Salamo 129

1 Sabo-Pionjonañe Beteke nisilofen-draho boak’ami’ty nahajalahy ahiko— ano ty hoe r’Israele—

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth — oh let Israel say —

2 Beteke niforeforèñe sikal’amy te izaho niajalahy, f’ie tsy nahagioke ahy.

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

3 Nitrabahe’ o mpitrabakeo ty sakamamovoko, nanoe’ iareo lava o vavahalioo.

The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

4 Vantañe t’Iehovà; navitso’e ty namahora’ o lo-tserekeo ahy.

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

5 Hampolieñe an-kasalarañe ze malaiñe i Tsiône.

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all that hate Zion;

6 Ie hampanahafeñe ami’ty ahetse an-tafo traño eo, hiheatse aolo’ ty hibeiza’e,

Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth before it is plucked up,

7 toe tsy hahaeneñe ty fità’ i mpanatakey, ndra ty araña’ i mpifehe’ o fehe’eo.

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

8 Vaho tsy anoe’ o mpandrioñeo ty hoe: Ho ama’ areo ty fañanintsi’ Iehovà! Itatà’ay ami’ty tahina’ Iehovà!

Neither do the passers-by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; we bless you in the name of Jehovah!