< Amahubo 129 >
1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Sebengihluphe kakhulu kusukela ebutsheni bami katsho njalo u-Israyeli,
MANY a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:
2 sebengihluphe kakhulu kusukela ebutsheni bami, kodwa kabangehlulanga.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 Abalimi bawulimile umhlane wami benza imifolo emide.
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
4 Kodwa uThixo ulungile; ungikhulule ezintanjeni zababi.
The Lord is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Akuthi bonke abayizondayo iZiyoni babuyiselwe emuva beyangekile.
Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.
6 Sengathi bangaba njengotshani obukhula ephahleni obubuna bungakakhuli;
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 umvuni angeke agcwalisa isandla sakhe ngabo, loba lowo obuthayo agcwalise izingalo zakhe.
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Sengathi labo abadlulayo bangabokuthi, “Izibusiso zikaThixo mazibe kuwe; siyakubusisa ngegama likaThixo.”
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.