Zabbuli 129

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

A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

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

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

3 Newaakubadde ng’omugongo gwange gujjudde enkovu olw’embooko ze bankubye era ne gulabika nga kwe bayisizza ekyuma ekirima,

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

4 kyokka Mukama mutuukirivu; amenyeemenye enjegere z’abakola ebibi.

Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

5 Abo bonna abakyawa Sayuuni bagobebwe era bazzibweyo emabega nga baswadde.

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

6 Babeere ng’omuddo ogumera waggulu ku nnyumba, oguwotoka nga tegunnakula.

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

7 Omukunguzi tagufaako, n’oyo asiba ebinywa agunyooma.

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

8 Wadde abayitawo baleme kwogera nti, “Omukisa gwa Mukama gube ku mmwe. Tubasabidde omukisa mu linnya lya Mukama.”

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'