Abụ Ọma 129

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

“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

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

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

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

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

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

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

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

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

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

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.