Zaburi 129

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

A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', let Israel now say;

2 wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; but they have not prevailed against me.

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

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

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

The LORD is righteous; He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.'

5 Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

Let them be ashamed and turned backward, all they that hate Zion.

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

Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

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

Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

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

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