Salamo 129

1 Fihirana fiakarana.

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

2 Mafy no nampahoriany ahy hatry ny fony aho mbola tanora; Nefa tsy naharesy ahy izy.

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

3 Ny mpiasa dia niasa ny lamosiko; Efa nanalava ny vavasany izy.

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

4 Marina Jehovah: Efa nanapaka ny famatorana nataon’ ny ratsy fanahy Izy.

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Aoka ho menatra sy hiamboho Izay rehetra mandrafy an’ i Ziona

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

6 Ka ho tahaka ny ahitra eo an-tampon-trano. Izay malazo, na dia tsy misy manongotra azy aza;

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth before it groweth up:

7 Tsy misy mpijinja mameno tanana Na mpamehy amboara mameno tratra amin’ izany;

With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

8 Ka dia tsy hisy mpandalo hanao hoe: Hotahin’ i Jehovah anie ianareo; Eny, ny anaran’ i Jehovah no itsofanay rano anareo.

Neither do they who go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.