Amahubo 129

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

A Song of Ascents. Many a time, have they harassed me from my youth, well may Israel say:

2 sebengihluphe kakhulu kusukela ebutsheni bami, kodwa kabangehlulanga.

Many a time, have they harassed me from youth, yet have they not prevailed against me.

3 Abalimi bawulimile umhlane wami benza imifolo emide.

Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!

4 Kodwa uThixo ulungile; ungikhulule ezintanjeni zababi.

Yahweh, is righteous, He hath cut asunder the cords of the lawless.

5 Akuthi bonke abayizondayo iZiyoni babuyiselwe emuva beyangekile.

Let all who hate Zion, be ashamed and shrink back:

6 Sengathi bangaba njengotshani obukhula ephahleni obubuna bungakakhuli;

Let them become like the grass of housetops, which, before it is pulled up, hath withered;

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

Wherewith no reaper, hath filled his hand, nor binder, his bosom:

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

Neither have the passers-by ever said, The blessing of Yahweh, be unto you, —We have blessed you in the Name of Yahweh.