Zaburi 129

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

“A song of the degrees.” Many a time have they assailed me from my youth, so should Israel say;

2 wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

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

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

Upon my back have ploughmen ploughed; they have drawn long their furrows:

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

[Yet] the Lord is righteous; he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.

5 Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

May all be put to shame and turned backward that hate Zion;

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

May they become like the grass of the roofs, which withereth before it is pulled up;

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

Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor his arm he that bindeth sheaves.

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

Nor do they who pass by say, The blessing of the Lord be with you: we bless you in the name of the Lord.