Sabuurradii 129

1 Tan iyo yaraantaydii marar badan bay i dhibeen, Reer binu Israa'iil hadda ha yidhaahdeen,

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

2 Tan iyo yaraantaydii marar badan bay i dhibeen, Laakiinse igama ay adkaan.

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

3 Kuwa beerta jeexa ayaa dhabarkayga jeexay, Oo jeexjeexoodiina way dheereeyeen.

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

4 Rabbigu waa xaq, Oo isagu wuxuu kala gooyay xadhkihii kuwa sharka leh.

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

5 Inta Siyoon neceb oo dhammu, Ha ceeboobeen oo dib ha u noqdeen.

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

6 Ha noqdeen sida cawska guryaha korkooda ka baxa Oo engega intaanu korin,

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

7 Oo aan beergooyuhu gacantiisa ka buuxin, Kan xidhmooyinka xidhaana aanu laabtiisa ka buuxin.

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

8 Oo kuwa ag maraana ma yidhaahdaan, Barakadii Rabbigu korkiinna ha ahaato. Waxaan idiinku ducaynaynaa magaca Rabbiga.

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