Psalms 129

1 [A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have 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 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

Bandiamisa ngolo tona mu bumuana buama vayi basia ku ndunga ko.

3 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

Minkuni midima manima mama; batula muawu minkala miawu mimula.

4 YHWH is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

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

5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

Bika babo beti lenda Sioni bavutuka fua tsoni.

6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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

7 with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds 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 those who go by say, "The blessing of YHWH be on you. We bless you in the name of YHWH."

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