Faarfannaa 129

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

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may 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: 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 all be confounded and turned back 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 house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up:

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

With which the mower 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 who go by, say, The blessing of the LORD [be] upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD.