Zabbuli 129

1 Oluyimba nga balinnya amadaala. Isirayiri ayogere nti, “Bambonyaabonyezza nnyo okuva mu buvubuka bwange.”

A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;

2 Ddala bambonyaabonyezza nnyo okuva mu buvubuka bwange; naye tebampangudde.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: yet 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 groweth 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 which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.