Faarfannaa 129

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

A song for pilgrims going up to Jerusalem. Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young. Let everyone in Israel say:

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

Many enemies have attacked from the time I was young, but they never defeated me.

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

They beat me on my back, leaving long furrows as if it had been ploughed by a farmer.

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

But the Lord does what is right: he has cut me free from the ropes of the wicked.

5 Warri Xiyoonin jibban hundinuu, qaaniidhaan duubatti haa deebiʼan.

May everyone who hates Zion be driven back in humiliating defeat.

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

May they be like grass that grows on a roof that withers before it can be harvested,

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

There's not enough even for a reaper to hold, not enough even for the binder to bind.

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

May passers-by not say to them, “The blessing of the Lord be on you; we bless you in the name of the Lord.”