Amahubo 129

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

A song of ascents. “Sore have they vexed me from youth” thus let Israel say

2 kanengi bangihluphile kusukela ebutsheni bami, kanti kabangehlulanga.

“Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

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

“The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

4 INkosi ilungile, iqumile intambo zababi.

But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”

5 Kabayangeke babuyiselwe emuva bonke abazonda iZiyoni.

Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.

6 Kababe njengotshani ephahleni, obubuna bungakakhuli,

May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;

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

which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves

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

whereof no one says as they pass, “The blessing of God be upon you.” In the name of the Lord we bless you.