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 has 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 withers before it grows up:

7 umvuni angeke agcwalisa isandla sakhe ngabo, loba lowo obuthayo agcwalise izingalo zakhe.

Wherewith the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds 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.