Thaburi 129

1 Thaburi ya Agendi Maanahinyĩrĩria mũno kuuma ũnini-inĩ wakwa, Isiraeli nĩmakiuge ũguo,

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

2 maanahinyĩrĩria mũno kuuma ũnini-inĩ wakwa, no rĩrĩ, matirĩ maahota kũndooria.

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

3 Andũ arĩa marĩmaga na mũraũ marĩmĩte ngʼongʼo wakwa, magatema mĩtaro mĩraihu.

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

4 No rĩrĩ, Jehova nĩ mũthingu; nĩanjohorithĩtie harĩ mĩhĩndo ya andũ arĩa aaganu.

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Andũ arĩa othe mathũire Zayuni marocookio na thuutha maconokete.

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

6 Marohaana ta nyeki ĩrĩ nyũmba igũrũ, ĩrĩa ĩhoohaga ĩtanamera;

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

7 mũmĩtui ndangĩmĩiyũria hĩ-inĩ ciake, o na kana ũrĩa ũmĩũnganagia amĩiyũrie moko-inĩ make.

with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Andũ arĩa mahĩtũkagĩra kuo maroaga kuuga atĩrĩ, “Kĩrathimo kĩa Jehova kĩrogĩa igũrũ rĩanyu; nĩtwamũrathima thĩinĩ wa rĩĩtwa rĩa Jehova.”

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