< Psalms 126 >
1 A Song of Ascents. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like unto them that dream.
Lapho iNkosi ibuyisa abathunjiweyo beZiyoni, saba njengabaphuphayo.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the nations, The LORD hath done great things for them.
Umlomo wethu wasugcwala uhleko, lolimi lwethu ukuhlabelela. Basebesithi phakathi kwezizwe: INkosi ibenzele izinto ezinkulu.
3 The LORD hath done great things for us; [whereof] we are glad.
INkosi isenzele izinto ezinkulu; siyathokoza.
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the South.
Buyisa, Nkosi, ukuthunjwa kwethu, njengezifula zeningizimu.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Abahlanyela ngezinyembezi bazavuna ngentokozo.
6 Though he goeth on his way weeping, bearing forth the seed; he shall come again with joy, bringing his sheaves [with him].
Yena ohamba ahambe ekhala inyembezi, ephethe inhlanyelo yokuhlanyela, isibili uzabuya ethokoza, ethwele inyanda zakhe.