Zaburi 129

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

A Song of the Ascents. Often they distressed me from my youth, Pray, let Israel say:

2 wamenionea mno tangu ujana wangu, lakini bado hawajanishinda.

Often they distressed me from my youth, Yet they have not prevailed over me.

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

Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

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

Jehovah [is] righteous, He hath cut asunder cords of the wicked.

5 Wale wote waichukiao Sayuni na warudishwe nyuma kwa aibu.

Confounded and turn backward do all hating Zion.

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

They are as grass of the roofs, That before it was drawn out withereth,

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

That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

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

And the passers by have not said, 'The blessing of Jehovah [is] on you, We blessed you in the Name of Jehovah!'