Psalms 129

1 “A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

Faarfannaa ol baʼuu. Israaʼel akkana haa jedhu; “Isaan dargaggummaa kootii jalqabanii akka malee na cunqursaniiru;

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

isaan dargaggummaa kootii jalqabanii akka malee na cunqursaniiru; garuu na hin moʼanne.

3 Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

Warri qootiisa qotan dugda koo qotan; boʼoo isaaniis ni dheeressan.

4 [Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

Waaqayyo garuu qajeelaa dha; funyoo jalʼootaa gargar kukkuteera.”

5 May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

Warri Xiyoonin jibban hundinuu, qaaniidhaan duubatti haa deebiʼan.

6 May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

Isaan akka marga bantii manaa irraa kan utuu hin guddatin goguu haa taʼan;

7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

namichi haamu qabaa isaa guuttachuu, yookaan namichi walitti qabu bissii isaa guuttachuu hin dandaʼu.

8 Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.

Warri achiin darban, “Eebbi Waaqayyoo isiniif haa taʼu; maqaa Waaqayyootiin isin eebbifna” isaaniin hin jedhin.