Faarfannaa 129

1 Faarfannaa ol baʼuu. Israaʼel akkana haa jedhu; “Isaan dargaggummaa kootii jalqabanii akka malee na cunqursaniiru;

A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

2 isaan dargaggummaa kootii jalqabanii akka malee na cunqursaniiru; garuu na hin moʼanne.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

3 Warri qootiisa qotan dugda koo qotan; boʼoo isaaniis ni dheeressan.

The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

4 Waaqayyo garuu qajeelaa dha; funyoo jalʼootaa gargar kukkuteera.”

The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

5 Warri Xiyoonin jibban hundinuu, qaaniidhaan duubatti haa deebiʼan.

Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

6 Isaan akka marga bantii manaa irraa kan utuu hin guddatin goguu haa taʼan;

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

7 namichi haamu qabaa isaa guuttachuu, yookaan namichi walitti qabu bissii isaa guuttachuu hin dandaʼu.

He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

8 Warri achiin darban, “Eebbi Waaqayyoo isiniif haa taʼu; maqaa Waaqayyootiin isin eebbifna” isaaniin hin jedhin.

And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.