Sòm 129

1 Yon chan pou monte vè tanp lan. “Anpil fwa, yo te pèsekite mwen soti nan jenès mwen. Kite Israël di koulye a:

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 “Anpil fwa, yo te pèsekite mwen soti nan jenès mwen, men yo pa janm reyisi kont mwen.

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

3 Labourè yo te laboure chan yo sou do m. Yo fè tranch tè yo vin pi long.”

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 SENYÈ a dwat. Kòd a mechan yo, Li te koupe yo fè bout.

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 Ke tout (sila) ki rayi Sion yo vin wont! Ke yo retounen fè bak menm.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 Kite yo vin tankou zèb sou kay la; zèb ki fennen avan li grandi,

Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

7 jis moun rekòlt la p ap kapab plen men l, oubyen (sila) ki mare pote pake a, pa p ka plen lestomak li.

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 Ni (sila) ki pase yo, p ap di: “Ke benediksyon SENYÈ a rete avèk ou. Nou beni ou nan non SENYÈ a.”

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.