Amahubo 126

1 Lapho iNkosi ibuyisa abathunjiweyo beZiyoni, saba njengabaphuphayo.

A song of ascents. When the Lord turned the fortunes of Zion, we were like dreamers.

2 Umlomo wethu wasugcwala uhleko, lolimi lwethu ukuhlabelela. Basebesithi phakathi kwezizwe: INkosi ibenzele izinto ezinkulu.

Then was our mouth filled with laughter, our tongue with glad shouts; then among the nations they said, “The Lord has dealt greatly with them.”

3 INkosi isenzele izinto ezinkulu; siyathokoza.

The Lord had dealt greatly with us, and we were rejoicing.

4 Buyisa, Nkosi, ukuthunjwa kwethu, njengezifula zeningizimu.

Turn our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the Negreb.

5 Abahlanyela ngezinyembezi bazavuna ngentokozo.

They who sow in tears shall reap with glad shouts.

6 Yena ohamba ahambe ekhala inyembezi, ephethe inhlanyelo yokuhlanyela, isibili uzabuya ethokoza, ethwele inyanda zakhe.

Forth they fare, with their burden of seed, and they weep as they go. But home, home, with glad shouts they shall come with their arms full of sheaves.