Psalms 128

1 A Song of Ascents. How happy is every one that revereth Yahweh, who walketh in his ways!

Ubusisiwe wonke oyesabayo iNkosi, ohamba endleleni zayo.

2 The labour of thine own hands, surely thou shalt eat. How happy thou, and well for thine!

Ngoba uzakudla umsebenzi wezandla zakho; uzathokoza, njalo kuzakuba kuhle kuwe.

3 Thy wife, like a fruitful vine, within the recesses of thy house, —Thy children, like plantings of olive-trees, round about thy table.

Umkakho uzakuba njengevini elithelayo emaceleni endlu yakho, abantwana bakho bazakuba njengamahlumela omhlwathi bezingelezele itafula lakho.

4 Lo! thus, shall be blessed the man who revereth Yahweh.

Ngoba khangela, ngokunjalo izabusiswa indoda eyesabayo iNkosi.

5 Yahweh will bless thee, out of Zion, —and behold thou the welfare of Jerusalem, all the days of thy life!

INkosi izakubusisa iseZiyoni, njalo ubone okuhle kweJerusalema insuku zonke zempilo yakho,

6 And behold thou thy children’s children, —Prosperity on Israel!

yebo, uzabona abantwana babantwana bakho. Ukuthula kakube phezu kukaIsrayeli!