Faarfannaa 129

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

[A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

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

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

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

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

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

YHWH is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Warri Xiyoonin jibban hundinuu, qaaniidhaan duubatti haa deebiʼan.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

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

with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

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

Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of YHWH be on you. We bless you in the name of YHWH."