Zaburi 129

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

A song of degrees. They haue often times afflicted me from my youth (may Israel nowe say)

2 wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

They haue often times afflicted me from my youth: but they could not preuaile against me.

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

The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long furrowes.

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

But the righteous Lord hath cut the cordes of the wicked.

5 Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

They that hate Zion, shalbe all ashamed and turned backward.

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

They shalbe as the grasse on the house tops, which withereth afore it commeth forth.

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

Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

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

Neither they, which go by, say, The blessing of the Lord be vpon you, or, We blesse you in the Name of the Lord.