Zaburi 124

1 Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Wa Daudi. Kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu; Israeli na aseme sasa:

A Song of degrees. Of David. If it had not been Jehovah who was for us — oh let Israel say —

2 kama Bwana asingalikuwa upande wetu, wakati watu walipotushambulia,

If it had not been Jehovah who was for us, when men rose up against us,

3 wakati hasira yao ilipowaka dhidi yetu, wangalitumeza tungali hai,

Then they had swallowed us up alive, when their anger was kindled against us;

4 mafuriko yangalitugharikisha, maji mengi yangalitufunika,

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, a torrent had gone over our soul;

5 maji yaendayo kasi yangalituchukua.

Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6 Bwana asifiwe, yeye ambaye hakuruhusu turaruliwe kwa meno yao.

Blessed be Jehovah, who gave us not up a prey to their teeth!

7 Tumeponyoka kama ndege kutoka mtego wa mwindaji; mtego umevunjika, nasi tukaokoka.

Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we have escaped.

8 Msaada wetu ni katika jina la Bwana, Muumba wa mbingu na dunia.

Our help is in the name of Jehovah, the maker of heavens and earth.