Zaburi 129

1 “Mara nyingi tangu ujana wangu wamekuwa wakinishambulia,” Israeli na iseme.

A Song of the going up. Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young (let Israel now say);

2 “Mara nyingi tangu ujana wangu wamekuwa wakinishambulia, lakini hawajanishinda.

Great have been my troubles from the time when I was young, but my troubles have not overcome me.

3 Wakulima wamekuwa wakilima mgonngoni kwangu; wametengeneza matuta yao marefu.

The ploughmen were ploughing on my back; long were the wounds they made.

4 Yahwe ni mwenye haki; amezikata kamba za waovu.”

The Lord is true: the cords of the evil-doers are broken in two.

5 Wote waaibishwe na kurudishwa nyuma, wale wachukiao Sayuni.

Let all the haters of Zion be shamed and turned back.

6 Na wawe kama nyasi juu ya paa ambayo hunyauka kabla hayajakua,

Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.

7 ambayo hayawezi kujaza mkono wa mvunaji wala kifua cha mfunga miganda.

He who gets in the grain has no use for it; and they do not make bands of it for the grain-stems.

8 Wale wapitao karibu wasiseme, “Baraka za Mungu na ziwe juu yako; Tunakubariki katika jina la Yahwe.”

And those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be on you; we give you blessing in the name of the Lord.