Zaburi 129

1 Wimbo wa kwenda juu. Wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu; Israeli na aseme sasa:

A Song of Ascents. Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say:

2 wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Wakulima wamelima mgongo wangu, na kufanya mifereji yao mirefu.

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 Lakini Bwana ni mwenye haki; amenifungua toka kamba za waovu.

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 Wawe kama majani juu ya paa, ambayo hunyauka kabla hayajakua;

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up,

7 kwa hayo mvunaji hawezi kujaza vitanga vyake, wala akusanyaye kujaza mikono yake.

with which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Wale wapitao karibu na wasiseme, “Baraka ya Bwana iwe juu yako; tunakubariki katika jina la Bwana.”

Neither do those who go by say, “The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the LORD’s name.”