Sabuurradii 129

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

A Song of degrees. Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say:

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

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

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

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

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

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.

Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion.

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

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

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

With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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

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