Zaburi 129

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

A song of ascents. “Often since my youth they have attacked me,” let Israel say.

2 wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

“Often since my youth they have attacked me, yet they have not defeated 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.

Yahweh is righteous; he has cut the ropes of the wicked.”

5 Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

May they all be put to shame and turned back, those who hate Zion.

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

May they be like the grass on the housetops that withers before it grows up,

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

that cannot fill the reaper's hand or the chest of the one who binds bundles of grain together.

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

May those who pass by not say, “May the blessing of Yahweh be on you; we bless you in the name of Yahweh.”