Abụ Ọma 129

1 Abụ nrigo. Site na mgbe m bụ nwantakịrị, ha kpagburu m ọtụtụ oge, ka Izrel kwuo.

A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

2 “Site na mgbe m bụ nwantakịrị, ha kpagburu m ọtụtụ oge, ma ha enweghị ike merie m.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

3 Ndị ikom na-akọ ubi akọgharịala azụ m dịka ala ubi, mee ebe ha kọrọ akọ ka ọ dị ogologo.

The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

4 Ma Onyenwe anyị bụ onye ezi omume; ọ tọpụla m site nʼagbụ niile nke ndị ajọ omume.”

The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

5 Ka ndị niile kpọrọ Zayọn asị bụrụ ndị ga-alaghachi azụ nʼihere.

Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

6 Ka ha niile dịrị ka ahịhịa na-epu nʼelu ụlọ nke na-akpọnwụ tupu o pupụta;

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

7 nke onye na-ewe ihe ubi na-adịghị eji ha kpojuo aka ya abụọ, maọbụ onye mkpokọta e nwee ike kpojuo aka ya.

He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

8 Ka ndị si nʼụzọ na-agafe hapụ ị sị ha, “Ngọzị Onyenwe anyị dịrị unu. Anyị na-agọzi unu nʼaha Onyenwe anyị.”

And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.