Salamo 129

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

“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

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

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

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

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Hampolieñe an-kasalarañe ze malaiñe i Tsiône.

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled 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 his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

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

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.