Amahubo 129

1 Ingoma yemiqanso. Sebengihluphe kakhulu kusukela ebutsheni bami katsho njalo u-Israyeli,

A Song of Degrees. Many a time have they warred against me from my youth, let Israel now say:

2 sebengihluphe kakhulu kusukela ebutsheni bami, kodwa kabangehlulanga.

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

3 Abalimi bawulimile umhlane wami benza imifolo emide.

The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.

4 Kodwa uThixo ulungile; ungikhulule ezintanjeni zababi.

The righteous Lord has cut asunder the necks of sinners.

5 Akuthi bonke abayizondayo iZiyoni babuyiselwe emuva beyangekile.

Let all that hate Sion be put to shame and turned back.

6 Sengathi bangaba njengotshani obukhula ephahleni obubuna bungakakhuli;

Let them be as the grass of the housetops, which withers before it is plucked up.

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

Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.

8 Sengathi labo abadlulayo bangabokuthi, “Izibusiso zikaThixo mazibe kuwe; siyakubusisa ngegama likaThixo.”

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.