Amahubo 129

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

A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;

2 kanengi bangihluphile kusukela ebutsheni bami, kanti kabangehlulanga.

'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but 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.

The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

5 Kabayangeke babuyiselwe emuva bonke abazonda iZiyoni.

Let them be ashamed 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 afore it springeth 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 the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.'