Psalms 129

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

Faarfannaa ol baʼuu. Israaʼel akkana haa jedhu; “Isaan dargaggummaa kootii jalqabanii akka malee na cunqursaniiru;

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

isaan dargaggummaa kootii jalqabanii akka malee na cunqursaniiru; garuu na hin moʼanne.

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

Warri qootiisa qotan dugda koo qotan; boʼoo isaaniis ni dheeressan.

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

Waaqayyo garuu qajeelaa dha; funyoo jalʼootaa gargar kukkuteera.”

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

Warri Xiyoonin jibban hundinuu, qaaniidhaan duubatti haa deebiʼan.

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

Isaan akka marga bantii manaa irraa kan utuu hin guddatin goguu haa taʼan;

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

namichi haamu qabaa isaa guuttachuu, yookaan namichi walitti qabu bissii isaa guuttachuu hin dandaʼu.

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

Warri achiin darban, “Eebbi Waaqayyoo isiniif haa taʼu; maqaa Waaqayyootiin isin eebbifna” isaaniin hin jedhin.