Psalms 129

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

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

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

wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

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

Wakulima wamelima mgongo wangu, na kufanya mifereji yao mirefu.

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

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

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

Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

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

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

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

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

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.

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