Zaburi 129

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

A song of ascents. “Sore have they vexed me from youth” thus let Israel say

2 wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

“Sore have they vexed me from youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

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

“The ploughers ploughed on my back, they made their furrows long.

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

But the Lord, who is righteous, has cut the cords of the wicked.”

5 Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

Let all who are haters of Zion be put to shame and defeated.

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

May they be as the grass on the house-top, which withers before it shoots up;

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

which fills not the arms of the reaper, nor the lap of the binder of sheaves

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

whereof no one says as they pass, “The blessing of God be upon you.” In the name of the Lord we bless you.