< Mapisarema 129 >
1 Rwiyo rworwendo. Vakandidzvinyirira zvikuru kubva pauduku hwangu, Israeri ngaati,
A Song of Ascents. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up, let Israel now say;
2 “Vakandidzvinyirira zvikuru kubva pauduku hwangu, asi havana kundikunda.
Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth up: yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 Varimi vakarima musana wangu vakaita miforo yavo mirefu.”
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
4 Asi Jehovha akarurama, akandisunungura pamabote avakaipa.
The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Vose vanovenga Zioni ngavadzorerwe shure nenyadzi.
Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.
6 Ngavaite souswa pamusoro pedenga remba, hunooma husati hwakura;
Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 mukohwi haangazadzi maoko ake nahwo, uye anounganidza haangazadzi maoko ake.
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Vanopfuura nepo ngavarege kuti, “Maropafadzo aJehovha ngaave pamusoro pako; tinokuropafadza muzita raJehovha.”
Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.