< Zabbuli 129 >
1 Oluyimba nga balinnya amadaala. Isirayiri ayogere nti, “Bambonyaabonyezza nnyo okuva mu buvubuka bwange.”
A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;
2 Ddala bambonyaabonyezza nnyo okuva mu buvubuka bwange; naye tebampangudde.
'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.
3 Newaakubadde ng’omugongo gwange gujjudde enkovu olw’embooko ze bankubye era ne gulabika nga kwe bayisizza ekyuma ekirima,
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
4 kyokka Mukama mutuukirivu; amenyeemenye enjegere z’abakola ebibi.
The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'
5 Abo bonna abakyawa Sayuuni bagobebwe era bazzibweyo emabega nga baswadde.
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
6 Babeere ng’omuddo ogumera waggulu ku nnyumba, oguwotoka nga tegunnakula.
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;
7 Omukunguzi tagufaako, n’oyo asiba ebinywa agunyooma.
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Wadde abayitawo baleme kwogera nti, “Omukisa gwa Mukama gube ku mmwe. Tubasabidde omukisa mu linnya lya Mukama.”
Neither do they that go by say: 'The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'