;

Nkunga Davidi wunyimbudulu mu nzila yikuendila ku nzo Yave. Bika Iseli katuba: Enati Yave kasia ba ku ndambuꞌeto ko;

2 if it had not been that the Lord was among us, when men rose up against us;

Enati Yave kasia ba ku ndambu eto ko mu thangu batu batelama mu kutunuanisa;

3 verily they would have swallowed us up alive, when their wrath was kindled against us:

mu thangu nganzi awu yitubuila, keti nganu mina batumina bamoyo;

4 verily the water would have drowned us, our soul would have gone under the torrent.

khuka nlangu yitumbu kutuvitumuna ayi nguma yi nlangu yitudiamisa,

5 Yes, our soul would have gone under the overwhelming water.

minlangu mi nguma mitulalumuna.

6 Blessed be the Lord, who has not given us for a prey to their teeth.

Nzitusu wuba kuidi Yave mutu wowo wukambu kutuyekula batukanzuna mu meno ma miunu miawu.

7 Our soul has been delivered as a sparrow from the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are delivered.

Tutina banga nuni bu keti tinina mu dikondi di ntambi wu zinuni. Dikondi dikanzuka ayi beto tutina.

8 Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Lusadusu lueto luidi mu dizina di Yave, mvangi wu diyilu ayi ntoto.