< Psalms 129 >
1 A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:
Orin fún ìgòkè. “Ìgbà púpọ̀ ni wọ́n ti pọ́n mi lójú láti ìgbà èwe mi wá,” jẹ́ kí Israẹli kí ó wí nísinsin yìí;
2 many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.
“Ìgbà púpọ̀ ni wọ́n ti pọ́n mi lójú láti ìgbà èwe mi wá; síbẹ̀ wọn kò tí ì borí mi.
3 The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
Àwọn awalẹ̀ walẹ̀ sí ẹ̀yìn mi: wọ́n sì la aporo wọn gígùn.
4 The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
Olódodo ni Olúwa: ó ti ké okùn àwọn ènìyàn búburú kúrò.”
5 Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.
Kí gbogbo àwọn tí ó kórìíra Sioni kí ó dààmú, kí wọn kí ó sì yí ẹ̀yìn padà.
6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,
Kí wọn kí ó dàbí koríko orí ilẹ̀ tí ó gbẹ dànù kí ó tó dàgbàsókè,
7 with which the reaper doesn’t fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.
èyí tí olóko pípa kó kún ọwọ́ rẹ̀: bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ẹni tí ń di ìtí, kó kún apá rẹ̀.
8 Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”
Bẹ́ẹ̀ ni àwọn tí ń kọjá lọ kò wí pé, ìbùkún Olúwa kí ó pẹ̀lú yín: àwa ń súre fún yin ní orúkọ Olúwa.