Psalms 129

1 A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

Wer ma ji wero kadhi e hekalu. “Jogi osesanda malit nyaka aa e tin-na,” Israel mondo owach niya;

2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

“gisesanda malit nyaka aa e tin-na, to kata kamano pok gibedo gi loch kuoma.

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

Jopur osepuro diengʼeya kendo gisegore opara ma roboche,

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

to kata kamano Jehova Nyasaye en ngʼama kare; osegola e badho mar joma timbegi richo.”

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

Ji duto mochayo Sayun lo mi dog chien gi wichkuot.

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

Mad gichal gi lum moti ewi tado maner kata kapok odongo maber.

7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

Ok onyal nyago gimoro mapongʼo lwet jakeyo, kata ma jachoko nyalo tingʼo e bade.

8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of Yahweh be on you. We bless you in Yahweh’s name.”

Mad joma kalo bute kik wachnegi niya, “Jehova Nyasaye mondo ogwedhi, kata ni, wagwedhi e nying Jehova Nyasaye.”