Amahubo 129

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

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

2 kanengi bangihluphile kusukela ebutsheni bami, kanti kabangehlulanga.

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

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

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

4 INkosi ilungile, iqumile intambo zababi.

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

5 Kabayangeke babuyiselwe emuva bonke abazonda iZiyoni.

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

6 Kababe njengotshani ephahleni, obubuna bungakakhuli,

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

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

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

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

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