Psalmowo 129

1 Mɔzɔha. Wotem ɖe anyi ale gbegbe tso nye ɖekakpuime ke. Israel negblɔ be,

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 “Wotem ɖe anyi ale gbegbe tso nye ɖekakpuime ke, gake womeɖu dzinye o.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Agbleŋlɔlawo ŋlɔ nye dzimegbe, eye woɖe boliƒowo wodidi,

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

4 gake Yehowa nye dzɔdzɔetɔ, etso kam tso ame vɔ̃ɖiwo ƒe babla me.”

Yhwh is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Na be ame siwo katã tsri Zion la, nagbugbɔ ɖe megbe kple ŋukpe.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6 Na be woanɔ abe gbe si wotsɔ gbã xɔe ene, gbe si yrɔna, hafi ayi miemie ge.

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

7 Ale gbetsola mate ŋu atsoe alɔ ɖe asime loo, alo ame si le elɔm la, nayi elɔ ge ɖe abɔdome o.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 Ame siwo to afi ma yi la megagblɔ be, “Yehowa ƒe yayra nenɔ dziwò; míeyra wò le Yehowa ƒe ŋkɔ me” o.

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of Yhwh be upon you: we bless you in the name of Yhwh.