Faarfannaa 129

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

A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;

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

Many a time have they 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 upon my back; they made long their furrows.

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

The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Warri Xiyoonin jibban hundinuu, qaaniidhaan duubatti haa deebiʼan.

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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

Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.