Amahubo 129

1 Kanengi bangihluphile kusukela ebutsheni bami, katsho-ke uIsrayeli,

A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, Let Israel now say,

2 kanengi bangihluphile kusukela ebutsheni bami, kanti kabangehlulanga.

Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: Yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Abalimi balima emhlana wami, bayenza yaba mide imifolo yabo.

The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

4 INkosi ilungile, iqumile intambo zababi.

Jehovah is righteous: He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Kabayangeke babuyiselwe emuva bonke abazonda iZiyoni.

Let them be put to shame and turned backward, All they that hate Zion.

6 Kababe njengotshani ephahleni, obubuna bungakakhuli,

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, Which withereth before it groweth up;

7 ovunayo angagcwalisi ngabo isandla sakhe, lalowo obopha izithungo isifuba sakhe.

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:

8 Labadlulayo bangatsho ukuthi: Isibusiso seNkosi kasibe phezu kwenu; siyalibusisa ebizweni leNkosi.

Neither do they that go by say, The blessing of Jehovah be upon you; We bless you in the name of Jehovah.