Faarfannaa 129

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

“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

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

Many a time have they assailed me from my youth: yet have they not prevailed against me.

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

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Warri Xiyoonin jibban hundinuu, qaaniidhaan duubatti haa deebiʼan.

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

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

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

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

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.